Charitable Trust / Donations 2009: Other

ELBA (£37,500)
We continued our annual commitment to ELBA (East London Business Alliance) and in addition donated £20,000 for a third year to support the ELBA 'Legacy 2020' with seed funding. The 'Legacy 2020' project engages businesses in helping regenerate areas of east London up to the start of the Olympic Games and beyond.

See also Young People - Sport: ELBA (Sports Container)

Lord Mayor's Appeal (£50,000)
A donation was made to the Lord Mayor's Appeal 2009. The beneficiary of our donation this year is St John Ambulance.

ELSBC (£35,000)
We continued our support to ELSBC (East London Small Business Centre), an independent not-for-profit organisation, which provides help to all entrepreneurs in east London to start up and develop successful businesses as well as helping existing businesses to survive and grow.

Historic Royal Palaces (£250,000)
We completed our second of four-years' funding (£1 million in total) to Historic Royal Palaces, to provide funding for the restoration of the White Tower within the Tower of London.

Student Hubs (£30,000)
Student Hubs is an entirely youth-led charity working in universities across the UK to transform student involvement in charitable activities. Student Hubs seek to act as a catalyst, empowering students to become active members of their community by promoting social action, philanthropy and volunteering.

Imperial War Museum - HMS Belfast (£30,000)
HMS Belfast is the last big-gun armoured warship from the Second World War in Europe and receives 270,000 visitors including 60,000 school pupils and over 5,500 children every year. We made a donation of £30,000 towards the appointment of a fundraiser to help raise vital funds to preserve HMS Belfast so that future generations can see how her crew lived and fought in her.