WE ARE THE FUTURE…

WIZOUKAnnual Review2015/2016

Contents

Message from our Chairman 1

Impact 2

Experience 4

Passion 8

A year in photos 12

Financial Report 14

Thank you 16

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I want to welcome you to WIZOUK’s Annual Review for the financial year ending 30 September 2016.

Our aim is to change lives and build futures for the disadvantaged individuals and families who WIZO supports through its 800 projects and programmes across Israel. Our fundraising efforts here in the UK help to provide opportunities to improve the lives of Israeli citizens, irrespective of race or religion.

I want to thank each and every one of our supporters for their loyal and ongoing commitment to WIZO. Our vital work would not be possible without your dedication and enthusiasm.

We are about to celebrate the centenary of the creation of WIZO in 2018 and I am really looking forward to working together with you all in the coming year.

Warmest regards

Michèle Pollock, Chairman WIZOUK

“ I want to thank each and every one of you for your loyal and ongoing support for WIZO. Our vital work would not be possible without your dedication and enthusiasm.”

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Impact

WIZO raises funds to support over 800 vital social welfare and educational projects &

programmes in Israel.

183 day care centres including 20 multi-purpose centres for children at risk.

19 empowerment groups for vulnerable teenage girls.

Over 500 Bar/Bat Mitzvahcelebrations for

underprivileged children.

183 19 500

WIZO members in 50 countries worldwide.

Over 70 support groupsand 22 centres for single

parent families.

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Adina’s storyAdina, who like so many WIZO students, comes from a disadvantaged, low socio-economic background has suffered significant sight impairment most of her life. An angry and aggressive teenager, her hostile behaviour found this vulnerable young girl socially isolated, sad and rejected over and over again, with no hope of a future.

WIZO’s impact When Adina joined WIZO’s vocational catering programme at the Rebecca Sieff Centre in Jerusalem teachers began to see positive traits which she had previously not been able to express. Her talents became evident and she worked with purpose, creativity and determination to overcome her behavioural problems. Next year Adina hopes to join the IDF, a regular transition for other students, but a dream come true for Adina.

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Day Care Centres WIZO opened its first Day Care Centre in 1926 with the aim of supporting working mothers. Today, an acknowledged leader in the field of Early Age Education, WIZO operates over 180 Day Care Centres for almost 15,000 children from the ages of 3 months up to 4 years. WIZO’s trained and experienced caregivers engage children in early childhood development programmes aimed at developing cognitive and physical aptitude from infancy.

These vital programmes encourage curiosity, experimental learning and self-expression, whilst increasing communication, speech and reading abilities. Educational games, music activities, movement, art and story time are geared to enhance muscle tone, coordination and increase children’s attention spans. At WIZO’s Rebecca Sieff Day Care Centre, this includes a sensory motor centre, a sound listening centre and a Lego room.

Multi-Purpose Day Care Centres, which are mainly located in very low socio-economic areas, cater for children referred by social services from 7am to 7pm, six days a week. These children come from poor or underprivileged backgrounds where many experience neglect or violence at home. The centres provide additional services such as social workers, psychologists and therapists, as well as parenting programmes to encourage positive family bonding. All children receive three freshly prepared healthy and nutritious meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner).

WIZO Centres WIZO’s Centres operate in more than 70 towns and cities across Israel. They provide a supportive environment for the entire family and often form the hub of a community. The centres offer a wide range of cultural, educational and social activities to accommodate all generations. These include vocational training, art and music programmes, empowerment and parenting workshops, day trips, support groups, legal advice bureaux, dance and drama classes, night school, conversation groups for new immigrants, second hand clothing shops and IT courses.

The “Warm Home” Programmes for young women suffering from emotional neglect and living in vulnerable situations operates at the centres five days a week. Here they receive hot meals, counselling and social assistance, enabling them to build their self-confidence and increase self-esteem. Teenage girls at-risk also take part in a variety of programmes to improve their sense of self-worth and perception of body image.

The ADI Programme, which supports girls at risk between the ages of 13 and 16, operates at our centre in Be’er Sheva. Most of the girls are runaways and come from abusive families. After attending the programme for a year or two, the girls are integrated back into society and school.

Experience

Projects

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Schools & Youth Villages WIZO runs five award winning residential boarding schools and youth villages which are home to hundreds of children at risk. Here they are provided with a safe place to live, emotional security and a structured educational environment. The majority of students come from disadvantaged and low socio-economic backgrounds, new immigrant families or are children who have been neglected. Many have experienced problems at home and each one has been referred by social services. At WIZO’s Nahalal Youth Village, children at risk are integrated into classes with day-school students from the surrounding areas.

