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Annual Review
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29/1/09 12:36:09
Thoughts from the top
Contents
02
03
Mission and values
04 - 05
75 year history
06 - 07
Year in review
08 - 11
Welfare
12 -13
Community development
“I suddenly feel less alone
in the jewish world”
14
Emergency relief
15
Non-sectarian work
16 - 17
Gifts in Kind
18 - 19
Fundraising and events
20 - 23
Financials
This year marks the 75th anniversary of WJR: three
quarters of a century of reaching out to our extended
family around the world and to other communities
in desperate need. We have made massive steps to
transform lives in this time. So while it is sad that the
need for our work remains constant it is important to
acknowledge the progress we have made.
Nowhere has this been more clearly demonstrated in the last year than WJR’s
completion of the Jewish Community Centre in Krakow, Poland, and the
honour of having Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess
of Cornwall open it. This modest but important Jewish community finally has
an independent and appropriate space to help ensure its long term survival.
Elsewhere, the statistics show just how WJR has risen to the challenge of
providing a Jewish lifeline to our extended family around the world this
year. In the last 12 months 18,614 elderly people received winter support
and 6,924 children at risk were reached. Our unique Gifts in Kind operation
continues to provide clothing to tens of thousands of people, while
construction of a further two remarkable Jewish Community Centres in
Eastern Ukraine progresses apace. The personal stories in the following pages
will further illustrate our acheivements.
Even WJR cannot plan for the unplanned, yet emergency operations
to respond to those affected by cyclones in Bangladesh and Burma
demonstrated both our community’s desire to support such emergency
appeals, and our concern for all. Now, as we write, WJR is involved in assisting
some of the victims of the conflict in Georgia survive in the aftermath of the
crisis there.
Of course, such diverse activities cannot be implemented without the
necessary recources and our range of fundraising and supporter opportunities
has had to keep pace. Events including dinner with royalty and a dance
spectacular give a taste of our growing range of activities, whilst our new
volunteer programme, The Big Hand, has received a fantastic response.
We extend a huge thank you to all who have helped us achieve so much in
this important year. Kindly continue your generous support, bring in your
friends and colleagues and help us extend our Jewish lifeline worldwide.
Paul Anticoni
Chief Executive Officer
Nigel Layton
Chairman
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Missions and values
Helping Jewish communities go the extra mile
Our strategy to help people rebuild their lives
In a world where conflict, inequality and pain are
alarmingly widespread, the need to respond with
compassion and generosity to help alleviate the
suffering of others resonates strongly within the
Jewish community.
• To support the provision of urgent
rescue and welfare assistance to
Jewish people in need, focusing
particular attention on the
requirements of the elderly,
children and other specifically
disadvantaged groups.
At WJR our mission is to be the leading UK-based Jewish international
agency assisting and serving the needs of primarily, but not exclusively,
Jewish communities, at risk or in crisis, outside the UK and Israel.
From providing food, warmth and shelter to helping to secure a safe and
positive environment for children to grow up in, our vision is to enable
British Jewry to play its part in relieving suffering and reducing the
vulnerability of communities who are most at risk throughout the world.
• To support sustainable community
development initiatives, to
ensure the long-term viability of
vulnerable Jewish communities.
• To respond to major international
humanitarian disasters, supporting
the communities affected by
contributing toward their relief
and recovery needs, irrespective
of race, religion or nationality.
• To develop an international
programme for non-Jewish
communities that plays to the
strengths, responsibilities and
values of our Jewish identity and,
wherever possible, links our work
with Jewish communities.
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75 year history
75 years of supporting
those in desperate need
CBF initiated a Parcels Scheme,
channelling support to
‘refuseniks’ who had lost
jobs and income.
When the Nazis came to power in 1933 Jewish people
became the ‘Untermenschen’ - the sub-humans, and
the subject of Hitler’s systematic campaign of hatred
and brutality. This provided the catalyst for the
formation of the Central British Fund (CBF) for German
Jewry - a lifeline for our extended global family
wherever they were, who needed rescuing. In the
years leading up to World War II, over 70,000 Jewish
people were brought out of Germany and Austria to
the UK and to safety. This was where it all began.
