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Founded in 1947, Cumberland Lodge is an educational foundation with the vision of more peaceful, open and inclusive societies. For 70 years we have been tackling the causes and effects of social divisions by bringing together people of different backgrounds and perspectives to engage in constructive dialogue.

We facilitate the exchange of ideas and critical thinking through:

subsidised study retreats for students in higher educationinterdisciplinary conferences, lectures and seminarsmentoring and scholarship schemes for students and early career researchersworkshops for school childrencultural and educational events for the wider community.

Our stunning facilities are available to hire for residential or non-residential conferences, meetings and special events, which all helps to support our charitable work.

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contents

Chairman’s messagePage 5

Principal’s reportPage 7

Theory of changePage 14

Inspiring and connecting leaders and influencersPage 17

Supporting students and young peoplePage 25

Far-reaching networksPage 37

Speakers and contributorsPage 38

Public engagement: Supporting culture and communityPage 39

Conference trade: Supporting our charitable workPage 45

Celebrating 70 yearsPage 47

Summarised financial statementsPage 51

Development strategyPage 53

Partners and supportersPage 54

Our 2017/18 seriesPage 55

Cumberland Lodge Scholars

2015–17

Rebecca Black University of Edinburgh

Laura Castells Navarro University of Bradford

Sam Fowles Queen Mary University of London

Lorna Hardy University of Exeter

Florence Hazrat University of St Andrews

Navjot Sangwan Durham University Business School

2016–18

Iman Azzi University College London

Harriet Hoffler University of Bristol

Rebecca Love University of Cambridge

Nicholas Thompson University of Reading

Liisa Tuhkanen University College London

Michael Veale University College London

2017–19

Saeed Akkad University of Kent

Mahmood Ali Manchester Metropolitan University

Dr Sam Creavin University of Bristol

Amanda McBride Northumbria University

Celestin Okoroji London School of Economics and Political Science

Jack Parsons University of Oxford

Tamanda Walker University of Leeds

Amy Buller PhD Scholars

2014–17

Katherine O’Lone Royal Holloway, University of London

2017–20

Amber Pierce Royal Holloway, University of London

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PatronHer Majesty The Queen

VisitorSir John Laws, Lord Justice Laws, PC

Board of Trustees

ChairmanSir Stephen Wall, GCMG LVO

Vice ChairLynne Berry, OBE

Honorary TreasurerSimon Pearce

Board membersCharles Anson, CVO DL (from February 2017)Professor Dame Sally C Davies, DBE FMedSci FRSSally Dewar (from February to June 2017)Sir Malcolm D Evans, KCMG OBEJane Furniss, CBEThe Revd Robin Griffith-Jones, FSARuby McGregor-Smith, Baroness McGregor-Smith, CBE (from June 2017)Paul Hampden-SmithDr Joanna Kennedy, OBE FREng FICEProfessor Tom Kirkwood, CBE FMedSci (until February 2017)David Lunn, OBE LLB (until September 2017)Jill Pitkeathley, Baroness Pitkeathley of Caversham, OBEUsha Prashar, Baroness Prashar of Runnymede, PC CBE (until February 2017)Salley VickersWilliam Waldegrave, Lord Waldegrave of North Hill, PC (until June 2017)

PrincipalCanon Dr Edmund Newell

Visiting FellowsShami Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti, CBEChief Constable Sara Thornton, CBE QPMDr Rowan Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth, PC FBA FRSL RLSWProfessor Tariq Modood MBE, FAcSS

Honorary Life FellowsSir Roger Bannister, CH CBEMaria Wallis, QPMSir Eric Anderson, KT FRSELady (Poppy) AndersonJohn PoolRev Canon John Ovenden, LVOAnthony Lloyd, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, PC DLDr Hilary RichardsThe Revd Canon Professor Richard BurridgeDr Alastair Niven, LVO OBEHelen Niven

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750people attended the launch of Darkness over Germany: A Warning from History in May 2017

Friends of Cumberland Lodge membership grew by 54% in 2016/17

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41student bursaries supported by Cumberland Lodge in 2016/17

£2,200,000was spent on our charitable activities in 2016/17

Impact report, 1 September 2016 to 31 August 2017Cumberland Lodge

If the 1940s was a decade ravaged by warfare, it was also one in which numerous institutions were established to promote international co-operation and the betterment of society. The list includes bodies such as the United Nations, the World Bank, the National Health Service and, more modestly, the St Catharine’s Foundation, now known simply by the name of its home: Cumberland Lodge.

This year we have been celebrating our 70th anniversary. It was in 1947 that King George VI granted a warrant for the Foundation to use Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park for its educational ‘experiment’.

The experiment worked, and although Cumberland Lodge has undergone considerable change, it is still recognisably the place that its founder Amy Buller envisioned. We continue to offer a safe and tranquil environment in which challenging issues and ideas can be explored openly.

Ed Newell’s report talks about our work in greater detail. It is work that remains as relevant as ever – particularly in light of the challenges that society faces today. This is why our 70th anniversary celebrations have had a seriousness of purpose about them, centred as they have been around the republication of one of our founding documents, Buller’s 1943 book Darkness over Germany, which sets out her view of how and why, in 1930s Germany, idealistic young people were seduced by an evil ideology and why those who most hated that ideology were seemingly powerless to stand in its way. Buller’s analysis of the rise of nationalism, populism and extremism has a remarkably contemporary ring about it; hence the renewed interest in her book, which has been given the 2017 subtitle, A Warning from History. We were delighted to be able to present a copy of the new edition to our Patron, Her Majesty The Queen, during her visit to Cumberland Lodge in June. This was 74 years after a copy of Darkness over Germany was given to her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, by the then Bishop of Lichfield, Edward Woods, one of our founding trustees.