At the Rebecca Sieff Vocational School in Jerusalem, WIZO provides life-changing opportunities for vulnerable teenagers. The school caters for 100 students with severe emotional and behavioural problems coupled with complex learning difficulties. Many have special educational needs and have slipped through the net for reasons including difficulties at home, abuse, drugs and violence. WIZO works to enable every student to become skilled in a marketable trade and to enlist in the IDF or National Service. The school provides three vocational tracks - music and sound production, catering or hairdressing – and regularly receives the highest accolades from the Ministry of Education as over 80% of those completing vocational training find gainful employment.

Youth Centres & Youth Clubs WIZO’s 50 youth centres and youth clubs across Israel provide disadvantaged and vulnerable teenagers with tutoring, guidance, pre-vocational training, communication, leadership, sport and science enrichment programmes, and training in music and the arts. Many of the centres also have a library, study centre and computer room. Young people are helped to develop their self-respect and self-esteem, and those at-risk are provided with specialist therapeutic facilities.

The Margaret Gold Music Centre in Tiberias was established in 1983. Today it is a hub for young people interested in studying music, regardless of their socio-economic background. The centre focuses on making music and social integration, where music lessons are offered to children as young as six. As learning to play an instrument is expensive, this programme enables children from low income and immigrant families to study music, learn to play a variety of instruments at the centre’s outdoor auditorium, and perform at tours around the country and even outside Israel.

Every year children from low socio-economic and immigrant backgrounds are provided with a Bar/Bat Mitzvah Programme at the Gruss Community Centre in Afula. Students participate in an educational and cultural programme which helped them to connect with their Jewish identity and feel part of Israeli society.

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Shelters WIZO’s two residential Shelters are safe havens for women and children who have suffered violence and are in immediate danger. The shelters provide therapeutic, social, legal and educational services free of charge to support and prepare women and their children for an independent life free from violence and abuse. The shelters also supply food, clothes and toys, as well as job assistance and support finding a new home. Young children attend the Day Care Centre on site whilst older children are enrolled at nearby kindergartens and schools. WIZO enables women to gain financial independence and self-esteem as part of a holistic plan that empowers mothers to provide a better future for themselves and their children.

Diversity WIZO has always provided vital services for all Israeli citizens, regardless of gender, race or religion, and employs teachers and caregivers from different minority communities. At WIZO’s Rainbow House in Haifa, approximately 600 men and women from all backgrounds are able to take part in hairdressing and beauty courses, enabling them to become financially independent.

The Olive Tree Project, an exciting art initiative promoting peaceful co-existence and tolerance in Israel, originated at WIZO’s Community Centre in Afula. Thirty-five Israeli women aged 17-80, from all cultural and religious backgrounds, came together to paint olive trees depicting peace.

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Projects

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Tal’s StoryDuring her pregnancy, Tal’s husband Yoni emerged from prison more violent than before. An 18 year old bride in an arranged marriage in Iran, Tal found herself alone with a violent husband when her family left the country to escape the revolution.

Aged 37 she escaped to Israel with her 4 children aged 4 to 17. Yoni followed her and started drinking, becoming more violent and self harming in front of the children. The police and social services became aware of the situation and sent her to a WIZO Shelter.

WIZO’s experience The expertise of WIZO professionals and carers helped Tal find her strength and care for her children. During her 8 month stay at the shelter she started working at a WIZO day care centre where she has been for 17 years. Tal found an apartment and the confidence to move on with her life. Her children have been to university and the army, and like their mother, are happy and contributing citizens.

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Alongside key centralfundraising events, dedicated groups across the UK continue to run a variety of successful activities to raise funds and awareness of WIZO’s work.

2015/16 saw the beginning of a new fundraising phase in Leeds with the debut of Aviv Leeds and the appointment of a new Community Fundraiser with a plan to initiate lots of new ideas and initiatives.

The Sheva WIZO Cookery Calendar was launched in October 2015 by a group of dynamic young women who formed this group specifically to produce this quality fundraising item. The calendar adds a tasty dimension to day to day time management with an array of delicious recipes sprinkled throughout. Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow also produced Cookery Calendars.

In December 2015, leading author Sebastian Faulks, in conversation with Sunday Times Journalist Josh Glancy, entertained a delighted audience at WIZO’s Literary Lunch in St. John’s Wood, an iconic event on the WIZO calendar.

WIZO’s significant fundraising campaign Jewish Women’s Week, saw WIZO supporters throughout the UK and Ireland, raising funds door to door for victims of violence cared for at WIZO shelters.

More than 120 teams in the UK, Israel and the USA took part in the Quiz@home. Groups tackled a seven round quiz, challenging but

Passion

Fundraising Activities

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fun. Funds raised supported WIZO’s vocational training projects, caring for vulnerable teenagers failed by mainstream education and offering them the opportunity to become fulfilled individuals and contributing citizens.

