annual report 2014

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annual report 2014

ANNUAL REPORT 2014
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Project Trust volunteers and staff overseas in 2013/14.
Chairman’s Report
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EDITORIAL
CEO’s Report
david.lyons@projecttrust.org.uk
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Project Trust Community
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Online Community
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Volunteer Recruitment
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Finance & Fundraising
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Volunteering Overseas
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Obituary: Sister Mary Paule
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the Year Out Group and adheres to its
Code of Good Practice.
Education & Global Citizenship
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Summarised Accounts
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Our Thanks
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How Can I Help? 53
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Project Trust Team
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Project Trust | The Hebridean Centre | Isle of Coll | Argyll PA78 6TE
01879 230444 | info@projecttrust.org.uk | www.projecttrust.org.uk
An educational charity which specialises in sending school leavers overseas for volunteer placements
of 12 or 8 months in Africa, Asia and the Americas. #thisisProjectTrust
Project Trust is Registered as a Charity in Scotland No. SC025668
#4 I PROJECT TRUST I Annual Report I 2014
chairman’s report
Project Trust’s work has always been deeply rooted in a sense of community:
the communities our volunteers live and work in overseas, the communities that
support volunteers through fundraising, the community on the Isle of Coll
and our community of Returned Volunteers and supporters.
This year’s launch of the Project
Trust Community has given a
formal title to Project Trust’s
supporters, including nearly
7,000 Returned Volunteers, the
family of volunteers, the donors
and supporters of Project Trust,
the people that volunteers have
worked with around the world
for nearly fifty years and more.
In June this year the whole Project Trust Community was deeply
saddened by the tragic death of Sister Mary Paule. Sister Mary
was a long-standing partner and friend of Project Trust, who hosted
and supported volunteers in South Africa for 35 years. She is sadly
missed, and will be long remembered as an inspirational figure, as
demonstrated by the number of the Project Trust Community who
attended her memorial service in London.
Our volunteers return from their year overseas with a wealth of amazing
experiences and skills that they have developed, but now also gain
tangible recognition of their efforts through the One Awards accredited
programme in Global Volunteering and Citizenship. The educational
reach and impact of Project Trust is growing all the time through our
Global Citizenship programme where volunteers run educational
workshops in primary and secondary schools around the UK based on
their first-hand experiences of global issues.
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In addition, five of our current volunteers overseas have
been linked to schools in Scotland through a pilot scheme
called Language Linking, Global Thinking. Through contact
with the schools before, during and after their overseas
placements volunteers will encourage the use of languages
and will engage pupils with the idea of volunteering from a
young age.
To support the development of the education programme,
we were delighted to welcome Linda Kirkwood as a
member of the Board of Directors and the Project Trust
Community. Linda has a great deal of experience of the
education sector in a wide range of contexts. She spent
over half her career in school senior management, and held
a headship of two secondary schools for over 14 years. In
2008 Linda was appointed as a Professional Adviser to the
Scottish Government, working closely with fellow education
professionals and senior Civil Servants, developing policy
and practice in the new Curriculum for Excellence.
Throughout this year’s Annual Report you can read about
members of the Project Trust Community who have made
fantastic contributions on behalf of Project Trust. They are
examples of the significant positive impact Project Trust
volunteers make to communities overseas and in the UK.
Through the quality of volunteer experience provided, the
high-levels of positive impact delivered by volunteers and
the support of the Project Trust Community, we will ensure
Project Trust continues to flourish.
I believe everyone in the Project Trust
Community has a part to play in
Project Trust’s work today, whether it
be offering guidance to the young people
who have been selected to go overseas
next year, helping the organisation with
specific areas of work like its Global
Citizenship programme, helping to
recruit the next generation of volunteers
or helping with fundraising.
Ivor Dunbar (Australia, 79/80)
Chairman of Project Trust
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I don’t think anyone could deny Project Trust its place as one of the most
unique educational charities in the UK. We provide an exceptional overseas
experience for young people: 12 months volunteering, living, working and
integrating into a new culture, in a massively diverse range of countries
from Chile to Malaysia, Honduras to Swaziland.
A volunteering placement with
Project Trust has always been of
great benefit to the volunteers
and to the communities they work
in, but we now have statistics to
support the anecdotal evidence.
A recent Ipsos MORI report, conducted on behalf of Step Up to
Serve, emphasises how powerful youth social action can be. 93
percent of the more than 1,000 young people surveyed said the
social action they participated in benefited themselves and others.
This double benefit, to the volunteer and to the community they
are working in, is the model Project Trust has operated by for
almost 50 years.
Through Selection, Training , Debriefing and the Returned
Volunteer weekend around 950 young people have attended
courses at the Hebridean Centre during the last 12 months.
87 percent of our 2013/14 volunteers found completing the Project
Trust programme to be useful for their educational development,
and 89 percent found it useful for their career development.
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Eilidh Lamont, Ghana 13/14
But Project Trust has always been about more than
numbers. Every year on Debriefing our Returned
Volunteers tell us about the intangible benefits they’ve
gained from their year volunteering: increased
confidence, better personal skills, a greater appreciation
of diverse cultures, the list is as long as it is impressive.
We pride ourselves on getting to know each of our
volunteers personally and treating them as individuals,
rather than a number in a database. Doing so means we
can provide our volunteers with an amazing educational
experience, tailored to fit their interests and to allow them
to fulfil their potential.
Over the last 12 months we have developed a Diversity
Strategy to make sure the opportunity to volunteer with
Project Trust is available to as wide a range of schoolleavers as possible. Project Trust aims to reflect the
diversity of UK society in geographical, social, gender
and ethnic background. Our volunteering experience is
open to all young people with the desire, motivation and
aptitude required to succeed.
We are not a travel agency, and have no qualms about
placing a volunteer in a country different from one they
have asked to go to if we think they are better suited
elsewhere. Our priority is to match volunteers to the
country, project and setting that we think will give them
maximum benefit, whilst allowing them to use their skills
and abilities to make a meaningful contribution to that
particular community.
Our volunteers are given the unique opportunity to gain
a Level Three Foundation Year in Global Volunteering
and Citizenship through completing the Project Trust
experience, giving them demonstrable evidence of their
achievements whilst volunteering. Through our Global
Citizenship programme volunteers can contribute to
international education and learning once they’ve returned
from their volunteering placement by leading educational
workshops in primary and secondary schools.
Visitors to Coll often come in to see us at our home in
the Hebridean Centre on the Isle of Coll, and it’s always
interesting to see how they react. Stepping into the busy
Project Trust office, with 28 staff in full flow on computers,
phones or Skyping someone on the other side of the
world (with the occasional conversation in Spanish
thrown into the mix for good measure) does tend to
surprise people in comparison to the rural location and
close-knit community of Coll.
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Community Volunteering on Selection, Isle of Coll
This little island with a global reach is the heart
of the Project Trust community, and we will
continue to work hard to ensure more volunteers
and more overseas communities benefit from our
volunteering programme.
Ingrid Emerson MBE | CEO of Project Trust
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It has long been an ambition of Project Trust to increase the involvement of its returned
volunteers in the charity’s development. March 2013 saw the launch of a new initiative
to engage with these returned volunteers, their parents and other loyal supporters,
growing the wider Project Trust Community.
Over the past months it has been
possible to re-engage with over
one third of almost 7,000 returned
volunteers. Their responses to
invitations to become involved have
been incredibly positive.
