PUSH FORWARD – AIM HIGH! WORKING HARD to HELP CHANGE the WORLD “Giving Back Is a Massively Important Ethos
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APRIL 2019 REACH OUT – PUSH FORWARD – AIM HIGH! WORKING HARD TO HELP CHANGE THE WORLD “Giving back is a massively important ethos. I am extremely proud that Patron continues to be a hugely charitable organisation and applaud the hard work that has inspired and encouraged the whole company and broader network to get involved.” Keith Breslauer, Managing Partner Our Vision Create positive Support where Reach out change whenever life prospects are and break down and wherever impaired and barriers to promote it is needed empower individuals understanding How We Differ ■ Patron makes the entirety ■ Patron engages an extensive ■ Patron gives significant grants and of its resources available for network to educate, inspire sponsorship which drive further charitable benefit and motivate donations and awareness ■ Patron ensures that charitable ■ Patron prioritises direct interaction ■ Patron measures success by impact is at the heart of the business, with charity beneficiaries to create true individual stories and their informing every decision understanding and metric testing multiplier effects Patron’s Charitable Initiatives Have Helped... 220+ servicemen and 5,000+ UK teachers 4,000+ children in Nepal over £2 million+ raised for impacting 520,000+ and new teacher training The Royal Marines Charity school children facility established Our Armed Forces Initiative We support and fund projects, Supporting society, providing supports current or working with teachers and improving immediate support for the vulnerable retired veterans to pursue education in the UK, along with vital plus working with charities and their dreams and refurbishment and construction of organisations in construction to overcome challenges new schools around the world help preserve the environment Patron’s 18 th Anniversary Challenge To mark Patron’s 18 th anniversary 2017 –2018, the wider Patron team successfully completed a challenge to, within 12 months: Complete 18 charitable endeavours that significantly impact the lives of others Keith Breslauer sponsors and joins a 35 An all female Patron team complete person Royal Marine/Royal Navy rehab Patron sponsors The Royal Marines the intense 5km Royal Marines team paddling 85 miles & marching 100 Charity ’s Flagship Fundraising Dinner Commando Challenge course, 1. miles retracing ‘Operation Frankton ’s’ 7. event (at Guildhall) and drove table 13. raising over £10k for The Royal WWII Raid, raising awareness of service - sales to raise record proceeds. Marines Charity. men with life changing injuries. Patron hosts an engagement event Shelley Larsen (Patron, Investment for Whizz-Kidz with CEO Ruth Owen Patron’s funding helps build a new Team PA) takes part in ‘ Shine Night ’, OBE and Ambassador Ed Balls; as a teacher training facility/hostel in Nepal , a 26-mile sponsored walk through 2. result, Whizz-Kidz was awarded 8. an earthquake proof ‘ Earthship ’ built 14. London at night, to raise funds for ‘Charity of the Year ‘ by a major law on sustainability principles. charity Cancer Research UK . firm (one of Patron’s advisers). Tim Street (Patron, Senior Advisor) A 27-strong Patron and friends team Kevin Cooke (Patron, Development sponsors and leads a team in the complete the Royal Parks Half Director) provides mentoring to 14- ‘HotChillee ’ London to Paris bike-ride, Marathon raising in excess of £14k, 16 year olds struggling with disrupted 3. 9. during the hottest days on record, 15. split between Patron’s principal education, which was run by charity raising £5k and awareness for partner charities. LifeLine Projects . The Royal Marines Charity . Patron’s legal team with their advisers, Patron provides dedicated finance Ian McClelland (Patron’s Physical Trainer) deliver a programme of talks, workshops and investment internships at their leads a Mountain Trek with charity and internships to leavers at Holland London office for three young HomeStraight , organised for a group 4. Park School London, discussing 10. 16. wheelchair users, nominated by of people recovering from addiction employment options in Law and the charity Whizz-Kidz . issues, with sponsorship from Patron. broader corporate environment. Patron sponsors Rock2Recovery , Patron sponsors retired RM veterans Patron sponsors RM Lee Spencer an organisation working to help those Steve Sparkes & Mick Dawson to complete ‘The Rowing Marine ’ – who breaks with combat stress, with consulting ‘The Great Pacific Race ’, rowing 2,400 record and becomes first amputee 5. space and reception/admin services 11. miles (California to Hawaii). Steve becomes 17. to row solo across the Atlantic (3,500 at Patron’s London office to help over first blind man to row the Pacific Ocean miles) in 61 days, raising £50k for the 500 people in the year. and the team complete in 82 days! RMC and other charities. Geraldine Schmit (Patron, MD Lux.) Kendall Langford (Patron, General Patron’s IT Consultant Matt Palmer joins uses Patron’s financial sponsorship and Counsel) joins 