In June 2016, a capacity crowd attended WIZO’s AGM and Rebecca Sieff Day to celebrate the presentation of the Rebecca Sieff Day Awards and to hear from Professor Alan Johnson, the founder and editor of BICOM, who spoke about the political situation in Israel.

WIZO’s annual Sponsor a Child Lunch was held in September 2016 at the beautiful home of Lynn Glyn where 60 people attended.

The WIZO Gala Dinner was held at the London Marriott Hotel in Grosvenor Square in May 2016. Guests were enthralled, listening to guest speakers John Mann MP, Colonel Richard Kemp CBE and Israel’s Ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev. This special evening reflected the diversity of WIZO’s work and the impact WIZO has in changing lives.

Young WIZO enjoyed opportunities to have fun and meet new people proved attractive to Young WIZO supporters who enjoyed, among other activities, an evening of ‘Cereal Dating’, which proved so popular that a second event took place, ‘Cocktails and Cupcakes’, complete with WIZO cupcakes.

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Passion continued

Innovative Initiatives

The Commitment Awards

The WIZO Commitment Award Winners prize trip to Israel, accompanied by a journalist from the Jewish Chronicle, took place in February 2016.

At the end of the 5 day trip they all shared their impressions of WIZO’s work, which they confessed exceeded their expectations. They were all extremely impressed and moved by the diversity, the dedication of staff and the exceptional standard of expertise.

“WIZO is about building bridges, giving welfare to the dispossessed, whether they are Israeli Jews or Arabs”, John Ware, CommitmentAward Winner.

Women and Their Olive TreesMarch 2016 saw the European Launch of the Women and Their Olive Trees Exhibition at the U.N. in Geneva.

This collection of paintings by a group of 35 women of all faiths in the region of Afula in Israel, demonstrates understanding through art and the diversity of WIZO’s work. Having the launch in this significant venue, paved the way for our fundraising initiative in support of the exhibition’s forthcoming appearance in the UK in 2017.

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Or-el’s storyA dedicated student, who took his participation in WIZO’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah Programme very seriously, Or-el consistently attended weekly meetings playing an active role in activities. Or-el, a student at a religious school in Afula, is 13 years old and has four brothers and sisters. A well rounded young man, Or-el is a basketball enthusiast with a dream of joining the Golani Brigade when he goes into the army. He sees his future in the field of social issues.

WIZO’s passion To ensure that vulnerable and disadvantaged young people whose families are not able to offer a Bar or Bat Mitzvah celebration will not miss out on marking this significant milestone in their lives.

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A year in photos

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1. WIZO Commitment Awards Winners’ Trip2. WIZO Dinner3. WIZO Sheva Cookery Calendar Launch4. WIZO Literary Lunch Sebastian Faulks 5. Charlotte Posner’s debut Art Exhibition ‘Desire’6. WIZO Rebecca Sieff Day 7. Sponsor A Child Lunch8. Strictly MasterChef Glasgow 9. Young WIZO ‘Cupcakes and Cocktails’ 10. Young WIZO ‘Cereal Dating’

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Financial Report

IncomeWIZOUK’s gross fundraising income for 2015/16 was £2.026m.

LegaciesWe are deeply grateful to our supporters who left a legacy towards WIZO’s work through a Gift in their Will. We applaud their foresight and the example they set in making future generations of Israeli families a priority. Their generous support, which totalled £204k in 2015/16, has helped hundreds of vulnerable families across Israel.

Individual supporters, patrons & trustsIn 2015/16, WIZOUK received £497k from supporters, major donors, charitable trusts and family foundations. We appreciate the loyal support and generosity of these individuals and organisations towards WIZO’s work in Israel.

Group fundraising Through volunteering their time and organising a wide range of successful events, our loyal, dedicated and generous supporter groups across the UK raised £622k during 2015/16. The Trustees are grateful to all the Group Chairmen and their committees for their tireless work at raising much needed and valuable funds.

Events, appeals and campaignsA variety of successful fundraising events which raised a total of £608k took place during the year. These included WIZO’s Gala Dinner (£325k), Sponsor A Child Lunch (£67k), Literary Lunch (£39k) and Quiz@Home (£26k).

Jewish Women’s Week, which takes place every May, continues to be our most consistently

successful fundraising campaign. Carried out by WIZOUK’s volunteers through door-to-door collections, Jewish Women’s Week in 2015/16 raised £230k including Gift Aid.

The annual Rosh Hashanah Appeal for 2015/16 occurred post year end and the income will be included in the year 2016/17.

