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Page 1: ANNUAL REVIEW 2018 - The Championships, …Wimbledon Foundation Cover: AELTC coach Emmanuel delivers a WJTI session. For Emmanuel's story, see page 49 under Developing Young People

ANNUAL REVIEW 2018

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WELCOME

I am delighted to welcome you to our Annual Review for 2018. It has been a year of significant growth, with more than £1.6 million expended on charitable activities during our financial year and our annual grants and donations made exceeding £1 million for the first time. Our fifth birthday has provided a timely opportunity to review our long term ambitions and ensure we are set up for success for the next five years and beyond. Guided by our board of trustees, our Foundation team and our first external evaluation, we have refined these into four primary goals: strengthening our local community, supporting healthy and active lives, developing young people, and helping those in need. These goals will provide us with the structure to evaluate and monitor our activities and grant programmes as well as a clear message with which to describe our work to our supporters, the media and the broader public.

We are also pleased to share our new logo. The Wimbledon Foundation is the charity of the All England Club and The Championships and the new logo reflects that fundamental relationship more closely. It has been an active year for the Foundation, and we would like to thank the staff and volunteers at every one of the projects we have been able to support. As the stories in this Review demonstrate, the work they are doing on the ground provides vital and life-changing support to many. We are proud to be associated with their work.

Ian Hewitt ChairmanWimbledon Foundation

Cover: AELTC coach Emmanuel delivers a WJTI session. For Emmanuel's story, see page 49 under Developing Young People.Opposite: 93-year-old Lily takes part in a golf session funded by our Get Set, Get Active Fund at Age UK Merton.

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WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE

HELPING THOSE IN NEED

SUPPORTING HEALTHY AND ACTIVE LIVES

DEVELOPING YOUNG PEOPLE

STRENGTHENING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY

OUR GOALS

Our vision is of healthy, caring and thriving communities — Our mission is to use the resources and heritage of Wimbledon to help change people’s lives — Our approach is to deliver programmes and work with partners that truly reflect Wimbledon’s values

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INSIDE

Summary of grants and donations awarded in 2017/18 8

STRENGTHENING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY

Community Fund 14

Arts & Community Engagement Fund 24

SUPPORTING HEALTHY AND ACTIVE LIVES Health & Wellbeing Fund 28

Get Set, Get Active Fund 36

Working with WaterAid 42

DEVELOPING YOUNG PEOPLE

Wimbledon Junior Tennis Initiative 48

Learning 50

Working with Magic Bus 52

HELPING THOSE IN NEED

Ticket Resale Fund 56

More than a funder 62

Championships highlights 60

Finance, Trustees and Foundation Team 62

Looking ahead to 2019 66

Supported organisations in 2017/18 67

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Magic Bus Partnership

£19,000Arts & Community Engagement Fund

STRENGTHENING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY

SUPPORTING HEALTHY & ACTIVE LIVES

HELPING THOSE

IN NEED

£1,037,500

DEVELOPING YOUNG PEOPLE

Health & Wellbeing Fund £151,000

Get Set, Get Active Fund £64,500

WaterAid Partnership £100,000

Community Fund£105,000

Ticket Resale

Fund£406,000

Other donations

£50,000

SUMMARY OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS AWARDED IN FINANCIAL YEAR 2017/18

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MERTON

Least deprived Most deprived Least deprived Most deprived

WANDSWORTH

MITCHAM

MORDEN

RAYNES PARK

WIMBLEDONCLAPHAMJUNCTION

WANDSWORTH

SOUTHFIELDS EARLSFIELDBALHAM

BATTERSEA

PUTNEY

TOOTING

Community Fund Projects (pg.16)

Health & Wellbeing Fund Projects (pg.30)

Get Set, Get Active Fund Projects (pg.38)

Community Fund Projects (pg.20)

Health & Wellbeing Fund Projects (pg.34)

Get Set, Get Active Fund Projects (pg.41)

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STRENGTHENING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITYHELPING PEOPLE IN THE BOROUGHS OF MERTON AND WANDSWORTH

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During the year, the Community Fund supported 31 wide-ranging projects helping more than 5,500 people, 800 of whom are living with a disability.

31SUPPORTED PROJECTS

COMMUNITY FUND—£125,000 IS DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY TO HELP MEET LOCAL SOCIAL NEEDSGrants are awarded to projects addressing poverty, disadvantage and isolation, improving education and training, increasing employability and encouraging community cohesion.

STRENGTHENING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY

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1 AFC Wimbledon Foundation to provide free sports activities for 120 disadvantaged young people during school holidays.

2 Association for Pastoral Care in Mental Health Merton and Sutton Branch to provide 20 new volunteer befrienders to support adults awith mental health problems in Morden.

3 Carers Support Merton to run a series of workshops in conjunction with Mousetrap Theatre Projects improving employability through drama skills for 15 young carers and adult carers.

4 Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation to run an interactive drug and alcohol awareness workshop in eight Merton secondary schools.

5 Friends in St Helier (F.I.S.H.) to provide a weekly lunch for 60 older, isolated people in Morden.

6 Hearts & Minds to provide a weekly support group for young people with mental health issues.

7 London Support Youth Trust to run a project for 30 young people to develop business skills culminating in a Dragon’s Den-style event.

8 Merton Mencap to provide a weekly Going Out Club for 15 young people with learning disabilities.

9 National Autistic Society Merton to create a sensory equipment library and run occupational therapy sessions for children with autism and their parents.

10 Raynes Park Salvation Army to run a poetry workshop, art exhibition and fun day as part of the MyRaynesPark community festival linked with Refugee Week.

11 UpTown UK to run a weekly youth club with maths workshops for 50 disadvantaged young people.

12 Wimbledon Guild of Social Welfare to run a Positive Ageing emotional support group for 20 people with mental health problems.

