WHO’S WHO Founder/President:
David Shepherd CBE FRSA Honorary Vice Presidents:
Mark Carwardine, Saba Douglas-Hamilton, David Gower OBE, Gary Lineker OBE, Simon King OBE, Mandy Shepherd Trustees:
Lady Melanie Lamb, Nigel Colne CBE, Christopher Cowdray, Nigel Keen, Fiona Luck, Bruce Norris, Andre Pienaar, James Rountree Christopher Oliver, Lady Melanie Lamb,
Trading Company Directors:
Welcome to
Wildlife Matters
Chief Executive: Sally Case Head of Finance: Mary Nugent/Lizzie Ball Head of Brand & Communications: Vicky Flynn Fundraising & Policy Manager: Georgina Lamb Trading Co-ordinator: Lisa Langridge Communications Assistant: Luke Judd Office Manager: Natalie Archer Education Manager: Jo Elphick Accounts Assistant: Marianne Watts Wildlife Artist of the Year: Nina Neve TigerTime Manager: Vicky Flynn Community Fundraiser: Marianne Watts Conservation Advisor: Mark Carwardine Education Advisor: Andrew White DSWF Office, Gallery & Trading Company: Saba House 7 Kings Road Shalford Guildford, Surrey GU4 8JU Tel: 01483 272323 Email: dswf@davidshepherd.org Websites: davidshepherd.org & tigertime.info Charity No.1106893 Company No. 4918392 CAF ‘Give as you earn’ No. 001604. VAT Reg No. 414001815
Print: Pensord Press Limited Editorial & Design: Vicky Flynn, DSWF Cover Image: Children in Zimbabwe courtesy Molly Feltner
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With the pupils of Spratton Hall School at the 2016 Global Canvas event at the Natural History Museum in March
If there is one event in the DSWF year that I hate to miss it is the Global Canvas Art and Poetry competition finals held at the Natural History Museum. Every year since 2004 children from as young as four years old have been entering and showing everyone just how passionate and talented they are! 2016 was no exception. The new format that we introduced last year has meant an exciting new era of collaboration not just among the children in one class but across the whole school community. Seeing entries from all over the world including Hong Kong and Kenya were wonderful reminders of how important, and how universal, the need to raise awareness for wildlife survival is. I was left speechless by much of the creativity on show this year, you can read more about the event and its winners on page 10. The main theme of this edition of Wildlife Matters is education and its importance in our fight to protect endangered wildlife. Without education how can we possibly hope to understand why animals and plants are so important to our own survival? From the education programmes we fund in the UK, across Africa and to the Russian Far East, we are hugely proud of what the teams achieve. In
Zambia alone we reach over 5,000 children a year and in Zimbabwe our long-standing support of the Iganyana Bush Camps has not only provided 10,000 children with environmental education but a deep sense of respect for wildlife too. You can read more on page 12. Another DSWF event that I always look forward to is Wildlife Artist of the Year. The shortlist in 2016 is simply outstanding and you will have the chance to browse and buy beautiful, original wildlife art that helps fund our work at the Mall Galleries, London SW1 from June 28 - July 2. You can find more details on the back cover. Presales will be available on the website at www. davidshepherd.org from the middle of June so don’t miss out. It is a great pleasure to me that the Foundation combines art and education so seemlessly into its fundraising for endangered wildlife. What better way to protect what we love than through the beauty of words and pictures? You’ll find an amazing selection of events, including our annual Wildlife Ball at the Dorchester, from page 18 on. I do hope to see you later this year at one of our events that help celebrate and protect this wonderful, wonderful world.
2 100% of donations marked for specific projects in the field go in full, with no administration costs deducted