Guidelines for financial donations The Fence Club will support the following:• Helping ‘disadvantaged’ children up to the age of 14 and their families • Projects where the Fence Club can make a big difference, with a small amount of investment, including building projects to enhance the environment for the children • Applications from organisations based in the UK & Ireland • Requests that come via or on behalf of a registered charity or community organisation • Recomendations from Fence Club Members subject to an audit from a GPC member • Donations to an individual not registered as a charity which are specific to a life enhancing need e.g. Converted tricycle for a severely handicapped child will be subject to an audit by a member of the GPC before the application is presented to the GPC The Fence Club will not support the following;• Donations to organisations concerned with animals • Donations to fund-raising charities • Overseas applications • Any form of advertising in souvenir brochures for a charity dinner or any goodwill advertising messages in any other sort of publication • Scout/Guide/Playgroup fund-raising activities as they are not specific to children with either disability or disadvantaged needs • Funds for adult charities • Salaries for charity employees or care assistants
All donations must be supported by the majority of the GPC. All applications will be considered at the Quarterly GPC Meetings.
Charity Mission Statement ‘To raise money predominantly from, but not limited to, Fence Club Members, their associated companies and others; and to distribute the money raised to disadvantaged & disabled children’s charities.’ Methodology A limited number of events and other fund-raising activities will be held annually to include, but are not limited to, the following:• Hong Kong Football Tournament - every other year • Fence Club Golf Day • Christmas Ball • Various raffles & auctions
The allocation of funds The role of the General Purposes Committee is to allocate money to the most deserving charities and to coordinate the fund-raising events with assistance from the Fence Club Membership
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