Seventy-five years later, WJR is still going strong
and though our mission has expanded, the Jewish
values at the heart of our work remain constant.
1945
1973
CBF faced three main tasks: caring
for refugees in the UK, providing
relief and crucial support to
survivors trying to rebuild their
lives, and bringing orphaned
children to safety in Britain.
In August 1945, CBF brought
305 children, mainly boys,
to the UK. These children have
come to be known as ‘The Boys’.
The Soviet invasion of
Czechoslovakia forced 4,000 Jews
to flee the country. CBF assisted in
the mass evacuation.
1968
1938-9
CBF funded the Kindertransport
which saved the lives of over
10,000 children in the final
months leading up to the war.
1956
980 refugee families from
Hungary affected by the uprising
were brought to the UK.
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75 year history
1978
CBF was renamed World Jewish
Relief to reflect the support it
provided worldwide.
Lifeline cards were introduced to
our Welfare programming, allowing
people living below the poverty
line in the Former Soviet Union
the freedom to purchase their
own fresh food and vegetables,
without the need to rely on
prepared food packages.
Operation Moses,
Ethiopia. WJR provided
care and food both
before and after the
airlift as well as training
and medical help to
refugees arriving
in Israel.
2006
1984
The Tsunami
Appeal fund was
established.
Today we continue our work wherever the need takes us,
from Sudan to Belarus, and from Ukraine to Zimbabwe.
Here’s to another 75 years of helping to rebuild lives,
sustain communities, and support the
most vulnerable.
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1998
1989
2004-5
The Gifts In Kind (GiK)
programme began.
Collapse of the Iron Curtain.
WJR’s focus shifted to the
almost two million Jews left
behind, many of whom were
elderly. This was also the
year UKJAid was founded
to provide Jewish support
to those in need throughout
the world.
With a 75 year history of life-changing and life-saving
actions to its credit, the team at WJR is still part of that
ongoing process today. To see the difference WJR makes to
our extended family is inspirational. Providing the deprived
and vulnerable with a vital lifeline; providing them with the
privileges we all take for granted here in the UK is personally
uplifting. I am both proud and privileged to be a part of that.
Roz Bluestone, WJR Overseas Project Executive
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Year in review
Looking back on a remarkable year
2007-8 was a successful year for WJR; not just in
terms of the achievements made through our welfare
programmes, but also through the speed with which we
were able to respond to emergencies around the world.
November 2007
Closer to home, we were glad to see our reach within the UK’s Jewish
community expanding as more and more people got to know about WJR and
got involved in our work, whether that be through giving money or goods,
attending fundraising events or giving up an hour or two to volunteer. The
year also saw us putting together a whole raft of internal initiatives to help
improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our work and ensure that the
people we help get the most out of every pound you donate.
July 2007
Packathon
WJR held a mass ‘Packathon’ at our warehouse in Neasden.
More than 300 volunteers and WJR staff filled to the brim a
remarkable 384 boxes of humanitarian aid to be sent to the
Jewish community in Belarus. Participants, aged between five
and 90, sorted and packed thousands of new and nearly new
goods that had been generously donated by the UK Jewish
community through WJR’s GiK programme.
Annual Dinner raises record amount
for WJR
First fundraising dinner in Manchester
raises over £80,000 for WJR
Former Conservative Party leader Michael Howard was the guest speaker
at the WJR Manchester Committee’s first fundraising dinner. In his address,
Mr Howard spoke about his Eastern European roots and his admiration
for WJR. Nearly 200 people attended the event, held at the Imperial War
Museum North.
August 2007
Construction work begins at Krivoy Rog
Our new Jewish Community Centre in one of the most vulnerable parts of
Ukraine, will provide a unique centre of support for this Jewish community
of 12,000 people.
