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The Artemis
Charitable Foundation
2021
Annual review
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4 Introduction How we made a
difference in 2021
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Contents Core charities Other charities
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Staff volunteering Staff fundraising
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Coming up in 2022
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Welcome to the 2021 Artemis Charitable I have had the privilege of being Chair
Foundation Review. There is much to of both the Charity Committee and the
shine a light on in the last 12 months Artemis Charitable Foundation since
and I hope you find it an interesting and their inception, and over the years been
uplifting read. The charitable sector lucky to meet many truly remarkable and
remains under enormous pressure, inspiring men and women and young
still suffering big hits to income while adults whose selfless focus has been
finding increasing demand for much to help others. It has been an honour
needed services. If nothing else, I hope to take on this role but after 25 years
this review conveys that as a firm we at Artemis I will be retiring in April next
have a lot to be proud of in the support year, when the time is right to pass on
we have given many charities over this the Chair to the capable hands of my
difficult period, and the widespread fellow founder Derek Stuart. It has been
commitment and engagement of our a wonderfully enjoyable experience, and
colleagues to help has again been a I would like to take this opportunity to
powerful testament to the culture of care thank all of the many Trustees, current
Introduction at Artemis.
It is maybe worth reflecting that since
the Foundation was established in 2007,
and past, and Marisa Charosky, whose
effort and enthusiasm and commitment
has contributed immeasurably to the
strong and impactful Foundation we
over £11.7m has been donated. Add to have today.
this the charitable donations made
by the Artemis Charity Committee in Lindsay Whitelaw
the years before the Foundation was
established and the total is close to
£13m. This commitment by the firm
to helping less privileged people than
ourselves is embedded in the DNA of
who we are as a firm. In a world where
ESG has suddenly brought a spotlight on
caring beyond just profit, there has been
a scramble by many financial businesses
to establish charitable foundations and
make much PR from the few charities
they have helped. Artemis has done
the right thing over many years now
and there is, I think, a stronger integrity
behind any publicity we now choose to
make around our charitable activities.
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OVER £770,000
DONATED TO
88 CHARITIES
£35,000
DONATED TO GLOBAL
DISASTERS AND
EMERGENCIES
143 ARTEMIS STAFF
TOOK PART IN CHARITY
CHALLENGES
How we made a
difference in 2021 52 ARTEMIS STAFF
VOLUNTEERED
WITH PARTNER
ORGANISATIONS
OVER£70,000
RAISED BY STAFF THROUGH
FUNDRAISING
CHALLENGES
OVER £75,000
GIVEN BY STAFF VIA £
GIVE AS YOU EARN
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Health
SANE founder and
chief executive
Marjorie Wallace
speaks regularly to
the media about
Core charities
mental health issues
Photo credit: Sky
SANE
In 2021 SANE became the Artemis Charitable This shortfall did not begin to be made up until
Foundation’s primary Core Health Charity. SANE the end of summer 2021, by which time many of
was established in 1986 to improve the quality those patients were significantly more unwell
of life for people affected by mental illness. It than clinicians would typically expect them
provides the UK’s only out-of-hours specialist to be. This outcome very closely matched the
helpline (SANELine) offering emotional support concerns SANE had been raising since the start
and guidance to anyone affected by mental of the pandemic last year, namely patients risked
health problems. reaching crisis point as contact with primary
and specialist services was reduced.
The Artemis Charitable Foundation supports a number of In 2021, the SANE team made over 7,000
calls, sent 1,200 Textcare packages and sent The Foundation’s donation enabled SANE to
‘core’ charities in the areas of Health, Education, Poverty and 3,200 personalised support emails. They also purchase 20 laptops (with IT support & training)
worked with 100 people through their specialist for senior volunteers to work from home and
Environment. The Foundation works closely with these charities, on-going support service, which has been part-funded the salary of SANE’s Ongoing
usually on a multi-year basis, to enable greater impact and a particularly helpful for people during the Support Officer.
wait between an Improving Access to
deeper understanding of their work. Staff are often given the Psychological Therapies (IAPT) assessment “I want to say how grateful I am to everyone who
opportunity to take part in volunteering days, charity trips, and therapy beginning. has given me their time and support over the
last couple of months, I don’t know what I would
fundraising events and workshops with these charities. SANE worked closely with the BBC this year on have done without it. At the moment I feel OK,
its investigation into the impact of the COVID that’s not to say I’m not going to have another
pandemic and ensuing lockdown on mental bad day but knowing there are people like
health referrals. The investigation revealed yourselves there is a huge comfort.”
a significant drop in referrals in April 2020 of
around 100,000, following the first lockdown. SANELine caller
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Poverty/Community UK
City Harvest
City Harvest puts surplus food to good use City Harvest expanded its operations this
in a sustainable way by distributing it for free year considerably to meet the increased
to 350+ charities, food banks, schools and demand for emergency food aid provision in
community groups across London that feed London. In March 2021, to accommodate the
people facing food poverty. charity’s growth, they relocated their main
West London depot to a new 13,000 square
Hunger is a major problem in Greater foot warehouse, quadrupling in size. This
space, along with the East London depot they Photo credit:
London. In one of the wealthiest cities in Alexandra Rose
the world, more than 25% of the population opened in New Spitalfields Market last year,
face food insecurity and 700,000 children will allow them to have a vastly more efficient
live in poverty. Even before the COVID crisis daily operation.
began, an estimated 2.5 million people in
Alexandra Rose
the capital lived below the poverty line, and Alexandra Rose works with children’s Rose Vouchers have been a useful tool to
“We are hugely grateful to the Artemis
Londoners missed an estimated 9.2 million centres in the UK supporting help them engage and support families
Foundation for funding a pivotal Food Rescue
meals per month. The pandemic has severely disadvantaged families with young children throughout the crisis. A children’s centre
Van. Both during the COVID crisis and as
exacerbated this: according to The Trussell to access healthy food and form healthy worker in Hammersmith and Fulham said,
restrictions have lifted, the Artemis van has
Trust, 50% of people who used food banks eating habits. They do this by providing “The one thing that has been constant has
been a source of hope for those to whom
at the beginning of the pandemic had never ‘Rose Vouchers’ to families in need which been Rose Vouchers, which is lovely.”
