Chief Executive’s Message

Iam very pleased to introduce the Spring/Summer 2023 issue of Fellowship News.

As you read this issue, the Civil Service will be celebrating the first ‘Civil Service Charities & Partners week’. This is a promotion of the work and services of the three civil service welfare bodies (us, the Charity for Civil Servants and CSSC Sports & Leisure). The campaign has enabled us to provide information and case studies that highlight the services we provide for former civil servants. These have been provided as digital assets to Cabinet Office and Civil Service HR who have sent them to all the internal communications leads across departments. The idea being that during the campaign week all departments will post content about the work of the Civil Service charities on their departmental intranets.

Nothing has been done like this before and we will be monitoring the impact the campaign has on our services, subscriptions and donations very closely.

Finally, I’d like to say thanks to everyone involved in the first Befrienders Conference that took place at the end of March in Leamington Spa. Our befriending schemes provide companionship for those within our community who would like some contact by telephone, home visit or letter. The conference provided an opportunity to share experiences and consider some of the challenges we face with the delivery of these services such as volunteer recruitment and the use of the schemes by our beneficiaries.

I hope you enjoy the issue and as usual, if you’d to share your thoughts, write in with a story or want to comment on any content you can email: david.tickner@csrf. org.uk or write to me at Fellowship Office (address below).

David Tickner, Chief Executive

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A big thank you to the Boundless Foundation

We are delighted to be one of the charities picked by the Boundless Foundation again in 2023. Launched in 2016, the Boundless Foundation has so far raised £150,000 for previous charity partners thanks to the generous support and fundraising efforts of its members. Each week Boundless members can pay £1 to play the Boundless Foundation lottery for a chance to win prizes. All funds raised go directly to the Boundless Foundation and are distributed to its chosen charities.

Our Chief Executive David Tickner visited Boundless headquarters earlier in the year to collect a rather ‘large’ cheque for the £5,000 donation for 2022 and thank Boundless Chief Executive Colin Slinn for the support.