As Patron of WJR’s Krakow Community Centre Project, His Royal
Highness, The Prince of Wales, attended this year’s WJR annual
dinner at The Conservatory in Chelsea. Showing his support
for the Jewish Community and the work of WJR, His Royal
Highness spoke about the passion and generosity of the Jewish
community and their contribution to British society. The dinner
raised over £1.5million – the most the annual WJR event has
ever raised in its 75-year history.
Bangladesh emergency appeal provides
water kits for 1000 families
Cyclone Sidr hit the coast of Bangladesh on 15 November. More
than 600 people were killed and over two million lost their
homes and livelihoods. WJR launched an emergency appeal to
raise money to help.
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Year in review
It’s amazing to work for an
organisation that reaches so many
people in so many parts of the world.
People who rely on us for the most
basic of things, that make such a
difference to their quality of life.
April 2008
Jewish Community Centre in Krakow
opened by HRH the Prince of Wales
On 29 April the Krakow Jewish community gathered together with dignitaries
and guests from around the world to witness the opening of the new Jewish
Community Centre (JCC) by Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and
The Duchess of Cornwall. The centre provides a range of activities to the entire
Jewish community including Senior and Student clubs, Shabbat lunches,
a nursery for children and educational events.
Laura Grossman, WJR Community Fundraiser
January 2008
May 2008
WJR visits Georgia
Myanmar (Burma)
Emergency Appeal
raises over £77,000
Mission Impossible,
Moldova
Following the devastating cyclone
in Myanmar (Burma) on 3 May, WJR
launched an Emergency Appeal to
raise critical funds for the Burmese
victims. Working through trusted
partners who were already on the
ground in Burma, WJR was able
to reassure supporters that our
emergency supplies were in the
hands of those that needed aid
within days of the disaster.
In May, 10 WJR volunteers delivered
two nine-seater Renault vans to the
WJR Community Centre in Kishinev,
Moldova. The vans enable WJR’s
partners on the ground to deliver
food and Gifts in Kind to elderly
and vunerable children living in
remote villages outside of the main
towns. These are people who are
often unable both physically and
financially to reach the Jewish
Community Centres in town.
In Georgia we pledged our support to the Jewish community of
Rustavi and expanded our support for elderly clients.
February 2008
WJR visits Zimbabwe
February saw our first official visit to Zimbabwe where we
fund the activities of a Jewish-run home for older people in
Bulawayo.
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Welfare
Picking up the pieces
For thousands upon thousands across the world,
every single day is a struggle for survival. These people,
often orphans, the elderly, and those with disabilities,
find themselves lost, alone and uncared for in a brutal
and hostile world. But fortunately for many, WJR’s relief
programmes can reach out to them and provide them
with the most fundamental of human rights: protection,
health care, education, shelter, dignity and a voice.
The reach of WJR’s programming is wide, both thematically and
geographically. Our primary mission is to care for the world’s most vulnerable
Jewish people – concentrated in the FSU (Former Soviet Union), particularly
Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova. But we also provide support to the wider
world wherever we can, especially in countries whose history resonates with
the Jewish experience or where a Jewish community can help to support a
wider vulnerable population such as in South Africa.
46,238
Last year, 58 WJR programmes helped 46,238 people across
4 continents.
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Welfare
Meet Rebecca
Born in 1916 to a Jewish family in a small town in
Ukraine, Rebecca was the youngest of seven children.
Now in her 90s, bedridden and disabled, Rebecca can barely support herself
on a monthly pension of £40. She can’t see or hear very well, has had two
stokes which left one of her hands completely paralysed, and because of her
debilitating arthritis she can only lie on her right side.
Fortunately we were able to provide a lifeline. For the past 10 years, Rebecca
has been helped by the local Hesed (welfare centre). She receives vital home
care, fresh food packages, meals on wheels, medicine and health care. All of
Rebecca’s support has been funded by WJR and has made all the difference
to her life.
