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| Revised funding priorities and application procedure |
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The Drapers’ Company has issued revised funding priorities for the award of grants from the Drapers’ Charitable Fund from October 2006. More detailed guidance concerning the application procedure and the information required in an application is also available to assist grant applicants For further information about these two important changes please go to the Drapers’ Charitable Fund page [click here].
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Application deadlines |
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The deadlines by which completed applications must be received in order to be considered at the next meeting of the three grant making trusts to which the Company welcomes applications are as follows:
Drapers Charitable Fund [click here]
5
October
2007
(meeting
date
29
October
2007)
Sir William Boreman’s Foundation [click here]
14
September
2007
(meeting
date
9
October
2007)
Thomas Howell’s Education Fund for North Wales [click here]
10
September
2007
(meeting
date
16
October
2007)
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The Company's Nominated Charity 2007/2008 |
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The Master
is pleased
to announce
that his
chosen
charity for
this year is
Combat
Stress.
For over 80
years, The
Ex-Services
Mental
Welfare
Society,
Combat
Stress, has
been the
only
services
charity
specialising
in helping
those of all
ranks from
the Armed
Forces and
the Merchant
Navy
suffering
from
psychological
disability
as a result
of their
services.
Through its
national
network of
welfare
officers, it
visits
veterans at
home in
order to
establish
how best to
improve
their
quality of
life.
Through its
three
treatment
centres, it
provides
rehabilitative
treatment
which aims
to help the
victim cope
with his or
her
disabilities
and to enjoy
a better
quality of
life.
In 2006/7
they
received 996
new
referrals:
over the
past two
years this
figure has
grown by a
staggering
27% from
783. As
their media
profile
continues to
grow in the
light of
ongoing
operations
in the
Middle East
and
Afghanistan,
Combat
Stress
anticipate
increasing
pressure on
its services
for the
foreseeable
future.
The Master
will be in
touch to
inform
members
about ways
to support
the work of
Combat
Stress.
For more information on
Combat
Stress visit their website
http://www.combatstress.org.uk/
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