Almost 20 regional groups have been established, with Returned
Volunteers and other supporters meeting socially, networking
and taking opportunities to engage purposefully with one
another and Project Trust. Each group is developing their own
focus of activities, with support and encouragement from the
Project Trust Community staff based on the Isle of Coll. There
has been a dramatic increase in the number of country and year
group reunions, over 700 have joined the Project Trust LinkedIn
Group and thousands follow and contribute to the blog,
Facebook and Twitter.
Much more is planned, as we encourage this Community to
help develop Project Trust and support its future.
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Project Trust Community Gathering, Go Ape, London
Kirsten McClelland-Brooks volunteered
at Best Care Children’s Home in Kingston,
Jamaica, in 1989/90. Over the past year she’s
been involved in the development of the
Project Trust Community, including attending
Gatherings and taking on the wind, rain and
hills of the Coll Half Marathon:
Volunteering with Project Trust was a fantastic experience.
When you’re 18 years old you’re still forming your ideas and
opinions, so it is the ideal time to experience new cultures,
and people are really open and welcoming because they
want to take you under their wing. I came from a very rural
background and quite a sheltered upbringing, so going to
Jamaica was a big eye-opener for me.
Through volunteering with Project Trust
I developed adaptability, confidence, resilience
and tolerance. It provided a platform which
helped me form a lot of my opinions, beliefs
and made me more open minded to how I view
the world.
When I left Coll after Debriefing in 1990, keeping in
touch with fellow volunteers was difficult. Today the
combination of social media and the drive of Project
Trust to facilitate and encourage communication with
and between Returned Volunteers is resulting in a very
positive outcome for all involved.
I had sadly lost touch with my fellow 1989/90
volunteers but when I discovered that there were
Returned Volunteer Gatherings in Aberdeen it gave
me a buzz to reconnect with Project Trust. It’s lovely
meeting Returned Volunteers from lots of different
year groups, and despite the age range we all have
one thing in common: the unique experience of
volunteering with Project Trust.
I have been to two Gatherings so far. It is fun to share
tales and experiences, and it is great to hear where a
lot of the Returned Volunteers’ career pathways are
heading. At the very first gathering the group decided
that we didn’t want to just meet and have fun, but
to contribute to Project Trust as well. We decided it
would be good to hold an alternative sporting event for
Returned Volunteers on Coll, so decided to organise a
Coll Triathlon.
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The triathlon won’t be the first sporting event I’ve taken
part in on Coll. I decided I needed a challenge for 2014
and stumbled across the Coll Half Marathon website. I
thought it was the perfect opportunity to return to Coll
and raise some funds for a charity which gave me an
invaluable experience. If my efforts can contribute to
today‘s young people having as beneficial a year as I
did it is a win-win for all.
The Coll Half Marathon was wet, very windy, lumpy,
bumpy, but all in all a fantastic experience. The weather,
and a subsequent cancelled ferry, put paid to many
people’s travel plans for getting home, but the people of
Coll opened their arms to us and made sure everyone
had a bed to sleep in. I’d also like to offer a big thank
you to the Project Trust staff who kept everyone stuck
on the island fed and watered when we were stranded.
The amount of Returned Volunteers who are
enthusiastic about contributing to Project Trust many
years after they volunteered is a clear example of the
long-term impact of the charity’s work. As the Project
Trust Community continues to grow more Returned
Volunteers will find even more ways to get involved, be
it through attending Gatherings, fundraising, utilising
their expertise or supporting current volunteers.
Kirsten McClelland-Brooks, Jamaica 89/90 and Malcolm Gotts, Jamaica 11/12
The support of Returned Volunteers can
ensure Project Trust’s long-term prosperity,
and give other young people a
life-changing volunteering experience.
#mycommunity #jamaica #gatherings
online community
2014 saw the launch of a new Project Trust website, the advancement of our social media
engagement and an increased use of video content.
The new website was created
by our in-house designer.
the blog has been integrated
into the new website and
being responsive, the site will
adapt for optimum display on
tablets and mobile devices.
Smoother coordination between the new website and our social
media channels has allowed us to run successful and interactive
online campaigns. On International Volunteer Day we launched our
#IAMPROJECTTRUST page, which featured videos and pictures of
Returned Volunteers describing the characteristics of a Project Trust
volunteer. The launch was promoted by a social media campaign,
whereby volunteers and Returned Volunteers were asked to contribute
their own list of characteristics.
Over the course of the year Project Trust received some significant
media coverage. The Herald published several articles covering Project
Trust, including an article about the Language Linking, Global Thinking
programme which featured a case study of Myrtle Breckenridge, a
volunteer in Ghana for 2014/15. We once again featured in the Times’
Good Gap Year guide, which this year included a video case study
of Mark Fair, who volunteered in Guyana in 2012/13. Project Trust
representatives featured in BBC radio interviews several times over
the course of the year, including Matt Owen, Recruitment Officer,
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Sophie Woods, South Africa 09/10
being interviewed on BBC Radio Newcastle
about the benefits of long-term volunteering.
A developing connection with Oxfam
Education led to Heloise Allan, Project
Trust’s Head of Education, guest blogging
on the Oxfam Education website, with John
McLaverty, Education and Youth Advisor
at Oxfam GB guest-blogging on the Project
Trust blog in return.
The success of the
‘#IamProjectTrust’ campaign,
and others like it, demonstrate
the potential for our online
communications to engage with
an enthusiastic audience for the
benefit of Project Trust.
volunteer recruitment
Project Trust wants to ensure that as many young people as possible, from all backgrounds and
areas of the UK and Europe, are aware of the volunteering opportunities we offer. The majority
of our volunteers find out about us through recruitment talks or through personal recommendation,
with Returned Volunteers rarely missing a chance to enthuse people about the amazing experiences
available with Project Trust.
It is testament to the quality of the
Project Trust experience that so
many of our Returned Volunteers
are keen to give recruitment talks.
Like the Recruitment Team, Returned
Volunteers take great pride in
inspiring the next generation
of school-leavers to take the
opportunity of a lifetime.
The Recruitment Team have had a busy year with staff
and Returned Volunteers giving talks and presentations
in over 500 schools across the UK, Ireland and Holland.
In total 280 volunteers were recruited for 2014/15, with
250 heading out for 12 month placements and 30 for
eight month placements (Particip8).
The London Internship was once again a great success
with our four interns - Lucy Hughes (Cambodia,
2012/13), Billy Kwong (India, 2012/13), John Haswell
(Malaysia, 2012/13) and Eilidh McIvor (Dominican
Republic, 2008/09) – delivering recruitment talks in 78
schools across London and the Home Counties during
a hectic five week schedule.
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Supporting volunteers on the journey between Selection and Training...
Currently around one in five volunteers who are
offered a volunteering placement after coming
to Selection withdraws from Project Trust before
pre-departure Training. These withdrawals happen
for a whole host of different reasons, from a simple
change of mind, to particular family or health
circumstances which mean people are unable to go
away for a year.
Project Trust has been developing a strategy, with
the aim of minimising those withdrawals which are
within our control to prevent. An important part
of the strategy is providing as much support as
possible and increasing opportunities for volunteers
and their parents to have contact with Project Trust
between Selection and Training, a stretch of time
which depending on when the volunteer has come
on Selection can be as long as 15 months.
To allow for more face-to-face contact between
Project Trust representatives, volunteers and their
families, we’ve been arranging get-togethers on the
mainland, which has been assisted by the Project
Trust Community of Returned Volunteers, who
have also been hosting events to support the new
volunteers.
