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The Not Forgotten Association 2 Grosvenor Gardens London SW1W 0DH T F E

020 7730 2400 020 7730 0020 [email protected]

www.nfassociation.org Charity No 229666

st Annual Review for the year ended 31 January 2011

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Chairman’s Report

Founded in 1920 by Miss Marta Cunningham CBE

The proximity of our 90th Anniversary party to the BBC’s programme on The Princess Royal at 60 was most fortunate and the Association benefited from some valuable air time.

Patron Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal Presidents Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Craig of Radley GCB OBE Admiral of the Fleet Sir Benjamin Bathurst GCB DL Field Marshal The Rt Hon Lord Inge KG GCB DL Commandant Anthea Larken CBE

A week later staff and volunteers were back at Buckingham Palace as guests of Her Majesty The Queen at a Garden Party to mark our Patron’s 60th birthday.

Vice Presidents Major General Sir Christopher Airy KCVO CBE J L Brunel Cohen Esq OBE DL Ms Charlotte de Rothschild Sir Carron Greig KCVO CBE DL The Countess Haig Colonel Sir Greville Spratt GBE TD JP DL Lt Col T J Tedder Major General The Duke of Westminster KG OBE TD DL Chairman Brigadier R J Heywood OBE DL Vice Chairman D J Cowley Esq Honorary Treasurer Major D A C Smyth MBE TD General Committee Captain B J Adams RN J Archer Esq Colonel Sir Geoffrey Errington Bt OBE The Lord Newall DL Mrs B H Newton M Nicholls Esq Commodore P J Tribe RN Executive Staff Chief Executive: Colonel P Storie-Pugh OBE TD DL (April 2011) Events Organiser: Ms R J Thompson Finance Secretary: Ms A Thomson

The Not Forgotten Association, 2 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0DH T 020 7730 2400 F 020 7730 0020 E [email protected] www.nfassociation.org Registered Charity in England and Wales No 229666

Our Patron meeting guests at our 90th Anniversary celebrations. The highlight of a very busy year for the Association was undoubtedly our 90th Anniversary celebration at Buckingham Palace on 24th June in the presence of our Patron. This started with a reception in four of the State Rooms during which Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence spoke to many of our 450 guests. Our Patron then opened the concert in the Ballroom with a short speech. The theme was our history from inception to the present day based on our founder’s ideals. Our aims have remained much the same as they were after the First World War; to provide leisure and recreation for the benefit of service and ex-service personnel who are wounded or have sustained permanent injuries. We are hugely grateful to Sir Donald Gosling and Sir Ronald Hobson for sponsoring this event.

Our own Garden Party followed the next week, when the weather was once again very kind to us. His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester did us proud and amused many with his wry wit and genuine interest. Our Not Forgotten March composed for us by Mr Don Shearman was played for the first time in public by the Band of the Welsh Guards during Beating Retreat. When thanking our Patron for our 90th and her 60th parties, I took the opportunity to ask her if she would do us the very great honour of extending her patronage of the Association for a further five years. I am pleased to report that she replied she was delighted to do so and sent her best wishes for the continued success of our important work.

HRH The Duke of Gloucester with guests at the Garden Party.

Front Cover: Sharing a moment at the Garden Party

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The role and activities of the Association

Lifelong supporter John Brunel Cohen.

HRH The Prince of Wales with guests at the Christmas Party.

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales attended last year’s Christmas Party at St. James’s Palace and as ever he was generous with his time and caring interest in the injured of all ages. The Christmas concert was the last one to be organised by Major Sir Michael Parker and we are hugely grateful to him and his team for doing this so expertly for us. For the first time we produced a marching party of 54 at the Cenotaph including our Senior President Lord Craig, our Honorary Treasurer and our Events Organiser Rosie Thompson, together with volunteers and veterans. Our ages ranged from 23 to 97 years and we are very grateful to WO2 Baz Thrift of The Royal Marines for organising us with such skill. Also in our front rank was Mr John Brunel Cohen who is a former Chairman and whose father Major Sir Brunel Cohen was a co-founder of both The Not Forgotten Association and, a year later, The Royal British Legion. John remains a stalwart of this Association and is very much our father figure. He was also present at Ascot Races in the autumn, when we were honoured to have a race named after us. Thanks to our generous benefactors and a wonderful legacy just before Christmas, our finances remain in good health.

Many congratulations go to Mrs Lavinia Newton and our Events Organiser for raising huge sums with their skydiving and marathon running respectively. We are delighted to welcome Colonel Piers Storie-Pugh as our new Chief Executive and Captain John Leneghan and Mr Johnnie Ray as official volunteers. In recent years the involvement of our Armed Forces in places such as Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan has done much to highlight the dangers of operational service and the need for our work. Currently, with inflation and the loss in value of personal savings, the need to brighten up people’s lives and give them something to which they can look forward is even more important. Our service heroes make gallant sacrifices defending our nation’s interests and the freedom of others. When they are injured in the course of their duty they really do deserve our support to ensure that they are never forgotten.