Sir Stephen WallChairman

chairman’s message

“work that remains as relevant as ever – particularly in light of the challenges that society faces today

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bringing together people from varied backgrounds and perspectives, particularly young people, to explore their differences and uncover their similarities

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“a safe and tranquil environment in which challenging issues and ideas can be explored openly

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It’s good to be reminded that positive things came out of the dreadful events of the 1940s, including the establishment of an educational foundation here at Cumberland Lodge. As Stephen Wall’s report highlights, this year we celebrated our 70th anniversary, but more importantly we made considerable progress in implementing our five-year strategic plan for 2016–21, and our aspiration of becoming a ‘go to’ institution for tackling the causes and effects of social divisions.

Following our re-organisation in the summer of 2016, we have a team in place that is working hard to deliver the ambitious objectives of this plan and we are beginning to see the fruits of our labours. Our conferences, seminars

and lectures are more focused and interconnected than they were previously, and we are consolidating our expertise as an organisation that challenges silo thinking and works towards more peaceful, open and inclusive societies. We are gaining a higher public profile and increased media coverage, and generating a wider range of impactful learning resources than ever before – including briefing documents, conference reports, podcasts, blogs and videos, all of which are publicly available through our greatly enhanced website.

We have also introduced two key new streams of work this year:

our Emerging International Leaders programme for international students

a programme of educational work with school children, which helps them to explore ways of making the world a better place.

This means that we now offer an even broader spectrum of activities, ranging from workshops for primary school pupils to inter-disciplinary conferences, facilitated discussion groups for students, and high-profile seminars with leaders and influencers in public life – and it all relates to Amy Buller’s founding vision of bringing people together to exchange views and think creatively about the pressing social and ethical issues of the day.

Canon Dr Edmund NewellPrincipal

One of the BFG family trails.

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“an organisation that challenges silo thinking and works towards more peaceful, open and inclusive societies

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“founding vision of bringing people together to exchange views and think creatively about the pressing social and ethical issues of the day

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“a ‘go to’ institution for tackling the causes and effects of social divisions

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Find out more about our 70th anniversarycumberlandlodge.ac.uk/about-us/celebrating-70-years

Over the past year we have also made considerable progress in putting into practice our five-year strategic plan, Raising our Game, as Ed Newell’s report explains. Our annual series of conferences, seminars, lectures, retreats and broader educational activities are bringing together people from varied backgrounds and perspectives, particularly young people, to explore their differences and uncover their similarities. We are rigorously evaluating the impact of our activities and will grow and adapt as we learn. We have also recently commissioned an external governance review, the outcome of which will become evident next year as we ensure that our governance structures follow best practice and most effectively meet the needs of the charity.

Mindful of the future, we have also begun to build an endowment fund, with an ambitious but achievable target of raising £7.5 million within ten years. The income from this fund will be used to support our charitable activities in perpetuity. It is not designed to cover all of our operational costs, so we will continue to rely on a robust conference trade as well.

The Lodge is a multi-faceted organisation, which relies heavily upon a strong team of staff who offer remarkable hospitality, dedication and expertise, and who are committed to its charitable ethos. Seventy years on, Cumberland Lodge is as committed as ever to making a significant impact on society, and so it will continue to be for years to come.

Sir Stephen WallChair of Trustees

Sir Stephen Wall presents Her Majesty The Queen with a copy of the new edition of Darkness over Germany during her visit to Cumberland Lodge in June 2017.

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summary of activity

As part of our ‘topline’ work to inspire leaders and influencers in society, we held four conferences this year:

Ethnic Inequalities at Work: Policy and Institutional Responses

Violence against Women: A Determinant of Health

Eliminating Slavery: Enhancing the Police Response

Extremism: A Warning from History

We also held a Cumberland Seminar on Inequality and Social Cohesion, led by Julia Unwin, former Chief Executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and a follow-up seminar to our 2016 police conference on A Divided Society? Challenges for policing, at Westminster Abbey.

This year’s Cumberland Lodge Lecture was given by Lord (Daniel) Finkelstein, Associate Editor and political columnist at The Times. In The Arrow of History, Lord Finkelstein offered his assessment of current trends in politics and their impact on social cohesion and democracy.

We have also expanded our ‘frontline’ work to support and equip students and early career researchers. Our annual Commonwealth and International Student Conference focused on using the arts to promote cohesion in local communities. Once again, our Life Beyond the PhD conference supported doctoral students from universities across the country in preparing for their futures and thinking about how best to use their studies to make a positive difference in the world. The Cumberland Colloquia scheme continued to mentor early career researchers through the process of organising an academic conference, and this year we worked with an inter-disciplinary team from the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Reading and Warwick to deliver a colloquium on Population Ethics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Birth and Death, which included a public lecture by the economist Sir Partha Dasgupta, on Population Ethics and Earth’s Carrying Capacity.

The Cumberland Lodge Scholarship scheme for doctoral students is now well established and attracting hundreds of applicants each year. As we welcomed our third cohort of scholars in September 2016, we also bade farewell to the first cohort to complete the two-year programme. Our former scholars, who are now based around the world, continue to be ambassadors for our work, as we seek to build a network of alumni who will maintain a lifelong involvement with us.

The new Emerging International Leaders programme brought together 50 students, who are all studying in the UK under the Chevening and Commonwealth Scholarship schemes. The programme is supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Magna Carta Fund for Human Rights and Democracy for two years and focuses on the right to Freedom of Religion or Belief. A second cohort of 50 students has been recruited in 2017/18, and we hope to continue this area of work in years to come, if we can secure further funding.