The kind donation of a video editing computer from
Sky Plc has allowed us to produce more of our own
video content to motivate volunteers as well as address
questions and concerns from families; this has included
the case study of a parent’s perspective on their son’s
experience with Project Trust. Social media also has a
key role to play in retention - and indeed in all of Project
Trust’s external communications - as we continue to seek
to remain relevant to our different audiences’ tastes and
approaches to accessing information.
The new strategy will help us maintain
volunteers’ initial enthusiasm for overseas
volunteering and to support them
through what can be a daunting and
very busy time, balancing fundraising,
exams and other commitments.
John on Selection on the Isle of Coll
Every year Project Trust takes on four
Returned Volunteers as interns in London,
who conduct recruitment talks in schools
throughout the summer. John Haswell,
who volunteered in Malaysia in 2012/13,
said recruiting volunteers is a great way to
continue to contribute to Project Trust:
As someone who found out about Project Trust through
a school talk (and a very convincing one at that), the
opportunity to do the same and to try and inspire the next
generation of volunteers was one I could not pass up.
Being one of Project Trust’s London Interns was a fantastic
experience; the other interns, as well as the Project Trust
staff involved, were an absolute pleasure to work with,
and at almost every school I visited I was met with great
enthusiasm from both staff and students.
The first school talk was daunting for sure, but as you rack
up the talks you find your go-to stories and one-liners that
get guaranteed laughs and generally find your rhythm. A
real highlight for me was the University of London Union
day, an open day for prospective volunteers to come and
find out more with their parents from us interns.
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John in Malaysia
For all of the interns it was great to see students
who we recognised from our talks flooding in to
find out more, knowing that our speeches had
really got them thinking about volunteering, and
you couldn’t help but feel excited for everything
they had in front of them.
It was hugely satisfying to think that our
talks would change people’s lives in the same
way it changed ours. On top of this sense of
satisfaction, we were able to take away a set
of valuable skills that will stand us in good
stead looking forward, but perhaps more
importantly for me it was just great to feel
back in the Project Trust loop. With anything
linked with Project Trust, you are guaranteed
to meet fantastic and inspiring people.
#mycommunity #intern #recruitment
During Selection courses candidates spend a
morning volunteering in the community on Coll,
and often help out at RecyColl, a recycling group
based on the island. Carol Henry, RecyColl’s
Education Officer, told us about the benefits the
organisation gets from hosting volunteers:
We’ve had volunteers at RecyColl helping out with all sorts of
things: sorting out stock in our second-hand shop, recycling,
working the community composter, doing beach cleans,
painting and cleaning.
If you engage people in a way which makes them think about
where things come from it can help change attitudes towards
waste. We often get volunteers doing things they haven’t done
before, like picking up litter off the beach or composting. I think
it’s great to give them an opportunity to help with a task which
stretches them and I think the volunteers get a lot of satisfaction in
contributing to the Coll community.
The island’s cardboard bank fills up quickly. It costs a lot to get
the cardboard bank emptied because of the cost of shipping, so
instead we’ve been looking at ways we can use the cardboard.
The volunteers have been sorting the cardboard for shredding.
Community Volunteering on Selection, Isle of Coll
Sorting the cardboard is something the volunteers can
do which helps recycling on the island, individuals
and farmers often use the shredded cardboard for
animal bedding.
Beach cleans are also something we encourage, but
people on Coll have been doing beach cleans on
different scales for many years. Coll has lots of beautiful
beaches and there is a real motivation to preserve them.
We’ve been working with Project Trust to analyse the
items we find on the beaches, keeping a record of
everything we clear away.
The activities we get the volunteers to help us with really
brings home to them the importance of sustainability,
especially in rural areas. As well as learning practical
skills they get an idea about the tangible impact both
volunteering and recycling can have.
I think that the social side to volunteering is very important,
and the people of Coll definitely benefit from having
Project Trust volunteers on the island. I always enjoy
meeting new people from different backgrounds, and I
know people who provide accommodation for volunteers
on Selection also get a lot out from the experience.
#mycommunity #coll #selection
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Rob Wainwright, former Scotland rugby
captain, and his wife Romayne have lived
on Coll for 15 years. They’ve brought four
children up on the island, and the two eldest
have volunteered with Project Trust. Dougie
volunteered in Guyana in 2012/13 and Tasha
volunteered in Sri Lanka in 2013/14. Rob
and Romayne told us about being parents
of volunteers and the significance of Project
Trust being based on Coll:
Romayne: The kids had always wanted to volunteer with
Project Trust. When our children were younger we’d hosted
volunteers on Selection, and they’d had the chance to meet
lots of teenagers from lots of different backgrounds. It was
a brilliant experience, and gave our kids aspirational role
models to look up to.
Rob: When we hosted volunteers we gave them a bit of
shock treatment. On the first night we’d always take them
down to the beach to see who would come for a swim.
We used to do that as late in the year as November. We’d
get them to gut mackerel as well. At first they’d be really
squeamish, but by the end they’d be really proud of
themselves. It’s a small thing, but a big step for someone
who’s never done anything like that before.
Romayne: For volunteers, coming to Selection on Coll is a lot
of fun. For maybe the first time in their lives they’re with other
young people who they have a lot in common with, rather than
being with people who happen to be at the same school. They
get to meet new people, to know a new place and they’re on
an adventure.
Then the adventure continues when they go on their
volunteering placement. We take a lot of pride in what Dougie
and Tasha achieved overseas, and they both came out stronger
at the end of the year. Tasha learned a lot about how to
deal with challenging social and cultural dynamics. Dougie
gained a huge amount of confidence and learned to take a
lot of initiative and be proactive. We always had complete
confidence in the organisation and the set-up.
Rob: We understood that over the course of 12 months living
in a different country there’s inevitably going to be dips and
tough times, but part of growing up is to face adversity and
come out more confident in your abilities. That’s what a year
of volunteering is about: seeing the world and coming back a
more confident and grown up person through the experiences
you have. Those experiences can be hard, but if it’s too easy
then there’s no point. We’d absolutely support our other two
boys if they want to do Project Trust.
It’s a win – win situation for Project Trust to be based on Coll.
It brings new people to the island to work for Project Trust and
of course hundreds of volunteers who have a lot of fun when
they come here, and learn about a different way of life.
Dougie
Romayne
Alex
Cameron
Rob
Tasha
Rob: I used to think it would be good to have a distillery as the
main industry on Coll, but actually having Project Trust as the
biggest employer on the island is fantastic.
#mycommunity #coll #family
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finance & Fundraising
Managing the finances of an international organisation is challenging at any time, but Project Trust
strikes a good balance between being a part of the community on Coll in which the charity is based
and having a global reach and awareness.
Project Trust has grown
significantly over the past
five years, with both the
number of volunteers going
overseas and the amount of
money being raised by the
organisation increasing.
Because of this there was a
need for the charity to have
a more hands-on approach to
managing its finances.
Project Trust’s finance function has now moved completely in-house. The
successful transition is down to a lot of hard work from the team here
on Coll and the staff at French Duncan. Being based on Coll has thrown
up some unique challenges, for example there is no bank branch on the
island which makes daily banking difficult. But thanks to the help of the
community on Coll we’ve been able to find solutions to every challenge
that has arisen.
