Charitable Trust

PEOPLE

A whole range of people are involved in making the Trust a success, not least of all the trustees but also including those who are able to go to sea as a result of the support of the Trust.

TRUSTEES

Current Trustees

Mike Halstead
Gwynne Lawrence (secretary and treasurer)
Linda Pennington
Jenny Woods

Past Trustees
  
Anthony Bird
Andrew Collins TD
George Ehlers
Rufus Gilday
Peter Haslehurst
Bernard Kinchin
John Stork
and the late Doug Harckham

THE BENEFICIARIES

One of the ways in which the success of the Trust can be measured is the feedback that we receive from those that we have been able to support.  In return for that support the Trustees ask the youngsters to provide a short report of their voyage and record their reactions to their experience.

“I was very nervous about joining the voyage as I had never been to sea before and didn’t know anyone else who was going. I soon made friends with other people on my watch and we all worked really hard together as a team and had lots of fun.   I can’t thank you enough for the funding you gave me towards the cost of the Pelican 2021 Summer Voyage. I really appreciate being given the opportunity to sail on board such a wonderful tall ship.”  OH (aged 15), courtesy of Seas Your Future

“I learnt that it is always better to work as a team. I enjoyed putting the sails up and sailing across the ocean and cooking and living at sea. A break from normal life.” Alfie (aged 17), courtesy of Tall Ships Youth Trust.

“I'd say that the best part of this journey would be the burgers and the worst part is definitely being sick, all day. But the most memorable moment would be this whole journey.” A (aged 14). Courtesy of Ocean Youth Trust South.


“My best bit was probably going in the ocean, swimming. My worst part was probably when I was really, really cold when I got out and went back in; yeah I was stuttering! And the most exciting part was probably the sunrise and the sunsets.” L (aged 14). Courtesy of Ocean Youth Trust South

Operators:

Challenge Wales		The Cirdan Sailing Trust		Morning Star Trust		Ocean Youth Trust South
The RONA Sailing Project		Seachange Sailing Trust		Seas Your Future		Tall Ships Youth Trust
The Island Trust
Partners:
The Ahoy Centre Deptford		Queen Mary Sailing Club		Westminster Boating Base

Making a Donation:

A donation to assist the work of the Charity may be made in any of the following ways:

·       By cheque in favour of “The Royal Thames Yacht Club Charitable Trust” and sent to Gwynne Lawrence, Chairman RTYC CT, 60 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7LF;
·       By entering into a Standing Order to make regular payments to support our ongoing work. This can be done either through your personal on-line banking arrangements; or for a Standing Order form please apply to the Chairman – [email protected].

Gift Aid:

In any event please also obtain and return a Gift Aid Form to: The Chairman RTYCCT, 60 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7LF.  This allows us to reclaim tax on your donation and which represents a significant addition to your donation.

Making a Legacy:

You may wish to remember the Charity in your will or a codicil to your will. This is always best done with the aid of your solicitor.

We do not use online charity fundraising sites owing to the consequent administration charges.  We wish to make every penny count.

HOW TO APPLY FOR A GRANT

We have relationships with a number of sail training organisations (“Operators”) who are able to offer places on voyages to applicants who would not otherwise be able to afford the full cost of a voyage, and to apply for grants from the Trust on their behalf.  The Operator completes an application form provided by the Trust setting out the reasons why they believe that the applicant meets the criteria demanded by the Trust and how the applicant will benefit from the proposed voyage.

Applicants will initially have applied to the operator to take part in a voyage but registering their difficulty in raising the funding required.  They would be encouraged to make a contribution towards the cost of their voyage however modest.

Applications may then be received by the Trust from the Operators on behalf of young people between the ages of 12 and 21 and who will demonstrate a wide range of reasons for why an individual may be deemed as “disadvantaged”.  Generally, these relate to households suffering from severe financial difficulty with household members unable to earn a living and relying on benefits, young household members caring for parents or older family members, or others who demonstrate troubled social behaviour or mental challenges.

Once the voyage has been completed, we will request the beneficiary to provide a report or diary of their voyage and describe how they think that they have benefited from their experience.  Often we also receive a report from a representative of the Operator who may have taken part in the voyage in a supervisory role, thus providing donors or potential donors an opportunity to receive first-hand reporting as to the benefit acquired as a result of their donations.

Operators should in the first place indicate their intention of making an application in order to ensure that the Trust is likely to provide a grant and then to follow up with a formal application form setting out the reasons for their request.  These should be communicated to the Trust through the Chairman or one of the other Trustees at [email protected].

Registered Office

60 Knightsbridge,
London,
SW1X 7LF

Charitable number

1108385

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CHARITABLE TRUST DATA PRIVACY POLICY

Royal Thames Yacht Club Charitable Trust (“the Trust”) is a registered charity No 1108385.  The Trust stores a limited amount of personal data, usually as Controller of the data but sometimes as a Processor of the data and is committed to complying with all current Data Protection legislation applicable to the UK. The Trust has 4 Trustees who are responsible for the direction and governance of the Trust, the raising and distribution of funds and where possible avoids storing sensitive personal data.

The Trust collects, processes and holds personal data for the following purposes:

1. Personal data of Royal Thames Yacht Club Members (“the Club”) provided by the Club for the purpose of collecting funds. The Trust uses this data to write to Members for the purposes of fund raising. The data provided is processed singularly for the creation of the mailing and is one-time use. At the discretion of the Trustees it may be decided to connect with permissioned persons other than Members of the Club in which case the same conditions of engagement would apply. 
Club Membership data is not stored or shared with any third party or used for any other purposes.

2. Personal data of Members of the Club who contribute (“Contributors”) to the Trust. Contact details are collected for the purposes of write letters of thanks and where contributions are recurring to record such frequency and means by which sums are to be collected.
Storing the above data is handled securely by the Chairman of the Trust who regularly, at least annually reviews the data deleting none- active Contributors. Contributor data is not shared with any third party or used for any other purposes.

3. Personal data of the Trustees and third parties who are proposing candidates to benefit from the Trust and organisations providing services to the Trust for the purpose of managing the business and manage the responsibilities of the Trust.
Storing the above data is handled securely by the Chairman of the Trust who regularly, at least annually reviews the data deleting retiring Trustees and none- active third party organisations . Trustee and third party organisation data is not shared with any third party or used for any other purposes.

4. Sensitive personal data of candidates benefiting from the Trust is not collected. The Trust operates an agreed application for funds process which enables individual candidates’ applications to be reviewed including candidate circumstance but does not contain personal data. In the event any personal data is mistakenly revealed it is deleted.

The lawful basis for processing data under 1 is the positive consent of Royal Thames Yacht Club Members data provided.

The lawful basis for processing data under 2 is for the necessary pursuit of the Trust’s legitimate interests and in performing its duties and responsibilities.

The lawful basis for processing data under 3 is for the performance of the agreements with approved third party organisations.

Data storage and Security: The Trust has implemented generally accepted standards of technological and operational security in order to protect personal data. Computerised data is securely hosted on contracted servers within the EU. Other records are kept securely by the Chairman of the Trust.

The Trust will inform data subjects promptly in the event of any breach of their personal data which might expose them to serious risk.

All data subjects have the Rights to access the data concerning themselves, to require rectification if incorrect.

Any enquiries, issues or concerns in connection with Data Protection matters should be raised in the first instance with the Chairman of the Trust (tel: 0207 201 6261, email [email protected] ). Further complaints may be made to the Information Commissioner ( www.ico.org.uk/concerns ) .

19th November 2019 j/pau/mike/RTYC/CharitableTrust/PrivacyStatement/Draft1.0