monitoring and evaluation programme includes attendance by Trust personnel at project meetings, site visits and receiving written progress reports, photographs and CD Roms from grant recipients. It should also be stated that the Trustees will only consider repeat funding for a project/initiative where the recipient can demonstrate that the funds awarded have (a) been applied as intended; (b) met the specified objectives; and (c) have gone some way in making an impact or difference to the ultimate beneficiaries. When awarding grants consideration is also given to withholding an element of funding until satisfactory feedback and evaluation has been completed, submitted and approved.


In some cases grants are awarded on a multi-year basis. In the main these are for a period of three years and usually not more than five. At the present time there are three such grants namely, Oxford Brookes University for the Martin Radcliffe Fellowship; University of Strathclyde for the Sir Hugh Wontner Lectureship; and the Academy of Culinary Arts for the ‘Chefs Adopt a School’ programme. All term grants are contingent on an annual review process. This reflects the obligations placed on the recipients of these grants to meet specific conditions in order for funding to be renewed each year.


PAST ACTIVITIES, ACHIEV EMEN TS AND PERFORMANCE


It is not always possible for the Trustees to report on the breadth, depth or change a project has made during the scope of the financial year that funding was awarded. There are many occasions when projects funded are completed in the ensuing year or in the case of some of the major projects, years. For this reason evaluations on the success or impact of a project is a continuous process and one to which the Trustees place significant importance.


Detailed below are a snapshot of the completion and/or progress of various projects that received funding in previous year ends.


Strategic Area Education Dorchester Learning Centre were awarded a grant in January 2007 to help convert a


classroom into a two work station kitchen and to set up a Cookery Club at the Centre. The Centre reported that the kitchen was completed during the Easter 2007 holidays in time for use in the summer term. Throughout that term, students of all ages and abilities worked with staff in the kitchen, having fun and learning at the same time. They learnt about health and safety, got to know the layout of the kitchen, found out how to use the equipment and made a whole variety of recipes including: muffins, pizza, biscuits, smoothies, stuffed peppers and cottage pie. Since the autumn term, time in the kitchen has been included on the Centre’s timetable and they have put 10 students through the Unit Award scheme. Members of staff have also run an after school club, again with Unit Award accreditation where 2 students planned, prepared and served a three course meal for under £5.00 per head for 4 members of staff. Dorchester Learning Centre have many plans for the future and are currently considering employing a qualified teacher who can deliver to GCSE/NVQ standard. They are also in the process of building links with the wider community. Concluding her report the Pupil Programme Officer stated “ how much th of their achiv


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