We face a diverse range of challenges, but principal amongst them is identifying those who are most vulnerable through their service experiences, who are often lonely, frail and sometimes housebound and struggling alone, and providing them with a range of activities that will appeal to them. As a consequence of recent operations, the number of younger serving and ex-servicemen and women who need our help and support has grown significantly. At the same time, we take care to ensure that those from previous wars and campaigns continue to be included.

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for a contribution towards a holiday and groups of veterans can also apply for grants for such activities as service and regimental reunions. • Outings – these include boat and steam train trips, race meetings, visits to stately homes and gardens, indoor skydiving at Airkix and attending popular national military events. • Concerts – every spring and autumn a series of concerts by a professional team of entertainers brings a much needed lift to the residents of ex-service care homes nationwide. During the run-up to Christmas we hold lunches and concerts in hotels up and down the country for as many veterans as possible. In 2010 we were privileged to be allowed by Her Majesty the Queen to hold a very special concert in the Ballroom of Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Association’s 90th Anniversary.

We continue to provide: • Television sets and licences – for those whose mobility is restricted or who are otherwise largely housebound. We also provide televisions in care homes and hostels. This ensures that the maximum number of beneficiaries can enjoy this service. • Holidays – these include group stays ranging from hotel stays to more physically challenging activities such as skiing, surfing and canoeing for the younger men and women. Battlefield tours provide camaraderie and comradeship for the young and not so young. Individuals can apply

Chairman

This year we welcomed Mazars who have taken over as our auditors. 2

The Not Forgotten Association was formed in 1920 and, whilst our charitable objects have been reviewed over the years, the aim, purpose and ideals laid down by Marta Cunningham and her supporters have remained in force: “To act generally for the benefit of service and ex-service personnel with disabilities or who are wounded, including the organisation of, or provision of items or facilities for leisure and recreational activities, travel, holidays and outings.”

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Shark tagging and release on an activity holiday. 3

The year’s activities – Televisions Our television operation responds to applications from the main service charities for the provision of televisions and licences to beneficiaries with health issues and a financial need. By such support we bring significant benefit to a great number of eligible people. For many of them a television is their only entertainment. During the year we provided around 1,100 licences and televisions to deserving veterans. In some cases we provide large screen televisions for care homes and veterans’ homes.

HRH The Duke of Gloucester meeting guests at the Garden Party.

In addition to the concerts, Her Majesty The Queen kindly continues to allow the Association to hold an annual summer Garden Party at Buckingham Palace and a Christmas Party in the State Apartments of St. James’s Palace. Invitations to these parties are restricted to War Pensioners and those in receipt of compensation from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.

We are also extremely grateful for the generous support of all our donors, including those listed at the back of this report.

The Association receives television applications on a daily basis from caseworkers working for the main ex-service welfare agencies across Britain and each request is considered on its own merits. In the past year over 4,000 deserving people benefited from our television schemes.

We provided a television for the Gurkha Welfare Trust in Nepal. world and the provision of a new television and/or a licence means so much more than its intrinsic value. One of our beneficiaries, a 51-year-old Army veteran with mobility difficulties, wrote to say: “ I would love to thank you all for your help. Once I ’m back on my feet, healthy and back to work I would go out of my way to help your association.”

All this support enables The Not Forgotten Association to help those in permanent need and those whose needs change over time.

We receive many touching letters and words of appreciation from our clients as, more often than not, a television is their main link with the outside

Chelsea Pensioner guests enjoying the Christmas Party.

Residents in Broughton House enjoy the television provided by The Not Forgotten Association.

The charitable objects of the Association are such that we are unable to assist spouses or other family members except, of course, where they act as carers for those eligible men and women with disabilities. We rely heavily on other organisations to carry out the necessary casework on our behalf, particularly SSAFA Forces Help and The Royal British Legion. The Service Personnel & Veterans Agency is also very helpful in putting eligible beneficiaries in touch and we are grateful to them for their help in this important area of our work.

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The year’s activities – Entertainment

The year’s activities – Outings

Just after the end of the First World War our founder Marta Cunningham and her friends toured the hospitals and put on concerts which provided comfort and cheer for the wounded men.

Every year we organise outings across the country and in 2010 we arranged 38 successful outings in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland entertaining over 1,900 guests.

The ideals have changed little over the years and we carry on Marta’s vision by continuing to organise in-house concerts at ex-service care homes across the country. Our visits to the homes are eagerly awaited; a little fun and laughter makes all the difference.

We have discovered over the years that a good day out for our more senior guests is to visit a venue of great interest surrounded by like-minded people. The companionship and banter helps to lift their spirits.

For those not in care homes and who are able to get out and about more, we arrange larger concerts. Our concert at the Phyllis Court Club in Henley-on-Thames was highly successful and was enjoyed immensely by our guests. This year our concert organisers, together with their talented artistes, brought enormous pleasure to audiences totalling nearly 3,500 people.

The Swingtime Sweethearts entertaining guests at the RBL Club in Christchurch. Del from The Royal British Legion’s Mais House said: “Just wanted to send you a great big enormous, gigantic, rip-roaring thank you for the fantastic concert we had here at Mais House”.