Project Trust’s relationship with French Duncan is long-established, and
they’ve provided an excellent, dedicated service to the charity. We’d like to
thank French Duncan for their support, which will continue through Tony
Sinclair utilising his extensive knowledge of Project Trust’s finances to offer
independent advice to our board and staff team.
Key aims for the coming year are to continue to improve the in-house
finance processes and to increase the support for volunteer fundraising.
Another key focus will be on developing systems to maximise fundraising
initiatives to help sustain the charity’s work for years to come.
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#TEAMPT at the 2014 Coll Half Marathon
Given the increasing challenges of raising
money in a difficult financial climate it
is vital our volunteer fundraising support
is effective as possible.
Lani Driver (pictured far right) came to
Coll for Selection in May and is going
to be volunteering in 2015/16. Through
her fundraising she’s discovered how
supportive and generous her local
community can be:
The support I’ve received for my fundraising has been
a bit of a shock, everyone I’ve spoken to has been so
willing to help. The first thing I did after I received the
letter offering me a Project Trust placement was book a
meeting with the head teacher of my high school,
Ms Armistead. The meeting was incredibly useful,
and I’m very grateful to Ms Armistead for her help:
I don’t think I’d have been as successful with my
fundraising without her support and guidance.
Following the meeting I was offered the chance to
hold a non-uniform day at the school and was given
the opportunity to present in front of both the school
governors and FRIENDS group (a group made up of small
business owners in my area with links to the school).
After the presentation I was offered the chance to use
Elwy Hall, the local Masonic Lodge, to host an event, and
the chance to hold a collection at the local football club
on a match day.
I approached most of the retail businesses in my local
area for raffle and auction donations and some larger
businesses based in cities not far from my town.
The response from all the businesses that I’ve
approached for support has been incredible and
almost all of them have been more than happy to do
something to help me. I used some of the donated
prizes in a silent auction at a gala dinner. We also
had a DJ and table magician as entertainment for the
evening, who performed for free. The event was really
successful, with almost 100 people attending.
It’s incredible how supportive people are when they
hear about your volunteering placement. My cousin
took part in a sponsored run on my behalf, and got
a lot of donations from the sales and factory floor
staff at the company she works at. I also got help
from six of my friends, who volunteered to help me
with a backpack at a supermarket for six hours. A lot
of people were interested in Project Trust and one
or two asked me to pass on the details so that they
could mention it to family members they thought may
be interested in a year volunteering themselves. The
community support has been really inspiring and I am
really looking forward to my year volunteering thanks
to all of the help I’ve received.
#mycommunity #fundraising #inspiring
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Lani Driver (far right)
volunteering Overseas
The 2013/14 volunteer year saw 299 school-leavers volunteer overseas with Project Trust.
Of those, 279 were on 12 month placements whilst 20 were on eight month placements.
Volunteers were placed in 22
countries in Africa, Asia and the
Americas and we were delighted
to be able to send volunteers to
Nepal for the first time. Another
exciting development is the
prospect of re-opening Zambia as
a country programme next year
for the first time since 1976.
Project Trust volunteers overseas experience the fantastic double
benefit of youth social action: delivering a positive impact within a
community whilst developing skills they will utilise for the rest of
their lives. Each volunteer has a unique 12 or 8 months, and each
project is different, but the work of the Overseas Team ensures all
our volunteering placements around the world deliver the same high
quality experience that Project Trust has done for almost 50 years.
Last year we saw Sara White, a Guyana volunteer from Ayrshire,
lead the Commonwealth Games baton through her community in
Aishalton on horseback, Claartje Oberman and Rosalieke Baak,
volunteers in Ongole, India, establish a community photography
project to help young people express their views and ideas
on education and Eilidh Lamont and Karina Rattray (pictured
right) help set up a library at their project in Lolobi-Ashiambi,
Ghana. These are just three examples of all the 2013/14 volunteers’
impressive achievements, and we look forward to seeing the results
of the enthusiasm and hard work of our 2014/15 cohort.
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Karina Rattray, Ghana 13/14
Rory Goldring volunteered as a teacher in Nepal
in 2013/14. He let us know what it was like to be
one of the first two volunteers in a newly opened
country programme:
Myself and Alfie were the first Project Trust volunteers to go to
Nepal and the first volunteers from any charity to live and work
in Jhimpa valley. It was a very exciting opportunity for us, but
also meant there was extra responsibility to make a good first
impression on the local community.
Initially communication was difficult. The people of Jhimpa
speak almost no English, so the only way for us to integrate
was to throw ourselves into learning Nepali. We were able to
get over the language barrier mainly due to how incredibly
welcoming the people in the village were.
As soon as we could speak one or two words of Nepali
the people in the village wanted to speak to us all the time
to teach us more. They used hand gestures or any way of
communicating, and because they were so excited to have us
in the community and really wanted to hear what we had to say
we managed to make conversations.
Throughout the year we got involved in lots of
community activities and learned lots of skills including
traditional cooking, farming and how to butcher
animals. One of our favourite things to do after work
was to just take a stroll through the village. It would
never take more than a minute for someone to invite us
into their home for tea or treats like little bits of bread
or fruits. We would carry on and stroll all the way to
the top of the hill, getting invited into houses all the
way along. It was a great way at first to get to know the
people in the village, then after we’d settled in it allowed
us to spend time with our friends in the community.
The country as a whole is so exciting, so vibrant
and it’s really changing fast. The civil war ended less
than 10 years ago and since then there’s been huge
improvements in basic infrastructure and standards of
living, especially in rural areas. There are new roads,
new computers and new technology systems coming
up every few months.
But nonetheless in the villages and communities in
Jhimpa you still get a sense of how life has been lived
for hundreds and hundreds of years. There’s still the
same traditional houses, the same practices, the same
festivals and outfits and songs that you know have been
sung for so long, and it’s really enriching to be able to
experience that.
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Rory Goldring (at the back) and Alfie Flewitt, Nepal 13/14
Building friendships with the local
people was the best bit of my volunteering
placement. We would discuss politics with
teachers, be quizzed on our marriage
intentions by old ladies and we even
introduced an old man to the electric
kettle where he could heat up his local
wine. What had felt like us interacting
with the community eventually became us
being part of the community, and that
was an experience I‘ll never forget.
#mycommunity #nepal #teaching
Caitlin Matthews was a social care
volunteer in Chile in 2013/14. One of the
highlights of her year was helping with a
community art project representing the
history and culture of the area she was
living in:
Castro is a stunning town on an island off the coast
of Chile. It’s now quite big, but has grown up quickly
from a small fishing village, and still retains a close-knit
community feel.
Whenever I was out in the town with my host family
we’d stop and chat to people they knew, and before
too long they would remember you. People were very
welcoming and supportive, and it was nice to feel part
of a place rather than another face in a big city.
After we’d been in Castro for about a month my
volunteering partner and I went along to some art
classes. They were great, but we couldn’t afford to keep
doing them. When we told Nadia, the tutor, that we’d
have to stop coming to the class, she told us about a
mosaic she’d been commissioned to create and invited
us to help out.
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In the centre of Castro in the square there’s a kind of stage
in the shape of a shell. The town uses it for a range of
things from staging concerts, to political campaigning, to
community performances. But when it wasn’t in use kids
used to hang out there. It was covered in graffiti and was a
bit of an eye sore.
Nadia was commissioned to do a mosaic to renovate
the stage. She themed the mosaic around the culture and
history of Chiloe province, which is quite distinct from the
rest of Chile. The mosaic is centred around a map of Chiloe
with images of the palafitos – wooden houses on stilts
unique to Chiloe – along the steps. Now when there isn’t
anything happening on the stage it is still interesting, nice to
look at and something the community can be proud of.
