This year we have continued to support a number of long standing family situations.
We do and will continue to review and monitor all on-going cases to ensure that the support we provide is going to circumstances of need and are not viewed as additional pensions
We are pleased, if indeed pleased is the correct word, to inform you that we have had a number of new requests from deserving cases of which three we have been able to support. This support has consisted of either monetary awards or has found us purchasing such items as medical blankets, radios and in one of the cases a television.
Where the decision was not to support a case, this year without exception it has been due to the very tenuous link to the Paper Trade. We do remind all requestees that our charity is there to support paper related cases.
We have introduced during the course of the year a mechanism to ensure that we are treating all cases where a monetary consideration is provided in a consistent manner. This is simply a figure that is multiplied by the number of years worked in the paper trade.
We have paid out a similar amount to last year with the exception of a significant one off donation to the Stationers Livery Company. Finally we would like to encourage everybody to make their business colleagues and friends aware of the Charity's existence and purpose of helping deserving cases.