With the appointment of a full-time Education Officer and Assistant we have been able to expand our work with schools, as well as with international students, doctoral students and early career researchers. This includes reinvigorating the St Catharine’s Sessions we offer to visiting university groups, to encourage more students to engage with pressing social and ethical issues during their time at Cumberland Lodge.

Thanks to the discovery, in the summer of 2016, that Roald Dahl had Cumberland Lodge in mind when the Big Friendly Giant was given a house in Windsor Great Park by ‘Her Magister’ The Queen, in his story The BFG, we have developed a new series of workshops for school pupils at Key Stages 1 and 2. Our BFG-themed educational programme promotes social and civic awareness amongst primary school children and equips them with the skills and confidence to become active participants in their communities. Its establishment was enabled by a gift of £2,500 from the Patron’s Fund, which supports and acknowledges the work of the charities for which Her Majesty The Queen is Patron. As well as trialling a new schools workshop, we devised an educational family trail around our grounds, with the first two such events attracting more than 400 participants.400

people participated in our BFG-themed, educational family trail

50international students supported by Emerging International Leaders programme in 2016/17

Impact report, 1 September 2016 to 31 August 2017

Clockwise from top: Panel discussion at the Ethnic Inequalities at Work conference, speaker Polly Neate at the Violence against Women conference, Iman Monawar Hussein talks at the Extremism conference, and Lord Finkelstein delivers the 70th anniversary lecture.

“The experience of attending was eye-opening, thought-provoking and deeply moving. Not only was it a time to learn more about the nature and impact of this very real and overwhelming problem, but also an opportunity to come together with like-minded people to think systemically about how to end this type of violence.Rebecca Bomben assistant NHS psychologist and clinical doctorate candidate (bursary recipient for Violence against Women conference)

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public engagement

The appointment of a Friends, Alumni and Outreach Officer has enabled us to expand our outreach into local communities, largely under the banner of the Friends of Cumberland Lodge scheme, membership of which grew from 116 to 179 this year.

This year, much of our public engagement work centred on our 70th anniversary as an educational foundation. Our flagship event was the launch of the new edition of Amy Buller’s 1943 book, Darkness over Germany, at St Paul’s Cathedral on 16 May. This took the form of a panel discussion on Open Society Under Threat?, which was organised in partnership with St Paul’s Institute and attended by more than 750 people. Speakers included Dr Rowan Williams, Baroness (Elizabeth) Butler-Sloss, Professor Maiken Umbach, Lord (Nicholas) Stern and Professor Kurt Barling, with extracts from Darkness over Germany read by Tamsin Greig. The following day, I joined Kurt Barling to speak about Darkness over Germany and Cumberland Lodge at Liverpool University as part of its Open House programme of public events.

We held four Cumberland Conversations as part of our public outreach: Ocean Rower with Roz Savage, the only woman to have rowed single-handedly across three oceans; The God Slot, which explored BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day and Radio 2’s Pause for Thought programmes with producer Michael Wakelin and contributors Angela Tilby and Paul Kinsella; Children at War with Professor Martin Parsons, a leading expert on the impact of war on children; and The Art of Conversation with the historian and philosopher Theodore Zeldin.

Friends and members of the wider community also attended public open mornings for five art exhibitions at Cumberland Lodge, by: Paul Hobbs; Penny Warden; Lucy Temple and Mahrukh Bashir; Samantha Buckley; and Dr Romola Parish. A group of Friends also visited Christ Church, Oxford, to explore the college, cathedral and art gallery.

As part of our 70th anniversary celebrations, I led a broadcast of BBC Radio 4’s Sunday Worship on 30 April from Holy Trinity Church, Windsor, on Disagreeing Well. The service focused on the story of our founder Amy Buller, her work in Germany in the 1930s and lessons we can learn from her approach to dialogue today. Music was provided by the excellent student choir of Royal Holloway, University of London.

Friends also joined trustees and members of staff for a special service of Choral Evensong at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, on 7 May. This was in addition to the monthly Communion service we hold in the chapel at Cumberland Lodge, to which we welcome Friends and neighbours from the Great Park.

Our 70th anniversary Summer Garden Party in July attracted more than 400 people, many of whom had not been to the Lodge before. They had the opportunity to take part in free tours of the Lodge and to find out about our educational work as a charity. We also established a Dining Club last year, to bring a wider range of people to the Lodge and strengthen our ties to the local community.

Our partnership with the Windsor Festival continues to flourish, and this year’s programme included literary talks by Travis Elborough, Adrian Tinniswood, Madeleine Bunting and Sarah Gristwood.“I admire the people of

Cumberland Lodge, and I massively embrace, welcome and am thankful for its ethos.Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne

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750people attended the launch of Darkness over Germany: A Warning from History in May 2017

[Darkness over Germany by Amy Buller is] a really remarkable book, by a very remarkable woman.Dr Rowan Williams Visiting Fellow Cumberland Lodge former Archbishop of Canterbury

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The new edition of Amy Buller’s 1943 book Darkness over Germany was launched at St Paul’s Cathedral in May 2017. Speakers included Dr Rowan Williams (top right), Professor Kurt Barling (middle left) and Lord Stern (middle right), and Tamsin Greig (bottom) read extracts from the book.

Our 70th anniversary Summer Garden Party in July attracted more than 400 people.

