The Innholders
Charitable Foundation
The Court of the Worshipful Company of Innholders is the trustee of the Innholders’ Charitable Foundation (registered charity number 1158457).
How is the Foundation funded?
The Foundation was formed in 2014 to amalgamate seven charities endowed by generous bequests from Innholders’ over the centuries.
The Foundation’s investments are managed by the Company’s Investment Committee, which is instructed by the Trustee to preserve the capital value of the Foundation’s funds in real terms whilst providing for real increases in the annual grant giving.
How are beneficiaries of the Foundation’s awards selected?
The Company is proud of the enormous and far-reaching benefits that have been derived by many people through the hard work of the charities it supports.
Our giving is predominantly directed towards three separate groups: the elderly, the young, and the hospitality industry.
Beneficiaries selected by the Charity Committee (awards £500- £5,000) and the Patronage Committee (larger and long-term awards) are recommended to the Court acting as Trustee for its approval. Liveryman Ben Aird is Chair of the Charity Committee, and the Chair of the Patronage Committee is Past Master Ian Mullins.
The Foundation’s objects
The Foundation’s formal objects are:
- To support the young and the furtherance of education
- To support the elderly and their welfare
- General charitable purposes
In addition, the Foundation supports the advancement of the hospitality industry in recognition of the Company’s historic links with the sector. Many of the projects we support meet more than one objective.
How Can You Help?
The Patronage and Charity Committees work hard to ensure that the best possible use is made of the funds of the Foundation. If you are interested in joining either of the Committees, or for a further insight into their work, please contact the Clerk for further information.
If you would like to donate regularly to the Innholders Charitable Foundation you can do this by clicking on the link below, which will take you to our Go Cardless facility where you can set up a direct debit:
Donate using Go Cardless
The Clerk will contact you to confirm the amount and frequency of your donation
To discuss a one-off donation or a bequest to the Foundation please contact the Clerk by email or phone.
Applying for Funding
The Charity Committee encourages applications from charities supported by members of the Company. If you are involved in a charity and would like to nominate it for a grant, please use the link below or approach the Assistant Clerk for assistance.
Find out more about our support for …
Young People
We support six pupils at the City of London School and the City of London School for Girls with bursaries. We also support a scholar at Christ’s Hospital. In addition, we offer bursaries to two students at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. All scholars are nominated and means tested by the schools. We endeavour to build relationships with these exceptional students and are proud that some of our previous scholars have chosen to enter the Company as Freemen.
In addition to supporting individual students, we have also made grants to Teach First, Jamie’s Farm, Spark Inside and Swanlea School in Tower Hamlets. We support music outreach programmes run by the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Music Fund.
Many of the smaller awards made by the Charity Committee go towards youth clubs, respite clubs for disabled children and their families, charities providing assistance with educational skills and charities supporting and mentoring young people not in mainstream education.
The Hospitality Industry
In recognition of the Company’s historic links with hospitality, the Foundation supports the advancement of the sector.
The majority of expenditure under this heading relates to the Innholder Scholarships programme, which is funded by the Innholders’ Charitable Foundation, in partnership with The Savoy Educational Trust, Lord Forte Foundation and the Master Innholders Charitable Trust. Each year young managers in the hotel industry, with potential to become leaders in the sector, are selected to attend management development courses at Cornell University or Cranfield University. Alumni of this programme are known as ‘Innholders’ Scholars’.
In addition, the Foundation supports The Plunkett Foundation, CRUMBS and Only a Pavement Away.
The Elderly
The Foundation funds welfare grants made by three hospitality industry charities (Hospitality Action, the Drinks Trust and the Licensed Trade Charity). These are distributed by the charities as small grants to support former or current members of the industry experiencing financial hardship. The charities also work to improve quality of life for the elderly, by making grants towards winter heating costs and running schemes to relieve social isolation among the elderly.
Charitable Projects
In recent years the Foundation has supported general welfare projects with beneficiaries in London, giving grants to charities delivering food boxes to families in need, charities providing sporting facilities to disadvantaged communities and charities engaged in alleviating homelessness and social isolation.
Major donations have been given to the Clink Charity and the Samaritans City Hub. The Foundation has also supported the Livery Chairs Charity Group Livery Food Initiative for a number of years.
Some beneficiaries
of Innholders
awards
Hospitality Action
Established in 1837 Hospitality Action offers vital assistance to all who work, or have worked, within hospitality in the UK.
Hospitality Action
We are proud to have supported Hospitality Action for many years and we are currently funding the Golden Friends newsletter and grants for the elderly, winter fuel and general family support.
A recipient of a winter fuel grant says….”We were so worried about the heating last winter because of needing to keep the house warm while my husband battled cancer. We both cried when we received the money. Thank you all.”
Spark Inside
We have recently supported the Hero’s Journey programme supporting young people in the justice system.
Spark Inside
Hero’s Journey is an award winning life coaching programme that empowers young people in the justice system to rewrite their future.
Through group workshops followed by one-to-one coaching, young people are supported to identify where they are in their life’s journey and are equipped with the tools, confidence and resilience to build a bright future that excites them.
Plunkett UK
For some years, we have supported the “Inn this Together” project run by Plunkett UK.
Plunkett UK
For more than 100 years, Plunkett UK has helped rural communities to create sustainable community businesses that make their communities better places to live. Today, Plunkett represents over 800 community businesses throughout the UK, from shops and pubs through to woodlands, farms and fisheries.
The “Inn This Together” project enables Plunkett UK to deliver support to communities looking to establish and run community-owned pubs.
The photo shows the Maybush Inn, Great Oakley, Essex.
CRUMBS
We support the Traineeship Programme run by The CRUMBS Project, a disability training charity.
CRUMBS
The CRUMBS Project works to help change the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable adults through hospitality-based ‘training for independence.’
The photo shows Daniella, who says.. “CRUMBS has changed my life so much! It’s nice and caring here, and I really enjoy it. Coming to CRUMBS builds my independence, like cooking meals, and when I move out, I’ll be able to cook for myself.”
Innholder Scholarships
With the Savoy Educational Trust, and with additional backing from the Master Innholders Charitable Trust and the Lord Forte Foundation, we are primary funders of the Innholder Scholarships.
Designed to take hospitality professionals from managers to leaders, the Innholder Scholarship offers an opportunity to attend management courses at world-renowned universities, with the entire cost of tuition, board and lodging included.
The scholarships provide vital training and development in managerial skills, industry best practice, market evolution and global future challenges.
Over 240 UK hoteliers have benefitted from this career changing scheme since the scholarship was established in 1997. Graduates of the scheme are known as Innholders’ Scholars