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Revision as of 13:46, 1 October 2014
The UK Friends of AWIS (Registered Charity No. 1084272; company No. 4094203) is the UK offshoot of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers - an organisation established in 1942 by David Ben-Gurion. It says its main objective is 'to promote the wellbeing of Israel's sons and daughters in uniform.'[1] The organisation also has a trading arm, UK AWIS Trading Limited "whose principal activity is to support fundraising for the charity [UK Friends of AWIS] through its trading activities." [2] According to Greer Fay Cashman, writing in the Jerusalem Post, UK Friends of AWIS was set up by Alice Krieger at the instigation of the then Defense Attache at the UK Israeli Embassy Brig. Gen. Itzchaki Chen in the late 1990s. [3] The organisation was incorporated on 20 Oct 2000. [4]
Contents
Activities and Projects
Mobile synagogue
UK Friends of AWIS has provided mobile synagogues to the IDF:
- The Israeli Defense Force launched a mobile synagogue initiative in 2011 to allow troops to pray more comfortably as they operate the Iron Dome anti-missile system in southern Israel. The UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers (UKAWIS) has provided such mobile synagogues - which contain an ark, reader's platform and washbasin - as "a source of spiritual sustenance [for the soldiers] as they carry the weight of Israel's security on their shoulders". [5]
Injured Soldiers Fund
Provides gifts and access to recreational facilities for injured soldiers. [6]
Spirit - five day vacations for combat units
Gives IDF personnel access to five days at a recreational resort. [7]
Refurbishment of existing rest & recreation clubs [8]
IMPACT! Scholarship Project
- "AWIS provides full scholarships to discharged combat unit soldiers from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds for whom higher education would otherwise be unattainable." [9]
President's Scholarships - granted to exemplary soldiers
- "Each year, AWIS grants scholarships to 120 exemplary soldiers, selected by the I.D.F., at a special ceremony on Independence Day at the President's Residence. Each scholarship awaits the soldiers until their discharge and acceptance at an institution for higher learning." [10]
Jewish Awareness
- "The Military Rabbinate stands beside the IDF soldiers in their efforts to strengthen the Jewish spirit.
This comprises two separate projects:
- 1) 'Slichot' tours for around 15,000 soldiers.
Cost: £52,500
- 2) 'In the Footsteps of the Maccabees' tours for around 15,000 soldiers.
Cost: £104,500" [11]
Mobile Club
Provision of mobile clubs to frontline IDF personnel. [12]
Mobile Gym
Provision of mobile gyms to frontline IDF personnel. [13]
Rest and recreation club
Provision of upgraded version of mobile clubs. [14]
UK Friends of AWIS sends much of its received donations to the Israeli parent organisation. For instance in 2012 UK Friends of AWIS sent £494,666 to the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's soldiers. [15]
People
Trustees
Julian Kemble (DoB 16 January 1936) (20 October 2000 - 2014) | Zeev Remez (DoB 4 January 1956) (20 October 2000 - 2014) | Peter Sussmann (DoB 23 December 1934) (20 October 2000 - 2014) | David Tucker (Appointed 25 May 2011- 2014)
Former Trustees
Anke Adler-Slottke (20 October 2000-Resigned 14 June 2007) | Andrew Balcombe (25 September 2002 - 12 September 2006)[16] | Rachel Rogoff (DoB 9 February 1958) (4 September 2007 - 17 May 2011)
Funding
Donors to the UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers in £ sterling [17] | ||||||||||
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Organisation | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Total 2005-2013 |
A M Charitable Trust | ? | ? | ? | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | ? | 4,000 |
C H (1980) Charitable Trust | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 |
Family Foundations Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25,000 | 21,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 10,200 | 10,000 | 96,200 |
G R P Charitable Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 0 | 2,000 | 6,000 |
Phillips and Rubens Charitable Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 0 | 5,000 |
Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 |
Specific known donations total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27,000 | 23,000 | 17,200 | 19,500 | 14,700 | 12,000 | 113,200 |
Total income declared by UK AWIS | 54,693 | 455,667 | 540,990 | 713,655 | 648,966 | 544,965 | 532,129 | 649,859 | ? | - |
Total income sent to the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers | 74,000 | 455,118 | 434,242 | 518,995 | 547,059 | 408,629 | 410,229 | 494,666 | ? | 3,342,938 |
See Also
- UK AWIS Trading Limited | Association for the Soldiers of Israel (Canada) | Aguda Lemaan Hachayal - The Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers (Israel) | Friends of the IDF (US)
Contact
- 235 Old Marylebone Road
- London, NW1 5QT
- Tel:020 3210 3060
- Email: ukawis@ukawis.net
- Web: ukawis.co.uk
- Web Archive ukawis.co.uk
- Address Circa 2002:
- 87A Bell Lane
- Hendon
- London
- NW4 2SA.
- Telephone 0208 203 7135
- Fax 0208 203 6918
- e-mail ukawis@hotmail.com[18]
Notes
- ↑ UK Friends of AWIS About. Accessed 24 August 2014.
- ↑ 'UK Friends of the Association For the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers Trustees' Report and Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 December 2012', Charity Commission, Accessed 11 September 2014.
- ↑ Greer Fay Cashman, 'Friday Grapevine', Jerusalem Post, 18 August 2006, accessed 15 September 2014.
- ↑ Companies in the UK UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers. Accessed 24 September 2014.
- ↑ Oliver Wainwright, 'Russian army introduces the flying Orthodox church-in-a-box', The Guardian, 2 April 2013, accessed 14 September 2014
- ↑ UKAWIS Website Injured Soldiers Fund. Accessed 1 October 2014.
- ↑ UKAWIS Website Spirit - five day vacations for combat units. Accessed 1 October 2014.
- ↑ UKAWIS Website Refurbishment of existing rest & recreation clubs. Accessed 1 October 2014.
- ↑ UKAWIS Website IMPACT! Scholarship Project. Accessed 1 October 2014.
- ↑ UKAWIS Website President's Scholarships. Accessed 1 October 2014.
- ↑ UKAWIS Website Jewish Awareness. Accessed 1 October 2014.
- ↑ UKAWIS Website Mobile Club. Accessed 1 October 2014.
- ↑ UKAWIS Website Mobile Gym. Accessed 1 October 2014.
- ↑ UKAWIS Website Rest and recreation club. Accessed 1 October 2014.
- ↑ UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers Trustees' Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2012.
- ↑ UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers Trustees' Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2005.
- ↑ Data compiled from filings at the Charity Commission and UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers Trustees' Report and Consolidated Financial Statements 2005 - 2012.
- ↑ UK Friends of AWIS About, Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 20 October 2002 on 22 September 2014.