Friends of Cumberland Lodge membership grew by 54% in 2016/17

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finances

Over the past year, £2.2 million was expended on our charitable activities. This included the provision of subsidised places for 15 students to attend our conferences or seminars. Another 26 free places were awarded to help students with limited financial means to attend our residential study retreats, and we continued to fund 12 Cumberland Lodge Scholars and our Amy Buller PhD Scholar.

This year our conference trade (including students joining us for subsidised residential study retreats) achieved an overnight occupancy of 15,016 ‘bed nights’ and we welcomed 3,877 day delegates, both of which are almost identical to our 2015/16 figures. A striking feature of our income-generating activities is the high rate of repeat bookings that we continue to enjoy. Once again, we retained our five-star review rating on Trip Advisor.

We are extremely grateful to all those who have generously provided financial support to Cumberland Lodge through grants, sponsorship and donations this year (see page 54).

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During the year ending 31 August 2017 we bade farewell to four trustees: Sally Dewar, Professor Tom Kirkwood, Baroness (Usha) Prashar of Runnymede, and Lord (William) Waldegrave of North Hill. We are extremely grateful for all they have contributed to the life and work of the Lodge. We have also welcomed to the Board, Charles Anson and Baroness (Ruby) McGregor-Smith.

We are delighted that Dr Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge and former Archbishop of Canterbury, and Professor Tariq Modood, founding Director of the University Research Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol, have joined us as Visiting Fellows.

Amongst staff changes, Barry Tweed retired as Head of Maintenance and we welcomed Colin Baker as his successor in the new role of Buildings Manager. Helen Taylor and Katy Crowe also joined in newly created posts as Press and Communications Officer and Development Director, respectively.

future plans

The immediate priority is to continue implementing our five-year strategic plan for 2016–2021, which will include revising our governance and consolidating all that has been achieved recently in terms of expanding and refocusing our charitable work. After a period of rapid change, we are now looking forward to a time of stability, when we can reflect on what we are learning from our new activities and explore how to optimise them to best meet our charitable objectives.

Increased levels of activity come with additional costs, so another priority will be to increase our income, both through fundraising activities and by increasing the occupancy rate of our conference trade. The latter will be a particular priority for the newly created post of Chief Operating Officer.

concluding remarks

Cumberland Lodge has undergone many changes over the past 70 years, though rarely at the rate we have seen in the past two years. We believe that significant changes were necessary to enable us to effectively meet the challenges of today’s world that resonate so powerfully with our founding vision, as set out in Amy Buller’s Darkness over Germany. I am pleased to report that Cumberland Lodge is now better equipped than ever to meet these challenges head-on. In doing so, I am mindful of all who contribute to our work so tirelessly: the challenge and support given by our trustees, the intellectual input of our Visiting Fellows and Scholars, and the sheer dedication, hard work and commitment of all our staff. I am grateful to everyone, and look forward to another fruitful year ahead in 2017/18.

41student bursaries supported by Cumberland Lodge in 2016/17

“I cannot reiterate how much I gained from even my brief time there; it is a fantastic place with an extraordinary ideology that is a credit to you all. I feel we achieved more in that afternoon than I had achieved in a year.Caroline Haughey criminal barrister who prosecuted on the UK’s first modern slavery case (spoke at Eliminating Slavery conference)

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Visiting Fellows Dr Rowan Williams (left) and Professor Tariq Modood (right).

£2,200,000was spent on our charitable activities in 2016/17

Baroness McGregor-Smith talks to Principal Canon Dr Edmund Newell at the Ethnic Inequalities conference.

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This year, as part of our ongoing drive to explain the importance of our work more clearly and to extend our influence in new ways, we challenged ourselves to test our effectiveness as an organisation. We commissioned New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) to support us through the highly respected ‘Theory of Change’ process. NPC advises charitable investors on where best to donate their money, and specialises in helping charities to measure and communicate their impact more effectively.

The process involved investigative meetings and focus groups with trustees, staff at all levels, and some of our key stakeholders and charitable beneficiaries, including students and early career researchers, former guest speakers, leaders and influencers. Together, we engaged in an open and honest review of:

our activitiesthe services and educational programmes we offer

our beneficiariesthe people we seek to impact as a charity

enabling factorsthe things that need to happen for us to achieve our ultimate goal of contributing towards more peaceful, open and inclusive societies(i.e. factors that need to be present or absent for our work to succeed, and the evidence we need to show how and why our interventions lead to certain outcomes).

The resulting ‘Theory of Change’ report will influence the way we carry out, measure and communicate our activities over the next 70 years and beyond.

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Cumberland Lodge also specialises in facilitating connections between different groups, to model the inclusiveness we seek to build in society more broadly. Through our roundtable conferences, seminars and other educational activities we provide an environment where students and young people from different academic disciplines can engage not only with one another but with leaders and influencers from different generations, cultures, sectors and professions. This was particularly exemplified through our Extremism: A Warning from History conference to mark our 70th anniversary in June 2017 (see page 47).

This approach seeks to ensure that:

Students and young people feel inspired, through meeting leaders and influencers, to engage with the causes and effects of social divisions, and more motivated to engage in ‘cross-boundary’ communication.

Leaders and influencers gain new insights into contemporary social issues from students and young people with different backgrounds and perspectives, and are motivated to engage with those issues in new and meaningful ways.

Fruitful new networks emerge, resulting in improved communication and learning across traditional boundaries in society, equipping people at all levels and of all ages with the skills and knowledge to engage with one another.

People go away with a deeper and more nuanced understanding of pressing social issues, which in turn allows them to feel more confident in talking about and engaging with those issues in the wider world.

People gain a deeper appreciation and understanding of different cultures and perspectives, and feel more able to negotiate disagreement and to think more critically and with greater insight about issues with the potential to divide us.