it delivers, and it remains key to our fight
needed to rely upon one before. Every month, can be spent on fruit and vegetables at
against the dual evils of food poverty and
more than 10.2 million meals are now missed local markets. In October Alexandra Rose reached an
food waste. The difference this van has made,
by struggling Londoners. impressive milestone – over 1,000,000 Rose
and will continue to make, to those who are
struggling cannot be overstated.” The Artemis Charitable Foundation has Vouchers have now been spent by families
In 2019 Artemis and the Artemis Charitable supported Alexandra Rose since its early across the UK since the Rose Vouchers
Foundation teamed up with City Harvest to days in 2016. Since then the charity has for Fruit & Veg Project began in 2014. The
purchase a delivery van which has helped City David Carter – Chief Executive, City Harvest grown its work from two boroughs in charity has helped over 5,500 families get
Harvest achieve its mission of redistributing London to seven projects across the UK access to over £1,000,000 worth of fresh
surplus food (which would otherwise have nearly six years later. They have gone from fruit and veg while also supporting local
been sent to landfill) to communities in need. supporting 300 families a week to more markets and independent retailers. The
Over the past three years, our funding has than 2,000. one-millionth Rose Voucher was spent
directly enabled City Harvest to deliver over by a family on North End Road Market in
1.6 million meals to organisations feeding The last year has been particularly Hammersmith and Fulham.
those who would otherwise go hungry. challenging for the charity. They have had
to grow faster to meet rising demand for “I’ve been receiving Rose Vouchers for
their services and have had to find new the last few years. The project has made
ways of working as lockdown challenged a huge difference for our whole family.
their normal approach to delivery. Despite All of my children are now eating at least
this, Alexandra Rose has increased family two pieces of fruit a day and have more
numbers by 62% and the number of Rose vegetables added in with their lunch and
Vouchers for Fruit & Veg that have been dinner. They’ve also cut down on crisps
redeemed has gone up by a massive 80%! and biscuits.”
Alexandra Rose’s children’s centre partners Bee, a mum of four from Hackney
have adapted and found new ways to
engage with families. Despite most being
The Artemis van has enabled City Harvest open during the lockdowns this year, they
to deliver over 1.6 million meals to charities have been working differently, with some
in London turning into food hubs or distribution
points for free school meals. Many
children’s centre staff say that
Photo credit: City Harvest
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Poverty/Community international
Brass for Africa
For example they partnered with UNHCR, the
Brass for Africa delivers music education Ugandan Office of The Prime Minister and a
integrated with life-skills training to over 1,000 German Partner to bring their life changing
In July Shivia disadvantaged children and young people in
celebrated and opportunity creating programmes to the
Uganda, Liberia and Rwanda. huge South Sudanese refugee population in
a significant
milestone - they Northern Uganda. Becoming an official part
delivered their 2021 was another challenging year for Brass of the refugee response alongside the United
one millionth for Africa and the communities they work Nations is an extremely exciting step for Brass
chick! with. The impact of the pandemic was for Africa as an organisation, and the whole
uniquely acute for children and young people team is really excited to be working in this
Photo credit: sector and making a positive impact on these
PDS Livelihood in sub-Saharan Africa, countries already
Services battling extreme poverty and weak health displaced communities.
Providers infrastructures. In many of the communities
Brass for Africa works with, young people “The security provided by the Artemis funding
have been critically impacted by a total lack of meant that our team could fully concentrate
education, very low parental support, severe on our core mission and that we were, and are,
mental-health issues, domestic violence and
Shivia even food insecurity or starvation.
able to make life better, create brighter futures
and quite literally save the lives of some of the
Shivia aims to empower people living below ‘at home’ beauty service. The Cooks Training most overlooked and disadvantaged young
the poverty line in rural West Bengal in India Programme trains slum residents who are Brass for Africa’s close links with the people on this planet we live on.”
to earn an income from home. It provides the currently house-maids to become home- communities that they support, and the trust
tools and training that those most in need, managers by training them to be cooks, afforded to the team by these communities Jim Trott – Executive Director, Brass for Africa
particularly women, require to work their way significantly increasing their income. and their leaders, meant that the charity was
out of poverty and build a brighter future. alerted to the plight of many young people who
We are also delighted to report that Shivia were really struggling. In answer to this need In March, 24 Artemis staff took part in Brass
In early March 2021 a tragic second wave of has delivered ONE MILLION chicks since the Brass for Africa launched a number of welfare for Africa’s “Choose To Challenge” campaign
COVID hit India and a new variant of the virus charity was founded in 2011! Shivia’s flagship and humanitarian initiatives during the tougher riding their bikes to support girls on Brass for
surged through the country, leaving millions programme, Poultry Development Services, months of lockdown this year. Africa’s programmes. See page 39.
of families grieving for their loved ones due to delivers toolkits and training to women in
shortages of oxygen, hospital beds, vaccines rural West Bengal to enable them to start a
and other medicines. small chicken farming enterprise from home.
Since the programme started in 2011, Shivia’s
Against this backdrop of uncertainty and field team has delivered a staggering 100,000
turbulence, Shivia continued to achieve toolkits, each containing 10 one-day old chicks.
remarkable things in West Bengal through That’s an incredible one million chicks!!
its Poultry Development Services, Agri-
management Services and Goat Farming “The partnership and support from Artemis
programmes. They have even expanded means the world to us – our team and
their operations beyond West Bengal by beneficiaries – and we really believe our work
partnering with local NGO SAATH to support together is creating significant, positive change
their ‘Beautypreneur’ and ‘Cooks Training’ to some of the world’s poorest people. Thank
programmes. you for sticking by us during this turbulent time Brass for Africa works with
and helping us to come out on top with our orphans, ex-street children,
The Beautypreneur programme helps young new, expansion strategy.” refugees and marginalised
women (aged 18-35) who have already been young people
trained as beauticians under SAATH’s Beauty Olly Donnelly – CEO, Shivia
and Wellness Vocational Programme to be able
to set up small beauty salons or run an Photo credit: Brass for Africa
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Education
Arrival Education
Arrival Education exists to give young talent • Scholarship places – Arrival Education’s
(aged 16-26) from low income homes and programmes are free for its students and
communities in London the skills, insight, school partners. They rely on partners
networks and mindsets needed to flourish like the Artemis Charitable Foundation
in life and work, which are not taught in to cover the core costs of running the
formal education. programme.