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Visits were organised once more to Highgrove Garden, the Goodwood Revival, the Wimbledon Tennis Championships and the War & Peace Show as well as excursions on trains and boats. The skydiving experience at Airkix in Milton Keynes provided an exhilarating day out for a number of our younger beneficiaries.

Enjoying the hospitality of Sussex County Cricket Club.

We were treated as VIPs at a race day at Ascot and one of the races was named The Not Forgotten Association Beginners’ Steeplechase. We are indebted to the trustees of Ascot Racecourse.

In July the board of Sussex County Cricket Club kindly hosted a party of 20, including some of the young servicemen and women undergoing rehabilitation at Headley Court, to a Clydesdale Bank 40 match.

They went that way! Race day at Ascot.

Our group at Royal Hospital Chelsea Founder’s Day.

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The year’s activities – Holidays Last year the Association organised ten group holidays and short stays for over 630 veterans and injured servicemen and women whose ages ranged from 19 to 97 years.

Racing in the rain at Brands Hatch.

One of our great supporters, along with some friends, organised a dinner at Brands Hatch followed by a day’s racing at the track. The weather could not have been worse, but this only seemed to enhance everyone’s enjoyment. One of our guests, Robin, a Falklands veteran, subsequently wrote: “Thank you for considering me for the Brands Hatch Race Day; it has gone down in my events in life as one of the best days. Without your kind invitation it would have been something I could never have achieved. Thank you for making me feel so welcome and part of the group.”

As the year drew to a close we organised a weeklong tour of Christmas lunches visiting Cobham, Liverpool, Glasgow (rescheduled to February because of the weather), Newcastle and Derby.

For our annual visit to Camp Hill in Yorkshire we stayed in a lovely pub in Masham and the whole group was made very welcome. Activities

Belting up at Camp Hill. included clay pigeon shooting, archery, blindfold driving and powerturns - at times there was hysterical laughter. Being with like-minded people with a similar sense of humour gives a tremendous boost to those who are finding life difficult.

The entertainment these lunches provided came at what can be a very difficult and lonely time of year for some. This was a very happy week for those taking part. We regard these activities as an important way of ‘lifting the spirits’. JTI kindly contributed to the funding of these lunches and we are very grateful for their support.

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There were many highlights including our very moving battlefield tour to the Rhine, Walcheren, Arnhem and Nijmegen. The tour enabled the participants to remember not only the dead, but also those wounded in war and now left with disabilities for life. Several of our guests were veterans of the Second World War and our visit was greatly enhanced by their input. Emotionally charged from start to finish, young and not so young, serving and no longer serving, each took away some special memories of the tour.

Battlefield tour guests laid a wreath in the Channel to commemorate sailors who lost their lives at sea. The Not Forgotten Association 2011

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Learning to sail with Southwest Scotland RnR

You should have seen the one that got away! In July we were invited by Southwest Scotland RnR to take a group to a delightful cottage on the Solway Firth, where a number of outdoor pursuits were organised. This was a new venture for the Association and our guests had an amazing week. The Royal Navy/Royal Marines Sea Angling Association very kindly arranged a day’s shark tagging in the Irish Sea. Two sharks were tagged and as one of the guests later said: “ It was a once in a lifetime experience”.

In May we took 25 beneficiaries on an activity holiday to the Trust’s centre on Exmoor. The facilities there, such as archery, climbing, sailing and quad biking, are designed to encourage our guests and help them realise that they can take part in challenging activities. This event would not have been possible without the specialist instructors from the Calvert Trust. “The week was fantastic, it was humbling to meet the other guests and see how they had all overcome their various individual challenges.”

Taking a well-earned rest on the Dordogne.

Abseiling with the Calvert Trust

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The Dordogne canoeing expedition, supported by Aspen Insurance, was organised for a group of 14 including four amputees and some serving wounded just back from Afghanistan. It was hugely beneficial and mutually supportive. One young man, a sergeant in the Royal Air Force injured in a road traffic accident, subsequently wrote: “This trip was the single most important event since my accident. It showed me that my disabilities will not hold me back, made me realise that I could achieve anything in life and gave me the confidence to go and do so”.

Quad biking on Exmoor

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Service Charities & Veterans Agencies Welfare case workers from the service charities and veterans agencies apply to us on behalf of their clients. For example, we were able to support eligible groups in visiting battlefields and war cemeteries on the continent. In addition, 68 beneficiaries were awarded a contribution towards a holiday so that they could get away for a much needed break.

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The year’s activities – the Garden Party It is a great privilege for the Association to be allowed to hold its annual Garden Party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, continuing a very important tradition for our beneficiaries. This year we entertained over 1,600 beneficiaries of all three Services from different wars and campaigns. It was a oncein-a-lifetime experience and an emotional day for many. When the Yeomen of the Guard had taken up their position at the foot of the terrace steps, we were honoured by the arrival of His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester who then spoke to many of our guests from across the whole of the UK. A day to remember.

Dame Vera Lynn deep in conversation.

The Band of the Welsh Guards played on.

Music and fun in the sunshine.

