Trustees
The Trustees Of The Wates Foundation From July 2010 are:
Mr William Wates (Chairman). Chartered Building Surveyor. Governor of More House School. Trustee of Hammersmith United Charities.
Mrs Emily King. Former interior designer, now a full time mother. Particular interests in Berkshire charities relating to families and children with a broader interest in education, nutrition and social housing.
Mrs Annabelle Elliott. Full-time wife and mother with a longstanding commitment to her local community. Supports a number of groups whose focus is children. Special interest in children with learning disadvantages and disabilities.
Mrs Kate Minch. tbc
Mr Richard Wates. Had a successful career in the Health and Fitness sector before establishing his own children’s play business in the South East of England. As well as being a Director of this business, also runs a residential property portfolio. Chairman of the William Wates Memorial Trust and Chairman of PSDS, a Down Syndrome Support Group in Surrey. Married with three children.
Mr Christopher Agace. Managing Director of Chalk Hill Contemporary Homes. Formerly a practising Barrister with experience in, amongst other things, family breakdown, debt and housing issues.
Recruitment of New Directors/Trustees.
The Articles of Association of the Trust provide for the recruitment of new Directors of the Trustee Company who serve as Trustees of The Wates Foundation only from the families of the natural heirs to the Founders of the charity.
Trustees serve for periods of three years up to a maximum of six years at any time, but may be re-elected again after a break of three years. The retirement age for Trustees is 65 years and for members of the Grants Committee 70 years.
Training & Development.
The Foundation’s Trustees have made training and development a strategic objective as a means of improving the overall performance of the Foundation and its grant making, and ensuring that members of the Wates Family associated with the work of the charity and the Foundation’s staff receive appropriate training in order to deliver the objectives of the Foundation with skill, experience and knowledge.
The Trustees have adopted five Training Objectives that classify training and development activity in which the Foundation engages in the way in which it contributes to or impacts on the ability of the Foundation to deliver its mission and related objectives. The Objectives are:
- Programme Areas
- Governance
- Finance
- Philanthropy
Funds for training are earmarked annually. The cost of training for Trustees and staff in 2009-2010 was £5,178 (£6,342 in 2008-2009). This figure takes no account of a substantial amount of training at nil cost. During 2008-2009, Trustees, members of Foundation’s committees and staff took part in training and related activity on 107 occasions and visited 50 charities.
New Trustees are inducted by taking part in the grant assessment process and related visits, and in a programme of visits to relevant organisations and institutions. New Trustees also undertake formal training conducted by professional and voluntary sector bodies such as the Association of Charitable Foundations.