The Artemis Charitable Foundation was All of these initiatives give Arrival Education
one of Arrival Education’s first sponsors, students a unique opportunity to meet
providing co-founder Dan Snell with a small people they would never normally come
grant in 2005 to support his initial research across, learn important skills for life and work,
into the challenges and barriers that prevent and build confidence and relationships that
young talent from low-income communities will be crucial for their future.
accessing top careers in top companies.
In 2013 a more established relationship “I love how freely me and my [coach] can talk;
was created when the Foundation began he makes me feel comfortable at all times,
supporting Arrival Education’s social which allows me to say whatever is on my
mobility activities. mind. I have learnt a lot along the way and
have become a lot more confident.”
Since 2013, with the Artemis Charitable
Foundation’s support, Arrival Education has Arrival Education student
been able to offer places on its social mobility
programmes to 600 young people from 16 “In what has been an incredibly challenging
secondary schools and sixth-forms in the year, the support of the Artemis Foundation
Greater London area. Together, Artemis and has proved even more valuable for Year 12
Arrival Education have run 29 Workshops and students on our social mobility programme. Arrival Education
44 1:2:1 coaching relationships involving 20-35 Having the opportunity to attend workshops delivered its social
Artemis staff per annum. and receive coaching support from Artemis mobility programmes
volunteers has given many of them a online in 2021
Artemis staff are closely involved in the desperately needed emotional boost during
partnership with Arrival Education helping very tough times.” Photo credit:
to deliver: Arrival Education
Emily Shenton – Co-founder and Managing
• Success Skill Workshops – held at Director, Arrival Education
Artemis after work/school, these sessions
bring together Artemis staff and Arrival 43 Artemis staff volunteered with Arrival
Education students to help students Education students. See page 29.
develop core life and work skills.
Internships
• Developing Leaders Coaching Programme
– a 1:2:1 relationship where Arrival
Education pairs a volunteer from Artemis
with one of its students for a 6-9
Artemis provided five Robertson Trust and Arrival Education
month period. students with virtual internship placements in 2021.
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The Robertson Trust
The Robertson Trust’s ‘Journey to Success’ Five of the students supported by Artemis have
programme, supported by the Artemis now become ambassadors for the programme
Charitable Foundation, helps promising young and worked throughout the past year with new
people who have the ability but not necessarily Scholars to provide peer support and organise
the financial means to go to university. social and fundraising activities.
Robertson Scholars come from a wide range
of backgrounds, but all have some form of “The availability of unrestricted funds from
socio-economic need combined with talent, Artemis has enabled us to expand and improve
potential and a commitment to making the our work and give us the flexibility to help the
most of the charity’s support. young people we feel are most in need of our
support. We should like to extend our thanks
In 2020-21 the Robertson Trust supported a to Artemis for their continued support and DSM Foundation
total of 704 Robertson Scholars in Scotland, look forward to reporting on the success of the ran their drugs
with 160 new Scholars being admitted to the Scholars over the coming years.” education
programme in September 2020. Since COVID workshops online
restrictions first took effect in March 2020 Dr Annie Doyle – Scholarship Training in 2021
and undergraduates moved to home learning Manager, The Robertson Trust
there has been an unprecedented increase in Photo credit:
demand for mental health support, additional DSM Foundation
financial support and career guidance from the
young people the Robertson Trust works with.
Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation
Nevertheless, by September
The Daniel Spargo-Mabbs (DSM) Foundation the number of schools they work with (53% of
2021 141 Robertson Trust
is a drug and alcohol education charity schools this year, compared to 35% in 2019-20).
Scholars graduated from
university, with 97% founded in 2014 by Tim and Fiona Spargo-
Mabbs in response to their son Daniel’s death The filmed production of Mark Wheeller’s
achieving a first or
aged 16 having taken ecstasy. Dan was bright, play, created during lockdown, enabled DSM
upper second-class
funny, kind and popular, and his parents felt if Foundation to deliver a ‘virtual’ tour of the
degree. This result is
this could happen to him it could happen to powerful play in 2021. 27 performances were
almost 20% higher
anyone. They were determined to do all they held in schools in Scotland and England,
than the national
could to prevent any harm happening to other reaching a total of 7,029 students aged 13-18.
average. A further 28
families through drugs. 85% of students fed back that after seeing
Scholars have had their
the play they now knew more about the risks
bursaries extended to
In 2021 UK schools experienced enormous of drugs and 91% said they understood more
access postgraduate study
pressures with closures, pupils and staff about the impact of drug use on others. The
and are due to graduate in early
isolating, testing regimes being introduced, film was also shown as part of the Edinburgh
2022 at Masters level. 2021 Robertson Trust
overstretched budgets, uncertainties over Fringe online Festival in August 2021 receiving
ambassadors at a training session very positive reviews, and it has been
Regardless of the restrictions brought into play held to prepare them for the role formal assessments and restrictions on
visitors. Many of the schools with which DSM distributed commercially by Tie it Up Theatre
by COVID, the Robertson Trust has continued
Foundation regularly works had no visitors to drama departments across the UK.
to expand its programme to include a range Photo credit: Steven Nicholson
of career pathways that are offered to the during the year, and time for drug education
generally has been limited. However with drug “Our ongoing partnership with Artemis, and the
Scholars across a number of career areas.
education becoming statutory for all schools difference this makes to what we can achieve,
These include pathways in financial services,
in England as part of Relationship, Sex and is valued highly by us all. With your funding we
banking, international development, public
Health Education, enforced from summer 2021, have developed flexible and creative responses
service, law and data science among others.