The sun shone as the Band of the Welsh Guards played and our guests were able to walk around the Buckingham Palace gardens and lake.

Yeomen of the Guard, the support unit of St John Ambulance and the numerous celebrities who shared in the fun and laughter with our guests.

We are enormously appreciative of the assistance given to us by the staff of Buckingham Palace, the many servicemen and women who helped our guests, the Band of the Welsh Guards, the

“You really made me feel welcome. I met many remarkable people and made some good friends.”

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The year’s activities – the Christmas Party We were also hugely privileged to hold our Christmas Party in the State Apartments of St. James’s Palace on 2nd December. Despite the terrible icy weather conditions, 280 die-hard veterans from all over the country made the journey to London to join us for the afternoon. After a glass of mulled wine, we were honoured by the attendance of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales who spoke to as many guests as possible. The ages of those attending ranged from 21 to 92 years. At the same time, many celebrities, magicians and caricaturists entertained the veterans and we thank them most sincerely for their support and for creating so much laughter and happiness.

Later in the afternoon our Honorary Entertainments Officer Major Sir Michael Parker and his team put on a first class concert. After the party we said a fond farewell to Sir Michael and Lady Parker and thanked them for their wonderful contribution to the organisation of our events over many years. We are hugely indebted to them.

Some of our many entertainers.

Swapping stories and experiences.

We are also grateful for all the help we receive from the Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain’s Office and his staff in the preparation of this event, the many artistes who gave up their time

to be with us, the Brass Quintet of the Band of the Blues and Royals and the servicemen and women who assisted us.

Young and old came from far and wide.

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HRH Prince Charles with June Whitfield and one of our volunteers Darren Swift. The Not Forgotten Association 2011

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Esther Rantzen with some of our Chelsea Pensioner guests. 15

Our 90th Anniversary celebrations Reception and Concert at Buckingham Palace By kind permission of Her Majesty The Queen, our 90th Anniversary celebration was held at Buckingham Palace in the presence of our Patron, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence. The evening began with a reception in the State Rooms followed by a concert in the magnificent Ballroom for some

450 guests. It was a spectacular event which will forever remain in the memories of those fortunate to be present. The participants, who were drawn from numerous service associations, felt that they had been witnesses to something both special and unique.

A truly spectacular occasion in the Ballroom.

We were honoured by the presence of our Patron.

Just some of the 450 guests. The Cenotaph Parade This was the first year that The Not Forgotten Association had been invited to march and lay a wreath at the annual Remembrance Day Parade at the Cenotaph in Whitehall. This important remembrance activity provided the Association with the opportunity to remember those wounded and those scarred by war, as well as the fallen. We were honoured to form a 54-strong marching party led by Baz Thrift, one of our volunteers, and all services were represented by our beneficiaries who were visibly moved by the occasion.

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Dame Judi Dench was one of many celebrities who took part. The Not Forgotten Association 2011

Stars from Strictly Come Dancing were a highlight of the concert. The Not Forgotten Association 2011

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Northern Ireland Branch It is again with much pleasure that I write these notes for the 2010 Annual Report on behalf of the Northern Ireland Branch in my capacity as Chairman and record a busy and eventful year which has seen a marked increase in our activities as we seek to further the role and objectives of our Association. Once again I place on record my appreciation to Mrs Betty McMurray MBE, Honorary Secretary, for her 30 years service, and who now becomes an Honorary Vice-President; to Mrs Yvonne Ritchie, Honorary Treasurer; and to all the members of our committee, for their hard work and commitment. Betty has been succeeded as our Secretary by Mrs Ann Kirkwood MBE. A group of veterans attended the Buckingham Palace Garden Party in July in the presence of His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester. In December a further group was present at the annual Christmas Party in St. James’s Palace when they had the great privilege to meet and speak to His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.

Betty McMurray with the Association’s Chairman and Events Organiser. We have been more active than usual at home during the year with our involvement with the Somme Nursing Home and our lunch outings together with attendance by patients at the RBL Festival of Remembrance. Additionally, and by way of a new innovation, we have introduced ‘roadshows’ in rural areas for those unable to travel any distance. The first of these were held in Counties Tyrone and Down and more are planned.

Fun and laughter at the Scrabo Road Show. A memorable fundraising carol service was held in a local church in December when the Boys’ Brigade Centenary Choir and the Belfast Youth Orchestra entertained a large gathering. We are most grateful to the team from 38 Brigade at Thiepval Barracks for their tremendous

effort in the form of a sponsored march to Pegasus Bridge in Second World War uniform, to raise funds for the Association. The Branch was again represented on Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph, Belfast City Hall and also at the opening of the Garden of Remembrance when a cross with The Not Forgotten Association logo was placed. Fundraising continues to be difficult and we are again grateful to Dean Houston McKelvey, the Milibern and Leopardstown trusts for their support. Ne Obliviscarris

Branch members meet HRH The Prince of Wales at the Christmas Party.

Mike Garnett presents the Branch with the proceeds of the Pegasus Bridge March.