MERTON PROJECTS

COMMUNITY FUND

“” WE ARE EMPOWERING YOUNG

ENTREPRENEURS FROM CHALLENGING BACKGROUNDS TO FULFIL THEIR POTENTIAL.

LAURA SYMMONS

Hearts & Minds“The grant from the Wimbledon Foundation enabled us to keep running our Peer Support Group for another year. Our weekly group is for young people experiencing mental health issues and it provides a much-needed space of friendship, community and understanding for teenagers and young adults who would often remain isolated without it. Some funders might be a little wary of the fact that it’s peer support, the fact that we’re young people, but the Wimbledon Foundation has been fully supportive. They also gave us a laptop – things that other funders might not recognise as being helpful, they’ve been there.”

Beth Ingram, Group Co-ordinator, Hearts & Minds

London Support Youth TrustLondon Youth Support Trust used their grant to run Making It In Merton, a Dragons Den-style event for young people aged 18–30 on the Pollards Hill Estate.

Fundraiser Laura Symmons said, “Through the Wimbledon Foundation’s funding we are empowering young entrepreneurs from challenging backgrounds to fulfil their potential. Young people are being given the opportunity to explore enterprise, develop a business idea and plan and pitch for funding to get their idea off the ground.”

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KATIE'S STORY

Katie* was just 17 when she arrived at SPEAR’s young people’s hostel in Merton. She had left home in her early teens because her brother had been abusing her. After a spell in foster care, Katie was eventually referred into SPEAR. The staff spent time getting to know her and understanding how they could help. She was vulnerable and needed emotional support to come to terms with her traumatic childhood. They encouraged her to keep in contact with her grandparents and she regularly went to their home and helped them with laundry, shopping and babysitting for her nieces and nephews.

Katie wanted a career in childcare and was supported by SPEAR to complete an NVQ while she worked part-time at a local nursery. She repeatedly failed the maths element of the qualification, so SPEAR provided tutoring and helped her practise sample questions until she passed. Katie was recently offered a full-time job as manager of a new local nursery as well as permanent accommodation. A member of staff recently visited her in her new flat and told SPEAR, “Katie looks healthy and happy. She’s doing really well.”

*not her real name

SPEAR supported 17 young people to attend college and external training courses, helping them gain new skills as well as qualifications to enhance their future careers.

12 residents found work while living at the hostel or immediately after; most jobs were part-time and a stepping stone to more permanent and/or full-time employment.

The charity supported 21 young people to move on from the hostel, exceeding SPEAR’s internal target of 15, and helping prevent the young people from experiencing future homelessness.

SPEAR provided all 32 young people with emotional and practical support, helping to improve their confidence and, in many cases, make them feel safe and secure.

Regular activities helped build self-confidence, reduce social isolation and provide them with structure and purpose to their day, outside of formal training or work.

SPEAR helps homeless people in the south-west London area to rebuild their lives through a range of accommodation and support services.The Foundation awarded SPEAR a Community Fund grant of £5,000 in 2017 to help fund a programme providing independent living skills, and education, training and employment support for 32 homeless young people staying at their Merton hostel.

SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS YOUNG PEOPLE

OVER THE COURSE OF 2018

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13 Battersea Crime Prevention Panel to contribute towards a residential programme for at-risk young people and provide activities for disengaged young people.

14 Caius House to run healthy eating and cooking skills programmes for young people from local estates in Battersea.

15 FAST London (part of e:merge UK) to provide sports and creative workshops for young people on the Patmore Estate.

16 Free2B Alliance to fund the development of programmes for referral pathways with youth and family services and to increase the group’s ability to provide awareness training.

17 Fuelbanks and Families to provide fuelbank sessions helping families in crisis with vital support in terms of fuel bills, school uniforms and winter coats.

18 Generate to run a weekly social group for young adults with learning disabilities including life skills workshops.

19 JAGS Foundation to run a user-led employment project for disadvantaged young women in Merton and Wandsworth.

20 Learn to Love to Read to run a free, weekly Songs, Sounds and Stories parent and toddler session with three schools.

21 Liberty Choir UK to support their weekly choir programme in Wandsworth Prison.

22 Little Village to run an outreach programme across Wandsworth to help families with babies and children in poverty access their supplies of free clothes, toys and equipment.

23 Nurture to provide support for healthy eating sessions for people with mental health problems.

24 Personal Support Unit to provide support sessions at Wandsworth County Court for disadvantaged people having to represent themselves.

WANDSWORTH PROJECTS

25 Providence House Youth Club to run a creative activities programme four nights a week teaching new skills and raising aspirations for 100 young people living on the Winstanley Estate.

26 SignHealth to run social and emotional, and crime prevention workshops for 20 deaf children in Wandsworth and healthy relationships workshops for deaf adults in Merton and Wandsworth.

27 Spare Tyre Theatre Company to fund 10 performances of a non-verbal multi-sensory piece of theatre for people with learning disabilities in Wandsworth and training sessions to help family members improve non- verbal communication methods.

28 Society for Horticultural Therapy (Thrive) to offer therapeutic gardening training for adults living with disabilities.

29 STORM Family Centre to run a training and employability programme for young people not in education or employment.

30 Theodora Children’s Charity to provide fortnightly visits by two Giggle Doctors to the children’s ward at St George’s Hospital to entertain the children and help take their minds off their treatment.

31 Youth Legal and Resource Centre to provide financial and debt advice for young people with disabilities, young carers and young care leavers.