When it was unveiled there was a big crowd, and when
people in Castro found out I’d helped with it they told me
how much they liked it. It was a great thing to contribute to
because as a Project Trust volunteer you head overseas for
what sounds like a long time but it soon flies by.
Caitlin Matthews, Chile 13/14 (top left)
Mosaico Plaza de Castro, Chiloe
When I was leaving it was lovely to
think I had left behind a physical
representation of my time in Castro.
Hopefully for future Project Trust
volunteers it will show how involved
you can get in the community in
Castro and will encourage them to
do the same.
#mycommunity #chile #social care
Lucy Bidgood (pictured far right) was an Outward
Bound volunteer in Malaysia in 2013/14. She told
us what it was like to be a part of a community
of Outward Bound instructors:
Hari Raya, one of the biggest celebrations in Malaysia,
was one of my highlights from the year. I spent it with
my mentor and her family. I learned some traditional
cooking, met a lot of great people, sang and danced
and got to wear beautiful Malay clothes.
My project was in Sabah, one of the states of Malaysia, on the
island of Borneo. Sabah is a beautiful state with the majestic
Mount Kinabalu at its heart, a rocky peak juxtaposed against
the lush green jungle of the Crocker mountains, which in turn
are surrounded on three sides by beautiful beaches and seas
containing rich coral reefs.
Singing and dancing are very important in the Sabah
culture - something which myself and my volunteering
partner had to get used to very quickly! At the end
of Outward Bound courses we would have a closing
ceremony where participants got their certificates. We
would all sing songs which are incredibly cheesy but
always made us feel like a family.
I lived in the very small community of staff at Outward Bound
Sabah (OBS) and some of their families, about 30 kilometres
away from the nearest town. The people that make up the
community are all different; men and women, old and young,
some Muslim and some Christian. They are all friendly,
outgoing, are good at cooking and love their jobs.
My mentor, who would become one of my best friends at
OBS, had her home one kilometre away so I was able to spend
time there, becoming part of the wider community that was her
family. Her family is very big compared to mine! They adopted
me as another daughter and I learnt what it was like to grow up
in a Sabahan family home, where your cousins become your
siblings and you play mum to all the younger kids.
I have a lot of fun memories of relaxing with the other
staff when we weren‘t working, drinking from coconuts
that had just been cut from palm trees, watching
everyone get excited when someone caught a fish at
the boathouse, playing football and volleyball in the
evenings and going swimming in the sea as the sun set.
I’m really grateful to the community for welcoming us,
letting us experience their culture and traditions, for
teaching us to cook and to speak their language and
just overall for making us feel incredibly welcome.
#mycommunity #malaysia #outward bound
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Nuala Kelly and Lucy Bidgood (far right), Malaysia 13/14
Nana Yaw Saah Aboagye is Project Trust’s
Overseas Representative in Ghana. Nana
has worked with Project Trust since 2012,
and has seen the positive impact overseas
volunteering has on both the volunteers and
the communities they live and work in:
During their orientation in Ghana, volunteers are
advised to involve themselves in all activities of their
respective communities like drumming and dancing,
parties, festivals, communal labour and church
services. The volunteers throw themselves into life in
Ghana with great enthusiasm.
It all begins from the moment the volunteers plant their
first step on the soil that will be their home for a year. The
shout of “woezo, woezo,” (“welcome, welcome,”) comes
from the lips of folk who for the first time are seeing foreign
volunteers in their community. Children run to meet the van
that brings the volunteers, and they grin at them as they help
carry their bags to their rooms. Adults come to welcome
the young people who will from that day be a part of their
community, forming a bond that will last not just for a year
but for a lifetime.
The volunteers learn a lot from living in such
communities. They develop personally, building selfesteem and self-confidence through being pushed
out of their comfort zone and immersing themselves
into a different culture. They have the opportunity
to gain knowledge, experience and skills which they
may not have been able to acquire at home. The
obvious example is learning a foreign language by
immersing themselves into the language and culture.
In addition, they learn new ways to approach different
problems, and gain valuable work experience in a
new environment.
During the first few days and weeks the volunteers have
to adjust to the culture, temperature, food, water, toilets,
transportation and other issues that are particular to the
places they now live. The people in the communities
understand the challenges the young people are facing,
and provide what support is needed.
One of the most long-lasting benefits of volunteering
is the friendships they make. They meet people from
all backgrounds and all walks of life which often
create life-long bonds. Volunteering also gives people
a chance to contribute to a community, and this can
result in an incredible sense of fulfilment.
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Nana pictured with Sarah Qwarnström, Ghana 14/15
Volunteers bring fresh energy
into a community, and their
enthusiasm and determination
make them a great compliment
to the teaching staff of a school.
There is also systematic exchange
of ideas with volunteers learning
a huge amount from the teachers
they work with, whilst local teachers
take inspiration from the volunteers,
especially with their use of art
and other teaching materials in
delivering lessons.
#mycommunity #ghana #support overseas
obituary
Project Trust has been incredibly fortunate
to work with Sister Mary Paule in South
Africa for over three decades, with almost 100
Volunteers being placed in the three charities
she was involved in: Ikhwezi Lokusa, Bethany
Home and Thembelihle. John Fraser, Project
Trust’s Overseas Director, attended the
funeral of Sister Mary Paule in South Africa,
and afterwards shared his thoughts on a
fitting tribute to an inspirational woman.
Over a thousand people of all generations gathered in the
garden of the Glen Avent Convent at Ikhwezi Lokusa for
the funeral service of Sr Mary Paule on a rather cool but
sunny winter’s day in Mthatha. A marquee large enough
for many hundreds was rapidly filled and trailer loads of
additional seating kept arriving well into proceedings for
those who stood outside. The singing, as one might expect,
was uplifting as only singing in this part of the world can be.
Improvisation, harmonies, dance and the rhythmic beat of
drums filled the air.
Sister Mary Paule with Dr Russel Banner (South Africa 95/96)
A sad occasion but not a sombre one, there
was laughter as well as tears and although a
considerable feat of organisational logistics with
everyone allocated their appointed place in the
order of seating, there was still improvisation, the
odd blip in proceedings, one which included myself
being identified as the American Ambassador –
much laughter, Sister would have approved!
It was a ceremony which followed the full
catechism of the church but was never high brow or
ostentatious. Sister as we know was the most humble
of people and those who knew her can imagine her
being disapproving of the fuss, but it was a ‘fuss’
much deserved.
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We the players were at last given the opportunity to express affection and
recognition for this truly remarkable and inspirational woman, which we had
never been allowed to express to her in her lifetime.
It was also a platform for much soul searching for the
community of Mthatha. The homily by the Bishop was hard
hitting and a wakeup call, challenging people to recognise
the serious failings of a society where acts like this took
place, not just to Sister Mary Paule but also for many
ordinary people who suffer violence and abuse, but become
mere statistics.
Excellent speeches by the Mayor, and various politicians,
echoed these sentiments. “Wake up Mthatha, wake up
Eastern Cape, wake up South Africa to what is happening to
our society”. The Bishop emphasised that yes, Sister’s death
was a tragedy and a waste but if we were to truly honour her
work and memory then it must be to use the opportunity to
challenge, as she did in her life, the inequality, poverty and
hopelessness of many in society to bring about change and
positivity. Only by our actions would this take place and it
was everyone’s duty to make sure we undertook action and
not hollow words.
