| Len
Pick Trust News |
| News
items and up and coming events
appear here in reverse chronological
order. |
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| August
2008 |
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| 15 August |
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Len
Pick Trust Annual Report 2008
The 2008 Len Pick Trust Annual Report
is now available online. Click here for more details. |
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| February
2008 |
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| 26 February |
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Monitoring and Evaluation
form
The current financial year of the
Trust ends on the 31st March 2008.
If your organisation has received a
grant from the Trust during 2007/08
it is important that the annual monitoring
and evaluation form is completed and
returned to the Trust during April.
The completion of this form enables
the Trust to be satisfied that the
grant has been used for its intended
purpose and also knowing more about
your experiences enables us to become
better grant makers and increase our
understanding of the voluntary sector.
Download a Monitoring and Evaluation
form here. |
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| 21 February |
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Would
you like to help make a difference?
Len Pick Trust is looking for
two new co-opted members.
The appointments are
for a period of four years, with
the possibility of an extension
of a further four years. If you
are interested in applying for
the positions,
please click
here to view the press release, and
complete the Co-opted
member Application form (right-click
and save as) and read the accompanying
supporting information contained
within the Application
information pack which includes
Trustee
Application Information.
(Note - the files are in a zip
file; please use Win
Zip or similar software to open). |
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| 5 February |
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The Len Pick
Memorial Lecture
The second
Len Pick Memorial lecture took
place at the Corn Exchange Bourne on
the 29th January 2008. The capacity
audience of 250 was firstly entertained
by Judy Theobald of BBC Radio Lincolnshire,
followed by an enthralling talk by
Simon Weston, on his remarkable life
story. Click here to
download the press release. |
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| December
2007 |
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| 17 December |
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The Len Pick
Memorial Lecture – 29th
January 2008
Following the success of the inaugural
Len Pick Memorial lecture in
January with Dr David Bellamy
OBE, the Len Pick Trust are
delighted to announce that
the speaker for the next lecture
to be held on the 29th January
2008 will be Simon Weston OBE. Click here to
read the press release. Admission will
be by ticket only available from Deeping
Travel Burghley Arcade, Bourne at a price
of £3.00 per ticket after the 1st
January 2008. |
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| October
2007 |
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| 1 October |
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Len
Pick Trust Annual Report 2007
The 2007 Len Pick Trust Annual Report
is now available. Click here
for more details. |
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| July
2007 |
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| 27 July |
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Len Pick Memorial
Lecture 2008 |
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Following the success
of the inaugural
Len Pick Memorial lecture in January
with Dr David Bellamy OBE, the Len Pick
Trust are delighted to announce that
the speaker for the next lecture to
be held on the 29th January 2008 will
be Simon Weston OBE.
Click here
to read the full press release in Word
format. |
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| 27 July |
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New Ambulance
for Bourne Red Cross |
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Wednesday night saw the
presentation of a brand new £26,000
ambulance to the Bourne Centre of the
Red Cross at their Headquarters in Harrington
Street. Funded by The Len Pick Trust,
the ambulance replaces a 17 years old
vehicle.
Click here
to read the full press release in Word
format. |
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| 9 July |
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New Youth Worker
for Bourne |
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Thanks to
the generosity of The Len Pick Trust,
working in partnership with The Salvation
Army, a full time youth worker has commenced
work in the town. Gavin Dunn (29) who
is engaged to Mary and lives in Bourne,
has recently completed two years at
Ridley College in Cambridge training
in youth work, will be working for the
next two years with young people in
the town.
Click here
to read the full press release in Word
format. |
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| March
2007 |
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| 26 March |
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Len
Pick Trust Memorial Lecture video
The inaugural Len Pick Memorial Lecture
which took place at the Corn Exchange
Bourne on 31 January is now available
online. Click here
to view the videos. |
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| February
2007 |
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| 28 February |
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The current financial year of
the Trust ends on the 31st March
2007. If your organisation has
received a grant from the Trust
during 2006/07 it is important
that the annual monitoring and
evaluation form is completed and
returned to the Trust during April.