COMMUNITY FUND

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Learn to Love to ReadLearn to Love to Read is a literacy charity, established in 2014, which supports primary schools in Merton and Wandsworth by providing a trained volunteer team to improve reading, build confidence and support parental engagement. Founder Teresa Harris said, “We are thrilled to receive new funding from the Wimbledon Foundation. Our first ever grant came from the Foundation, allowing us to expand into a second school in 2015. This second grant is enabling us to expand our pre-school Sounds, Songs and Stories sessions to three new schools – one in Merton and two in Wandsworth – taking the total number of local primary schools we are supporting up to eight.”

Theodora Children’s CharityTheodora Children’s Charity provides trained performers, called Giggle Doctors, to hospitals, hospices and specialist care centres. Using music, magic and storytelling, Giggle Doctors transform a child’s hospital visit which can be a stressful and frightening experience, to one filled with laughter and fun. A grant from the Wimbledon Foundation provides fortnightly visits by two Giggle Doctors to the children’s ward at St George’s Hospital, Tooting.

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DR EASY PEASY CHANGED OUR WHOLE OUTLOOK. IT TAKES THE CHILD

OUT OF THE SITUATION AND MAKES THEM FORGET EVERYTHING.

SADIE, PARENT OF IN-PATIENT ROSA

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ARTS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (ACE) FUND—SUPPORTS A CREATIVE PROJECT THAT ENGAGES THE LOCAL COMMUNITY In January 2018, Baseless Fabric Theatre was awarded £50,000 payable over two years to create a street opera which will engage the local community particularly disadvantaged groups who might not ordinarily access the arts.

STRENGTHENING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY

Baseless Fabric Theatre's street opera of Die Fledermaus will be performed in public spaces across Merton and Wandsworth in August 2019.

Leading up to this, Baseless Fabric Theatre is running opera workshops in schools, community centres and care homes across the two boroughs. During the summer term, 350 pupils with little or no previous experience of opera took part in workshops at six primary schools and one secondary school. Baseless Fabric Theatre is also working with St John Bosco College, a Wandsworth secondary school with low music provision, to create their own performances of Die Fledermaus.

“The whole energy of the workshop was exhilarating and quickly dispelled any preconceptions about opera singing. The excerpt from Die Fledermaus resulted in some really high-quality singing from the children and you could see how excited they were by the sound they were making.” Year 5 teacher, Eardley Primary School, Streatham

In addition to the ACE Fund, the Foundation is supporting Polka Theatre, a children’s theatre in Wimbledon, with a grant of £150,000 payable over two years towards its capital redevelopment project, which includes the transformation of the theatre’s garden into a creative space for children.

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MY FAVOURITE PART WAS SINGING AT THE

FRONT WITH MY FRIENDS. I BECAME MORE CONFIDENT.

YEAR 5 PUPIL, ST MARK’S PRIMARY SCHOOL, WIMBLEDON

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SUPPORTING HEALTHY AND ACTIVE LIVESENABLING GOOD MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES

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HEALTH & WELLBEING FUND—SUPPORTS PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF RESIDENTS IN MERTON AND WANDSWORTH Eight local charities have been supported with grants of up to £30,000 per year over the last three years.

SUPPORTING HEALTHY AND ACTIVE LIVES

Social isolation and loneliness are associated with 50% excess risk of coronary heart disease (New Capital Philanthropy)

- 201 volunteers contributing 9,005 hours - 3,448 beneficiaries reached by projects - 43% of people supported are from

BAME backgrounds

14–16% of the adult population of Merton and Wandsworth have a common mental health disorder (Joint Strategic Needs Assessment)

10,000 people aged 65+ are living on their own in Wandsworth (Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, Wandsworth)

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MERTON PROJECTS

Attic Theatre CompanyAttic Roots and Shoots is an arts programme supporting older people, young refugees and asylum seekers, and disadvantaged young people. The Going for a Song singing groups tackle social isolation while a touring play raises awareness of safety issues for older residents. The Many Voices and Leap! workshops aim to help disadvantaged students with their confidence and communication skills. The Ma Kelly’s Doorstep home-safety production was performed to 225 older people in community centres across Merton and Wandsworth. 98% felt better informed.

Home-Start MertonTheir Plus Project works with families and schools in East Mitcham to tackle healthy eating and wellbeing issues. Cook and Eat sessions help parents to prepare and cook healthy meals and the Money for Life programme covers budgeting, banking, shopping and planning.

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ATTIC THEATRE COMPANY

MANY VOICES DRAMA WORKSHOPS RUN FOR 50 YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING REFUGEES AND NEWLY ARRIVED ASYLUM SEEKERS31TWO GOING FOR

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THE MA KELLY’S DOORSTEP WAS PERFORMED TO

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Jigsaw4uJigsaw4u, which specialises in supporting children coping with trauma, runs a mentoring scheme for vulnerable Year 6 students aged 10–11 years who are in significant need of support during the transition to secondary school due to difficult family circumstances. 38 trained volunteers provide weekly one-hour one-to-one mentoring support to vulnerable Year 6 pupils at Merton primary schools.

Merton Voluntary Service Council (MVSC)This project, now delivered by Commonside Community Development Trust, supports people living with mental health conditions. Peer-support groups and drop-in sessions inform people about self-help, healthy eating and wellbeing activities.

TRAINED JIGSAW4U VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE WEEKLY ONE-HOUR ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING SUPPORT TO VULNERABLE YEAR 6 PUPILS

38MVSC HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE

GROUP SESSIONS AND ONE-TO-ONE SESSIONS FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS

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BY SHARING OUR RESOURCES, IDEAS AND EXPERIENCE AND WITH THE HELP OF THE WIMBLEDON FOUNDATION WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE 100 WEEKLY DAY

AND EVENING GROUP SESSIONS AND ONE-TO-ONE SESSIONS IN THE EAST OF THE BOROUGH WHERE RESIDENTS ARE

MOST AFFECTED BY THE GAP IN MENTAL HEALTH PROVISION, SUPPORT AND

SUITABLE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.