Traditional ‘silo’ thinking is challenged, through the open exchange of views and inspiring of minds in a safe environment.

15bursaries awarded to outstanding students in 2016/17 to allow them to attend our conferences and seminars

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students and young people

Students and young people sometimes feel disempowered or ill-equipped to voice their opinions on contemporary challenges facing society.

This can result from not having the opportunity to think about the causes and effect of social divisions or to engage in meaningful inter-disciplinary dialogue on social problems, or from lacking an awareness of different perspectives and ways of life, including different beliefs or cultures.

Cumberland Lodge brings together students and young people from different backgrounds and perspectives to break down ‘silo’ thinking and engage with these issues head-on.

These ‘cross-boundary’ discussions and interventions help the younger generations to develop their ability to think critically, to negotiate disagreement, and to feel empowered to contribute more effectively towards a better society.

our work with…

leaders and influencers

Social problems that have the power to divide us – such as modern slavery or violence against women – are often too complex for one agency (e.g. the police) to cope with alone.

Due to a wide range of pressures (including time and money), some professions do not collaborate effectively with other agencies when dealing with these major social problems.

Cumberland Lodge brings together influential people of different backgrounds and perspectives to create a culture of learning across social and professional boundaries, through roundtable conferences, seminars and lectures.

These ‘cross-boundary’ discussions and interventions help leaders and influencers to exchange views and think creatively, to negotiate disagreement, and to forge innovative collaborations that help to build better societies.

theory of change


Cumberland Lodge breaks down boundaries to inclusive dialogue by bringing together leaders and influencers with different backgrounds and perspectives. We inspire leaders, influencers and future leaders to think critically and to engage with the causes of social divisions, through our annual series of interdisciplinary conferences and seminars and our flagship annual lecture.

By bringing together opinion formers and influencers, parliamentarians and civil servants, senior academics, professionals, think tanks, non-governmental

organisations (NGOs), community leaders and business leaders, we proactively address some of the most pressing issues facing society today.

In 2016/17, our work with leaders and influencers focused on factors that influence social cohesion and wellbeing. For the first time we commissioned independent Research Associates to undertake specialist, interdisciplinary research on each of our key conference themes and to produce informative Briefing Documents and post-event Summary Reports for both delegates and the wider public. Together with a range of videos, audio recordings, podcasts and delegate blogs, these reports are now routinely published on our Learning Resources webpages, cumberlandlodge.ac.uk/learning-resources.

inspiring and connecting leaders and influencers

9,242unique users visited our event webpages in 2016/17

£77,060grant funding secured in 2016/17 to support our roundtable conferences

289people participated in our ‘top-line’ conferences, seminar and lectures in 2016/17, which are designed to inspire and connect leaders and influencers

“I was very impressed by Cumberland Lodge: it’s an inspiring place for people to get together, for intellectual discussion and debate and the chance to meet some amazing minds … it sparks a different sense of creativity. … We can learn so much from people with expertise in other areas, and bringing a multitude of people together … can only be a good thing.Dr Wanda Wyporska The Equality Trust (attended Inequality and Social Cohesion conference)

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a divided society: challenges for policingLondon seminar20 October 2016

This seminar analysed perceived threats to social cohesion and integration in Britain and explored how policing and criminal justice are affected by social fragmentation. It also addressed the rise in reported hate crime in the wake of the Brexit vote. Police chiefs and representatives from the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Home Office, the Police Foundation, and the Police Now graduate leadership programme met at Westminster Abbey to address key learning, recommendations and outstanding action points from our 35th annual Police Conference held in April 2016.

notable attendees

Lyn Brown MP Shadow Minister for Policing

Lord (Toby) Harris of Haringey Co-Chair All-Party Parliamentary Group on Policing

Danny Shaw Social Affairs Correspondent BBC

ethnic inequalities at work: policy and institutional responsesRoundtable conference3–4 November 2016

In partnership with the Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CODE) at the University of Manchester, this two-day conference in our new roundtable format addressed the root causes of the continuing under-representation of ethnic minorities in British workplaces. Our programme brought together 42 participants to explore: the historic and regional trends in ethnic employment; the impacts of gender and access to education; the human resources practices required to tackle a psychology of discrimination; and policy recommendations for encouraging change in every workplace.

notable speakers

Baroness (Ruby) McGregor-Smith CBE Chief Executive Mitie Group Plc

Zamila Bunglawala Deputy Director for Strategy and Insight Race Disparity Unit Cabinet Office

Dr Omar Khan Director Runnymede Trust

published learning resources

Delegate blogs by Cumberland Lodge Scholars, Laura Castells Navarro, Rebecca Black and Rebecca Love

100%conference delegates agreed with the statement, ‘Cumberland Lodge seeks to create an inclusive atmosphere. To what extent do you agree that this was achieved at this conference?’

“Cumberland Lodge distinguished itself, yet again, in assembling insightful speakers in a supportive environment that challenged my thinking. My work on Home Office strategy will have been influenced materially by the conference.Dr Robert Arnott Director of Strategy and Transformation Home Office (attended Eliminating Slavery conference)

” Anti-clockwise from top left: Speakers at the Ethnic Inequalities at Work conference included Dr Omar Khan, Nona McDuff, Chair of the Higher Education Race Action Group, Richard Iferenta, Wilson Wong and Professor Pauline Leonard.

Cumberland Lodge PhD Scholar Michael Veale (top) and Principal Ed Newell (bottom) speak at the Ethnic Inequalities at Work conference.

