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The Master’s Year

own advantage in their annual self-assessment tax return. Through the medium of this Journal the
Company is therefore asking all members to put their promises on election into action and commit
to providing to the Charitable Trust the monthly sums suggested above even though they may seem
embarrassingly trivial. The forms for your donation (Banker’s Order and Gift Aid Declaration) are
available on the Company Website or by emailing the Clerk, but please do not forget to complete the
Gift Aid Declaration if you can.
This year the Charitable Trust is donating a total sum of £22,150.00 to various causes. 12% was
donated to Livery City Commitments such as The Lord Mayor’s Charity Appeal, the Company’s
associated church, St. Lawrence Jewry, the Sheriffs & Recorders Fund, Ironbridge Museum and City &
Guilds; 43% was donated to Scholarships including Team Build, awards to the Company’s affiliated
Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force units, The Mansion House Scholarship Fund and South Bank
University Prizes. The remaining 45% was donated to youth and training in the Construction
Industry, which includes supporting Stonemason Apprentices at Salisbury and Hereford Cathedrals
and providing building tools and materials, prizes, career advice and mentoring to a Secondary
School in Hampshire where there was an under resourced construction skills department and a
history of under privileged pupils.
Over the financial year to 30th September 2015, the Charitable Trust received total incoming
resources from members of the company of £41,256 which included the very successful auctions at
the Company’s event at the Tower of London which have been added to the capital of the Trust. In
addition, £14,373 was received as investment income. Regular donations from members including
those wishing for their donation to increase the capital of the Trust amounted to £9,762 which were
enhanced by a claim for Gift Aid where available. The Trustees seek to significantly increase this
latter sum to enable the Trust to increase both the size and number of its donations year on year.
If members would like further information please contact HCA Ken Kent, Chairman of the Charitable
Trust.

TEAMBUILD 2015
As usual, the Company was a co-sponsor of Teambuild, the final weekend of which was held in
November 2015.
Teambuild is now in its 25 year and continues to attract the brightest young professionals from
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some of the best construction practices around the UK and Ireland. It is an exhilarating, fast paced,
challenging and exhaustive test of skills, leadership and collaboration. Teams produce a short pre-
qualification document in September, from which 11 teams are allowed to proceed to the finals
weekend in November.
With a brief dominated by infrastructure-investment and SMARTcities innovation, the 2015
Teambuild Finalists were challenged to their limits. The result was a series of outstanding proposals
from 11 inspiring teams, demonstrating true excellence in communication: and finally, triumph for
‘BlueSteel’ a team from Hawkins/Brown, Arup, Price & Myers, Max Fordham, Balfour Beatty and Sir
Robert McAlpine.
The winning team, excelling against a strong field, was formed of individuals from companies across
the spectrum of the construction industry. Everybody was aged under 30, and the majority were
female. They all demonstrated excellent team-working and collaboration skills. Their proposals put
the feedback loop in the foreground of their design and procurement ambitions, using digital
technology to harness data in use, and enable an evolving, ever-more efficient, operational asset,
based around local identity and local employment. The team were awarded a cash prize of £2,000,
sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Constructors.

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