MARCELLA MELONI, PROJECT LEAD, COMMONSIDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST

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Leonard Cheshire’s Randall Close Resource CentreThe Keep Warm, Keep Well project aims to reduce excess winter deaths and tackle social exclusion faced by disabled and older people. Winter Warming sessions help those at risk to stay warm and to better insulate their homes, while Keep Warm packs provide hats, gloves, soup and, where needed, heaters and duvets.

Keep Warm, Keep Well has reached 3,000 people over the course of three years providing advice and practical items to help people stay warm in their homes.

Share CommunityThe Live Well, Feel Great project is a healthy living programme for adults with learning disabilities and long-term health conditions. Share Community delivers a range of bespoke activities including accessible yoga, managing diet and diabetes workshops and provides one-to-one support to manage health issues.

Edmund was very shy when he first visited Share and a bit hesitant to join in with activities but recently took part in the Live Well, Feel Great project and has been working towards his goal of preparing healthy meals at home. Before taking part in the project, Edmund said he felt unsure about preparing healthy meals. Share supported him in learning to prepare a healthy meal, from choosing what to cook, creating a shopping list and buying the ingredients, to preparing and cooking the meal. After the project, Edmund said “I feel great because I now know what’s good for you”. He feels it’s given him more confidence to cook at home and make healthy food choices.

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Age UK Wandsworth The Out and About service helps older people at risk of isolation. Volunteers support older people who lack confidence to go out into the community alone, for example by accompanying them on a trip to the shops or a walk in the park.

"I felt trapped inside my own home and felt ever so lonely. Before Denisa came, I felt like I was dying. It was hard just to get out of bed. Now I look forward to seeing her and I have a reason to get up in the morning. She calls me during the week and that contact makes me feel wanted and that I have a purpose for life."

Home-Start WandsworthThe Your Health, Your Future project is a home-visiting scheme for vulnerable families with children aged 0–5 years. Volunteers help support better family health and wellbeing in the home. “Our trained volunteers visit a family at home for approximately three hours a week for six to 12 months providing non-judgemental, practical and emotional support. We see parents’ mental health and wellbeing improve, they become more confident and resilient and much less isolated. Home- Start’s support enables parents to give their children a healthier and more positive future.” Holly Stilgoe, Vice-Chair, Home- Start Wandsworth

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THAT CONTACT MAKES ME FEEL WANTED AND THAT I HAVE A PURPOSE FOR LIFE.

SUSAN, SUPPORTED BY THE OUT AND ABOUT SERVICE

+ The second round of the Health & Wellbeing Fund was launched in the autumn of 2018 with the total funding available increased to £600,000 over three years. The successful applicants will be announced in January 2019.

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GET SET, GET ACTIVE FUND—AIMS TO HELP IMPROVE PEOPLE’S PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLBEINGGrants are awarded to projects providing opportunities for people to take part in a physical or sports activity or learn a new skill.

SUPPORTING HEALTHY AND ACTIVE LIVES

More than 40 local groups and clubs active in the boroughs of Merton and Wandsworth applied to the Get Set, Get Active Fund with grants totalling £64,500 awarded to 29 wide-ranging projects helping cover items such as equipment and kits, coaching fees and venue hire. An additional £20,000 was awarded to two schools sports projects in Merton and Wandsworth.

Funding awarded by the Get Set, Get Active Fund in the financial year 2016/17 for activities taking place in 2017/18 contributed to:

– 942 activity sessions with more than 5,000 participants

– activities involving 630 participants with a disability of some kind

– 2,000 hours of sports and physical activities

– 2,751 people trying a new activity for the first time

56.7% of adults in Merton aged 18 and over are overweight or obese (Joint Strategic Needs Assessment,Merton)

There is a gap of 6.2 years in life expectancy for men between the 30% most deprived and 30% least deprived areas in Merton (Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, Merton)

33% of children in Wandsworth aged 10–11 are obese or overweight (Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, Wandsworth)

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PROJECTS IN MERTON

Merton and Morden Guild was awarded a Get Set, Get Active Fund grant towards exercise classes for older people specifically tailored to those who have suffered a fall and have attended the NHS Staying Steady Falls Prevention course. 

GET SET, GET ACTIVE FUND

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WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE TO GET ACTIVE, IMPROVE FUNCTIONAL

ABILITY, ENJOY THEIR LIVES AND HAVE FUN. GETTING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO

EXERCISE CAN POSITIVELY IMPROVE THE EFFECTS OF ISOLATION, LONELINESS

AND HELP INCREASE SOCIAL INTERACTION, WHICH

WILL IMPROVE WELLBEING.

HAMISH DUNCAN, GENERAL SECRETARY FOR MERTON AND MORDEN GUILD

1 AFC Wimbledon Foundation to run a summer multisport activity programme for young people on the High Path Estate.

2 Carers Support Merton to run tailored exercise sessions for adults who are providing unpaid caring to friends or relatives.

3 Cardiac Exercise Club to run exercise sessions for people recovering from heart problems.

4 Commonside Community Development Trust to run physical activity sessions for older people aged 70–90.

5 FUSION – Merton Multicultural Group  to run yoga, Pilates and swimming sessions for BAME groups in Merton and Wandsworth.

6 Merton Hockey Club to run hockey sessions for young people in Morden and Mitcham.

7 Merton Sports and Social Club for the Blind to purchase a tandem bicycle for cycling sessions with visually impaired members.

8 Merton Voluntary Association for the Blind (Merton Vision) to run falls prevention sessions, yoga, Zumba and aerobic classes for visually impaired people in Merton.

