Charitable Trust News

The Trustees were treated in the summer to an interesting presentation by Centrepoint, the charity for homelessness, and agreed to make a donation to help financially their programme for anger management and dispute resolution for young people. Centrepoint have asked for support from individual members of the Company. Those interested should speak with the Senior Warden, Michael Stephens.

John Rushton being installed as Junior Warden by the Master at Common Hall on 31st October 2006

The Trustees have also agreed to provide funds for the purchase of books by students taking the exams of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in Kenya, Zimbabwe, Malaysia and Thailand, following discussions with the Chartered Institute. The cost of books on arbitration nowadays is prohibitive and the support that can be offered, although much needed, is necessarily limited. Would any member of the Company thinking of throwing out an old version of any arbitration book be good enough to have a word with me before doing so on the basis that an outdated book might be better than none at all for those trying to grapple with arbitration in a country less wealthy than our own?

The Trustees have also offered further financial assistance to a student at the Guildhall School of Music and offered prizes to those who gain the best marks on law courses in the London area. However, they would welcome any new ideas on how we can help others less fortunate than ourselves, the key criteria being an association with the City of London and/or dispute resolution in all its many guises.

Assistant John Rushton