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Lt. Col. Stewart Kirkwood OBE TD MICE Honorary Chairman

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Report of the Trustees Finance Review Income for the year was £973k, £134k higher than the previous year, in part as a result of two generous donations totalling £150k to support our 90th Anniversary activities. A decline of £57k in other donations (to £439k) and a reduction in fundraising of £9k (to £72k) was offset by an increase of £25k in legacies (to £201k) and a £25k increase in investment income (to £111k). Expenditure for the year topped £1m for the first time at £1,065,931; £142k more than for 2009/10, again as a result of anniversary year charitable activities. Charitable activities for the year accounted for 96% of expenditure, with only 4% spent on fundraising and governance. There was an operating deficit in the year of £93k before adjusting for market value movements on the investment portfolio of £184k. This resulted in an increase in accumulated reserves to £3.17m. The trustees have approved a budget for 2011/12 with an operating deficit of £300k to reflect challenging times in terms of income and

Income and expenditure 2010/11 continued levels of charitable activity. The trustees have reviewed the reserves policy and believe that it is prudent to maintain reserves of approximately £2m given the nature of the income streams and the desire to maintain levels of charitable activity to benefit as many veterans as possible each year. Plans are in place over the next three years to achieve this level. Each year the trustees and the executive team review the Association’s aims, objectives and activities. We look at what has been achieved and the outcomes of the charitable activities in the previous 12 months, evaluating the success of the activities and the benefits, both tangible and intangible, that they have brought to those groups of beneficiaries we aim to help. The review also helps us to ensure that our aims, objectives and activities remain focused on our stated purpose. Risk Statement The trustees and the executive team once again undertook their periodic review of the risks to which the Association is exposed and refined their strategies to mitigate those potential risks.

Income

Donations 19.4% Grants 48.5%

Legacies 20.7%

Investments 11.4%

Expenditure

Outings 11.4% Televisions 31.2%

Holidays 13.9%

Fundraising 2.2%

Entertainment 39.0%

Governance 2.3%

INCOME EXPENDITURE

£000s 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

2009/10

2010/11

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Achievements and performance Our main objectives for 2010/11 were to: • Provide a varied, relevant and stimulating programme of activities for approximately 10,000 beneficiaries. • Arrange a 90th Anniversary concert in the Ballroom of Buckingham Palace. • Co-ordinate a marching contingent at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. • Review the rules for the charity, better reflecting the structure and the role of the board. • Widen the marketing of the Association through an improved website in order to raise its profile and increase its potential donor base.

Future plans

An overview of activities shows that we have provided support directly to beneficiaries in the following areas: 2010/11 2009/10

Our objectives for 2011/12 are to:

Our main objectives for 2012/13 onwards are to:

• Continue providing a varied, relevant and stimulating programme of activities for approximately 10,000 beneficiaries.

• Continue to deliver a high quality and varied activity programme.

Outings

• Continue to introduce new, challenging and life enhancing holidays and outings.

1,974

Holidays

1,835

637

628

Concerts

3,450

3,375

Royal Parties

1,954

2,362

TV Licences

485

494

Individual TVs

498

619

TV in homes/ hospitals

73

67

9,071

9,380

Total direct beneficiaries

• Continue to improve corporate engagement. • Further increase the profile and awareness of the Association.

• Establish and co-ordinate a network of volunteers across the country.

• Develop the network of volunteers and their impact across the country.

We achieved all but one of our objectives during 2010/11 and we will complete the review of the rules for the charity in the new financial year. We were able to engage with more than 9,000 beneficiaries directly, but with many more if we take into account carers, partners and family members. Furthermore, we estimate that through the provision of television sets and licences to homes and hospitals, an additional 2,500-3,500 people have benefited from our work.

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• Further develop (in line with others in the sector) measures of outputs, outcomes and impacts, monitoring systems and procedures and successfully disseminate this information. • Introduce new rules for the charity, better reflecting the structure and role of the board.

• Increase awareness of the Association and what it sets out to do.

“ I feel The Not Forgotten Association embodies the ethos and principles that make our Forces great, primarily with the focus being on people and camaraderie. I feel grateful and honoured to have been involved.”

• Evaluate the viability of extending our television provision to include the provision of computers to medically qualifying individuals who find themselves in challenging financial circumstances.

• Commission an external review of the risks to which the Association may be exposed.

• Increase awareness of the Association amongst potential beneficiaries, the serving Armed Forces, potential new donors including corporate entities, and the general public. • Seek ways of increasing overall effectiveness of the Association, including alternative ways of achieving our charitable objects. • Maintain financial reserves at a level to sustain at least two years of activity. • Identify and explore new areas for fundraising. In gratitude The trustees wish to convey their sincere thanks and appreciation to all the volunteers, organisations and individuals who have so generously given their time, access to their properties and venues and their support to The Not Forgotten Association over the past year. Gratitude is also due to our many donors. We are incredibly fortunate to have a loyal band of supporters, including military and non-military grant-giving trusts, associations, volunteers and individuals, who have generously donated to us this year. With their continued support, we look forward to maintaining and enhancing the delivery of our charitable activities.