9 Merton Weightlifting Club to purchase a compression bench and contribute towards weightlifting coaching.

10 Morden Little League to purchase goalposts and kit for this free football club for children.

11 The Merton and Morden Guild of Social Services to run exercise classes for older people specifically tailored to those who have suffered a fall.

12 Wimbledon Guild of Social Welfare  to run a programme of exercise classes for over 50s in Wimbledon and Mitcham.

13 Wimbledon and District Woodcraft Folk to run music and movement sessions for 10 to 15-year-olds.

14 Kinetic Foundation to run a Friday night football club for young people in Pollards Hill.

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PROJECTS IN WANDSWORTH

GET SET, GET ACTIVE FUND

Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (CARAS) supports people of refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds who live in south-west London.

Their Get Set, Get Active Fund grant is helping provide swimming lessons for refugee children in Wandsworth. "Young people want to learn to swim, but due to coming to the country at age 14+, they were unable to access the school coaching."

CARAS will be working in partnership with Cindy Swim School in Battersea to teach young people to swim, improve their wellbeing and advocate for more swimming classes for secondary school students in Wandsworth.

15 Autumn Rose Club (60+) to run exercise sessions for older people who live in and around Balham.

16 Bec Korfball Club to run korfball sessions for children primarily from the Furzedown, Graveney and Tooting wards in Wandsworth.

17 Capoyoga UK to run yoga and martial arts sessions for carers of those with high needs.

18 CARAS (Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers) to run swimming lessons for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

19 Disability Sports Coach to run a community sports club for disabled adults and children in Battersea.

20 Dolphin Special Needs Swimming Club to run swimming lessons for disabled children and adults.

21 For Brian CIC to run yoga for people living with dementia and their families.

22 Katherine Low Settlement to run chair-based exercise for over 65s in Battersea.

23 Paul's Cancer Support Centre to run a dance project for women recovering from cancer.

24 Regenerate UK to run football sessions for young people aged 11+ from the Alton Estate.

25 Rising Star Support CIC to run non-contact mixed martial arts training sessions for 11 to 25-year-olds.

26 Sport4Health Community Interest Company to develop a badminton club for over 60s in Battersea.

27 Tooting and Balham Squad (TABS)  to run netball sessions for young people in Wandsworth and Merton.

28 Wandsworth Boxing Academy towards equipment and coaching for a boxing club for young adults in Tooting.

29 Zesh Rehman Foundation to run a summer soccer camp for young people aged 14 to 18 years in Tooting.

Ticket Resale Fund donations have also been made to charities and projects supporting healthy and active lives including the Tennis Foundation, Fields in Trust, Give It Your Max and The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust.

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Recognising that water is vital to Wimbledon but that many around the world do not have access to clean water, the Wimbledon Foundation launched a three-year partnership with WaterAid in March 2018.

The Foundation is donating £100,000 annually for three years to help WaterAid in its mission to ensure everyone has access to clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene by 2030. The funding will support three wide-ranging projects in Malawi, Ethiopia and Nepal helping to create better health for more than 125,000 people.

WORKING WITH WATERAID—

Six in 10 Ethiopians do not have access to clean water and less than a quarter of healthcare facilities in rural areas have access to clean water. This project focuses on the rural district of Burie where only 13% of healthcare facilities have a clean water supply and just 4% have hand-washing facilities.

The Wimbledon Foundation will be helping WaterAid to: provide clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene in 10 schools and four health centres, helping to transform the lives of thousands of children and their families for years to come; reach 47,000 people with access to clean water through community wells, boreholes and water points; provide families in 15 villages with a toilet of their own.

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REACHING THE UNREACHED IN NEPAL

In Malawi, 75% of healthcare facilities still do not have clean water and 63% don’t have decent toilets. This project aims to reduce maternal and new-born mortality by providing access to clean water, toilets and good hygiene at health centres and in the wider community.

The Wimbledon Foundation will be helping WaterAid to: reach 27,300 mothers and their families with clean water; construct boreholes in health units across 16 communities, ensuring the units have toilets, bathing facilities, and incinerators for waste disposal; train 185 healthcare professionals and reach more than 14,000 people in the wider community with good hygiene messaging.

Grace Kapeka, 52, from Jani village in Malawi now has water close to home since WaterAid built a pump in her village. It means she only has to walk 200 steps to collect clean water and has more time to grow vegetables in her garden to provide food for her family. REACHING THE

UNREACHED IN NEPALWhile access to clean water is high in the Siraha district of Nepal, when it comes to marginalised groups such as Dalits this is much lower, and a lack of toilets means a high prevalence of water- related diseases.

The Wimbledon Foundation will be helping WaterAid to: provide 9,000 people with clean water; provide 30,000 people with decent toilets, helping to improve the health of women and their families; empower 600 Dalit women to regain a significant amount of time in their daily lives; help households to practise good hygiene.

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DEVELOPINGYOUNG PEOPLE

The AELTC coaching team continues to include and develop young people from the WJTI.

Five teenagers achieved their LTA Level 1 coaching qualifications and joined the coaching team in 2018 with three more players taking the course in the coming months. 

The AELTC Community Sports Ground in Raynes Park provides opportunities for wider use by the local community with 250 children from local schools attending free weekly tennis lessons during term time and junior and adult tennis programmes open to the public. Merton School Sport Partnership has also been using the facilities to host teacher-training events and tournaments.

THE WIMBLEDON JUNIOR TENNIS INITIATIVE (WJTI)—VISITED 70 STATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN 2018 The WJTI introduced more than 14,000 children in Merton and Wandsworth to tennis. Around 300 children attend free weekly training sessions learning to play tennis as well as the life-skills and values sport brings such as teamwork, discipline and fairness.