“I would be dead long ago but for the vital support I receive. My only
connection to this world is my care-giver for which I am so very grateful.”
There is no one left in the family to look after her. Her only living relative is
her son, who lives in another part of Ukraine, and at 68 has already suffered
two heart attacks himself.
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Welfare
For every Rebecca, there are
thousands more who need
our support
Every day millions across the world struggle to survive:
children go without food, the elderly are isolated and
forgotten and those with disabilities are stigmatised.
Through our programming portfolio we are able to
help thousands of them overcome these problems.
By providing physical and psychological support,
WJR is helping individuals and communities to move
towards a better quality of life so diﬃcult choices,
such as whether to spend a meagre income on food
or heating, become less painful.
Our intervention helps thousands, so children do not have to go to school
hungry, older people do not have to sit alone for days at a time, and the
disabled can take their place in mainstream society without fear of abuse
or ridicule.
Supporting Jews in the Former Soviet Union is our first priority, but we
also work with Jewish populations in Zimbabwe and Argentina, providing
assistance in a variety of ways. Running alongside our Jewish programming
is our wider development programme, which, in 2007-08, was active in
Rwanda, South Africa, Nepal, Cambodia and Serbia supporting vulnerable
communities to pull themselves out of poverty through education or
vocational support.
6,924
Children at risk reached by WJR
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Welfare
And then there are
the children…
While the primary focus of WJR’s work has been
supporting vulnerable older people, we have also spent
considerable time working with children who are no
less at risk than their grandparents. Without essential
support from a young age, children will grow up weak,
underdeveloped and unable to find their place in the
world as self-supporting adults.
Some of our provision for children is
basic welfare, as is provided for the
elderly. Other support focuses on
longer term programming, ensuring
they have access to education, that
they feel part of their communities
and that they are confident enough
to grasp opportunities.
All of the children with whom we
work are in desperate need. Some
have been living on the streets,
some come from abusive families
and others have disabilities that
are not properly understood by
those around them. All require
interventions in their lives if they are
to succeed. We can already see the
difference our work is making to the
lives of some of the world’s povertystricken children.
Helping Lia
10-year-old Lia lives in a single rented room
in Tbilisi, Georgia, with her unemployed mother
and grandmother. Her father died five years ago.
There is no income and the family is therefore in
desperate need of help.
Through WJR, Lia’s family receives weekly fresh food packages and hygiene
supplies, their only means of support. All three family members attend
the Hesed Centre’s Jewish House activities, a critical social link with others
amongst the Georgian Jewish community.
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Perhaps it’s just me but something’s
happening in Krakow and I suddenly feel
less alone in the Jewish world....
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Give a man a fish and feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish and feed him for life.
Welfare programmes are vital to saving lives but can
often only offer a short term solution. That’s why WJR
invests in building strong sustainable communities,
empowering people with the appropriate tools to break
out of the cycle of poverty. Protecting and promoting
Jewish values is an important part of our efforts.
Through what has become known as the “Our Town” project, WJR has placed
significant resources behind the construction and refurbishment of locations
in which Jewish people can come together, transforming them from disparate
outposts, into vibrant, cohesive social hubs.
This year has seen the completion of our historic Jewish Community Centre in
Krakow, Poland, opened by Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and
The Duchess of Cornwall and further investment in the construction of two
more centres in Krivoy Rog and Kharkov, eastern Ukraine.
Samuel, a long term active member of Krakow senior’s club, explains that the
new Jewish Community Centre is a lot more than bricks and mortar:
“Over the last few years, WJR has helped the elderly Jews of Krakow, many
of them survivors, come together a couple of times of week. While I enjoyed
the company of good friends, where we met was difficult to get to and very
uncomfortable. It felt a bit like that film ‘Custer’s Last Stand’ - the last few
Jews of Krakow holding a crumbling fort.