I had the privilege of speaking on behalf of Project
Trust and all overseas volunteers in recognition of
the profound influence and motivational force she
extended to so many impressionable young people
under her supervision.
The procession of choir and clergy, followed by
the public throng, moved from the marquee and
a short sharp shower came as from nowhere,
confirming to the Xhosa that she was safely in the
arms of God. It apparently rained for two days
following Mandela’s committal but then Sister was
always understated. She was laid to rest in the Glen
Avent cemetery surrounded by so many she served
with. A grave hewn from the rock of South Africa,
a country to which she had dedicated 60 years of
her remarkable life.
May she rest in peace.
education
This has been a landmark year for the Education Team, with our first cohort
of volunteers (2013/14) completing the Foundation Year in Global Volunteering
and Citizenship accredited by One Awards.
We were delighted that
a number of universities
recognised the value of the
Foundation Year by offering
our volunteers conditional
offers dependent on the
successful completion of the
accredited programme.
Global Citizenship Ambassadors continue to deliver inspiring
workshops and sessions in both primary and secondary schools.
The power of a meaningful long-term volunteering placement is
reflected in the number of Returned Volunteers who are eager to
share their first-hand experience of global issues with others in
the classroom.
We were pleased with the successful application to Highlands
and Islands Enterprise (HIE) who have supported us in appointing
an Education Resource Officer, Lorcan Byrne (Thailand 200910), to write and develop educational resources for both our
volunteers and teachers within schools.
Given the increasing challenges of raising
money in a difficult financial climate it is
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Harry Carstairs, Guyana 13/14
vital our volunteer fundraising support is
effective as possible.
As part of their overseas placement and
Foundation Year in Global Volunteering and
Citizenship, Project Trust volunteers complete
a Community Report. Community Reports
can take any form – an essay, fictional writing,
visual art – as long as it shows analysis of the
community and culture the volunteer has been
living in for the past year.
Ella Mei Morrish, who volunteered in India in 2013/14,
produced a graphic novel called Babygirl. Ella Mei’s artistry
and efforts in putting Babygirl together were recognised
by One Awards, and she was highly commended in the
Community Learning Champion category of their
2014 Community Learning Awards:
“Babygirl is the story of one woman created out of the stories
of a lot of people who I talked to. I wanted to cover so much:
‘women’ obviously incorporates a vast number of issues. I
worked with women of all ages and I wanted to represent that
somehow. Having tried writing lots of short stories I realised
the story of one woman growing up worked best.
When you start looking at a topic and analysing,
things seem to unfold. I read a report about
child abuse and a week later one of my
volunteering partner’s students turned up at
school with a burn across the top of her arm.
The child was fairly dismissive of it, but she
told me where it was from and why she had
it. Putting together a Community Report really
helps make sense of things like that, things you
might struggle to process otherwise.
Having put so much work into my Community
Report I feel very proud of it, and I hope that
the girls whose stories I used would be proud
too. I had an uneasy relationship with my work
at times: I was very conscious of taking other
peoples’ intimate stories and fictionalising them.
A project like a Community Report connects you
so well with the world you’re in and you feel like
you’ve done something really worthwhile at the
end of it. When you start looking at a place so
closely it can scare you a little: You sometimes
see so much more than you wanted to. If I hadn’t
gone through the process of putting Babygirl
together I’d never have analysed every story and
comment I heard so thoroughly.”
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Ella Mei Morrish, India 13/14
Just because you don’t want to know something
doesn’t mean you can dismiss it as fiction; just because
you hear something it doesn’t become fact. All stories
are important, all hopes can be validated, all girls are
incredible and they should know it.
By volunteering in South Africa for a year I had my eyes opened
and my opinions blown out the water in a very dramatic way. One
of the most important lessons I learned is that having your opinions
challenged in such a way is entirely healthy, which is one of the
reasons I’ve got involved in running Global Citizenship sessions
since I returned to the UK.
Helen Hattam (South Africa, 2011/12)
is one of Project Trust’s Global
Citizenship Ambassadors, who
are sharing what they learnt about
global issues during their year
overseas with communities in the
UK. Working with the Education
Team, Helen has created educational
resources designed to raise
awareness of HIV and tackle the
stigma attached to the virus.
I volunteered for 12 months in Zithulele hospital in South Africa,
working with the Jabulani Health Foundation. Jabulani focuses on
healthcare, education, poverty relief and care for those affected by
HIV and AIDS. Around 4,000 patients rely on Zithulele hospital to
survive, so it is an intense atmosphere and there is a huge amount
of work to get through.
Since I returned from South Africa I’ve run a lot of Global
Citizenship sessions, mostly focussing on HIV. I can explain to
students the real situations I encountered, and show them photos
of places I’ve been, and it becomes a real-life learning environment.
One example I will always remember is from a series of Global
Citizenship sessions I ran for a school in Edinburgh. I ran three
sessions with a class about HIV and AIDS and there was one
student who pretty much sat on his phone for the whole hour and a
half of the first session. At the end of the first day one of the pupils
asked me: “Why do you feel so passionately about healthcare?”
My answer was something along the lines of: “You don’t need to
speak the same language as someone to know you care about
them,” and the ears of the student who had been so engrossed in
his phone suddenly picked up.
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Screens from Helen’s HIV Awareness Resource
What
What
would you like to
know about it?
is HIV and Aids?
Which
countries are affected?
people living wIth hiv
(end of 2010)
North America
1.3
how
is it transmitted?
© Project Trust MMXIV | www.projecttrust.org.uk/global-citizenship/
1.5
0.84
million
million
HiV/AIDS
Eastern Europe,
Central Asia
Western & Central
Europe
North Africa, Middle East
Caribbean
million
Sub Saharan Africa
1.5
million
how
does it affect countries
around the world?
I went back for the second session and the student who
was so disengaged the week before was at the front of
the class and was one of the most enthusiastic students.
At the end of the final session he came up to me with a
thank you letter and apologised for not paying attention
initially. He said he became interested because: “It’s not
just another school lesson, it’s like life lessons.” I later
got an email saying the coursework results for the class
were the best the school had ever had.
million
0.47
0.2
million
Latin America
East Asia
0.79
million
22.3
million
South &
South East Asia
4
Oceania
54k
million
© Project Trust MMXIV | www.projecttrust.org.uk/global-citizenship/
HIV is definitely a global issue which I’m
passionate about, but it hasn’t closed me off:
there is still a huge amount for me to learn. I’ve
made a start to my journey as a Global Citizen
and it is definitely one I want to keep going.