this has been a very significant and welcome to Covid-19 restrictions, and expanded our
In each case the core of the pathway is a
change and has provided more opportunities reach to young people and their parents, and
combination of awareness-raising, mentoring
for engagement with schools. to professionals, despite the pandemic.”
and internships aimed at supporting the
Scholar into a graduate role. Fiona Spargo-Mabbs – Director and Founder,
The continued development of online delivery
and of digital skills and resources has enabled DSM Foundation
The grant from the Artemis Foundation
enabled the Robertson Trust to support a DSM Foundation to operate effectively in 2021
total of 20 Scholars by match-funding their and respond to demand and to need, despite
bursaries. The funds continue to support the all the restrictions in place, and also to broaden
Scholars for the full four years of their degrees. and enrich the programme they are able to
offer. This year DSM Foundaiton increased
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Environment
Client Earth
In 2021 ClientEarth became the Foundation’s the effectiveness of ClientEarth’s activist
primary Core Environmental Charity. shareholder model, and provides a strong
ClientEarth is a charity with a unique approach foundation for future work both in Japan, and
– using the law to create powerful change that across Asia.
protects life on Earth. Their work focuses on
changing the system – informing, implementing In Asia, ClientEarth continues to advance its
and enforcing the law, advising decision- decarbonisation work – mounting pressure
makers on policy and training legal and judicial on governments and shareholders to
professionals. guarantee environmental impacts are
accounted for, measured, and enshrined in
Moving away from fossil fuels is the single law. In Africa, ClientEarth is working together
biggest challenge currently being faced in the with local communities to ensure one of the
battle against climate change. ClientEarth’s continent’s most significant biodiversity spots –
teams are working to ensure governments the Atewa Forest – is not driven into extinction.
and corporations establish ambitious climate Meanwhile, throughout the UK and Europe,
laws, plans, and policies in line with the Paris the charityis striving to ensure transparency is
Agreement. In April, for example, Japan’s largest permanently on the agenda, by continuing to
coal plant operator, J-Power, cancelled its plans fight polluting plastic, toxic air, and exploitative
to develop a new coal plant in Ube, a city in the fishing practices.
South of the country. This was the only planned
new coal plant expected to proceed, and thus “Systemic change takes time, resolve, and
marks the effective end of new coal in Japan. an unwavering belief in your mission and
The announcement came following pre-action approach. Support from the Artemis Charitable
legal letters ClientEarth sent alongside its Foundation continues to help underpin these
partner Kiko Network. Kiko Network purchased fundamentals; enabling us to break the mould
shares in J-Power, sent pre-action letters, and and pave the way for tangible, global progress.”
met with key decision-makers.
James Thornton – Chief Executive Officer,
Preventing the construction of this plant was ClientEarth
a major success – it prevented more than 3.6
million tonnes of CO2, annually, being released
into the atmosphere (more than Iceland’s
annual CO2 emissions). This also underlines
ClientEarth is supporting communities from the Torres Strait
Islands to bring a world first human rights complaint to the UN’s
Human Rights Committee against the Australian Government.
The complaint alleges Australia is failing in its legal duties to
protect the rights of climate-vulnerable communities.
18 Image credit: Dylan Mooney 19Charity of the Year
Challenge Partners
and school improvement through peer
Our 2021 Charity of the Year partnership with challenge and support;
Challenge Partners raised £47,709.
• Working with schools to facilitate webinars
Challenge Partners is an education charity, on important issues including: mental
led by practitioners, through which schools health support; life after special school;
collaborate to improve each other and the improving reading; raising students’
education system as a whole, so all children aspirations; using personalised early years’
benefit. They work with schools across the curricula to close gender gaps; supporting
country, and focus on school improvement, children after trauma; and best practice for
leadership development and knowledge children with autism.
Councillor Claire Holland visited Henry Fawcett Primary School in Kennington, SE London for Clean exchange. Their programmes are grounded • Holding a series of virtual National
Air Day to find out what the eco-group have been doing to address air pollution at their school in evidence of what works, regular quality Network Meetings with leading thinkers
assurance, and sharing the collective and practitioners for up to 400 school
Photo credit: Global Action Plan wisdom in their schools. The schools in the leaders at a time.
Challenge Partners network get great results: • Creating a new network for trust leaders to
boosting exam and progress scores and, share knowledge and peer support.
most importantly, transforming children’s life
chances. • Adapting their impactful programme to
close the attainment gap, Excellence for
Global Action Plan Everyone, into an online CPD programme.
We are proud to have partnered with
to vulnerable patients. Increasing the number Challenge Partners in what was an extremely
Global Action Plan (GAP) became the of businesses adopting policies and practices challenging year for schools across the “We cannot thank you enough for your
Foundation’s junior Core Environmental Charity that reduce pollution. country. Despite the difficulties of the generosity in supporting our endeavours,
in 2021. GAP is a charity that works for a green
pandemic, schools in the Challenge Partners which over the year have reached more than
and thriving planet where people enjoy their Encourage policymakers and polluters to network rapidly adjusted and continued their 250,000 children and young people in schools
lives within the Earth’s resources. They are implement significant pollution reductions: commitment to collaborating and sharing across the country. Your fantastic support this
experts in helping people live more sustainable Empowering communities to recognise and excellent insights and practice – something year has benefited struggling children and
lifestyles. They do this by making connections realise their vision for clean air by calling for that is now more important than ever. To young people at a crucial time.”
between what’s good for people and good for and acting on air pollution in their local areas. support disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils,
the planet. They are the people behind Clean Utilising insights and mobilise stakeholder Challenge Partners innovated and adapted
Air Day, the UK’s largest air pollution campaign. voices to call for changes to the policy their programmes and support around digital Kate Chhatwal – CEO, Challenge Partners
Global Action Plan aims to: landscape in the UK and at the global level provision by:
to make it easier and more attractive for
Inform and encourage people to change • Creating a virtual version of their flagship 117 Artemis staff took part in ‘Fundraising
businesses, other institutions and individuals
their behaviour to reduce air pollution peer Quality Assurance Review to ensure February’ (see page 38) in support of
to changes practices to minimise pollution.
