Autumn 2010 The Bulldog Trust is a charitable trust that has given financial and advisory assistance to charities for over 25 years. Intrinsic to its major donations is the ethos of making a real difference to the organisations it helps. Bulldog further embraces the spirit of resourceful giving through initiatives to encourage and inspire others into philanthropy. The Trust’s headquarters are at 2 Temple Place on the Embankment in London. Recent News William Morris Exhibition at 2 Temple Place in October 2011 Philanthropy Network goes from strength to strength Charities and Friends benefit from the Bulldog Donor Funds ‘The Capital’s Greatest Architectural Showcase’ Encouraging Charity Efficiency Charity Case Studies Dance United (Cover Image) Blues in Schools War Child London Centre for Contemporary Music Bulldog Portrait Bursary News: William Morris Exhibition at 2 Temple Place in October 2011 Charity Case Study: Dance United News: ‘The Capital’s Greatest Architectural Showcase’ News: Encouraging Charity Efficiency Charity Case Study: War Child The voluntary sector in the UK accounts for over £41 billion. That means if just 1% could be made in efficiency savings, it would be the equivalent of 410 extra annual donations of £1 million. The Coalition for Efficiency - brainchild of Brian Smouha, Bulldog trustee and founder Chair of Guidestar UK - intends to help charities achieve such savings. Bulldog is looking forward to an exciting three year relationship with the awardwinning, youth contemporary dance company, Dance United. Dance United believes that dance has the power to change lives and runs rehabilitation programmes devised for young offenders. Through dance, the programmes offer young people the opportunity to see themselves as achievers rather than offenders, and to start to fulfil their real potential. NPC has praised Dance United as one of the most cost effective youth offending programmes in the country. It is estimated that by stopping even one person reoffending, the charity saves the public purse about £82,000. The Bulldog Trust is delighted to announce that 2 Temple Place will be opening to the public as a gallery space in autumn 2011. The Trust is very pleased to be advised on this project by one of the country’s experts on regional collections - David Barrie OBE, former Chief Executive of The Art Fund. The first exhibition will be a collaboration with the William Morris Gallery, Waltham Forest. WMG is home to one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of Morris’ work. Bulldog is extremely excited to be able to work with them on a profile raising exhibition in 2011 while the Waltham Forest gallery is closed for refurbishment. 2 Temple Place Ltd will continue to run its essential and well-established corporate entertainment business to generate income for the Trust and fund the upkeep of the building. “You can’t change it [your past] cause it’s already done, so....I got a new start in life now. I’m a changed person now. Comin’ here, it felt like I could start again, like it didn’t matter what I done or where I come from.” — Bradford Academy Participant Charity Case Study: London Centre for Contemporary Music The Morris collection, owned by Waltham Forest Council, is our ideal partner for the launch of 2 Temple Place as a central London showcase devoted to art from regional museums and galleries. Annual exhibitions to raise the awareness of other hidden gems are planned for the future, with 2 Temple Place set to become a staple on the tourist trail. Running alongside the gallery will be a series of evening events including concerts, readings, lectures and receptions to compliment both the exhibitions and the Trust’s own charitable purposes. Bulldog have invited Dance United to put together a showcase event for 2 Temple Place in 2012 to highlight their most recent talent. London is world renowned for its £billion contemporary music industry. The highly acclaimed LCCM was one of the first schools to recognise that to maintain this reputation, London’s musicians must be given the skills to compete with the best: playing an instrument well is no longer enough. LCCM is London’s leading school for the study of contemporary music, preparing students for the complex and competitive world of modern music. Bulldog will be supporting the not-for-profit company for five years. William Morris Gallery, London Borough of Waltham Forest 2 Temple Place is open to the public on Sunday 19th September 2010. As a precursor to the major plans for autumn 2011, the Trust was delighted to be chosen to take part in Open House London, ‘the capital’s greatest architectural showcase’. As one of the hundreds of London venues normally closed to the public, we are opening our doors, free of charge, for a series of tours of the attractive late-Victorian interior. Tours sold out well in advance and the interest bodes well for October 2011... Unlike commercial enterprises where success is attached to profit, charities often find it hard to define their achievements. The Coalition for Efficiency will encourage charitable organisations to measure their outcomes as a way to monitor quality and quantity. Through mapping, commissioning research and bringing together organisations already at work improving efficiency in the sector, the CfE believes it will be able to create a sea-change in charity operations. CfE is chaired by Anthea Case, former Chief Executive of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund. Bulldog trustees Brian Smouha and Patrick Burgess are both trustees of CfE while Bulldog is also contributing resources to the project with Mary Rose Gunn serving as Company Secretary. As part of a four year agreement, Bulldog is delighted to have been able to support the international children’s charity, War Child. War Child works