You can download Helen’s resources from our website at www.projecttrust.org.uk/schools-teachers
46 I PROJECT TRUST I Annual Report I 2014
Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 30 September 2014
Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds
Total Funds
Total Funds
2014201420142013
INCOMING RESOURCES £
£
£
£
Incoming resources from generated funds:
Voluntary Income
2 ,445 200, 1 71 202, 616 182, 433
Activities for generating funds
-
28
,607
28,
607
31,
835
Investment income
914
1
915
5
,682
Incoming resources from charitable activities -
1,564, 615
1 ,564, 6 15
1,630,114 31,964
34,892
Other incoming resources - 31,964
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES
3 ,359
1,825, 358 1 ,828, 717
1,884,956
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Costs of generating funds:
4,147 10,328 14,4 75
46,595
Costs of generating voluntary income
Fundraising expenses and other costs -
16,
5 1 3
16,
5 1 3
17,
4 74
Charitable activities -1,
788,
7801,
788,
7801,
845,
4 37
Governance costs -
21,
320
21,
320
19,
659
Total Resources Expended
NET INCOMING Resources/ (RESOURCES EXPENDED) BEFORE TRANSFERS
4
,
1471,
836,
941 1,841
,
0881,
929,
165
( 788 ) (11, 583 ) (12, 371) (44,209)
Transfers between Funds
788
( 788)--
NET INCOMING Resources/ (RESOURCES EXPENDED)
BEFORE REVALUATIONS
- (12, 371) (12, 371) (44,209)
Gains and losses on revaluations of investment assets974
- 974
2,664
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS FOR THE YEAR
974 (12, 371 ) (11,3 97) (41,545)
Total funds at 1 October 2013
21
,
103
860,
578
881,
681
923,
226
TOTAL FUNDS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2014
22,077
848,207
870,284
881,681
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Project Trust Balance Sheet as at 30 September 2014
20142013
££££
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible Assets
906,
6 71
936,
237
Investments 38,
555
73,
3 58 945,226 1,009,595
CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 10, 821
11,954
205, 220 206, 376
Debtors
Cash at Bank
193,361 128,544
409,402
CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year ( 409,344 ) (474, 788)
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES
346, 874
58
(127,914)
Total Assets less Current Liabilities
945,
284
881,
681
Provision for Liabilities and Charges
(75 ,000)
NET ASSETS
870,284
881,681
CHARITY FUNDS: Restricted Funds 22,077
21,103
Unrestricted Funds 848,
207
860,
578
total fundS
870,284
881,681
The summarized accounts are not the statutory accounts but are a summary of information from the independently audited accounts for the year ended
30 September 2014. Copies of the full independently audited accounts on which there was an unqualified audit report are available from the Chief Executive
of Project Trust at the Registered Office.
The financial statements were approved by the Directors 17 March 2015.Mr I Dunbar CHAIRMAN
Mrs I Emerson CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Resources expended 2014
Governance1%
Cost of generating funds
Charitable Activites
2%
97%
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Charitable Activity Expenditure 2014
Volunteer Recruitment 5%
Staff Costs 34%
Volunteer Training 5%
Hebridean Centre & Admin 8%
Volunteer Insurance 8%
Volunteer Travel 12%
Support Other 6%
Support Staff 7%
Overseas Supervision 15%
Our Thanks
to the following donors who generously sponsored Project Trust and our volunteers overseas from 2013 to 2014...
£5,000 and over
The Alchemy Foundation
The Anson Charitable Trust
Zoe Carss Education Trust
Catenians Association Bursary Fund
Churchill University Scholarship Trust
Dudley and Geoffrey Cox Charitable Trust
Mr MBZ De Ferranti
Ivor Dunbar | Australia 79/80
Alan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust
Mr D Henriques
Highlands & Islands Enterprise
Sir James Knott Trust
The Lynn Foundation
Sir James Miller (Edinburgh) Trust
Jack Petchey Foundation
Roger & Miriam Pilkington Charitable Trust
Rotary Clubs
The Rothley Trust
The Souter Charitable Trust
Erik Sutherland Gap Year Trust
The Swire Charitable Trust
The 1989 Willan Charitable Trust
The Wood Foundation
£1,000 to £4,999
Viscount Amory Charitable Trust
Sir John and Lady Amory’s Charitable Trust
Anglo-Chilean Society
John Apthorp Charitable Trust
The Arrol Trust
Roger & Sarah Bancroft-Clark Charitable Trust
The Barcapel Foundation Ltd
The Bartlett Foundation
Paul Bassham Charitable Trust
The Bedgebury Foundation
The Binks Trust
Bournville Charitable Co Ltd
Callendar Charitable Trust
Sir Ernest Cassel Educational Trust
Clifton College
The Cottesloe School
The Cray Trust
The Cross Trust
The Duchess of Leeds Assumption Fund
Edenbeg Charitable Trust
Eranda Foundation
Fletcher Shipping Company
The Follett Trust
The French Huguenot Church of London
Charitable Trust
The George Gorman Memorial Fund
Independent Schools Careers Organisation
Institute of Our Lady of Mercy
The Joicey Trust
The Knightswood Trust
Lancaster Royal Grammar
The Hugh & Montague Leney Travel Trust
Lethendy Charitable Trust
Lions Clubs
The Lord Mayor’s 800th Anniversary Awards Trust
P & M Lovell Charitable Trust
Mackie A and M Trust
The JP Marland Charitable Trust
Nancie Massey Charitable Trust
The Mason Trust
Rebecca Mayhew | Kenya 86/87
The Ronald Miller Foundation
The Mingulay Prewell Charitable Trust
John Mountain Memorial Fund
Nineveh Charitable Trust
Oval Insurance Broking Limited
The Payne-Gallwey Charitable Trust
Dr LHA Pilkington Charitable Trust
Sir John Priestman Charitable Trust
The Christopher H R Reeves Charitable Trust
The Robertson-Ness Trust
Rosaz Charity
The Rowse Family Trust
Royal Geographical Society
The Dr Mortimer & Theresa Sackler Foundation
Sacred Heart of Mary Girls’ School
Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation
Mr & Mrs CP Search
SHA Charitable Trust
The Shelroy Trust
Soroptimist International of Scotland South
Soroptimist Internationals
The South of Scotland Youth Award Trust
St Philips Church Fund
David St John Thomas Charitable Trust
Stockport World Citizen Trust
TBF Thompson Charitable Trusts
The Tory Family Foundation
SW Birmingham Branch of the United Nations
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Roger Vere Foundation
The Walker Trust
The Zeta Trust
£500 to £999
The Artemis Charitable Foundation
Kathy Arthur
Mrs MA Astill-Brown
Aylesbury High School Travel Scholarship
The Nick Baldwin Memorial Trust
Barclay School
Birmingham Diocesan Board of Finance
Mr Patrick Boggon | South Africa 83/84
AP & SM Bootman
Bristol Commonwealth Society
The Broyst Foundation
Bulkeley-Evans Award Scheme
Jimmie Cairncross Charitable Trust
Dr LJ Calviou & Mr SH Atkins
Carwood Motor Units Ltd
The Cardross Trust
Chipping Campden Community Trust
Church Burgess Education Foundation
Clydesdale Bank Plc
Community Foundation in Wales
The Cotswold School
Cranleigh School
Suzanna Cribb | Chile 98/99
AW & RJ Daniel
AD & CFV Delmege
Domino’s Pizza
The PB Dumbell Charitable Trust
Emanuel Charitable Trust
English Speaking Unions
Falkland War Memorial Trust
The Ann & Christopher Fielden Charitable Trust
The Forest Hill Charitable Trust
John Fraser | Zambia 73/74
RFF Gibson Trust
The Gloag Foundation
Miss K M Harbinson’s Trust
Lady Hind Trust
HJB Charitable Trust
The Homestead Charitable Trust
RA & RC Hubbard
Stephen Jones | Zimbabwe 98/99
Littledown Trust
The Lloyd Eist Foundation
Mr & Mrs I Lochhead
Mrs SD Main
The Mathew Trust
Pat McGinley Autocare Ltd
MMH Services Limited
Mr & Mrs D Mudge
Ms Maebelle Munro
Nichol Young Foundation
The Provincial Walsh Trust for Bolton
Reuben Brothers Foundation
The Jack Riley Trust
Robertson Group Limited
Rotary Club of Corstorphine
Round Tables
Sarum St Michael Educational Charity
Sensee Limited
The Shepherd St Trust
Sheffield Bluecoat and Mount Pleasant
Educational Foundation
Ian Smith Building Contractors
Soroptimist International of Edinburgh
Soroptimists International of Fishguard
South Cerney Sri Lankan Community Support Fund
Hugh Stenhouse Foundation
The Samuel Storey Family Charitable Trust
Suburban Taverns Charitable Trust
The Surf Trust
The Hugh Symons Charitable Trust
The Thomson Charitable Trust
Thomson Reuters
GJW Turner Trust
Uppingham School
The Verden Sykes Trust
William Walker Transport Ltd
Madeleine Mary Walker Foundation
David Warmsley
Weatherley International
Webb Estimating Services Ltd
Inner Wheels
Jeremey Willson Charitable Trust
ME Woolfe Charitable Trust
The Worshipful Company of Cutlers
Wymondham College
Our Thanks
to the following for additional support...