and protect their health: Improving public schools continue to focus on excellence Challenge Partners.
understanding and action on air pollution “In a year when respiratory health has come
through creative communications, campaigns to the fore, GAP has supported hundreds
and resources. Developing the public appetite of businesses, schools, hospitals and local
for governmental and business action on air authorities to come together in action to
pollution, and the number of people doing what create cleaner air. Support from the Artemis
is within their power to cut pollution. Foundation has made our campaigns such
as Clean Air Day even more effective in
Support organisations to reduce air pollution highlighting the actions we all need to take to
and protect people’s health: Minimising the save thousands of lives lost every year.”
number of schools in air pollution hotspots
by providing support to schools’ resources to Sonja Graham – CEO, Global Action Plan
schools at the local, regional and national level.
Working with healthcare organisations
to reduce the number of hospitals in
air pollution hotspots and with health
professionals to provide air pollution advice
20 21Coming up next year... Cancer Charity of the Year
Once again this year we
received an incredible response
from staff to our request for
nominations for the Cancer
Charity of the Year. As a result,
the following eight cancer
charities received donations
from the Foundation:
Global disasters and emergencies
In April the Foundation made a donation The Charity Committee also made a donation
to the Disasters Emergency Committee to UNICEF’s emergency response to a
(DEC)’s coronavirus appeal, which provided powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck
humanitarian aid in seven of the world’s most Haiti in August, claiming more than 2,200 lives
fragile economies in response to COVID-19. In and injuring thousands more. As part of the
countries such as Yemen, Somalia and Syria agency’s response, UNICEF provided essential
the pandemic magnified existing health and medicines, supplies and equipment to support
socio-economic challenges with devastating the resumption of health care services and
effects. The DEC, which brings together 14 strengthen health supply chain management
leading UK aid charities, provided frontline in the aftermath of the earthquake.
Artemis LLP has supported the CHAS Fawkes-y Ladies Lunch for the past 10 years medical workers with equipment and supplies
to care for the vulnerable and sick, as well as
Photo credit: Camerashy Photography ensuring families got enough food to prevent
malnutrition, particularly amongst children.
In June, the Foundation made a donation
to UNICEF’s Children’s Emergency Fund to
Our 2021 Charity of the Year will be Children’s support the large number of ongoing global
Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS). CHAS is disasters and emergencies at that time
Scotland’s national children’s hospice charity.
Artemis staff will have plenty including the COVID-19 crisis in India, Cyclone
For over 20 years they have been offering a full of opportunities to get involved Tauktae, and a volcanic eruption in the
family support service for babies, children and Democratic Republic of Congo. By donating
young people with life-shortening conditions. with CHAS throughout to UNICEF’s emergency fund, our donation
Artemis and the Artemis Charitable Foundation the year, including through was allocated wherever the need was greatest.
UNICEF’s Emergency Fund enables the
have a longstanding relationship with CHAS,
having supported the CHAS Fawkes-y Ladies fundraising events and children’s agency to respond to emergencies
Lunch in Edinburgh for the past 10 years, so volunteering where possible. that do not make the news or are quickly
we’re really looking forward to having them as forgotten but continue to have an impact on The Artemis Charitable Foundation donated to
our Charity of the Year next year! the lives of vulnerable children and families. UNICEF’s Children’s Emergency Fund in June
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recently began his
paediatric training
in Burundi,
funded by the
Artemis Charitable
Foundation
Other charities
24 Photo credit: Kids Operating Room 25Kids Operating Room
In July, the Foundation donated to Kids
Christmas 2021
Operating Room to support the training of a
paediatric surgeon in Sub Saharan Africa. 11
countries in Africa do not have a dedicated
paediatric surgeon. KidsOR works with the
African surgical colleges to identify and train Crisis & Cyrenians Solace/Edinburgh Women’s Aid
surgeons. They also install state-of-the art
Operating Rooms dedicated to children’s
surgery. In December the Foundation made a donation The Foundation also made donations to
to Crisis at Christmas in London, a huge Solace and Edinburgh Women’s Aid in London
volunteer programme aimed at bringing vital and Edinburgh in December. These two
The Artemis Charitable Foundation funding services, warmth, companionship and safety charities offer advice and support to women
will enable the training of Burundi’s first ever to homeless people at one of the hardest and children who have survived abuse and
paediatric surgeon. Dr Niyukuri (pictured) is times of the year. The Foundation also donated violence, helping them to build safe and strong
one of two Burundians currently training to to Cyrenians, which supports people in lives. Since the start of the pandemic, there
become paediatric surgeons. He will operate Edinburgh excluded from family, home, work has sadly been an increase in instances of
from a state-of-the-art children’s Operating or community on their life journey. Staff will domestic abuse and a surge in demand for
Room from 2023, transforming the fortunes of wear Christmas jumpers and accessories on these charities’ services. The Foundation made
Burundian children forever. 16th December 2021 to raise further funds for donations to Solace and Edinburgh Women’s
Students from Fortrose Academy at Crisis and Cyrenians as part of our staff giving Aid so that they can ensure that the women
the Social Enterprise Academy annual Christmas campaign. and children they support have a brighter
Re-engage awards in Edinburgh Christmas and also so that they can provide
food and other essentials for those in need
over the coming year.
Given the high levels of social isolation and
loneliness experienced by older people in Social Enterprise Academy
the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic, the
Charity Committee made a donation to Founded in Scotland in 2004, the Social
Re-engage in April. Founded in 1965, Re- Enterprise Academy works with schools
engage is a charity dedicated to tackling to help young people set up their own
social isolation in older people living alone, sustainable businesses to tackle the social
with a special focus on the over 75s. More and environmental issues that matter most
than a million older people in the UK say to them. As a result, the young people
they go for over a month without speaking involved in the programme develop key
to a friend, neighbour or family member. skills for the future, helping them become
Our support will help Re-engage to run its successful learners, confident individuals and
telephone befriending service for older people responsible citizens. The Foundation made
now and, once permitted, monthly tea parties a donation to Social Enterprise Academy in
will be once again hosted in the homes of June to fund the programme’s expansion
volunteers. into London.