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violence against women: a determinant of healthRoundtable conference6–7 February 2017

This two-day conference sought to raise awareness of the health consequences of violence against women and to address gaps in professional healthcare training on gender-based violence, drawing on recommendations from the Chief Medical Officer’s 2015 report, Health of the 51%: Women. We provided a safe forum for 47 public health directors, National Health Service (NHS) representatives, policymakers, representatives from think tanks and charities, and survivors of violence against women, to tackle the issues together.

500people accessed our Violence against Women conference learning resources online

notable speakers

Professor Dame Sally Davies Chief Medical Officer for England

Polly Neate Chief Executive Women’s Aid

Professor Liz Kelly CBE Director Child and Women Abuse Studies Unit London Metropolitan University

Zee Survivor Ambassador Panel Karma Nirvana charity


Briefing document and summary report by Cumberland Lodge Research Associate, Nicola Sharp-Jeffs

Delegate blogs by Cumberland Lodge Scholars, Iman Azzi and Nicholas Thompson

inequality and social cohesionCumberland seminar28 March 2017

This evening seminar at Cumberland Lodge brought together a cross-sector group of 15 senior academics, policymakers, NGO leaders, students and media representatives. Led by Julia Unwin, former Chief Executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, it addressed the extent and impacts of social and economic inequalities in 21st century Britain and practical implications for shaping our social policy. It sought to explore whether social and economic inequalities negatively affect basic human qualities, such as our ability to trust one another and our willingness to show kindness, and whether a fundamentally unequal society can also be cohesive.

notable participants

Alison Garnham Chief Executive Child Poverty Action Group

Stefan Stern Director High Pay Centre

Dr Wanda Wyporska Executive Director The Equality Trust

Greg Hurst Social Affairs Editor The Times

Baroness Lister of Burtersett Vice-Chair All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility


Podcast with guest speaker, Julia Unwin (pictured below)

eliminating slavery: enhancing the police responseRoundtable conference21–23 April 2017

This year our Police Conference was sponsored by KBR and Police Mutual. Fifty-seven police leaders, frontline officers and criminal justice stakeholders gathered to tackle the pressing issue of modern slavery and the implications and priorities for policing. They examined the nature and extent of modern slavery in 21st-century Britain, the wider international context for slavery and human trafficking, public perceptions of slavery, case studies of successful prosecutions and best practice, and opportunities for enhancing multi-agency working.

notable speakers

Caroline Haughey criminal barrister who prosecuted in the first British modern slavery case

Kevin Hyland OBE Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner

Will Kerr OBE Director of Vulnerabilities National Crime Agency

The Rt Hon Fiona Mactaggart former MP Chair All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

The Rt Revd Dr Alastair Redfern Lord Bishop of Derby Independent Chair Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s Advisory Panel

Tom Duggan Deputy Director for Global Issues National Security and Intelligence Cabinet Office


Briefing document, summary report and executive summary by Cumberland Lodge Research Associate, Caitlyn McGeer

Delegate blog by Cumberland Lodge Scholar, Rebecca Love

the arrow of history?Cumberland Lodge Lecture31 May 2017

This year’s Cumberland Lodge Lecture was delivered by Lord (Daniel) Finkelstein OBE (pictured above), Associate Editor and former Executive Editor of The Times and a former adviser to both Prime Minister John Major and Conservative Party leader, William Hague, to help mark our 70th anniversary. Lord Finkelstein outlined his concept of ‘the arrow of history’ in relation to human psychology and the ‘fairness norm’, the rise of new technologies and digital mass media, the looming ‘battle over globalisation’, the recent Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump as President of the USA, and the re-alignment of political power. The lecture was attended by a distinguished audience of 53 guests, including civil servants, parliamentarians and other public figures, senior academics and chief executives, as well as staff, trustees and Cumberland Lodge Scholars.


Lecture transcript

Audio recording

“The quality of the discussion and interaction between speakers and audience was excellent, and the knowledge and expertise in the room was quite astonishing.Craig Barlow PhD candidate University of Hull (bursary recipient for Eliminating Slavery conference)

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extremism: a warning from historyRoundtable conference5–6 June 2017

A highlight of our 2016/17 series was this two-day conference convened to mark our 70th anniversary as an educational foundation committed to combatting the threat of hatred and social division through constructive dialogue. We hosted 54 academics, charity leaders, interfaith leaders, students and think tank representatives to heed the warnings from history and seek new insights into how best to combat extremism. This ‘fusion’ event was designed to bring together leaders and influencers with students and early career practitioners, in a collaborative atmosphere. We explored the similarities and differences between far-right movements of the 1930s and populist movements of today, and looked at why divisive ideologies still have an appeal and how they can be undermined.

notable speakers

Lord Skidelsky Emeritus Professor of Political Economy Warwick University

Professor Harvey Whitehouse Chair of Social Anthropology and Professor of Social Anthropology University of Oxford

Professor Tariq Modood MBE Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and founding Director Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship University of Bristol

The Rt Hon Lord Justice Laws former Lord Justice of Appeal


Conference video

Transcript of conference address by The Rt Hon Lord Justice Laws

Delegate blog by Cumberland Lodge Scholar, Liisa Tuhkanen

“This conference represented what Cumberland Lodge does best, and something that, in my experience, is achieved at the same level by no other institution in the UK. It combined a synoptic overview of 20th century political and economic change based on a lifetime of distinguished, scholarly research, as exemplified by the contribution of Robert Skidelsky, with lessons derived from excellent, coalface, operational practice, as exemplified by the practical experience of Peter Weir, a secondary school head teacher from the West Midlands. It combined philosophy of law and the definition of extremism in the hands of as serious an analyst as Lord Justice Laws, with careful dissection of current political attempts to define and counter views that might prompt violence presented by Professor Michael Hand. All that, delivered with the active, measured, calm and wise participation of a conference that included a mixture of young postgraduates and seasoned academics, those of different faiths and none, policy activists and media journalists. The Cumberland Lodge ethos and practice is what the UK needs more of.Professor Rod Morgan Professor Emeritus University of Bristol former Chairman Youth Justice Board (attended Extremism conference)

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Speakers at the Extremism conference included Imam Monawar Hussain (left) and Rabbi Jonathan Romain MBE (right).

