The Worshipful Company of Upholders

April 2010

Upholding Our Charities

Few people know the work our Charity Committee does and how the charitable causes we support are selected.

The Peter Jackson Charity was instituted in the 18th century for the purpose of paying up to 20 pensions to retired upholsterers. Today we have 12 such pensioners, and nominations are made by the Warden to the Trade’s Committee. These payments take priority, but the available surplus income is used for donations to well established City Charities and HM services charities. 10 of these are paid automatically and the Committee makes a further 12 or so donations every year.

In addition there is the Master’s list, where the reigning Master can select donations to charities of his choice up to a total of £600. Last year the latter included bursaries for TS Upholder, a donation to Ballet Central who danced so superbly for us at the Mansion House and a donation to support St. Bart’s following a visit there by the Master.

The Neville Hayman charity is of course of more recent origin, and was instituted to make bursaries to upholstery students, one for the education of the child of an upholsterer, to grant prizes to students for their work and awards to upholsterers for their achievement. This is a specialised charity for the purpose of education and the highest achievement in the upholstery craft. Fund raising activities can be much fun.

More details of our support for charities can be found by following the link to Upbraid. A full list of the charitable causes supported appears below. PM JCFB Byllam-Barnes

Charitable donations 2008

The Livery’s charity committee usually meets in November to decide the donations to be made for the year. The following is a list of the charitable causes to which donations were made in 2008 from the Peter Jackson Charity.

List I

• Payment of 10 pensions

List II

• Lord Mayor’s Charitable Appeal
• City of London Freemen’s School (Two school prizes)
• Sheriffs’ and Recorder’s Fund
• St Michael’s Cornhill (the Upholder’s Church)
• City & Guilds of London
• RNLI Selsey (RNLB City of London)
• Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Sponsorship for 1 student)
• Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy.
• St Luke’s Hospital for Clergy

List III

• Furniture Trades Benevolent Fund
• Royal Star and Garter Home
• SSAFA
• The Guards’ Museum
• The Not Forgotten Association
• The Army Benevolent Fund
• Combat Stress
• Chelmsford Sea Cadets (TS Upholder)
• London Sea Cadets (TS Broadsword)
• City of London Police Widows’ and orphans’ fund
• Bluebell Railway Preservation Society (Brighton Atlantic Project 2 years)
• St Michael’s Musical Events (1/3 chorister sponsorship 5 years)
• Historic Royal Palaces (Conservation and Restoration of Tapestries)
• Assault Glider Project (In memory of Past Master Gordon Proctor)

In 2008 The Neville Hayman Charity provided:

London Metropolitan University Upholstery & Soft Furnishing Course

• Bursaries for students
• Prizes for students studying Upholstery

City of London Freemen’s School

• Bursary
• Prize for students studying

The Master’s List 2008 made donations to:

• Central School of Ballet
• Barts and City of London Charity
• RAF Benevolent Fund
• Chelmsford Sea Cadets (TS Upholder)

In addition through specific events the following charities were supported:

• ARC-Addington Fund
• Central School of Ballet
• Chelmsford Sea Scouts
• Corporation of Sons of the Clergy
• Guildhall School of Music & Drama Trust
• Iron Bridge Gorge Museums Trust
• Lord Mayor's Appeal
• Lord Mayor's Appeal (Grape & Grain)
• Lord Mayor's Appeal (Pancake Races)
• Lord Mayor's Appeal (Swimathon)
• Musicians Benevolent Fund
• Neville Hayman Charity
• RAF Benevolent Fund
• Rolls Royce Enthusiasts Club
• Royal British Legion (Poppy Appeal)
• Sheriffs’ & Recorder's Fund
• Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation
• St Andrew's-by-the-Wardrobe
• St Batholomew's & City Hospital Trust
• St James, Garlickhythe EC4
• St Mary-le-Bow
• St Michael's, Cornhill
• St Paul's Cathedral
• West London Synagogue
• Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners Charity
• Worshipful Company of World Traders Trust

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