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Walcot's New Grantmaking Priorities (2020-2023)

24/1/2020

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We review and where necessary change our grantmaking priorities every three years. For the 2020-2023 priorities we undertook research which included consultation with Lambeth community organisations and schools in 2019. The Governors have adopted these Grantmaking Priorities for April 2020 to March 2023.
When reading these, remember that our focus is on low-income/poor Lambeth citizens, mostly under 30.

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Removing Barriers in Education
Sub elements
  1. Developing resilience and well-being
  2. Promoting effective parental engagement in child’s education
  3. Student (re) engagement with school (note 1)​

Maximising Learning
Sub elements
  1. Mastering literacy and numeracy (note 1)
  2. Improving academic achievement through additional support outside school hours (note 1)
  3. Enrichment opportunities for school pupils from low income households that inspire learning (note 2)

Building Employability
Sub elements
  1. Enabling people under the age of 30 who are unemployed or stalled in low paid, insecure work to gain the necessary soft skills and qualifications to move to better paid employment.
  2. Quality industry/employer experiences for school pupils

Developing Money Sense
Sub elements
  1. Improved money management skills for young people (note 3)
  2. Effective debt counselling and budgeting (funds for this sub-priority are currently fully allocated)​

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Gerald bowden, former Governor and Chair

7/1/2020

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We are saddened to learn of the death of Gerald - Gerry - Bowden, a former longstanding Governor of the Walcot Foundation. He was 84.
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Gerry's service to the Foundation was extensive and significant. Altogether he served as a Governor for 40 years, retiring in 2014.  His approach to the finances and investments of the Foundation over those years helped increase our capacity as a grantmaker. We owe him a great deal. His wikipedia entry may be viewed here.

His farewell letter on retirement from the Foundation

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