From The Chairman

After a period of consolidation, the Trust is preparing for a busy year. We have set ourselves three main tasks: to increase the number of grants paid to beneficiaries, to provide support for more freelances to receive specialist safety training, and to develop and support safety training overseas to meet the needs of local-based freelances. At the same time our Director, Tina Carr, is pushing ahead, gathering support internationally from media organisations for a scheme to improve access to affordable insurance for freelances whether working in conflict zones or not.
All of this will take a great deal of money - and in spite of the generous support of Sony and our other sponsors we are still a relatively small operation. To make it possible we will need a great deal of help in what I hope will be a major fundraising drive over the next eighteen months or so.

The Trust has always been fortunate in its supporters. Committee members do a great deal to keep the work of the Trust alive, while the Trustees devote considerable time and effort to helping to manage the Trust's affairs. After many years, one of our founding members - and an energetic and generous Trustee - Pete Henderson, is moving abroad. Aware of the Trust's needs, he is stepping down as a Trustee. We are sad to lose him as a valued Trustee, but delighted that he wishes to remain involved as a member of the Committee. (see A Trust Tale)

As a consequence of Pete's decision, but also to further strengthen the board, we are now looking for a number of new Trustees who can help us both in our fundraising and in the general management of the Trust. Our aim over the next few years is to harness the considerable skills and experience of our supporters to build on the success of the Trust, and to make it even more effective in helping the freelance community worldwide.

Bob Jobbins
Chairman, The Rory Peck Trust

Issue 11
April 2002

• From The Chairman
• A Trust Tale
• Sony helps Chechnyan camerawoman
• Needs of a Changing Industry: Forum
• Insurance Update: Do I Stay or Do I Go?
• Zimbabwe: New Media Law
• Recent Beneficiaries
• The Rory Peck Training Fund
• Canadian New Journalism Fellowship

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