2. 6.00pm Arrival with welcome drinks in The Gallery
Live music from Cumbrian blues band, Blue Slate
6.40pm Annual General Meeting agenda
• Welcome
• Chairman’s report
• Adoption of annual review and accounts
• To reappoint Armstrong Watson as auditors
and to authorise the board to fix remuneration
• To report on the appointment of trustees
• Any other business
• Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31st
March 2015 can be viewed at www.cumbriafoundation.org
7.00pm Presentations led by compère Kim Inglis
• ‘Changing our world one step at a time’
TEDx Talk by Andy Beeforth
• Interview with Emelia Szulc, Marion Bruce
and Anne Rogers, Eden Rural Foyer
• Interview with Pauline Charnley, Four
Groves Community Association
• Interview with Rachel Holliday, Time to Change West Cumbria
• Big Sleep 2016 launch
8.00pm Comfort break
• Guests not staying for dinner depart
• Dinner guests move to the dining area
8.20pm Dinner is served
9.30pm After dinner speaker
Kevin Roberts, Executive Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi

3. Born and raised in Lancaster, Kevin
Roberts is the New York-based Executive
Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi. Amidst
a lifetime of achievements, he was
appointed a Companion of the New
Zealand Order of Merit for services to
business and community in 2013. He has
a home in Grasmere.
Our host this evening is TV journalist and
presenter, Kim Inglis. She is a patron of the
North East charity, Fighting All Cancers
Together (FACT) and NSPCC in Cumbria.
Based in Penrith, Eden Rural Foyer is
part of Impact Housing Association. They
provide supported-living, training and an
on-site cyber-cafe to young people, some
of whom are leaving the care system.
Eden Rural Foyer
Four Groves Community Association
Time to Change West Cumbria
Four Groves was set up in August 2000 by six Barrow residents who wanted to see
their local council estate cleaned up. They now have a corner shop and training hub.
The social enterprise runs Calderwood
House in Egremont to tackle
homelessness. They provide 24 hour
emergency accommodation and training,
prioritising British service personnel.
One of the members of Blue Slate, Tom
Burrows, was awarded £1,500 through
Cumbria Community Foundation
to attend the Junior Royal Northern
College of Music in Manchester.

4. Sponsor of the table decor
A luxury eleven bedroom
Edwardian country house hotel,
the Leathes Head Hotel is situated
in the unspoilt Borrowdale Valley
amongst three acres of grounds.
“We’re delighted to be the headline
sponsor at Cumbria Community
Foundation’s Annual Celebration
Dinner. We’re looking forward to
attending the event and celebrating
the outstanding work carried out
every day in communities across
Headline sponsor
“We’re delighted to support Cumbria
Community Foundation’s AGM for the
sixth year running. As one of the North’s
largest law firms, we have been providing
legal advice across Cumbria for over two
centuries. Our committment to Cumbria
Bond Dickinson
Leathes Head Hotel
Cumbria by charities and voluntary
groups.” Ian Burke, Director.
has been deliberately strengthened
over the last 15 years; in particular we
have set out to ensure that our breadth
of services gives all in Cumbria access
to the very best advice.” Jamie Pass,
partner at Bond Dickinson Law Firm.
Sponsor of the welcome drinks
Handelsbanken
Heartwood
Sponsor of the AGM programme
The Westmorland Family
Generous providers of this evening’s venue