Emmanuel's Story

Emmanuel Smith (pictured on the front cover) joined the WJTI aged 5 following a visit to his Mitcham primary school in 2002. Emmanuel took part in all aspects of the WJTI including representing the Club in Sweden and Ireland as a junior before taking his coaching qualifications. He is now an LTA Accredited Level 3 Coach working for WJTI in addition to his work as the Merton Community Coach. Through the WJTI, Emmanuel has gained skills, knowledge and full-time employment.

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The Foundation works in partnership with the Learning team of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum to use the heritage and experience of The Championships to support the education of young people. In June, the Learning team gained national recognition with the prestigious Sandford Award. The award is an independently judged, quality assured assessment of education programmes across museums and heritage sites.

During 2017/18, more than 9,500 people took part in a Learning activity including formal school workshops, university lectures and family fun days. Complimentary visits were also offered to 20 local secondary schools to boost awareness of our Learning programmes within Merton and Wandsworth.

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THE VISIT GAVE US A WONDERFUL INSIGHT INTO THE TRADITIONS, VALUES AND TOTAL MAGIC OF

WIMBLEDON. THERE WAS A BRILLIANT APPROACH FROM THE

GUIDES WITH ENTHUSIASTIC, CARING, WISE, KNOWLEDGEABLE

AND INTERACTIVE DELIVERY.

THE BISHOP STORTFORD SCHOOL

LEARNING—

DEVELOPINGYOUNG PEOPLE

The Learning team took to the road again in 2018, presenting the Living Surface exhibition at the AEGON Open in Nottingham and the AEGON Classic in Birmingham. Visitors to the exhibition found out what might be in store for the future of grass court tennis and remembered some of the greatest players to grace the surface. Local school children attended workshops linked to the exhibition.

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Rehman’s storyRehman grew up in the slum community of Govindpuri, Delhi where his father struggled to support their family of nine on an income of less than £140 a month. Despite his family’s circumstances, Rehman managed to continue his education to 12th grade, a crucial benchmark year in the Indian education system.

Two years ago, Rehman joined the Magic Bus sport-for-development project and quickly impressed the team with his incredible enthusiasm for sport, particularly tennis. Rehman became a Community Youth Leader for Magic Bus aged just 17-years-old and fortuitously, as he turned 18, the Wimbledon Foundation

began supporting the Magic Bus Livelihood Centre in Delhi. Sensing an opportunity for growth, Rehman was one of the first young people to enroll on the Livelihood Programme and with Magic Bus’ support and guidance, he has recently fulfilled his dream of becoming a tennis coach. He is now coaching children five days a week and is embarking on a four-month professional All India Tennis Association course followed by a year-long paid internship as a tennis coach with the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association and affiliated institutions.

“The life skill sessions instilled my confidence and made me believe in my skills and abilities to become what I aspire to. I love being a coach, and this is what I want to do for the rest of my life. I would’ve never thought tennis would get me here, and now I can barely imagine my life without it”. Rehman

Internationally, the Wimbledon Foundation continues its partnership with Magic Bus, a leading sport-for-development charity in India.

The project, which complements the AELTC’s Road to Wimbledon event in the country, uses a tennis-linked curriculum to help change behaviours in areas such as health and gender equality amongst children and parents from underprivileged backgrounds in Delhi. The funding also supports a Livelihood Centre in Nangloi, Delhi, which helps 18 to 25-year-olds to move into sustained employment, further education or career-based training. 

Youth unemployment is one of the significant challenges facing India today. Currently, over 24 million young people aged 15 to 24 are not in employment, education or training. Many do not have the skills or knowledge necessary to find formal, sustainable employment that offers a good wage or salary, particularly if they come from marginalised backgrounds.

The Magic Bus Livelihood Programme is designed to help young people identify their aspirations and develop the hard and soft skills necessary to achieve them. After three months of support, a Livelihood Programme graduate will have identified where they want to work, developed interview and teamwork skills, computer and English language skills, and have been placed in a working role in, or related to, their chosen area.

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TICKET RESALE FUND

TICKET RESALE SCHEME RAISED IN 2018 £406,000 Merton Winter Night ShelterStruggling with alcohol and substance misuse, 38-year-old Rob found himself living on the streets after breaking up with his partner and leaving his job as a scaffolder.

“I was sleeping in car parks and at A&E at St George’s Hospital until I got moved on, as well as sofa surfing,” he says. Friends’ goodwill understandably ran out though and he found himself at the Merton Winter Night Shelter seeking help. Rob spent 10 weeks at the shelter during which time staff and volunteers helped him keep to his drug and alcohol recovery plan and replace lost identification documents and bank cards.

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THE MERTON WINTER NIGHT SHELTER SAVED MY LIFE. IF I HAD STAYED

ON THE STREETS, I WOULD HAVE HAD A RELAPSE INTO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL,

I KNOW IT. I CAN’T THANK THE TEAM ENOUGH FOR ALL THAT THEY

HAVE DONE FOR ME.

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Wimbledon’s well-established Ticket Resale scheme during The Championships raised over £406,000 for the Wimbledon Foundation in 2018, including a generous contribution of £170,000 from HSBC, official banking partner of The Championships.

The Foundation made donations from the Ticket Resale Fund to a number of local charities and charities nominated by organisations supporting The Championships.

Two local homeless shelters – Glass Door in Wandsworth and the YMCA Merton Winter Night Shelter – received donations. Both shelters, run in partnership with local faith groups and by volunteers, give guests a warm dry place to sleep, a hot meal and support in getting back on their feet.

Other local charities that received donations included Groundwork London, the Mayor of Merton’s Charities, the Mayor of Wandsworth’s Charities, St George’s Hospital Charity and Mitcham Town Community Trust.