City to Sea IKDI
City to Sea’s mission is to prevent plastic In Kind Direct International (IKDI) is a
pollution at source, by connecting people’s unique charity which operates a network of
actions to the oceans and suggesting simple not for profit organisations across multiple
ways to reduce the use of single-use plastic. countries. IKDI network members distribute
The charity’s award-winning campaigns donated products which are received from
tackle the single-use plastic items found manufacturers and retailers, to thousands of
most commonly on our beaches and in our charities, which in turn distribute essential
rivers and oceans. They advocate “refuse, products to their beneficiaries, addressing
reduce and reuse” over single-use in all their significant social need and saving goods
campaigns and activities. The Foundation from going to landfill. The Foundation
donated towards City to Sea’s campaigning donated to IKDI in April to help fund its Crisis will continue to offer vital support to homeless people this winter
work in February 2021. continued expansion.
26 27Arrival Education:
The Profit Hunt
The third ‘Profit Hunt’ investment challenge that they felt inspired, motivated, confident or
took place in 2021, funded by Artemis fulfilled as a result of the experience, and all of
Investment Management LLP. 55 Arrival the volunteers enjoyed participating.
Education students took part in the challenge
in teams of five this year, working with 31 Beyond developing skills which will provide
Artemis volunteers to invest a hypothetical £5 short-term benefits to students, the
million portfolio. programme is likely to have a lasting and
deeper impact on their careers. For example,
After initially selecting five stocks for their this year 88% of students reported that they
investment portfolio, students had to work had been exposed to a new way of thinking or
in their teams to make critical buy and sell had gained a new perspective.
decisions fortnightly – a process which tested
communication, decision-making and team “The Profit Hunt has helped me to gain
working skills. Each team of students was confidence speaking with professionals. I also
supported by two Artemis mentors who met learnt how to work with my team and make
virtually with their teams to discuss portfolio informed decisions.”
performance as well as providing online
support. Profit Hunt student participant
This year the programme went fully online for “It was fantastic to see the students develop
the first time and the positive feedback from as the programme progressed. It was great
volunteers and students showed that, in spite fun and I felt as though I learnt just as much
Staff volunteering
of the challenges of a third national lockdown, as the students.”
it was a fantastic experience for both students
and volunteers. 94% of students reflected Artemis volunteer
31 Artemis staff took part
in the third ‘Profit Hunt’
investment challenge
28 29Arrival Education: Coaching – student impact Arrival Education:
Coaching Skills workshop
“This was my second year participating Arrival Education – Future Choices Workshop
in Arrival Education’s Developing Leaders
Coaching Programme and I was very happy to “In July I joined the Arrival Education workshop
step in at the last minute due to changes. on how to make decisions for the future. Along
Felt they were more with Fiona Collie from HR, I worked with three
Felt their coach
As usual I found the session material well- able to understand students who were all just finishing year 12.
structured and assisted the development of
100% their strengths and 88% increased their
confidence. This means they are starting to think about
a good coaching relationship between myself development areas. higher education. It was amazing to hear how
and “C”, despite the change in coach. I was eloquent the three were; how mature and
able to quickly understand her goals in the thoughtful they were with their comments on
foreseeable future, the stumbling blocks along how they might approach decisions around
the way and what drove her to achieve her university. They were thinking about courses,
goals despite the barriers faced. where to study, gap years, summer camps. The
enthusiasm they had and effort they had put in
Soon after the coaching sessions began we really put a smile on my face.
were setting tasks for each other to complete. Felt that their coach
Were encouraged
helped them think
“C” did a far better job at expressing her artistic
side via the medium of a well-crafted mood
84% to think bigger and
aim higher.
81% differently about
With a background living in east London,
where all the students studied; I have some
board while she politely endured a PowerPoint things in their life. understanding of where they live and study.
presentation on my process of choosing the Clearly the help they have in school and from
right school. She clearly won that task. Arrival Education is setting them up for great
experiences in higher education and beyond.
As the coaching developed our fortnightly I only wish I had more opportunities like it
zoom catch-ups became more informal and when I was of their age. They should be very
we relied less on the material, using them proud of themselves and hopefully Fiona and
more as prompts. Although we have not been Workshops – student feedback I will have done just a little to help them make
able to meet in person I have promised “C” a the decisions they feel are right in the coming
celebratory cake and hot chocolate catch-up months.”
at one of the posh restaurants near the office
once her study schedule allows. In return she Neil Goddin
may even let me win at badminton one day if
I’m lucky. “I feel as though by implementing today’s
advice I can make the future a lot easier and
Would recommend
Overall the coaching programme has been
rewarding all around and I am grateful to have
98% Enjoyed the workshop. 98% to others.
less stressful.”
had the opportunity to make a positive impact Arrival Education student
as well as learn from such a talented and
hardworking individual.”
Yemi Emiola
“The [coaching] programme has helped me a
lot with self-development, especially by helping
me build my confidence and self-management Felt they developed Felt that the
which were always areas I struggled in.” 98% new skills in
workshops.
96% workshops will impact
their future success.
Arrival Education coaching participant
30 31A day at the depot with Cyrenians
“In mid-November, a small group from the Edinburgh office took part in a
volunteering afternoon with Cyrenians, a charity aimed at tackling the causes
and consequences of homelessness. Part of that work involves operating a food
bank from their warehouse in the middle of a Leith industrial estate and our job
was to assist with packing up orders under the supervision of Sam, the volunteer
co-ordinator.
As part of Cyrenians’ aim to “build community, connection and resilience through
the sharing of food”, they have established community pantries, located across
Edinburgh and the Lothians, where people can access nutritious food. Individual
organisations order food online from a list of donations received at the warehouse
and Cyrenians make daily deliveries to stock the pantries. Orders are placed
by weight, which as Sam commented, could make it great value if Tesco’s have
dropped off a load of fillet steaks!