Delegates at the Extremism conference.

Speakers at the Extremism conference included The Rt Hon Lord Justice Laws (top), Lord Skidelsky (middle), and Professors Nicholas Stargardt, Oxford University and Kurt Barling, Middlesex University (bottom).

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supporting students and young people

“It’s very impressive that Cumberland Lodge has kept a focus on young people and on opportunities for students and early career academics, whilst also working with leaders and policymakers. I think it’s very important that there’s a place where younger people at the beginning of their academic careers, or careers that are going to influence and shape thinking, can come together to listen to others and share perspectives.Greg Hurst Social Affairs Editor The Times

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Seventy years ago, our founders had the vision of a new kind of educational foundation that would help students and young people, in particular, to reflect on how they could use their academic studies to contribute to the betterment of society. Today, we continue to provide transformative experiences for students and young people of all ages, from all walks of life, and from all over the world. These opportunities are delivered through a wide ranging programme of activities led by our Education team.

We have a particular interest in mentoring doctoral students with future leadership potential, and supporting vulnerable students. This year we launched a new partnership with

the Council for At-Risk Academics (Cara) and appointed our first Cumberland Lodge Scholar from the Cara Fellowship scheme, to join our 2017–19 cohort.

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study retreats

Every year we welcome thousands of students from higher education institutions across the UK and professional training bodies such as the Inns of Court or NHS vocational training schemes. They engage with one other on topics relating to their academic work, from a broad, cross-disciplinary perspective. This year, 3,410 students from 27 higher education institutions across the UK participated in 82 study retreats at Cumberland Lodge, all subsidised by our charitable resources.

St Catharine’s Sessions

Study retreat leaders are invited to incorporate St Catharine’s Sessions into their programmes, to encourage students to reflect critically on ethical, moral and social issues outside of their own fields of study. These sessions take the form of an hour-long, roundtable discussion, based on our briefing pack resources. The sessions push students to think in new ways and to contribute to the development of creative thinking and critical analysis.

Early in 2017 we piloted four new sessions with students from a range of universities:

Ethical LeadershipFree Speech and Hate SpeechHigher Education and Social ResponsibilityImmigration and Integration

These are now being rolled out to all our visiting student groups. They are typically facilitated by members of our Programme team but group leaders can also design and deliver their own content or request sessions on new topics.

“It is always useful to bring ourselves out of the bubble of the disciplines we are studying and be reminded of other global problems. The talks were fascinating, both in addressing the issues and making me contemplate my visceral reactions to issues. It was a great bonding experience with members of the department, especially as I got to meet and know some new faces. It was also great to get to know the professors more. The weekend was fantastic: a beautiful location with wonderful facilities.Mira Cole-Wijaya (attended LSE International Development study retreat)

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“The discussion was tailored very well to the theme of our conference, and felt like a natural fit into the weekend. It was thought-provoking and stimulated a lot of discussion and debate.Tyrone Curtis Research Student MRC Doctoral Training Programme UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care

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224students participated in St Catharine’s Sessions during 2016/17

3,410students attended our subsidised study retreats in 2016/17

82study retreats hosted in 2016/17

26bursaries awarded to help students with limited financial means to attend residential study retreats in 2016/17

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Students at the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission study retreat, March 2017 (top left), the LSE International Development study retreat in January 2017 (bottom left) and dining with our Programme team (above).

Students at the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission study retreat, March 2017.


scholarships

Our two scholarship schemes are designed to support and mentor doctoral students with exceptional academic records and a strong commitment to using their studies for the betterment of society.

Amy Buller PhD Scholarship

Our Amy Buller PhD Scholarship gives an outstanding researcher the opportunity to complete a PhD at Royal Holloway, University of London, whilst helping to host our residential study retreats over three years. Kitty O’Lone, who has been researching the social and psychological benefits of confession, completed her final year of the scholarship this year. She hands over to Amber Pierce, who started her PhD on the changing relationship between prosecutors and historians in international criminal tribunals from the Nuremberg Trials to the present day, in September 2017.

Cumberland Lodge Scholarships

Established in 2014, our Cumberland Lodge Scholarships are open to first and second year doctoral students from any UK university. We mentor them for two years, giving them the chance to get involved in our annual series of conferences, seminars and lectures. They benefit from engaging in challenging, cross-disciplinary discussions, writing blogs and reports for different audiences, and networking with a wide range of people, including prominent public figures.

This year we appointed seven new Scholars to join us in September 2017, including our first from the Cara Fellowship scheme, which provides academics who are suffering persecution, discrimination or violence around the world, including those from war-torn countries, with the practical, financial and personal support to come to the UK and work in safety until they can return to their home countries.

personal development

Cumberland Lodge Scholars are also eligible to apply for personal development grants of up to £300 over their two-year term, to use in a creative way to promote more peaceful, open and inclusive societies.