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HEROES ON AND OFF THE COURTIn recognition of the integral role members of the armed forces and emergency services play in delivering The Championships, Ticket Resale Fund donations totalling £100,000 were made to ABF The Soldiers’ Charity, the Metropolitan & City Police Orphans Fund, the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity and The Fire Fighters Charity.

The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund (RAFBF) and The Fire Fighters Charity were also nominated for the coin toss ceremonies.

Eleven-year-old Tia Carter performed the coin toss at the Ladies’ Singles Final representing the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. Tia’s father is an RAF serviceman, as was her mother who passed away in November 2017.

Tia has been supported by Airplay, a youth support service for children growing up on RAF bases across the UK.

At the Gentlemen’s Singles Final, 11-year-old Joshua Bills performed the coin toss. Joshua has autism and together with his family has been supported by The Fire Fighters Charity’s Child and Family Programme. His father, Dan, is a member of the London Fire Brigade and a Service Steward at The Championships.

The Honorary Stewards at The Championships were invited to nominate beneficiary charities and donations will be made to Christians Against Poverty and the NSPCC. A donation was also made to Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People.

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YOU GAVE US THE MOST AMAZING DAY OF OUR LIVES. JOSH IS SO IMMENSELY HAPPY, I’VE NEVER SEEN HIM SO HAPPY. I CAN’T ACTUALLY PUT INTO WORDS HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE TO

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YMCA WIMBLEDON

BEYOND OUR GRANT PROGRAMMES, THE WIMBLEDON FOUNDATION USES THE RESOURCES OF THE CLUB AND THE CHAMPIONSHIPS TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED IN AS MANY WAYS AS POSSIBLE.

plants donated to 10 local charities

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More than 50 pairs of glasses left behind at The Championships sent to Vision Aid Overseas

prizes donated to fundraising events

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AELTC SPONSORSHIP OF SOUTHFIELDS CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

IBM social media workshop for supported charities

NETS FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIPS DONATED TO COURTS IN MERTON AND WANDSWORTH

donated to children in Africa by School Aid

visits for Age UK Merton and Share Community

Bespoke Learning workshops for children from Jigsaw4u

More than 100 guests from 40 charities visited The Championships

BESPOKE

CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR MERTON FOSTER CARERS

FOODITEMS DONATED TO FOODBANKS

600 KGCHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR ST GEORGE’S HOSPITAL CHILDREN’S WARD

DONATIONS TO NIGHT SHELTERS AND THE BRITISH RED CROSS REFUGEE CENTRE

IT equipment donated to Baseless Fabric Theatre, Attic Theatre Company and Hearts & Minds raised for different causes through the

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THANK YOU SO MUCH WIMBLEDON FOUNDATION. THESE ARE MEMORIES THE

CHILDREN WILL HAVE FOREVER. STACEY ROSS, SQUASH SQUARED

HSBC, official banking partner of The Championships, invited charities supported by the Foundation to take part in coaching clinics on their pop-up tennis court in the Queue. Children from Give It Your Max and Squash Squared took part in clinics led by Judy Murray, Tim Henman and Anne Keothavong. Wheelchair tennis players supported by The Dan Maskell Trust took part in a coaching clinic with Tim Henman at the AELTC Community Sports Ground.

– 10,000 young people took part in Explore Wimbledon, our illustrated activity booklet designed to help children discover the magic and traditions of The Championships.

– Visitors in the Queue were able to view our joint exhibition with WaterAid, Championing Clean Water. Using Augmented Reality, visitors could see photographs come to life and watch stories from people around the world showing the difference clean water makes to communities.

– The Wimbledon Foundation benefitted from the sale of two products in the Wimbledon Shop. A 2018 mug featuring the Foundation logo raised £30,000 while a limited-edition Roger Federer towel raised £15,000 for the Wimbledon Foundation and £15,000 for the Roger Federer Foundation.

– Staff, volunteers and beneficiaries from 40 projects supported by the Foundation enjoyed visits and behind-the scenes tours at The Championships.

– 2018 marked the 150th Anniversary of The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. To celebrate the Club’s heritage, the Wimbledon Foundation encouraged players and spectators to have a go at mini croquet.

– Keith Prowse, official hospitality provider at The Championships, announced that in 2019 they will be donating £5 to the Wimbledon Foundation for every hospitality package sold.

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THE WIMBLEDON FOUNDATION STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)

YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2018

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YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2017

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INVESTMENT INTEREST RECEIVED

COMMUNITY INCOME

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TOTAL INCOME 1,480 1,276

EXPENDITURE

CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES (1,620) (1,289)

TOTAL EXPENDITURE (1,620) (1,289)

NET EXPENDITURE BEFORE INVESTMENT GAINS (140) (13)

NET INVESTMENT GAINS 65 84

NET (EXPENDITURE) / INCOME FOR THE YEAR (75) 71

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD

1,780

1,709

FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 1,705 1,780

The Wimbledon Foundation is a company limited by guarantee and its sole member is The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Limited (‘the Club’). Incoming resources principally comprise donations from the Club and, on behalf of The Championships, The All England Lawn Tennis Club (Championships) Limited (‘AELTC’). AELTC provides administrative, staffing and operational support to the Wimbledon Foundation without charge.

Support of the Wimbledon Foundation by the Club and The Championships is separate from and additional to the distribution of the large majority of the financial surplus from The Championships to the Lawn Tennis Association generally for the development of tennis at all levels in the UK.

The tables opposite are not the statutory accounts but a summary of information extracted from the Foundation’s Annual Report and Financial Statements 2018.

The full statutory accounts were approved by the Wimbledon Foundation board of trustees on 4 December 2018 and Deloitte LLP issued an unqualified audit opinion thereon which did not contain an emphasis of matter or any statement under s496(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006. The full statutory accounts have been filed with the Charity Commission and a copy can be obtained from the Wimbledon Foundation, AELTC, Church Road, London SW19 5AE.

