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Royal Merchant Navy Education Foundation: A unique player in the third sector
seafarers, professional sea-going fishermen and RNLI lifeboat crew members, who are either currently serving or have served at sea. The Foundation believes that each
The Royal Merchant Navy Education Foundation (RMNEF), the charity which provides educational support to the children of Merchant Navy, Fishing and RNLI seafaring families in need, is on a mission to bring its ‘funds-to-beneficiary’ ratio into balance and provide more aid than ever before. Holding a unique position in the third
sector, the charity is now looking to widen its support network to achieve a six fold increase in its beneficiary numbers within the next five years, through capitalising on some of its property assets. Following its motto, that ‘Education is the Foundation’, the RMNEF works alongside other not-for-profit organisations within the sector to enable ‘Foundationers’ to obtain professional, career-entry qualifications for future employment. Founded in 1827, the charity is
privileged to have been supported by the patronage of every British monarch since William IV (1836). Today, the charity benefits from the patronage of Her Majesty The Queen, as well as having HRH The Duke of Edinburgh as its President. Over the past two centuries, support has been, and continues to be, offered to children of Merchant Navy
young person is unique, with unique needs that require unique support and so every applicant is assessed individually. Factors such as domestic environment, geographical location, health and finance are all taken into careful consideration and a solution offered to provide the utmost support to those who need it most. A wide range of financial and tangible benefits are included within the charity’s goal of “enabling education” and can involve contributions towards school or university fees, living expenses, educational books, visits or equipment, school uniform costs – even laptops and internet access and, recently, a car. Charles Heron-Watson, CEO, RMNEF
says: “It’s not just education for education’s sake; the end goal is always to try to enable each Foundationer to obtain training and qualifications to enhance their employability. We’re currently in the somewhat unusual position of not needing to raise any additional funds to implement this programme, so we’re concentrating on finding more young people of seafaring families, and helping them build their educational foundation for a successful future”. For more information about the Royal
Merchant Navy Education Foundation and to see if eligible for aid, please visit
uwww.rmnef.org.uk
Year 7 girl wins dream family holiday
A Birmingham year 7 has landed a dream family holiday worth £600 after winning a regional literacy skills competition for schools. Kirsty Duggins, age 12, of Smith’s Wood
Sports College, Solihull, came out on top in a public vote on the website of competition organisers Everywhere Travel
for her dream
holiday write up on Centre Parcs - which was based on childhood memories from her first visit as a toddler. She polled 806 votes, which was some 300 more than her nearest competitor. An ecstatic Kirsty explained: “I am so happy to have won a
holiday for my family and still can't quite believe it. I am really looking forward to having fun doing some of the cool type of activities I wrote about. It will be really exciting as I’ll get to do awesome things I’ve always wanted to try, like aqua jetting, rock climbing and tree trekking, plus I get to take my best friend Darcy Dolaghan (also year 7 at Smith’s Wood Sports College) too.” David Sims, Key Stage 3 Progress Manager at Smith’s Wood
Sports College, said: "I am so very pleased that Kirsty has won this competition. It was a tight contest, with many students from all over the region submitting pieces of high quality work that showed both excellent written skills and good imaginations, but Kirsty did really well at producing a finished article that was a cut above the rest. Her consistent high standards of effort and behaviour are a
credit to her and an excellent example for the rest of her peers. We are grateful to Everywhere Travel to have offered our school this opportunity, and see it as one of many examples of how in life hard work and high standards pay dividends.” Proud mum Deborah Duggins said: “We are really proud of
Kirsty's achievement and thrilled that she will be whisking us away on holiday. How very lucky is it to be taken away by your 12- year- old daughter. We did think we’d be going to Centre Parcs, but she’s gone for the similar Haven Holiday Park in Burnham-On-Sea instead, so we’re off to sunny Somerset in August!” Everywhere Travel managing director, Stephanie O’Reilly, said:
“All our finalists really embraced the competition and the quality of their writing was very high. But Kirsty’s lovely worded piece just had a little bit more about it and she deserved to win after polling 40% of the overall votes.”
David Cameron visits Decorative Panels
During a tour of the North of England on the 21st April Prime Minister David Cameron visited Decorative Panels Components impressive manufacturing facility. The PM spent over twenty minutes touring the
factory during which he took the opportunity of meeting with two senior operators, Laura Carter and Steve Dyson, to discuss their roles in the business. The Prime Minister was impressed with the high
productivity levels of the business and the fact that the Decorative Panels Group had continued to grow through every year of the recession. Commenting on the visit Guy Metcalfe,
Decorative panels Group MD, said “We were very pleased to receive the Prime Minister today and be allowed the opportunity to show him the very latest in automated, efficient British Manufacturing. As the PM said manufacturing will play an ever increasing role in the economy as we continue to return to growth.”
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www.education-today.co.uk May 2015
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