Widehorizons staff conference (day 2)

Widehorizons Staff ConferenceJanuary 11th 2013

The New Year

Scott JohnsonDeputy Head of Centre

The New Year

Thank you

Any questions?

Trust Fundraising – a case study

Lynn LeadbeaterTrusts and Foundations Fundraiser

Agenda

• Grant making trusts and foundations• Trust fundraising process• Adventure Learning Outreach• Research and applications• Two funders• Grants awarded

Charity Commission of England and Wales

• 180,000 registered charities with £50 billion expenditure

• 49,123 listed as making grants to other organisations

• How many would support Widehorizons?

Grant-Making Trusts and Foundations

Trust fundraising process

RESEARCH (specific or general)

CONTACT (if possible)

MATCH WITH PROJECT

EVIDENCEINFORMATION

APPLYFUNDERREVIEW

DECISION - YES

GRANT Ts & Cs

MONITORING & EVALUATION REPORTINGPROJECT

DELIVERY

DECISION - NO FEEDBACK

Adventure Learning Outreach

– Focus: Education

– Where: Schools in Lewisham/Greenwich

– Who: Head of Adventure Learning and Adventure Learning Teacher

– What: Outreach sessions in and around school as part of tailored programme for a school or a class.

– Numbers: children and schools – targets agreed with Head of Adventure Learning and Director of Operations, 2200 children a year, 72 sessions (each class receives around 6 hours)

Charity Commission Research – for ALO

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15

Search Criteria

No. Of Charities

1 What It Does: Makes Grants 2 Beneficiaries: Children and Young People

3 Charitable Objectives: Education and Training4 Area of Benefit: Lewisham and Greenwich

15 to 1Sir William Boreman’s Foundation

• The charity aims to promote the education of young people under the age of 25 living in Greenwich or Lewisham, by the award of grants to institutions and individuals, particularly those from low income or otherwise disadvantaged backgrounds

Equitable Charitable Trust

• Formal education projects for disadvantaged children and young people in the UK that support delivery of the National Curriculum (i.e. curriculum enrichment projects) or that deliver accredited vocational learning that will increase employability

Thank you

Any questions?

Continuing the Adventure

Glenn LaneField Studies (Townsend Centre)

Adventure!

Who were the most adventurous culture in history?

Vikings, sea travel, over land, trading with different cultures, and of course travelling other countries to collect resources and protecting their families

The image of the Viking does capture the imagination of young and old, in popular culture there is Marvel’s Thorr and references to Valkeries in a number films

Widehorizons is all about the spirit of adventure, right?

But what do we do with the adventures that kids have once they’ve been on a journey?

Well, very little, until they come to the next centre.

Here’s the plan• A ‘club’ that schools and children sign

up to• The club will take the form of a secure

online magazine with a couple of sub groups depending on age and interest

• Updated Quarterly• Back up what has been discussed in the

Widehorizons ‘Scrapbook’ plan

The spirit behind adventure

BEYOND THE HORIZONS

A Holistic Approach

What it will include?• Tales of the Challenge of Adventure• Children writing in with their stories of adventure, challenges and fears they overcame while on a journey

at Widehorizons, with a prize for the best tale per category (age/SEN) but they have to officially enter!

• Thorr’s Earth Guardians• This is an environmental group who undertake a

project at school or in their local community to help the environment from habitat piles to woodland management.

• The Dryad’s Climbers• Dryads are tree spirits, just as Tolkien had walking a

talking trees and hobbits climbing them, this is a chance to have your picture taking in a tree may be as a hobbit, and to find out more about the tree = Alex’s idea

• Tree Painting (on school property only) Connecting art with the environment and memories of the artist

• Inter Centre Pen Pals• Inter-centre connection with the people and places

in the each of the centre’s location• This would encourage links, communication and

visits to other centres

Faith and Folklore CornerBritain is a multicultural country, but not everyone understands or wants

to understand, so by talking about what different faiths do in various season

• By telling the magazine what they will be doing and celebrating will help other cultures, religions and future society as a whole understand and realise that we are not all that different.

• Also in the myths from around the world there are tales of adventure, the question is how do those adventures relate to our visitor’s adventure?

Getting to Know Widehorizons

Name: James CampbellJob title / Centre: Trainee Tutor at the

Townsend Centre in SwanageEducation: Currently studying

Adventure Education at the University of Chichester

Interests: Outdoor Sports including; running, cycling, kayaking, sea rowing, dog walking and spending time with my familyGreatest Adventure: Cycled 950 miles (solo, camping & unsupported) – Lands End to John O’Groats for the ‘Help for Heroes’ charity

Partnership Groups All of this can be linked in with other organisations, including

connected councils

• Wildlife Trusts• Woodland Trust• Young Ornithologist (RSPB)• BMC• IOL• ALPS

What about funding?

Over to our Fundraising

Valkeries

Thank you

Any questions?

“Little Gems”

Me

Power Phrases

• Threat or Opportunity• Smiles per hour

Power Phrases

• Clients r Us• Sparkle Award• A – Z Game• Two Truths and a Lie

• Threat or Opportunity• Smiles per Hour

• Love Ironing

• Primetime TV

• Donated Blood x 23

Two Truths and a Lie

• Love Ironing

• Primetime TV

• Donated Blood

Thank you

Good Night!

2013Key Priorities

Mike, Katy, Scott & AlexSenior Management Team

2013 - FMC

• M&E (Impact)• Case studies (YAF and Outreach)• Corporate and events• Individual giving• Statutory income• New projects• Centre renovations (plans and partnerships)• Website & Database• Schools Adventure Challenge

2013 - Resources

• Focus remains on ensuring financial stability• Formulation of HR Strategy commenced• Appointment of HR Manager underway to

drive this forward• Pensions Trust pension now available to all

employees

2013 - Services• Staff appraisals – by 31MAR13• Training & development – including on new

website/CRM database• Outreach in London & Walsall• Finalise M&E package• Service development e.g. After school clubs,

summer schemes, charity groups• ALPs• CPD