Again this year we have been able to support a number of deserving causes.
It would be fair to say though that we have not been flooded with requests and again via yourselves and I am sure within the Presidents speech we do ask for your help to spread the word of the very valuable support our charity can provide.
We continue to thoroughly vet all requests and to date we have been able to provide assistance to the vast majority.
We do have to be careful though as we have received a few cases via other charities where the individual concerned at some time has worked -
within the paper trade but perhaps has not done so for many years. In these instances and where approved we calculate the amount we are prepared to pay by means of a fixed yearly rate that we multiply by the number of years worked.
Historically we have had a few cases where we have annually provided funds, moving forward this practice will cease and we will now only support on a one off basis.
Finally without your support we could not help our paper trade colleagues who fall on difficult times, we really appreciate that.