6.00pm Arrival with welcome drinks in The Gallery

Live music from Cumbrian blues band, Blue Slate

6.40pm Annual General Meeting agenda

• Welcome

• Chairman’s report

• Adoption of annual review and accounts

• To reappoint Armstrong Watson as auditors

andtoauthorisetheboardtofixremuneration

• To report on the appointment of trustees

• Any other business

• Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31st

March 2015 can be viewed at www.cumbriafoundation.org

7.00pm Presentations led by compère Kim Inglis

• ‘Changing our world one step at a time’

TEDxTalkbyAndyBeeforth

• Interview with Emelia Szulc, Marion Bruce

and Anne Rogers, Eden Rural Foyer

• Interview with Pauline Charnley, Four

Groves Community Association

• Interview with Rachel Holliday, Time to Change West Cumbria

• Big Sleep 2016 launch

8.00pm Comfort break

• Guests not staying for dinner depart

• Dinner guests move to the dining area

8.20pm Dinner is served

9.30pm After dinner speaker

KevinRoberts,ExecutiveChairmanofSaatchi&Saatchi

Born and raised in Lancaster, Kevin

RobertsistheNewYork-basedExecutive

ChairmanofSaatchi&Saatchi.Amidst

a lifetime of achievements, he was

appointed a Companion of the New

Zealand Order of Merit for services to

business and community in 2013. He has

a home in Grasmere.

Our host this evening is TV journalist and

presenter, Kim Inglis. She is a patron of the

North East charity, Fighting All Cancers

Together (FACT) and NSPCC in Cumbria.

Based in Penrith, Eden Rural Foyer is

part of Impact Housing Association. They

providesupported-living,trainingandan

on-sitecyber-cafetoyoungpeople,some

of whom are leaving the care system.

Eden Rural Foyer

Four Groves Community Association

Time to Change West Cumbria

FourGroveswassetupinAugust2000bysixBarrowresidentswhowantedtosee

their local council estate cleaned up. They now have a corner shop and training hub.

The social enterprise runs Calderwood

HouseinEgremonttotackle

homelessness. They provide 24 hour

emergency accommodation and training,

prioritising British service personnel.

One of the members of Blue Slate, Tom

Burrows, was awarded £1,500 through

Cumbria Community Foundation

to attend the Junior Royal Northern

College of Music in Manchester.

Sponsor of the table decor

Aluxuryelevenbedroom

Edwardian country house hotel,

the Leathes Head Hotel is situated

in the unspoilt Borrowdale Valley

amongst three acres of grounds.

“We’re delighted to be the headline

sponsor at Cumbria Community

Foundation’s Annual Celebration

Dinner.We’relookingforwardto

attending the event and celebrating

theoutstandingworkcarriedout

every day in communities across

Headline sponsor

“We’re delighted to support Cumbria

Community Foundation’s AGM for the

sixthyearrunning.AsoneoftheNorth’s

largestlawfirms,wehavebeenproviding

legal advice across Cumbria for over two

centuries. Our committment to Cumbria

Bond Dickinson

Leathes Head Hotel

Cumbria by charities and voluntary

groups.”IanBurke,Director.

has been deliberately strengthened

over the last 15 years; in particular we

have set out to ensure that our breadth

of services gives all in Cumbria access

to the very best advice.” Jamie Pass,

partneratBondDickinsonLawFirm.

Sponsorofthewelcomedrinks

Handelsbanken

Heartwood

Sponsor of the AGM programme

The Westmorland FamilyGenerous providers of this evening’s venue