VolunteersWIZOUK’s volunteers are the backbone of our success and achievements. Volunteers including our Trustees, Lay Leaders and supporter groups donated thousands of hours of their time during 2015/16. Fundraising activities were carried out by supporter groups across the UK and through centrally organised Head Office events and campaigns. The supporter groups work on a purely voluntary basis, whilst Head Office and regional offices use both salaried and voluntary workers.

Charitable expenditure Of the net income raised in 2015/16, £1.556m was made available for around 100 projects, programmes and capital renovations in Israel. This included £650k of previously committed grant funding and £288k from restricted funds and accumulated reserves.

Projects supported in 2015/16 Day Care CentresWIZO CentresSpecial ProjectsSchools & Youth VillagesShelterShopsYouth Clubs & Youth Centres

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WIZOUK Projects

LegaciesLegacies are a vital source of funding for WIZO’s work. We are extremely grateful to those who remembered us in their Wills during 2015/16 and we extend our sympathy and heartfelt thanks to their loved ones. We are also thankful to our supporters who have informed us of their plans to leave a Gift in their Will and for wanting to make a lasting difference to the future of thousands of families in Israel.

WIZOUK is part of the Jewish Legacy campaign which aims to raise awareness of the importance of Legacy Giving across the Jewish Community.

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Thank you for your continued support

ChairmanMichèle Pollock

PresidentLoraine Warren OBE

Vice-ChairmanRonit Ribak-Madari

TrusteesDavid AshtonAmelia BeckerRussell CohenJackie EllertRupert LevyMichèle PollockRosalind Preston OBERonit Ribak-MadariHanni SeifertDanielle ShaneAnnabel StelzerMichele VogelLoraine Warren

Honorary PresidentsSarah GlynBrenda KattenGina MontyJill ShawRuth SotnickMichele VogelLeila Wynbourne MBE

Honorary PatronChief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

Life BenefactorsThe Bradfield FamilyStanley Cohen OBEDame Vivien Duffield DBESarah & James GlynMina GoodmanSuzanne GoodmanRichard Harris & Esther IsaacsMyrna & Isaac KayeThe JE & AV Posnansky Charitable TrustThe Archie Sherman Charitable TrustLady SteinbergLeila Wynbourne MBE

Platinum PatronsPeggy & Paul BrettGillian & Irving CarterThe Milton Damerel TrustCheryl & Stuart LewisZea LewisNorma & Leon Pinnick

Gold PatronsThe Sybilla & Leo Friedler Charitable TrustIlana & David Metzger

Silver PatronsThe Dr. Benjamin Angel FoundationJackie & Rob EllertFrances Kirsh & Wendy FisherLynn & Stuart GlynAnne & Malcolm JacobsonShirley LevinsonThe Brian & Jill Moss Charitable TrustMarian MosselsonDanielle & Jason ShaneAnnabel & Joe StelzerLinda & Robert TannerLoraine & Paul Warren

Bronze PatronsAmelia & Mark BeckerPhillipa & Bryan BloomLady BourneMerlis & David CohenSusan CresswellJudy & David DangoorValerie & Stephen DavisFamily KatzMiriam & Kenneth KellerAngela LandauJosephine & Richard SegalDonna & Simon Seruya-SackmanEsther Tager & Romie Tager QCMichele & David Vogel

Listings correct as of May 2017

Supporters

SupportersRuth & Henry AmarMichael Betesh & Lana Saffrin BeteshThe Black FamilyMiriam & Richard BorchardLoretta & Perry CashAvril & Mervyn CoopermanRaymond & Lynette DaviesBarbara & Mick DavisTracey & Giles DovastonJacky & Michael EdelsonMozelle & Haskell EliasNathalie & Jonathan EsfandiClaire & Michael FranciesSarah & Bernard FromsonJacqueline & Michael GeeLinda & Robert Glancy Q.C.Barbara GlassRita HeimanSir Michael & Lady HellerCarol & Ron HolmesElissa & Anthony IsaacsCarole & Jonathan JosephMarion & John JosephsLiz KayeLeonard KlahrGerald KraftmanThe Kramer Charitable TrustPatty & Robin LadowBertie LeffmanGabriella & Warner MandelHanni Seifert & Clive OrtonElizabeth & David Parlons

Mark & Debra PearsSuzanne Perlman-SternbergGail & Alan PhilippSara & Paul PhillipsMichelle & Adam PlainerMichèle & Ray PollockSimon & Rachael PollockRosalind & Ronald PrestonLinda & Harvey RosenblattJudy & Stephen SamuelThe Shanbury Charitable TrustJill ShawMolly & Harold SherRuth & Richard SotnickRosalyn & Nick SpringerMonica & Gerald SternNatalie & David TahanAnne & Eddie TannerAnna & Paul White MBEOrly & Andrew WolfsonGill Woodbridge

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