The completion of this form enables
the Trust to be satisfied that
the grant has been used for its
intended purpose and also knowing
more about your experiences enables
us to become better grant makers
and increase our understanding
of the voluntary sector.
Download a Monitoring and Evaluation
form here. |
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| February
2007 |
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| 12 February |
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The Trust has recently made
a grant of in excess of £15,000
towards the transformation of
the Library at the Robert Manning
Technology College into a state
of the art Learning Resource Centre.
A Trust spokesperson said "Although
this grant has been made from
our educational programme, not
only will the new facility assist
the College in providing enhanced
facilities for its pupils but
it will also be available for
use by the local community".
The new facility will be named
"The Len Pick Suite"
in honour of the Trust's founder.
To learn more about the College
go to www.robertmanning.org.uk/. |
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| 5 February |
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Bourne
Abbey Church |
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The Trust has recently
made a grant of £10,000
towards the newly launched £100,000
appeal for the restoration and
improvement of Bourne Abbey Church.
A Trust Spokesperson commented
“The Abbey has occupied
a central position in the Town
for hundreds of years and was
a cause particularly close to
Mr Pick’s heart, we were
therefore delighted to help the
appeal at its inception.” |
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Bourne
Grammar School |
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The Trustees are
delighted to learn that Bourne
Grammar School has been notified
that its application for status
as a specialist school in the
Performing Arts has been granted.
The Trust has assisted in the
application with an allocated
grant of £15,000. The achievement
of this status will enable ambitious
plans for community projects involving
other local schools and the wider
community together with the provision
of a new Drama Studio to proceed. |
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| January
2007 |
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| 29 January |
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The
Len Pick Memorial Lecture |
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Click here
to read about the inaugural Len
Pick Memorial Lecture which took
place at the Corn Exchange Bourne. |
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| 23 January |
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Memorial Lecture Tickets are
now sold out. An edited video
of the evening will be available
for download on the website by
the middle of February. |
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| December
2006 |
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| 18
December |
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The Charitable Trust will be
inaugurating an annual series
of lectures on the 29th January
2007 to commemorate the death,
on the 29th January 2004, of its
founder, the Late Mr Len Pick.
Click here
to read the press release (in
Word format). |
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| September
2006 |
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| 2 September |
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The 2006 Len Pick Trust Annual Report
is now available. Click here
for more details. |
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| 10 April |
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The Trustees are delighted to welcome
Mr John Freear and Mr Terry Bates, both
well known Brunnians, as Trustees with
effect from the 1st April 2006. They
are also delighted that Mr Andy Rowe
and Mr Phil Organ have accepted positions
as co-opted committee members with effect
from the same date. Mr Jonathon Forster,
Chairman of the Trustees said “We
are delighted to welcome on board these
gentlemen who I am certain will bring
additional expertise to the Trust and
assist in our ongoing development and
work in the community. The Trust is
now established and we look forward
to bringing further positive benefits
to the community in line with our benefactor’s
wishes with the assistance of these
gentlemen over the future months. |
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| February
2006 |
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| 23 February |
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The current financial year of the
Trust ends on the 31st March 2006. If
your organisation has received a grant
from the Trust during 2005/06 it is
important that the annual monitoring
and evaluation form is completed and
returned to the Trust during April.
The completion of this form enables
the Trust to be satisfied that the grant
has been used for its intended purpose
and also knowing more about your experiences
enables us to become better grant makers
and increase our understanding of the
voluntary sector.
Download a Monitoring and Evaluation
form here. |
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| 27
January |
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Len Pick Trust press
release on the anniversary of
Len Pick's death.
Please click here
(or right-click and save as) to
view the press release. |
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| 21 September |
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Len Pick Trust meeting took
place at The Function Room Bourne
Corn Exchange at 7pm. Please click
here
(or right-click and save as) to
view the Public Meeting Report. |
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| August
2005 |
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| 23 August |
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The Len Pick Trust
website is launched. |
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