Report of the Tntstws of the Rotary Club of Llsbum Trust Fund (The Trevor Guy Memorlal
Bursary)
Report of the Trustees for the year ended 30 June 2023
The Truste9s are pleased to present th￿r report and financial statements for the year ended 30 June
2023. The financial statements have been prepared on 8 receipts and payments basis.
Our purposes
The purposes of the charty are to hold and apply ts Rotsry Club of Lisbum Trust Fund and all other
monies which rn8y from time to time be received by the Trustees, for the rdief of the poor and needy or
such other charitable purposes as the Club shall direct. The Club launched an annual bursary in 2004
(now known as The Trevor Guy Memorial Bursary) to mark the 50th anntversary of the founding of the
Club, usng the income of the Trust FurKI. The bursaries so awarded have for many years been used to
provide financial assistance to young people between the ages of 18 arKI 30 years from Northem Ireland
to hdp broaden their eduCatiC￿ and experience arKJ to enable them to help disadvantaged communitles
at home andlor overseas.
Several bursaries are normally made available each year, the successful candidate usualty being
awarded £500, with the balance of funds avallable golng to other candidates who have put forward
projects deemed sufficienty worthy of support.
ActlvftlM and Achlevements
The 2023 Bursary was launched in early February 2023, with details announced on the Club website
and Facebook and Instagram paqes, and suitsble publicity material distributed to schools, churches,
universits'es and colleges. The Bursary was also publicised on Instagram, courtesy of one of Q Radio's
presenters.
Applications closed on 31st March 2023. Six candidates were interviewed, follcming which a winner
was nominated for 8 £500 award. Because of the extremely high qualty of the candidates, additional
awards of £300, £2(xi and £1￿ were made to three applicants.
Of Ihe four successful appllcants, all were travelllng on their medical electives, two to Australla, one to
Zambla and the third to Malta.
The Trustees believe that all of Ihese various projects met the Purposes and Public Benefit of the
Charity.
Signed 17 November 2023
Reference and A(Iministrative Detsils:
Charlty number: NIC100539
R8glster8d address.. Mlnshull and Co, 19 Crescent Business Park, Llsbum, BT28 2GN
Trustees:
Kevin Devlin, Presldent, Rotary Club of Llsbum (from 1 July 2022)
Wendy Corkin. Convenor (from 1 October 2021);
Helen Coulter, Hon Treasurer;
Frank Young, Hon Secretary.