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Grants, donations and fundraising

Principal donors 2010/11

The Association’s small team of 6 staff, 4 of whom are part-time, devote their efforts to organising the ambitious programme of activities. This leaves little time for structured fundraising and, in fact, the Association considers itself a programme deliverer rather than a fundraiser. We therefore rely on the generosity of our funders and donors, both in terms of financial support and in terms of the time they give to support us.

Help for Heroes................................................................................................ £100,000 The Late Mrs J Sage (legacy).......................................................................... £80,000 The Gosling Foundation................................................................................... £75,000 The Hobson Charity.......................................................................................... £75,000 The Late Maj Gen JFF Johnston CB CBE (legacy)................................. £50,000 ABF The Soldiers Charity................................................................................ £40,000 RAF Benevolent Fund........................................................................................ £40,000 The Westminster Foundation........................................................................ £28,317 RNRMC................................................................................................................... £25,000 Queen Mary’s Roehampton Trust............................................................... £20,000 The Late Miss B Brown (legacy).................................................................... £20,000 The Late Miss M Malpass (legacy)................................................................ £17,981 Seafarers UK.......................................................................................................... £15,000 The Late Mrs KB Gebert (legacy)................................................................. £14,715 Lavinia Newton (fundraising).......................................................................... £14,072 JTI Field Sales Community Care Committee.......................................... £12,500 Childwick Trust..................................................................................................... £10,000 Elizabeth Frankland Moore And Star......................................................... £10,000 Gilbert & Eileen Edgar Trust............................................................................. £9,000 The Late Miss M Orbell (legacy)..................................................................... £8,466 The Queen’s Club of San Francisco............................................................... £8,049 Peacock Charitable Trust.................................................................................... £8,000 The Late Miss Morland (legacy)....................................................................... £5,998 Roy King (fundraising)........................................................................................... £5,676 Aspen Insurance UK Ltd..................................................................................... £5,000 Burry Charitable Trust......................................................................................... £5,000 Donald Forrester Trust........................................................................................ £5,000 Mickie Driver Concerts (fundraising)........................................................... £5,000 Poppyscotland.......................................................................................................... £5,000 Spears-Stutz Charitable Trust........................................................................... £5,000 Cyril Banks (fundraising)..................................................................................... £4,682 David Lane & Martin Bull Cycle Ride............................................................ £4,467 Ted Roberts (fundraising)................................................................................... £3,980 Martin Taylor and others Mt Aneto Climb................................................. £3,054 Harebell Centenary Fund................................................................................... £3,000 St Andrews Lodge No.222................................................................................. £3,000 Westfield War Memorial Village Lancaster................................................ £3,000 WH & A Hawkins Charitable Trust............................................................... £3,000 Terry Grimwood (fundraising)......................................................................... £2,423 Alice Ellen Cooper Dean Charitable Foundation.................................... £2,000 Beatrice Laing Trust ............................................................................................. £2,000 Coward Endowment ........................................................................................... £2,000 Morden College...................................................................................................... £2,000 William Allen Young Charitable Trust ......................................................... £2,000 Frank Rosier and others (fundraising).......................................................... £1,781 Pangbourne College.............................................................................................. £1,700 RG Hills Charitable Trust .................................................................................. £1,300 Millar Collection Ltd ............................................................................................ £1,264

A list of our principal donors is shown on pages 25-26. We are fortunate to enjoy the continued support of the large service benevolent charities: ABF The Soldiers Charity, the RAF Benevolent Fund, The Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity and Seafarers UK, as well as Help for Heroes, Queen Mary’s Roehampton Trust and non-military bodies such as The Westminster Foundation, The Childwick Trust and The Elizabeth Frankland Moore And Star Foundation, as well as numerous loyal benefactors. As 2010 was our 90th Anniversary year, we were very grateful for the support of The Gosling Foundation and The Hobson Charity in funding our anniversary activities, including the Buckingham Palace concert. During the year a number of generous individuals have approached the Association as they wanted us to be the beneficiary of their sporting or other endeavours. These included: climbing Mount Aneto, cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats, running the Great Manchester and Great North Runs, commemorative walks at Dunkirk and Pegasus Bridge, the London Triathlon and the Budapest Half Marathon, as well as school and pub collections, golf days, dances and abseiling down a water tower (twice!).

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Lavinia Newton following her fundraising skydive which raised over £14,000 for the Association. Our Events Organiser Rosie Thompson once again ran several marathons including the New York Marathon and undertook the Lympstone to Poole Race (44 miles!). Our thanks go to everyone who so generously sponsored her and to those who ran with her. We are also deeply grateful to one of our trustees, Lavinia Newton, who gamely skydived for us at RAF Netheravon, and to all those who very kindly sponsored her. We continue to enjoy the support of a loyal band of collectors who spend many days on their local high street or train station and at local and military shows, spreading the word about the Association and recruiting new beneficiaries as well as shaking their collection boxes. To each and every person who has supported us this year we pass on our heartfelt thanks, especially in these economically difficult times. Your financial contributions are vital and your stories and endeavours are hugely encouraging.

