Let me just say, thank you so much! The James Beattie Charitable Trust has made it possible for vulnerable and underprivileged children in Wolverhampton to come to our two

relaxed and inclusive Big Top Circus shows. Your support of our project has given children and families with access needs the opportunity to explore live performance, to create special memories and to spend quality time together as a family. Fun matters and at a time when businesses and foundations are facing uncertainty post-Brexit – and so many other requests for donations – you thought of others for whom FUN is all too often in short supply and extended your hand of support to them. 

Judith Halle  Grants and Trusts Manager
For and on behalf of Circus StarrT:  01260 288690

E:  judith.halle@circus-starr.org.uk

W: www.circus-starr.org.uk

  We are so excited to receive a generous donation from The James Beattie Trust to support ’Woodland Forester’. This new outdoor leaning project will begin in January 2019 and is aimed at connecting disadvantaged children to nature, improving  their health and wellbeing. Wolverhampton City based children will have six days, in the countryside, experiencing the fun of the great outdoors, learning about a range of habitats, investigating our nine acres of woodland and engaging in conservation activities. They will gain new skills and grow in confidence through this practical six week programme. Kingswood Trust is a charity that sits 6 miles outside the City of Wolverhampton and has a great reputation for delivering environmental learning days, residential stays, projects and training. It is a fabulous venue for people of all ages. Kingswood Trust holds the ‘Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge’, demonstrating that children and visitors of all ages are looked after well, with the highest levels of safety and educational opportunities. We look forward to sharing the positive impact that this grant has made in the coming year. Thank you for these much needed funds.”

Rachel Wells. Charity Manager.

Kingswood@wolverhampton.gov.uk

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As chair of the Whitmore Reans Welfare Centre, I write to thank you wholeheartedly for the generous and much needed donation made by the James Beattie Charitable Trust.

As you are aware, piecemeal donations cover the month-by-month running costs of the Centre-except for the rent, which is of course £3,600 a year. Thus the Trust’s most welcome donation will ensure that the Centre survives for at least another year, during which time we will naturally continue to seek other sources of funding.

I should be most grateful if you could pass on our thanks to all of the Trustees, all of whom are welcome to visit the Centre.

Rob Marris

Management Committee Chair.

Rotary Club President Paul Lockley and The Mayor of Wolverhampton presenting carity funds to Susan Husband (M.S.Therapy Centre) and Holly Parry (Central Youth Theatre)

Best Foot Forward is a community initiative devised and organised by the Rotary Club of Wolverhampton.

Its unique fundraising concept took three years to develop and, since 2013, has raised almost £120,000 for the benefit of needy causes in and around our city.  A special feature of the event is that it is also used by other groups to raise and retain funds for their own use.

One of the youngest participants- two year old Dylan Boyce proudly showing off his certificate.

The essential driver in making the event possible is the support of some 40 Patrons – community minded companies and organisations which donate the funds necessary to make it happen.

One of the first, and most significant, Patrons to pledge support for Best Foot Forward was The James Beattie Charitable Trust and their importance to the event is readily, and gratefully, acknowledged.

For more information about Best Foot Forward, take a few minutes to visit

www.wolverhamptonbestfootforward.com.

Criminon UK has been providing distance-learning courses to offenders and ex-offenders for over 15 years and support over 1300 offenders across 60% of the prisons in England and Wales. The funding from The James Beattie Charitable Trust will enable us to help more offenders in Wolverhampton to better their lives:

“Since completing the course with Criminon I have become more confident about my own abilities. I have taken on tasks that I would not have even considered in the past. I have applied for a new job and I have taken on single-handedly the task of running the guitar learner group. I have also noticed that my attitude towards others has changed. I now consider the feelings of others before acting, far more than I did in the past. I feel happier with whom I am and others have begun to give me greater respect.”

D.H.

HMP Oakwood (Restoring Self-Respect)

PO Box 200 East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4GL

01342 316042  info@criminonuk.org.uk