“But Beit Chayal has changed all this. It is not just the outstanding facilities
that have changed - children are dancing in the room next door, Barmitzvah
classes are going on upstairs and visitors from Jewish communities in the
UK and US are visiting us next week. Perhaps it’s just me but something’s
happening in Krakow and I suddenly feel less alone in the Jewish world....”
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Emergency relief
Never again
The collective experience of the Jewish community
during and after World War II, the ramifications of
which we still feel today, means that more than any
other group, we can feel for communities in danger.
We have the strongest sense of empathy for people
whose security is threatened by forces beyond their
control, who risk losing their homes or seeing their
families torn apart by disaster and conflict. It is this
heritage that makes WJR swift to react in times of
crisis. In 2007-8, WJR led the British Jewish community’s
response to international emergencies in Sudan,
Bangladesh and Burma. Work also continued in
both Pakistan, following the 2005 earthquake,
and Sri Lanka, after the 2004 Tsunami.
Meet Broma Adam Adum
65 year old Broma Adam Adum is typical of the many thousands of people
whose lives have been shattered in Darfur, Sudan, as a result of the ongoing
persecution of Darfuri communities.
“When the fighters came to my village I lost everything: my wealth,
my family, my friends and above all my respect. I saw gross dehumanisation
beyond what I could have imagined. I never thought that older women
could be abused or that women could be raped in front of their loved ones.
I never imagined that if you pleaded for someone to be spared from being
raped, you would be killed.”
Before the fighting began, Broma raised livestock and was an important
local tribal leader. Since then he has lost his home and livelihood three times.
His entire way of life has disappeared.
WJR’s support helps ensure that camp-dwellers like Broma receive clothes,
cooking and sanitary equipment. He is also employed by a rope-making
project, where he is able to earn some money. He says:
“When I am here and I talk to my friends, I can forget for a moment those
horrible scenes I have seen during the attack on my village. They have been
haunting me. When I think about the past and even what we are going
through now, I always get very quiet and sad. My greatest desire is a
quick end to this madness so we can go back home. That would be better
than anything else.”
When the fighters came to my village I lost
everything: my wealth, my family,
my friends and above all my respect.
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Emergency relief
Umtawana wako umtwana wami
Your child is my child
Over 140 million children in the developing world have never attended school.
246 million children in the world have to work to survive and 15 million children have
lost one or both their parents to AIDS. 29,000 children die, unnecessarily, every day
from preventable diseases such as malaria or malnutrition. These statistics and the
issues behind them may seem insurmountable but we are determined to play a part
in alleviating such appalling suffering. Step-by-step we are working with agencies on
the ground to make as many inroads as possible into the problems faced by countries
in the developing world.
In 2007-8 our non-Jewish programmes focussed
primarily on vulnerable children, mainly in Nepal,
Rwanda and South Africa. Almost 3,500 people received
support giving them access to fundamental human rights
such as food, medicine, education and the right to live
free from harassment and abuse.
In Diepsloot Township in the Gauteng Region of
South Africa we were able to support over 450 children
and their families. As well as providing food packages,
daily meals, school fees and after-school clubs, we
ensured that vulnerable members of the community
received weekly visits from volunteer caregivers.
These volunteers provided small services ranging from
preparing meals or cleaning for families with parents
affected by HIV/AIDS, to checking up on children living
in Child Headed Households. WJR’s ongoing support
makes it possible for youngsters to attend school and
get support at home increasing their chances of a
brighter future.
The difference that caregivers can make to vulnerable
children and their families cannot be expressed through
statistics alone. It can only be described through the
personal stories of the caregivers themselves:
“As a caregiver, I was able to bring the girl to the
project’s emergency crèche and then focus on caring for
the mother myself. In just over a month the daughter
seemed a healthy young child again, and while the
mother still wasn’t very well, I was able to make her
much more comfortable and help her prepare for the
inevitable. We have hundreds of other such children in
the same situation. As we say – ‘Your child is my child
– umtawana wako umtwana wami.’”
