Our Beneficiaries
Our beneficiaries, as the list shows below, cover a wide variety of bodies who have two main things in common :- they are themselves charitable in their nature and they have close connections to objectives which relate to our own.
The drawing, from A Lakeland Sketchbook, is a snowy scene of Helm Crag, above Grasmere. The photograph is from a similar spot and shows a cheque being presented to one of our beneficiaries by Alan Hinkes who is an honorary member of the Society and a great supporter of what we do. Listed below are the donations we have made so far together with a gallery of some of our beneficiaries.
The summit of Helm Crag. A Lakeland Sketchbook, No. 45
| Year | Main Beneficiaries from fundraising and donations | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Fix The Fells | £16,900* (see note) |
| 2023 | The Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association, Tony Hudgell Orrest Head Challenge | £12,964 |
| 2022 | Animal Rescue Cumbria | £8,640 |
| 2020/2021 | Lake District Calvert Trust, Orrest Head Access Project, Patterdale MRT, Animal Rescue Cumbria and Bay Cat Rescue | £12,710 |
| 2019 | Blencathra Centre. Animal Rescue Cumbria. RNLI | £10,600 |
| 2018 | Great North Air Ambulance Service. Animal Rescue Cumbria | £13,300 |
| 2017 | Fix the Fells and Animal Rescue Cumbria | £14,350 |
| 2016 | Lake District Calvert Trust, Coast to Coast Repairs, Nine Standards and A.R.C | £13,900 |
| 2015 | Animal Rescue Cumbria, Search & Rescue Dogs and Flood Appeal | £14,500 |
| 2014 | Brathay Exploration Trust | £10,500 |
| 2013 | Coast To Coast Waymark and Mountain Rescue Teams | £9,100 |
| 2012 | Cumbria Wildlife Trust and Orrest Head Viewfinder | £13,500 |
| 2011 | The Lake District Calvert Trust | £14,000 |
| 2010 | Lake District Mountain Rescue, Fix the Fells and Workington Lifeboat | £11,200 |
| 2009 | Search and Rescue Dogs, Cumbria Floods (MRT/RNLI) and Fix the Fells | £19,300 |
| 2002 - 08 | Animal Rescue, Keswick/Cockermouth MRTs and Buttermere Church | £6,420 |
| Total (Excluding current year) | £203,184 |
* The Society’s donation to the Lake District Foundation during “Big Give” week 2024 enabled our net contribution to Fix the Fells (£7,950) to be match funded.
Gallery
Presentation to Mountain Rescue 2024
Presentation to Animal Rescue Cumbria 2022
Presentation to Calvert Trust at Calebreck, May 2022
Presentation to GNAAS by Derwentwater
The information board at Calvert Trust HQ
Presentation to Keswick Mountain Rescue Team
Presentation to Kirby Stephen Mountain Rescue Team
Repairs needed by Fix the Fells to Long Stile
Society members with Calvert Trust in Easedale
Open day for the Bowderstone Bothy with Calvert Trust
Presentation to Fix the Fells on Orrest Head
Presentation to SARDA on Barrow summit
The ‘Sitting Stone’ on the Ullswater Way
Members at the unveiling of the new display at St Bees
Presentation to Fix the Fells at Stake Pass
The new View Indicator at Orrest Head
Footpath repairs on Silver How
Presentation to Cumbria Wildlife Trust at Sedbergh
Presentation to Calvert Trust at the Bowderstone Bothy
Presentation to Animal Rescue Cumbria at High Sweden Bridge
The Scott Bonington Lecture for Cumbria Flood Appeal