to our Overseas Representatives...
The Project Trust Community for their regular monthly, quarterly and
annual donations.
Botswana
Cambodia
Chile
China
Dominican Republic
Ghana Guyana Honduras Hong Kong India Japan Malawi Malaysia Namibia Nepal
Peru Senegal South Africa Sri Lanka Swaziland Thailand Family and friends of volunteers who assisted with their fundraising efforts.
James Westcott and Darren Long and Sky Plc for donation of two
computers for video editing.
Go Ape, who donated Outdoor adventure activities opportunities to
Project Trust.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) for helping to fund two
12 month posts.
Mark Thompson (Kenya 86/87), for providing office facilities in London
during Project Trust’s London Internship.
French Duncan (Glasgow), Inspiris (London), Deutsche Bank (London),
Anglo American (London) all of whom provided office facilities for
Project Trust interviews and meetings.
Friends and family of staff for helping with accommodation during
the year.
Returned Volunteers who have given up their time to conduct schools
talks, careers fairs and Global Citizenship sessions across the UK.
The people of Coll, including those who have hosted candidates on
Selection and worked with them on community tasks.
HealthLink 360 and InterHealth, who provide medical advice.
Helen Hattam (South Africa 11/12), and Teach First Intern
Rosie Macgill (India 07/08) for supporting our Education Team.
Returned Volunteers who ran to raise funds running the Paris and Coll
Half Marathons.
Returned Volunteer coordinators who have helped establish Project Trust
Community regional groups.
Uganda Ann Botha
Imma Zama
Chile 97/98
Claire Rason
Andrew Chadwick
Chile 92/93
China 03/04
Michael Hawkins
Amelia Ramirez
Nana Yaw Saah Aboagye
Kala Seegopaul
Rishon Rambarran
Rory Rambarran
Charles George
Namibia 94/95
Nicola Burridge
Kokilagadda Bharavi
Kokilagadda Abhilash
Yukiko Nakaie
Japan 96/97
Alex Miller
Georgina Turner
Malawi 04/05
Nicola Cave
Noraini Bell
Robert Caspary
Shanta Neupane
Steve Webster
Gaby Aguilar
Cheikhou Thiome
Ian Widdop
Yvonne Mathieson
Cheryl De Saram
Richard Thompson
Kathy Thompson
Thailand 92/93
Lucie Redwood
Nick Day
Thailand 03/04
Ian Wardle
Eugene Kavuma
How can I help?
Become an active part of the Project Trust Community:
• Attend Gatherings taking place around the country
• Help organise reunions for your country or year group
• Support and mentor newly selected volunteers, and help us engage with their parents/families
Contact alison.fraser@projecttrust.org.uk
If you’re in a School:
• Invite a Project Trust school speaker to come in to talk to students about a year overseas
• Arrange for a Returned Volunteer to deliver a Global Citizenship session
• Keep in touch with what’s happening in the Education Programme
Contact john.sharp@projecttrust.org.uk or heloise.allan@projecttrust.org.uk
Support the volunteers of the future:
• Make a regular donation to Project Trust
• Introduce Project Trust to potential donor(s)
• Donate to Project Trust’s Bursary Fund
Contact gerry.casey@projecttrust.org.uk
#53
#weareprojecttrust
PATRON
Volunteer Recruitment
Overseas Programme
Founder and President
Head of Volunteer Recruitment
Director of Overseas Programme
Parent of 2 volunteers: Sri Lanka & China
Dan Snow @thehistoryguy
Nicholas Maclean-Bristol OBE DL
Parent of 3 volunteers: Sudan, China & South Africa
Board of Directors
Ivor Dunbar I Australia 79/80
John Sharp
Kate Bower I Thailand 06/07
Senior Recruitment Officer
Jade Wakeford I Sri Lanka 05/06
Recruitment Officer
Matt Owen I South Africa 07/08
Chairman
Recruitment Officer
Vice-Chair
Parent of volunteer: Malawi
Recruitment Team Support Officer
Maggie Taylor I South Africa 73/74
Nicolas Maclean of Pennycross CMG
Charles Maclean-Bristol I Sudan 85/86
Steve Price-Thomas I Jamaica 85/86
Rebecca Mayhew I Kenya 86/87
Jonathan Moore I Brazil 88/89
Zahid Torres-Rahman I Zimbabwe 89/90
Michael Traboulsi I Uganda 99/00
Linda Kirkwood
Flora Lewis I Cambodia 09/10
education
Heloise Allan I Vietnam 03/04
Head of Education
Lorcan Byrne I Thailand 09/10
Education Resource Officer*
branding & communications
Ross Evans
Website, Design & Branding
David Lyons
Chief Executive
Communications Officer
Also on the Board of Directors
Doug Young
Ingrid Emerson MBE
HR & Administration
Finance & Fundraising
Head of Human Resources
Gerry Casey
Director of Finance
Karlijn Bakker
Administrative Support
Fiona Carswell
Hebridean Centre
Nic Smith
Volunteer Fundraising Support
House Manager & Cook
Parent of 2 volunteers: Botswana & South Africa
Volunteer Fundraising Support
Housekeeper
Volunteer Fundraising Manager
Malcolm Gotts I Jamaica 09/10
Jane Robertson
Janice Henderson
John Fraser I Zambia 73/74
Gill Roberts
Overseas Department Manager
Desk Officers
Christopher Hitch I Guyana 07/08
Felicity Morrow I Peru 07/08
Tom Longden I Chile 07/08
Dave Entwistle
Peter Wilson
project trust community
Alison Fraser
Head of Alumni & Engagement
Parent of 2 volunteers: Sri Lanka & China
Andrew Truscott
Project Trust Community Officer*
Secretaries
French Duncan CA
* Positions part funded by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE)
and The European Regional Development Fund
#55
number of volunteers sent overseas in 2013/14
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12 month Volunteer
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8 month Volunteer
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ghana
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MALAWI
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NAMIBIA
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SENEGAL
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SOUTH AFRICA
wwww
SWAZILAND
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uganda
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cambodia wwwwwwqqqqqqqqqq
china
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hong kong
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india
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japan
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malaysia
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nepal
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sri lanka
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thailand
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chile wwwwqq
dominican republic
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guyana
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honduras
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peru
= 115 volunteers in africa
= 105 volunteers in asia
= 79 volunteers in americas
total = 299 volunteers
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