“On one of the rounds I discovered a two year old girl and
her mother who was in the final stages of AIDS. They had
no other relatives to support them. They lived in a shack
and were ostracised by their neighbours because of the
mother’s illness.
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Gifts in Kind
Gifts in Kind shipments reach record levels
Our Gifts in Kind programme allows us to reach out
to people and touch their lives in ways that funding
alone cannot. For struggling families living in
unimaginable poverty, every day brings a new dilemma
– should they spend what little they have on food or
medicine? On transport to take a sick child to hospital or
on fuel to get them through the biting cold of winter?
Every year, new and nearly new goods donated through
Gifts in Kind enable us to, quite literally, save lives.
Country
Approximate number of
families receiving GiK
Belarus
27,000
Moldova
25,500
Romania
19,500
Serbia and Montenegro
6,000
Ukraine
26,000
Eva, from Belarus, is just seven years old, and has seen much grief in her short
life. Her father died when she was tiny and her sister passed away very soon
after. Eva’s mother, Tanya, has AIDS, which means that she spends periods
of time in hospital. As the family has no other relatives, Eva often has to
stay with neighbours. Eva and Tanya live in a room in a hostel, and live on a
monthly income of just £27. They don’t have enough money to pay for food,
and have lived without electricity for two years. Eva receives medication and
goods from the Gifts in Kinds shipments on a regular basis – including toys
- a huge luxury her mother would never be able to afford and that allows her
to enjoy at least some semblance of a regular childhood.
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Gifts in Kind
I express gratitude to WJR on behalf of
former concentration camp and ghetto
prisoners for the great things we received
and I hope will receive in the future.
The need for Gifts in Kind is massive and ongoing. Winter clothing,
hygiene products, shoes and socks are essential requirements in most
of the communities we support. Our donors have risen to the challenge
magnificently, but there are so many ways in which WJR supporters have
contributed to the success of the programme. Some helpers store goods
in their garages, others collect goods from those donors unable to deliver to
the warehouse, and still more donate their time as much-needed telephone
canvassers to source goods from new corporate and private donors.
There is also a Gifts in Kind committee made up of business people who
help enormously by using their network of contacts to generate leads
from industry.
This year we shipped just over £4m of GiK aid, including more hygiene
products and dried pulse foods for winter than ever before.
“Year by year the number of people in our organisation decreases, and we
all try to stay together. We are old people with our problems and illnesses,
but we also seek warmth and attention. Now we have received wonderful
presents: quilts, washing detergents and kidney beans. I express gratitude
to WJR on behalf of former concentration camp and ghetto-prisoners for
the great things we received and I hope will receive in the future.”
Frida (from Belarus)
Head of GILF, an organisation that unites former ghetto-prisoners and
Righteous Gentiles around the world, and a former ghetto-prisoner herself.
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What makes all our programming possible
Fundraising is vital to the success of our organisation, and we’ve had a very busy and eventful year. Whilst keeping
costs to an absolute minimum, we’ve been working hard to raise further funds as well as our profile throughout
the Jewish community. This has involved the consolidation of existing income streams, the expansion of our
event portfolio, the introduction of a new major giving programme and an increase in the focus of our PR and
marketing activities.
Our core supporters have, as ever, been invaluable in helping us to achieve our
aims. We are enormously thankful for the legacy donations we received this
year, totalling £324,433. We are keen to further expand our support base,
so that more people are fully aware of what we do and crucially, understand
how they can get involved.
All year round we have also been focusing on the quality of our performance.
This not only relates to our standards of donor care but also to our adherence
to the wide-ranging ‘Codes of Practice’, established by the Institute of
Fundraising. We have started to make real progress here and will continue
to do so during 2008-9. We’ve also introduced a bi-annual newsletter to
update our supporters on our activities, as well as a major giving and trust
programme, so we can tailor donor care for key supporters.
In addition, we’ve started to broaden our events portfolio with a golf day
and our women’s event, Pomegranate. We are now using far more office
volunteers which has enabled us to free up staff time and increase efficiency.