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Principal donors 2010/11 (continued)

Hospitals, homes and associations

Sheffield Steelers (fundraising)......................................................................... £1,214 The Late Mr J Barrett (legacy).......................................................................... £1,200 Horse & Jockey Charity Fund (Mr C Lungmuss)...................................... £1,192 Lady Capt’s Charity Ombersley Golf Club................................................. £1,088 The Late Miss B Blue (legacy)........................................................................... £1,025 The Late Mr RG Gilbert (legacy).................................................................... £1,003 Algerines Association Drumnadrochit.......................................................... £1,000 Associated Property Owners........................................................................... £1,000 Carl Schofield (fundraising)............................................................................... £1,000 Charles Littlewood Hill Trust............................................................................ £1,000 David King Charitable Trust............................................................................... £1,000 Gary Hutchins (fundraising).............................................................................. £1,000 Hyde Park Place Estate Charity....................................................................... £1,000 Joseph Strong Frazer............................................................................................. £1,000 London & Kent Metals.......................................................................................... £1,000 MJ & KM King............................................................................................................ £1,000 Normandy Veterans Association Barming.................................................. £1,000 Shepherds Group.................................................................................................. £1,000 Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers................... £1,000 JTI Staff Donation...................................................................................................... £903 Blythe Sappers............................................................................................................. £900 Garrison Church Plate Fund................................................................................. £800 Dawn Cattell................................................................................................................ £750 Alice Bellfield.............................................................................................................. £700 Judge Colin Fuller (fundraising)........................................................................... £640 Alexandra Court Residents (fundraising)...................................................... £600 Mr D Cowley............................................................................................................... £600 Adam Nunn Budapest Half Marathon............................................................. £578 Mr & Mrs J Ellard ...................................................................................................... £540 Southern Medical Services Ltd............................................................................ £540 BOC Charitable Trust............................................................................................. £530 Coutts Charitable Trust.......................................................................................... £500 Economist Group Charitable Trust................................................................... £500 Fidelity & Goodwill Lodge..................................................................................... £500 Fusiliers Aid Society.................................................................................................. £500 Grenadier Guards Birmingham........................................................................... £500 Heathcoat Trust......................................................................................................... £500 Joseph & Lena Randall Charitable Trust.......................................................... £500 Mr DR Hart.................................................................................................................. £500 Mr JV Skene.................................................................................................................. £500 Mrs B Clare.................................................................................................................. £500 Old Cheltonian Lodge............................................................................................. £500 PCC St Michael & All Angels, Crowborough................................................ £500 Royal Artillery Charitable Fund ........................................................................ £500 Slaughter & May Charitable Trust...................................................................... £500 The Late Mr RJ Lawrence (legacy)..................................................................... £500 WC AD Rowland St Ives Golf Day................................................................... £500

The Association provides entertainment, outings and televisions for ex-service men and women, residents and members of the following hospitals, homes and associations:

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Aden Veterans Association Aircrew Association Air Gunners Association Alabaré Bristol Home for Veterans Alastrean House, Tarland, Aboyne (RAFBF) Algerines Association Amberley Lodge, Purley (Combat Stress) Association of WRENS Audley Court, Shropshire (Combat Stress) Battle of Britain Fighter Association Bedfordshire War Pensions Group Belvedere House, Banstead (RN & Merchant Navy) BLESMA BLESMA Home, Blackpool BLESMA Home, Crieff Bournemouth War Memorial Homes British Ex-Services Wheelchair Sports Association British Korean Veterans Association Broughton House, Salford Buckinghamshire War Pensioners Burma Star Association Branches Carlton Dene Home, London Chaseley Trust, Eastbourne Combat Stress Combined Ex-Services Association Commando Veterans Association Consort Association Crosfield House, Rhayader (TRBL) Dashwood Foundation, London Dunkirk Memorial Home, Taunton (TRBL) Dunkirk Veterans East Surrey Hospital (Acute Stroke Unit) Erskine Home, Bishopton, Renfrewshire Erskine Recovery Unit Federation of Merchant Mariners Fellowship of Services Fleet Air Arm Association Flowerdown House (RAFA) Frimley Park Hospital (MOD Unit) Galanos House, Rugby (TRBL) Glider Pilot Regiment Association Goldfish Club Grove Court, Birmingham (TRBL Housing) Guinea Pig Club Gulf Veterans Association Haig Homes, Morden Halsey House, Cromer (TRBL) Haven Services Headley Court, Epsom Hollybush House, Ayrshire (Combat Stress) Homebrook House, Bedford Housing 21 Ilford Park Polish Home Italy Star Association Kairos Community Trust Lancaster War Memorial Village Leopardstown Hospital, Dublin