to protect children living in the world’s most dangerous war zones. The charity concentrates on reintegrating child soldiers with their families; getting children forced them to leave home by war, off the streets; ensuring children are separated from adults in prison and rebuilding schools destroyed by war. The charity currently works in Iraq, Afghanistan, Uganda and D.R.Congo. News: Philanthropy Network goes from strength to strength In December 2009 Dame Stephanie Shirley launched the Engaging Experience Philanthropy Network. As the UK’s Ambassador for Philanthropy, Dame Steve was the ideal figure to endorse Bulldog’s initiative to strengthen the links between the private, public and charity sectors by enabling busy professionals to offer some of their time and skills to charity. Turn-out was over 100% for the launch as people flocked to 2 Temple place for charitable inspiration and a post-work drink. The Trust has since been working hard to channel members’ ideas and philanthropic leanings into projects that interest them. Members continue to be put in touch with organisations looking for skilled help and experience both directly by Bulldog, and through more formal intermediary organisations such as Pilotlight, Reach Skills and Trustees Unlimited. Bulldog circulates information on these opportunities through its website and regular email contact, and works with both sides to make the most suitable matches. Numerous members have been partnered up with charities or causes. From a trustee appointed to an African medical charity, to a private equity executive offering structuring and fundraising support to a large environmental charity, to a member providing strategic help to an inner city youth group, enthusiasm remains extremely high. High profile speakers have included Tutu Agyare, hedgefunder and founder of the Ghanaian Nubuke Foudation; recruitment expert and founder of Silverhawk Partners, Shirley Soskin and David McDonough OBE communications advisor to governments, business and international charities alike. Bulldog would like to thank Liberty International Plc for their generous support of the network in 2010. Plans are now being made to look for a permanent long- term corporate sponsor. Dame Stephanie Shirley (by kind permission of Phil Sayer) Charity Case Study: Bulldog Portrait Bursary Charity Case Study: Blues in Schools Bulldog continues to support the excellent work of Blues in Schools. BIS is a pioneering educational charity run by professional chefs that changes children’s lives by teaching them how to cook and eat healthily. The project works specifically with children who have special needs, from severe behavioural, social and emotional difficulties to autism and Down’s syndrome. BIS equips children with the skills, knowledge and confidence to make informed choices about what they eat, offering a lasting positive impact on their health and their family’s economic well-being. Meanwhile the fast and successful results that the children achieve in the kitchen, boost their self-esteem and give them a more positive attitude to learning. Blues in Schools are expanding the reach of their programme with an exciting collaboration with Kids Company, at their Urban Academy in south London. This project has huge potential as there are currently 1,500 children making use of the Kids Company facilities. Bulldog continues to support the Royal Society of Portrait Painters with its bursary for an up-and-coming portrait artist. The Bulldog Portrait Bursary was established to develop the talent of an artist at an early stage in their career. As well as financial support, it provides the invaluable opportunity for an artist to be mentored by Members of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. News: Charities and Friends benefit from the Bulldog Donor Funds The Bulldog Trust: Contact Information Last year the Trust launched the innovative Bulldog Donor Fund service to promote and simplify giving for major donors. Favourably discussed in the FT Wealth magazine in October 2009, we continue to assist a select number of donors with their giving. The Funds were established to help those who have decided against setting up a charitable trust but for whom a charity bank account does not offer enough personal support. It is a no-fee, bespoke, financially-incentivised service, for friends of Bulldog, to provide them with the opportunity to make more of their donations. Donors are encouraged to take advantage of the fully tax-efficient, administration-free way of giving, as well as of the access to all the experience and knowledge the Trust has built up over the years. In exchange for their initial donation, fund holders are allocated an annual sum to distribute to causes of their choice, “I am extremely grateful to everyone involved in awarding The Bulldog Bursary. calculated in the style of an annuity, as a I believe that the Bulldog bursary will give percentage of their original donation. The me the chance to fully develop my language trustees’ generous offer of 6% return on maximised donations for the first £5m as a portrait painter as I will have the accepted has spurred many into action, opportunity to paint consistently from life and to experiment in terms of scale, subject, leaving our donors with only one decision composition and materials.” – Winner of the – which charities to help. 2010 bursary, Clara Drummond The Bulldog Trust 2 Temple Place London WC2R 3BD T: +44 (0) 20 7240 6044 F: +44 (0) 20 7836 5416 www.bulldogtrust.org [email protected] Registered Charity No. 1123081 Bulldog Trustees Patrick Burgess MBE, Chairman of Trustees; Richard Q Hoare OBE, Founder Trustee; Dame Mary Fagan DCVO, Trustee; Charles Hoare, Trustee; Martin Riley, Trustee; Brian Smouha, Trustee
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