What’s more, our efforts to actively seek new donors amongst Jewish
communities outside London, such as in Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester,
have been very successful. Our first fundraising dinner in Manchester,
for example, raised a staggering £80,000.
We’ve restructured Twinning and Sponsor a Child too, which will enable
us to promote these packages more effectively in the future.
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New initiatives
Refreshing our brand
To help us position and promote WJR as the most respected international
Jewish organisation in the country, we have refreshed our brand and in
December 07 developed our key messages. This has generally been extremely
well received. Our website has also been changed to reflect our new brand
and to reach out to a new audience.
Pomegranate
On 6th March, a lunch event in Knightsbridge saw the launch of WJR’s
Pomegranate initiative. Many women’s groups are focused on a single niche
such as mothers at home, or women in the City, but Pomegranate is more
inclusive and broadly-based, bringing together enterprising women with a
diverse range of life and career experiences who passionately want to make
a significant impact on WJR’s activities. As guest speaker, Dame Stephanie
Shirley spoke not only of helping and supporting various causes, but also
of her own personal experiences of arriving as a five-year-old refugee from
Austria and building up her FI Group technology company. The event raised
£30,000 for the elderly in the Former Soviet Union.
The Big Hand
On 26th March, WJR launched its unique and eagerly anticipated new
community initiative – The Big Hand – introducing a new and exciting
concept in volunteering.
Baroness Neuberger, the Prime Minister’s volunteering champion, was
guest speaker at the event, which was a massive success and saw every
single guest sign up to get involved. Volunteering through The Big Hand is
on a no-commitment, truly flexible basis, and allows individuals of any age
the chance to use their skills or learn new ones, to benefit WJR recipients.
In effect, we’ve turned the traditional way of volunteering on its head, by
consulting those who would like to be involved about their interests and
skills and then matching them to the work available. Over 200 people
have already signed up and the impact of their work for WJR has been
instrumental in raising our profile and generating increased income from
fundraising activities.
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Financials
Treasurer’s Report
Financial results for the year to 30th June 2008
It is pleasing to report that income from generated funds, predominantly from events and general donations,
was £4.3 million, an increase 11.3 % when compared to the previous year. Donations and gifts showed an
increase of 19.2% with legacies increasing by 17.6%. Income from events remained constant.
Gifts in Kind donations (‘Income from charitable activities’) increased by
15% to £4 million, with the number of consignments being 37.
Although a loss of £0.6 million was made on investment assets, the increase
in generated funds and charitable activities enabled WJR to once again fund
its welfare programmes from net income raised during the year. In so doing
WJR achieved charitable activities of £8.4 million, an increase of 27.5% over
the previous year. Project funding increased by 48.2%, with £0.5 million
being attributable to additional costs required for the refurbishment of the
Krivoy Rog Community Centre in Ukraine and £1.2 million of funding being
attributable to the cost of construction of the new Jewish Community Centre
in Krakow. The distribution of Gifts in Kind increased by 12.7%.
WJR ended the year with funds of £5.8 million of which £2.8 million are
restricted for purposes specified by donors. This represented an overall
decrease in funds of £1.8 million reflecting construction project expenditure
and the reduction in the value of investments.
With the charity now firmly established in its own premises at Oscar Joseph
House, through funding from the Otto Schiff Housing Association, and with
unrestricted funds increasing by £0.4 million over the previous year, I am
confident that the charity has a firm base from which to deliver its services
in the 2008-09 year.
Bill Shaul
Treasurer
£4.3m
Income from generated funds, predominantly from events and
general donations.