TRUSTEES

Ian Hewitt (Chairman)Sir Keith AjegboNick Bitel Philip Brook (AELTC Chairman) Ashley TatumThe Hon. Bruce Weatherill Sir Nicholas Young

FINANCE, TRUSTEES AND FOUNDATION TEAM

FOUNDATION TEAM

Martin Guntrip, Club DirectorHelen Parker, Foundation & Community ManagerWai Chan, Grants & Community OfficerRachel Swithinbank, Communications OfficerHeather Wentworth, Team Administrator Kate Wilson, Grants & Community Officer

The Foundation team would like to thank their colleagues across the AELTC for their ongoing support and input.

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 JULY 2018

£000

AS AT 31 JULY 2017

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FIXED ASSETS

INVESTMENTS

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CURRENT ASSETS

DEBTORS

CASH AT BANK AND IN HAND

520

574

212

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1,094 1,221

CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN 1 YEAR (92) (79)

NET CURRENT ASSETS 1,002 1,142

NET ASSETS 1,705 1,780

FUNDS OF THE FOUNDATION

UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND

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1,780

TOTAL FUNDS 1,705 1,780

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Over the coming year, we will continue to expand the scope, and depth, of the Foundation’s activities and grant programmes within the framework of our four long-term goals.

Locally, we will fund programmes to increase the capacity of the local voluntary sector, improving skills and knowledge to equip voluntary organisations to succeed in their objectives. The Wandsworth Innovation, Skills and Empowerment (WISE) Programme is a new three-year investment to be made jointly by the Wimbledon Foundation and Battersea Power Station Foundation to support the development and diversity of medium-sized voluntary and community organisations based in Wandsworth.

Nationally, an important step in pursuit of our goal of developing young people will be working with a selected partner or partners to shape a new programme, reflecting Wimbledon’s values, aimed at providing a cohort of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds around the UK with the opportunity to develop skills and confidence by gaining a sports leadership qualification and becoming young leaders in their local communities.

Internationally, we will continue to develop our partnership programmes with WaterAid and Magic Bus.

Internally, we will be developing further our planning, monitoring and evaluation processes so that we can more knowledgeably and clearly articulate the overall outcomes of the Foundation’s various activities. We will also be implementing a new grants management system to improve our efficiency and continuing to strengthen other internal procedures. Rocket Science will complete a two-year external evaluation and we look forward to further recommendations in light of this constructive evaluation of our progress.

We are thrilled that the Foundation will receive a significant contribution from the proceeds of The No.1 Court Celebration, a special exhibition event to commemorate the new No.1 Court roof on 19 May 2019. Visit wimbledon.com to find out more.

ABF The Soldiers’ Charity

AFC Wimbledon Foundation

Age UK Wandsworth

Association for Pastoral Care in Mental Health Merton Branch

Attic Theatre Company

Autumn Rose Club

Baseless Fabric Theatre

Battersea Crime Prevention Panel

Bec Korfball Club

British Red Cross Solidarity Fund

Caius House

Capoyoga UK

CARAS

Cardiac Exercise Club

Carers Support Merton

Commonside Community Development

Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation

Disability Sports Coach

Dolphin Special Needs Swimming Club

Enable Leisure & Culture

FAST London

Fields in Trust

For Brian CIC

Free2B Alliance

Friends In St Helier (FISH)

Fuelbanks and Families

FUSION

Generate

Give It Your Max

Glass Door Homeless Charity

Groundwork London

Hearts & Minds

Home-Start Merton

Home-Start Wandsworth

JAGS Foundation

Jigsaw4u

Katherine Low Settlement

Learn to Love to Read

Leonard Cheshire Disability Randall Close Resource Centre

Liberty Choir UK

Little Village

London Community Foundation Grenfell Tower Appeal

London Youth Support Trust

Magic Bus

Mayor of Merton’s Fund

Mayor of Wandsworth’s Fund

Merton & Morden Guild of Social Service

Merton Hockey Club

Merton Mencap

Merton Music Foundation

Merton School Sport Partnership

Merton Sports and Social Club for the Blind

Merton Vision

Merton Voluntary Service Council

Merton Weightlifting Club

Metropolitan Police & City Orphans Fund

Mitcham Town Community Trust

Morden Little League

Nurture

National Autistic Society Merton Branch

Oxfam

Paul’s Cancer Support Centre

Personal Support Unit (PSU)

Polka Theatre

Princess Alice Hospice

Providence House Youth Club

Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People

Raynes Park Salvation Army

Regenerate

Rising Stars Support CIC

Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity

Save the Children

Share Community

SignHealth

Spare Tyre Theatre Company

Sport4Health CIC

Society for Horticultural Therapy (Thrive)

St George’s Hospital Charity

STORM Family Centre

Stroke Association

Sunny-sid3up

Tennis First

Tennis Foundation

The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust

The Fire Fighters Charity

The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity

Theodora Children’s Charity

Tooting and Balham Squad

Unicef

Uptown UK

Wandsworth Boxing Academy

WaterAid

Wimbledon and Putney Common Conservators

Wimbledon District Woodcraft Folk

Wimbledon Guild

Wimbledon Society

YMCA London South West

Youth Legal and Resource Centre

Zesh Rehman Foundation

IN THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2017/18 THE WIMBLEDON FOUNDATION SUPPORTED THE FOLLOWING ORGANISATIONS:

LOOKING AHEAD TO 2019

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[email protected]/foundation020 8971 2707

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The Wimbledon Foundation is a charitable company limited by guarantee.

Registered office: Church Road, Wimbledon SW19 5AE.

Charity registration number 1156996. Company registration number 8559364.

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