Sam provided an overview of the food bank structure before letting us loose in the
warehouse. Tesco and Scotmid are amongst Cyrenians’ biggest donors, but local
restaurants and smaller companies also drop off supplies. The food is often close
to its sell-by date or hard to sell (which explains the mountains of green peppers
we saw!).
Our role for the afternoon was to take orders from organisations around the city
and find the right products from the chilled or ambient areas of the warehouse,
packing it onto pallets for the delivery drivers to drop off the next day. It was slow Ed Baines, Eilidh Bett, Marisa Charosky, Caroline Duff, Mark Niznik and Caroline O’Reilly worked
going at first as we figured out a system but we soon got quicker and were able a shift at the FareShare depot in Edinburgh fulfilling charity food orders from the food bank
to complete all the orders ready for the next day. If you were a fan of mangoes,
cherry yoghurt or green peppers, this was a good day to put an order in and there
was still a glut when the orders were complete but the cold meats, fresh pasta and
chocolate biscuits were soon gone.
We all left the warehouse tired but very grateful for a chance to see the good work
Cyrenians are doing and to help in a small way. The whole group admitted they
would welcome the chance to volunteer again as it was good fun getting to know
colleagues in a different environment, as well as being a worthwhile project.”
Caroline Duff
32 33“Camden is so serene
in the morning. As we
watched our breaths
rise in shrouds of white
smoke, we gathered
at the Castlehaven
Community Centre... Staff volunteering
34 35Smaller charities
Castlehaven Community Centre
“Camden is so serene in the morning. As we
watched our breaths rise in shrouds of white smoke,
we gathered at the Castlehaven Community Centre.
On the crispiest autumn morning, we set about
This year the Foundation’s new micro-charities initiative launched and
gathering and clearing leaves. the Charity Committee donated over £2,000 to small charities close to
the hearts of the Artemis team.
‘It’s like night and day’. Local resident and retiree,
Jonathan, proceeded to tell me how a family- The micro-charities initiative gives out small grants intended to support grassroots community
friendly play park by day transforms into a much organisations in the UK. It is aimed at charities which deliver services at a smaller scale than the
less delightful scene by night. ‘But it’s such an Foundation’s larger ‘core charity’ partners but make a huge difference in the communities in which
important place for our community’ – he volunteers they operate.
daily to clean up the park, so that everyone can
enjoy it.
CleanupUK is a charity that unites volunteers to If you know of a small charity making a big
bring about cleaner, connected, and safer urban
and rural communities. In partnership with the difference in your local community please get in
charity, we had hoped our small amount of
labour contributed a little to Jonathan’s more
touch with Marisa Charosky or a member of
consistent efforts. the Charity Committee.
The leaves we gathered also found their way into
composts. These in turn are used in therapeutic
gardening in integration programmes for refugees.
Carolside Football Club
Apart from being mistaken for doing community
service and asked to ‘reflect on what you did!’, “My older son (Ethan) joined the Carolside 2013
my other favourite moments from that morning year group in 2018 and I began to increasingly
included Katie jumping into a pile of leaves, and help out with the coaching sessions on a Sunday.
catching up with colleagues outside of the office I began planning all the 2013 sessions and found
– a much needed respite as I emerge from that I really enjoyed the challenge of researching
earnings season.” and implementing different ideas for the kids and
seeing the results and reflecting on what worked
Zuoyi Zhou and what didn’t.
More recently, with COVID causing problems, it
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wasn’t clear how many clubs would be able to start
the 2015 year group (P1s) so, with my younger son
Ali Bernat, Karen Elliott, Yemi Emiola,
(Drew) in that year group, I decided to take on the
James Gould, Jamie Hansen,
Head Coach role for the 2015’s and I started up the
Claudia Nicholson, Katie Norman,
year group in August last year.
Tina Ruda and Zuoyi Zhou spent a day
clearing leaves for mulching in the Product-market-fit was high…the demand curve
Castlehaven community garden was steep. It was difficult to keep up with demand
and we have had a waiting list since we started,
but we are now up to 45 kids at Sunday coaching
The Foundation makes donations to charities that staff volunteer and 40 of those have signed up to play “fun 4’s”
competitive football against other clubs on a
with independently of Artemis. Please contact Marisa Charosky Saturday morning. In August, we’ll be entering 5 The Artemis Charitable Foundation
if you volunteer with a charity on a regular basis. teams into the East Renfrewshire (ERSDA) league.
I’ll then be balancing coaching my older son’s 7
made a donation to Carolside Football
Club under its new ‘micro-charities’
aside team and my youngest son’s 4 a side teams initiative (and Artemis LLP sponsored
Don’t forget you can request up to 5 days of charity leave on Saturday mornings…it should be interesting.” the Carolside football strip!)
(at your line manager’s discretion) per year to help out with Craig Bonthron
charitable projects.
36 37Fundraising February
In February the Artemis team took part in a range of fundraising challenges (many with their family
and friends) overcoming lockdown restrictions, snowstorms and home schooling frustrations to
raise cash for our 2021 Charity of the Year Challenge Partners. 117 Artemis staff took part in this
epic effort completing 432 challenges, raising an incredible total of £21,600 for Challenge Partners!
Thank you to everyone who took part, the funds raised will be put to very good use supporting some
of the most disadvantaged young people in the UK to bounce back and even draw benefit from the
challenges they faced during the lockdown school closures.
Tina’s Fundraising February
“Team Ruda signed up to five February challenges. My
husband and I gave up alcohol, I walked over 100km, and my
11 year old gave up chocolate (we all gave it up to support
him). My 14 year old cooked a new recipe twice a week and
this was the stand out challenge in the Ruda household.
He amazed us with his culinary skills. He loves cooking and
treated us to some lovely new dishes. The picture below with
the pizza dough is actually my 11 year old who couldn’t resist
the opportunity to create a mess so acted as sous chef!
Proud mum for sure...”