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Financials
Summarised financial statement for year to 30th June 2008
Statement of Financial Activities
2007-08
Unrestricted Funds
£ million
2007-08
Restricted
& Capital Funds
£ million
2007-08
Total
£ million
2006-07
Total
£ million
Income from generated funds
2.7
1.8
4.5
4.1
Income from charitable activities
4.0
0.0
4.0
3.5
Other income
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
Total income
6.7
1.8
8.5
7.7
Cost of generating funds
0.9
0.3
1.2
0.9
Project funding
0.6
3.5
4.1
2.7
Gifts in Kind distributed
4.2
0.1
4.3
3.9
Total expenditure
5.7
3.9
9.6
7.5
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources
1.0
-2.1
-1.1
0.2
(Losses)/Gains on investment assets
-0.3
-0.4
-0.7
-
Transfer between funds
-0.2
0.2
0.0
-
Net movement in funds
0.5
-2.3
-1.8
0.2
Fund balances b/fwd
2.6
5.0
7.6
7.5
Fund balances c/fwd
3.1
2.7
5.8
7.7
At 30th June 2008
£ million
At 30th June 2007
£ million
Tangible assets
0.9
1.0
Investments
3.0
3.1
3.9
4.1
Net current assets
1.9
3.6
Total assets less current liabilities funds:
5.8
7.7
Capital funds
0.1
0.1
Restricted funds
2.7
5.0
Unrestricted funds - designated
1.5
1.0
Unrestricted funds - general
1.5
1.6
5.8
7.7
Charitable activities:
Balance Sheet
Fixed assets:
This statement is a summary of the statutory accounts for The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief. The full Council’s Report and Accounts for the year to 30th June 2007 was approved on 15th September 2008 and was subject to full external audit, which was unqualified. Accounts have been filed with the Charity Commission. Copies of Council’s Report and Accounts can be obtained from the Company Secretary, 54 Crewys Road, London NW2 2AD.
Auditors’ statement to the members of Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief:
We have examined the summarised financial statements set out on this page. In our opinion the summarised financial statements are consistent with the full financial statements for the year ended 30th June 2008.
H W Fisher & Company, Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors, Acre House, 11-15 William Road, London, NW1 3ER. Date: 29th October 2008
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Financials
Operating statistics for the
year to 30th June 2008
Where our money comes from
These charts give further detail on the sources of
funds raised and the nature and destination of our
project funding.
The first chart shows voluntary income which comprises donations and
income from events. Our total income of £8.5 million also includes the
value of Gifts in Kind (£4 million) and investment income (£0.2 million).
Just under half of our voluntary income comes from events which include
our Annual Dinner, Business Breakfast and Kiss Come Dancing events as
well as a range of special interest and arts functions.
16%
20%
43%
Appeals include our postal appeals to supporters as well as emergency
appeals, while major appeals for capital projects that extend over several
years are shown separately. Legacies are an important source of funding.
General donations are gifts which are not linked to specific events or
appeals and much of this income comes from long-standing regular
giving. Celebrations are gifts to mark special events.
The other two charts show the spread and focus of our project funding
which is targeted primarily at welfare. Community development
includes capital grants for community centres in Eastern Europe and
the former Soviet Union. The charts show the spread and focus of
our international aid.
1%
6%
14%
In addition, our large Gifts in Kind operation targets welfare
beneficiaries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The cost
of administering and delivering this aid amounts to 9% of the total
£4.4 million expenditure.
£4.3 Million
43%
Events
14%
Appeals
20%
General Donations
6%
Legacies
16%
Capital projects
1%
Celebrations
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Financials
Where our money goes
Who our money helps
3%
4%
3%
3%
3%
1%
12%
6%
4%
25%
50%
47%
35%
4%
£4.1 Million
£4.1 Million
50%
Former Soviet Union
3%
Overheads
47%
Community Development
4%
Welfare - Families
35%
Eastern Europe
3%
UK (Refugees)
25%
Welfare - Elderly
3%
Overheads
4%
Asia
1%
South America
12%
Children
3%
Grants to Refugees
4%
Africa
6%
Emergency Relief
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WJR
Oscar Joseph House,
54 Crewys Road, London,
NW2 2AD
www.wjr.org.uk
[email protected]
020 8736 1250
Registered Charity Nº 290767
29/1/09 12:37:42

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