Lister House, Ripon (TRBL) London FEPOW Remembrance Social Club LST & Landing Craft Association Mais House, Bexhill-on-Sea (TRBL) Manormead Nursing Home, Hindhead Malaya and Borneo Veterans Association Market Garden Association Maurice House, Broadstairs (TRBL) Merchant Navy Association Mon Abri House, Plymouth Morden College, Blackheath Murray Home, Edinburgh (SVR) National Ex-Prisoner of War Association National Gulf Veterans and Families Association National Malaya and Borneo Veterans Association New Belvedere House, London (Veterans Aid) Normandy Veterans Association Branches North Inch House, Perth Pembroke House, Gillingham, Kent (RNBT) Princess Marina House, Sussex (RAFBF) Queen Alexandra Hospital Home, Worthing Richard Peck House (RAFA) Rooksdown Club Rosendael, Broughty Ferry, Dundee (SVR) Rothbury House (RAFA, RAFBF) Royal Air Forces Association Branches Royal British Legion Branches Royal British Legion Village, Aylesford, Kent Royal Homes, Wimbledon Royal Hospital Chelsea Royal Irish Regiment, Belfast Royal Marines Association Royal Naval Association Branches Royal Star & Garter Home, Richmond Royal Star & Garter Home, Solihull Russian Convoy Club Sir Gabriel Woods Mariners Home, Greenock Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation, London Somerset Legion House, Weston-s/Mare (TRBL) South Atlantic Medal Association 82 St David’s Home, Ealing, London St Dunstan’s, Ovingdean, East Sussex St Helier Homes, Morden St Peter’s Court, Sacriston, Co Durham St Vincent’s Home, Isle of Wight (SSAFA) Submariners Association Sussexdown, Storrington (RAFA) Tedworth House, Hampshire (Help for Heroes) Telegraphist Air Gunners Association The Mark Wright Project Centre, Dalkeith Tyrwhitt House, Leatherhead (Combat Stress) UK Crete Veterans & Friends Society V & W Destroyer Association White Ensign Association Whitefoord House, Edinburgh (SVR) Women’s Auxiliary Air Force Association Women’s Royal Army Corps Association

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A short history of The Not Forgotten Association Miss Marta Cunningham, founder of The Not Forgotten Association, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States and was educated at the Convent of Notre Dame in Baltimore. She went on to receive vocal training from internationally famed teachers of singing in France, Switzerland, Germany and England. Her first appearance as a soprano soloist was in the Coronation concert at the Crystal Palace in August 1901. From 1910 to 1912 she established regular ‘matinees musicales’ at Claridges Hotel in London. During the Great War Marta Cunningham was active in charity and canteen work and in 1920 she founded The Not Forgotten Association for the ‘comfort, cheer, and entertainment’ of wounded ex-service officers and men still in hospital as a result of the war. History relates that, a year after the Armistice, she heard that there was possibly a handful of wounded soldiers under treatment at a nearby Ministry of Pensions Hospital. She called on the matron and asked if she had a few lonely patients who would like to come out for a cup of tea? The matron looked slightly surprised and replied that she had a few hundred lonely patients; indeed, six hundred to be precise. Marta Cunningham then set about mobilising her group of friends to invite these serving wounded and ex-servicemen out for afternoon tea and entertainment. It was during one of these early invitations that one soldier was heard to say “We don’t want no charity Miss, we are forgotten by everybody and we’d better stop so”.

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On 12th August 1920 Marta Cunningham formed The Not Forgotten Association and by 1927 some 85,000 had been entertained outside the hospitals. Although the language has changed over the years, the aims of The Not Forgotten Association have not. In broad terms the Association seeks to provide entertainment, recreation and leisure for the serving wounded and ex-service community with disabilities. This is achieved through an ambitious annual programme of activities including outings, holidays for individuals and groups, concerts in service care homes, adventure training and our Garden and Christmas Parties for War Pensioners. For those whose conditions prevent them from getting out and about to enjoy those things that the rest of us take for granted, we can provide a television and, where necessary, a licence too. Only 10 years ago the trustees were of a view that perhaps the Association would not be needed in years to come as the number of veterans needing assistance dwindled. How that picture has changed, with our Armed Forces deployed for so long in Northern Ireland and with the operations in the Balkans, Africa, Iraq and Afghanistan. We continue to provide support to about 12,000 men and women each year. Although records were lost in 1941 as a consequence of a fire following an air raid, we can be reasonably confident that since its formation, about 1,000,000 serving and ex-servicemen and women have benefitted from The Not Forgotten Association’s activities, ensuring that they have not been forgotten.

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FOUNDER 1920 Miss Marta Cunningham CBE

PAST PATRONS 1921 HRH The Princess Royal 1966 HRH The Duchess of Kent

PAST PRESIDENTS 1920 The Countess Beatty 1920 The Countess Haig 1920 The Viscountess Trenchard 1933 The Marchioness of Salisbury 1939 Her Grace The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire GCVO CBE 1954 The Hon Lady Monro DBE 1957 Field Marshal The Lord Harding of Petherton GCB CBE DSO MC 1960 Lady Greig 1963 The Viscountess Slim 1969 Air Marshal Sir William Coles KBE CB DSO DFC AFC 1972 Admiral Sir Desmond Dreyer GCB CBE DSC 1980 Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling KCB CBE DSO DFC & Bar AE 1981 Air Commandant Dame Jean Conan Doyle DBE AE 1985 Field Marshal The Lord Bramall KG GCB OBE MC DL JP 1991 Brigadier Helen Cattanach CB RRC 1991 Admiral Sir David Williams GCB DL

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