110 riders on a 200km a sponsored walk (London to Brighton), her personal contacts to deliver free 6. horseback race across the Sahara 12. raising £3k for the children’s charity 18. Krav Maga training programmes to Desert, raising £13k for the Make a Wish Foundation . Moroccan Children’s Trust . vulnerable women in India, France & UK. “Thank you – it was a fantastic event and I thought the combination of the historian and the Royal Marines made for a very engaging and inspiring evening. I don’t think people have any idea of the importance that Norway played in the Second World War and I feel much more educated subsequent to yesterday’s talks. I just wanted to personally thank you all for everything you do on behalf of so many charities and for taking Whizz-Kidz under your wing, being so incredibly generous with your time and offers of support.” Ruth Owen OBE (Chief Executive of Whizz-Kidz) at the ‘Norway 75’ Launch Event The Greatness Lectures Celebrating the greatness of the human spirit in its ability to achieve great feats and overcome adversity... Patron has long espoused the approach: ‘Reach Out – Push Forward – Aim High’, and so from the beginning of 2017 we have curated a series of early evening talks by individuals who are the embodiment of this spirit. The continuing talks are an opportunity for friends of Patron to hear from those who have overcome adversity, devoted themselves to making a difference to the lives of others, or achieved truly exceptional feats. These events are not part of a fundraising exercise; they are intended to motivate, educate, inspire and enrich the Patron team, our friends and partners. Typically consisting of a talk followed by a Q&A session, the lectures offer an opportunity for informal conversation over drinks/light refreshments. Jake Meyer – ‘Scaling New Heights’ Rabbi Joseph Dweck – ‘What Makes a Hero?’ 9th January 2017 10 th May 2017 Jake Meyer is a world record breaking British Joseph Dweck, Senior Rabbi, discussed ‘What Mountaineer. Aged 21 he became the youngest Makes a Hero?’, touching on some of the ancient Briton to climb Everest and the youngest to teachings on this subject. He delivered a deeply complete the ‘Seven Summits’. He also faced intellectual yet highly accessible and warmly testing challenges with two failed attempts prior inclusive lecture, which was enthusiastically to a successful summit of K2. Jake delivered a received by our audience of many different fascinating talk and he is known as the ‘Climber faiths and cultures. of Tall Things and Teller of Tall Tales’. Mark Ormrod – ‘Overcoming Challenges’ Rock2Recovery & Author Matthew Green – ‘PTSD: The Silent Battle’ 9th February 2017 6th June 2017 The former Royal Marines Commando and first Matthew Green, author of ‘Aftershock’ & RM triple amputee survivor of the Afghanistan veterans Jamie Sanderson & Jason Fox spoke conflict told his inspirational story of dealing with life-changing injury, through rehabilitation, openly about their experiences of the psycho- logical impact of combat and of helping PTSD recovery and subsequent career achievements sufferers via their Rock2Recovery charity, which as an author, inspirational speaker and Invictus aids the many who struggle with the after-effects Games double gold and silver medal winner. of active service. Dr. David Starkey CBE – Conrad Humphreys & Baz Gray – ‘Lessons From History: What’s Next?’ ‘Pioneering Voyager Stories’ 30 th March 2017 19 th September 2017 Renowned historian, broadcaster, writer and Conrad Humphreys and RM (ret.) Baz Gray presenter Dr. David Starkey CBE discussed what discussed their incredible sea journeys: Conrad he considers is only ‘the second Brexit’, significant recreating Captain Bligh’s 4,000-mile famous but not without precedent, and argued in detail ‘Bounty’ voyage using the same equipment, and with passion and humour that King Henry XIII’s Baz discussing sailing from Antarctica to South breach with Rome 500 years ago has many Georgia Island in the Southern Atlantic Ocean, similarities to our current breach with Brussels. recreating Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1916 rescue mission. Mark Ormrod Ed Balls Ruth Owen OBE Dr. David Starkey Sir Paul Grant CBE Dr. Tom Keene – Marking the 75 th Hosting the Royal Marines for the Anniversary of the ‘Cockleshell Heroes’ ‘Norway 75’ Launch Event 24 th October 2017 16 th May 2018 Dr. Tom Keene, writer & military historian, discussed Patron was honoured to host and be key partners the background, mission and outcome of ‘Operation of the launch of ‘Norway 75’ – a team of 8 Royal Frankton’. Tom joined Keith Breslauer to recreate Marines who traversed Norway retelling the stories the mission with a group of RMs and injured of the WWII Commando raids. The journey was a Hasler personnel. The raid in Dec 1942 by the tough physical challenge that took 48 days to ‘Cockleshell Heroes’ across France (85-mile complete. In retelling these somewhat untold kayak & 100-mile run), was so important that tales, ‘Norway 75’ highlights more current issues Churchill claimed it helped shorten the war. of veterans suffering mental health issues.