Last updated 6 March 2008. Page owned by Toby Manning.

Castledine-Barnes Trust

The Castledine-Barnes Trust is a trust set up to assist young Go Players. Its objectives are charitable, but it is not currently registered with the Charity Commissioners as a Charity. A copy of the Trust Deed is available here.

The Trustees are Francis Roads, Sue Paterson and Toby Manning.

Contacts

Click here for details of how to contact the Trustees.

History

Here is some History of the Trust, and its predecessors, the Castledine Trust and the Susan Barnes Trust.

Role of the Trust

The Trust makes grants for the following purposes:-

provision of books and equipment for use by youth go organisations,
expenses for organising youth go events,
help with expenses for individual young players to attend suitable events.

It should be emphasised that in giving a grant the commitment of any young player(s) to Go weighs far more than their playing strength. When attending an adult event, they are expected to conduct themselves in an adult manner.

Applications

Applications for support should be made to Francis Roads (or one of the other Trustees). The Application should state:-

total cost (estimated if necessary) of the activity for which support is being requested
how much of this can be met from local sources;
any special reasons why support is needed, such as unemployment, long term sickness, single parenthood, refugee status, etc.

Based on this information the Trust may make a grant which is typically between 50% and 90% of the total requirement. (100% grants are very rarely given). All information is treated in confidence, and is only divulged to the three trustees.

Donations

Donations should be sent to Francis Roads at 61 Malmesbury Road, London E18 2NL, or handed to one of the Trustees. Cheques should be made payable to the "Castledine-Barnes Trust". The Trust's normal policy is to keep individual donations confidential, biut to publicise corporate donations. (Thus a donation from "Joe Bloggs" is confidential, one from the "Much Binding Go Congress" is not.) A list of corporate donations is given here. If you do not wish to follow the above guidlelines (ie you wish to keep a corporate donation confidential, or make an individual donation public) please let us know.

Accounts

Here is a copy of the most recent accounts of the Trust.

The Trust is completely independant of the British Go Association (BGA). However, it works closely with the BGA; here is the BGA Web Site If you have any comments, please email the webmaster.