News

This news page is our way of keeping you informed of any developments or changes during the last twelve months. It will be updated whenever necessary: We would welcome news items from any Presidents, Members or Client Charities, which we will post if we can.

September 2011

Packing Week at St. James’s Palace this year was Monday 26th to Wednesday 28th September. We unpacked, re sorted and sent out 21, 386 new items to 52 Charities in the UK. This does not include the items that will go out within the next few weeks from Newcastle upon Tyne and Scotland.

 

St James's Palace


This year we had two film crews along on the Tuesday which was an interesting exercise. BBC 2 have commissioned two one hour documentaries, one on King George the V and the other on Queen Mary. One of the researchers went through our archive in July and she was so struck by the work Queen Mary did with the Guild that they decided to film part of View Day and the packing up process. These programmes are due to be shown before Christmas on BBC 2.

BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) and Veteran’s Aid, one of the charities we support, decided to produce a programme tracking a garment from the warehouse to the person who eventually receives it. This programme will be shown to British Forces Families both in the UK and those serving abroad. To view please click Here then play the film.

We would like to thank everybody who came along to help or just to visit us. We now have 48 Groups throughout the UK which is wonderful. It is important that the Guild continues to grow, if you would like to join us please visit our How to Help page.

May 2011

The Annual General Meeting was held at The Lansdowne Club, London on Wednesday 4th May. Prior to the AGM the Board of Trustees was strengthened by the addition of new Trustees, all of whom are past Chairman of the Guild. The Board of Trustees now consists of;

Chairman; The Dowager Countess of Clarendon
Trustees; Mrs Susie Eliot-Cohen, Mrs Liza Jones,
Mrs Gillie Jackson, Mrs Teresa Myers
Chairman of the Executive Committee,
Mrs Ann Williams the Hon Treasurer.

During the AGM Wing Commander Dr Hugh Milroy spoke about the Charity he represents which is Veteran’s Aid, a Charity we have supported with clothing donations for many years.

 

 

For information on How to help click HERE