CHARITY
MONITOR
WCIT Charity
Continuous Charitable Giving (CCG) Scheme
D
id you know that the WCIT Charity made grants of
more than £160,000 in 2014?
Approximately 80% of this grant amount is directly
funded by the generosity of our members, rather than by
investment income.
Your Charity supports projects which fit within one or more of
our priority focus areas:
A recent CCG scheme joiner, WCIT
Court Liveryman Gill Craig, noted
“I think that the scheme is an
excellent idea. When I learned about
the direct link between the CCG
donations and the grants of the
WCIT Charity, it was a no-brainer for
me”
Enhancing opportunity through more effective education
If you think that CCG is for you,
(e.g. Hammersmith Academy and Lilian Baylis Technology
please contact Eleanor MacGregor at the WCIT Hall for a CCG
School)
form. You’ll see that we can claim Gift Aid on your regular
Improving quality of life for the disadvantaged and disabled donations to further boost the income. You’ll also be happy to
know that it is easy to adjust your contributions up or down
(e.g. Lifelites, Blind In Business)
should your circumstances change.
Enabling access for all to information, culture and
opportunity (e.g. Dickens Online, Gresham College)
Contributed by Stefan Fafinski
Helping to re-engage those excluded from society
(e.g. Church Housing Trust, Thames Reach)
We also like to focus on projects which combine the talents of
our membership and their networks with the funding of the
Charity. This helps us to make the maximum impact and to
have confidence in the successful application of our grants.
The principal source of member donations comes via the
Continuous Charitable Giving (CCG) scheme. We have 150
members already giving an average of £30 per month, but
many give more, or less.
If we could find another 150 members to donate £30 per
month, we could fund ALL of the following in a single year:
A new Lifelites Eyegaze installation in a children’s
hospice;
Laptops for sixth form students at one of our partner
schools;
Two days per week of an online AbilityNet advisor
helping disabled people use IT in their home so they may
interact with the world at large;
10 PC’s at a day centre for the socially excluded to find
work opportunities or complete online training courses;
WiFi access at 10 centres for the homeless to help them
engage with the ‘Digital by Default’ access to government
assistance;
An inspirational speaker to enthuse students at Lilian
Baylis Technology School or Hammersmith Academy.
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Chairman, WCIT Charitable Development Committee
The Foundation for Conductive Education
The Foundation for
Conductive Education would
like to thank WCIT Charity
for funding the children at
Red Boots’ School with an
iPad to help them with their
learning and development.
The school is a specialist centre for children with cerebral
palsy and all of the children who attend have physical
disabilities which are often accompanied with learning
difficulties and therefore learning needs to be exciting and
interactive.
The iPad is used daily and is also incorporated into
National Curriculum subjects such as maths where it helps
the children practise their multiplication in a fun and
innovative way, which is very