Tina Ruda
Staff fundraising
Choose to challenge
“I was always relaxed signing up to an arduous From the start Brass for Africa has focused on
event knowing that we had Jrod and Andy on gender and ability equality. Both worldwide
the team – cycle to Kampala from London? issues but more acute in parts of Africa.
6,500km? No problem. They delivered over Working with vulnerable children music has
1,500km each (they have been tested and offered hope, structure, happiness and a
are apparently clean). And Ryan Smith looks family to this area of society. From that the
keen to join that elite group with 1,000km charity has developed its life-skills programme
delivered. With the rest of team ABBA (Artemis to help children thrive and deliver on their
Brass Bicycle Association) we cycled nearly potential. Knowing that there are now 88
10,000km in the month of March. What an young women who will benefit from this
effort! Thank you to the whole team – in the programme and the efforts of team ABBA
end there were 24 of us. Indeed the whole is great ointment for weary legs and tender
event was such a success that Brass for Africa bottoms!”
raised £75,000 in the month that celebrated
International Women’s Day. This will allow
Derek Stuart
over 200 young woman to benefit from the
musical and life-skills coaching provided by
Brass for Africa. The Artemis team alone raised Team ABBA raised £30,800 for Brass for Africa
enough to support 88 young ladies through which helped provide Music and Life-Skills
the programme. education for 88 girls for a year
38 39Halloween bake off
Artemis Climate Challenge
In October staff in the Edinburgh and London offices baked
In June the Charity Committee launched the Halloween-themed treats and donated funds in support of
inaugural Artemis Climate Challenge, where our Charity of the Year, Challenge Partners. The creations
staff were tasked with completing a range of really were SPOOKtacular and we raised an incredible £888
environmental challenges including not ordering from the event. Thank you to everyone who baked, faked and
from Amazon for a week, not printing out ate cake for such a great cause!
unnecessary documents etc. 83 staff completed
239 challenges and we raised a total of £5,000
for our Junior Core Environment charity Global
Action Plan. Thank you to everyone who took
part! Here’s how one member of staff got on…
“Relieved that the committee had not suggested
another period of no booze or going vegan I was
quite keen to take part in the Artemis Climate
Challenge.
As I try to be mostly paperless day to day
anyway, I asked my dad to take part in the no
printer challenge alongside me. Being retired
you would think he did not have all that much to
print, but it turns out after a career dominated The Harvel 5
by the use of paper, he is very reliant. Other than
the environmental benefit of not printing, he was “In May I had the strange idea to sign up to complete and a lot of pep talks to myself along
able to see the benefit in paperless tickets and some kind of challenge in the hope that it the way but I did it. My daughter also did her
receipts. Between us, we were able to complete might kick start my fitness for summer and run and her trampoline bounces so she was
That week, I wanted two very different items, a
this challenge and learn a new skill which was help shed some of those lock down pounds. Me successful too.
set of new road bike tyres and a wireless phone
great and something that I will continue going charger. Both of which I could have ordered and my good ideas!
forward. Overall, thanks to the generosity of friends,
with one click on Amazon, had the next day, family, the charitable foundation and
and likely saved money on the RRP, but I instead Locally to me they have a quite popular annual
run called the Harvel 5 which has always colleagues we raised £1,120 for Ellenor so it
If you have video conferenced me regularly over (added to the traffic) and went to the local was all worth it. Also, as the top fundraiser, I
lockdown you could argue that I probably need shops – met by a underwhelming choice and appealed to me as its meant to be quite a fun
day out (apart from the running bit, obviously!) won free entry to the actual race for the next
to buy more clothes and give my purple jumper a the suggestion to check online for other models three years although I have promised myself I
well-deserved rest, rather than agree to buy less from shop assistants. For me, it is not so much but as with many things during COVID they
couldn’t do their usual race so it was the will do more training for that.
clothes! This one was okay, I did try to double up do not use Amazon, it clearly has its merits, just
and also dry my washing outside alongside this ask yourself do you truly need the item and it virtual and virtuous Harvel 5 for me. The idea
was to raise as much as possible for a local Mallory and I would like to say a huge thank
challenge, but typical British unreliable summer would be fantastic to see one delivery per area, you to everyone who sponsored us. Your
weather had other ideas. rather than the inefficient fragmented approach charity, Ellenor, and for the participants to run
5 miles at some point over a one week period, kindness and generosity is much appreciated
currently. Amazon specifically do a good job at by us and Ellenor.”
using reasonable amounts of packaging, in fact submitting proof to the running club once
The holders and analysts of Amazon may have complete. They also encouraged children to get
questioned the Amazon challenge, and argue in London I have had some deliveries with none, Kirsty Tuerena
but I do remember a 6 pack of beers I ordered involved by completing a challenge with the
that the benefits outweigh the costs. In a city number ‘5’ in it. So, I signed up for the run and
centre that may be true. Having spent time in online that came with an unnecessary amount
of bubble wrap and cardboard (see pic), safe to my 6 year old daughter also agreed to do 50
Bournemouth and Poole after a long time away bounces on her trampoline and run 500m.
I have realised how truly bad the traffic is – say they arrived with no damage, but maybe at
upwards of 25 minutes to travel 2 miles to the a cost to the environment with the bubble wrap
not being widely recycled. Luckily, during the week of the race I was going
gym is regular occurrence (much easier when to be away at the seaside for a few days so I
it is on the LG floor), and a not insignificant decided to do my run down there. On Saturday
amount of the traffic is delivery vans. For me, this challenge just made me think
about my day to day activities, see if there are 12 June I nervously set off along the seafront
any small changes that can be made without at Bognor Regis with significantly less training
On my cul-de-sac it is not uncommon to see too much impact, and hopefully those small under my belt than I had originally planned!
double digit deliveries each day, both large and changes added up will make a big difference.”
very small packages and neighbours to receive It was a beautiful morning and it was a lovely
an Amazon package from one courier then flat run but boy was it hard and definitely not
another courier bring another Amazon package. Alex Ratcliffe fast! It took me one hour and one minute to
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