This year we awarded a grant to Rebecca Black, who is completing a PhD at the University of Edinburgh on childhood epilepsy. Rebecca plans to produce an animated video called Me and My Epilepsy, on children’s experiences of living with epilepsy. It aims to enhance the lives of children living with epilepsy and to help healthcare professionals and parents gain a better understanding of the condition and the care it requires, from a child’s perspective. Rebecca hopes the project will improve her public engagement, knowledge exchange and research dissemination skills, whilst giving her valuable experience of project management and teamworking with creative professionals.

scholars’ induction retreat

In September 2016 we welcomed the six new Cumberland Lodge Scholars in our 2016–18 cohort for their induction weekend. They were joined by our existing Scholars and Amy Buller PhD Scholar. The retreat opened with an address from our Chairman, Sir Stephen Wall, on ‘the UK and Europe’. Our Scholars also participated in workshops on active listening skills, public speaking and writing for different audiences.

New Amy Buller PhD Scholar Amber Pierce (left) and PhD Scholar Michael Veale at the Ethnic Inequalities conference in 2016 (right).

“It seems like no time ago that I arrived for my first of many weekend residential duties: a study retreat with a visiting group from Lincoln’s Inn, and it was a baptism of fire. But that has been a feature of my time at the Lodge: extraordinary experiences, which have been thrilling, challenging and rewarding in equal measure, and have ultimately helped me to learn more about myself.

The most valuable aspect of my time at Cumberland Lodge has been the people I’ve met: people from such a range of backgrounds and disciplines. To have the chance to have discussions with people who are influential in so many different areas of society has been a privilege. And it is not an exaggeration to say that these encounters have permeated my academic research and made it all the richer. This applies to not just the more senior visitors but also to the students I met. I am constantly impressed by their intellect, drive and compassion, and this has kept me on my toes and made me strive that bit harder to match them. I have no doubt that very many of them will go on to do great things in society. Cumberland Lodge itself is a remarkable building, but the people inside are more remarkable by far.

What I leave with is a real desire to translate the spirit of Cumberland Lodge into my professional life; to strive towards achieving a more tolerant and cohesive society. When I first started I had little idea of what to do next, but I leave knowing that I want to build a professional life that in some small way encapsulates the ethos of Cumberland Lodge. My time as the Amy Buller Scholar may have finished, but Cumberland Lodge will stay with me for the rest of my life.Kitty O’Lone PhD student Royal Holloway, University of London (outgoing Amy Buller PhD Scholar)

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I see huge value in being part of a network and organisation that is committed to breaking down silos and ensuring the exchange of ideas across disciplinary boundaries, and within the context of working towards the betterment of society. I’m looking forward to … being constantly and intentionally challenged to think beyond my own areas of work and study.Tamanda Walker Cumberland Lodge Scholar 2017–19

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Her Majesty The Queen meets our PhD Scholars, including Rebecca Black, in June 2017.

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life beyond the PhD

Our ninth Life Beyond the PhD conference took place from 30 August to 2 September 2016 and was attended by 43 PhD students from 31 universities. Delegates took part in workshops on public speaking, public engagement skills, CV writing and job applications, and developing interdisciplinary research proposals. They heard from doctoral graduates in a range of professional roles, including the Thames Valley Police, research think-tanks, academia and bio-industry.

colloquia

This year’s Cumberland Colloquium, on Population and Ethics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Birth and Death took place at Cumberland Lodge on 26 September 2016. Organised by a steering committee of five early career researchers from universities across the UK, it explored the ethics of population trends from a multi-disciplinary perspective. It attracted students and academics from a broad spectrum of disciplines, including philosophers, demographers, political theorists, economists, healthcare practitioners and policymakers.

The programme tackled the:

ethics of procreationsocial consequences of demographic transitionlimits to population growthimpact of human populations on the environment

Guest speakers reflected on the role of academic scholarship in solving these global challenges, and the colloquium closed with a public lecture delivered by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, Emeritus Professor (pictured below) and Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge. This keynote lecture attracted an audience of 87.

international Christmas

In December 2016 we held our 69th Commonwealth and International Student Christmas conference, giving 62 international students from 17 universities and 32 different nationalities the chance to experience a traditional British Christmas and to engage in thought-provoking workshops and seminars on the role of the arts in boosting social inclusion. We were joined by facilitators from the London-based charities, Pan Intercultural Arts and Streetwise Opera. Both organisations use performance arts to encourage self-expression and promote a deeper understanding of cultural identities in underprivileged communities.

59delegates attracted to Cumberland Colloquium in 2016/17

87guests attended Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta’s closing keynote lecture

43students from 31 universities attended the 2016 Life Beyond the PhD conference

ahead of the conference…

62%of delegates said they had felt isolated during their PhD

68%reported feeling stress and anxiety about the competing demands on their time

after the conference…

100%of delegates felt they had the opportunity to meet people from other disciplines

97%felt their PhD had value, both inside and outside of academia

83%felt more motivated to tackle their studies

89%had made new friends and forged new networks

94%expected to stay in touch with someone they met at the conference

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Over the course of the three days we received advice from experts on making academic and non-academic job applications, developed our presentation skills, and were afforded the opportunity to present our research to a group of peers in a safe, constructive environment. Attending the Life Beyond the PhD conference at Cumberland Lodge gave me the opportunity to step away from my research for a few days, and meet some truly amazing people. My time at the Lodge has left me motivated, energised and with a sense of purpose that will carry me on to my second year of study, and hopefully far beyond.Alexander Blower PhD student studying the educational attainment of white working class men Education Department University of Wolverhampton

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Delegates at the 2016 Life Beyond the PhD conference.

82%of delegates felt we created an inclusive atmosphere

“I had never met anyone from Georgia, Oman, Jordan, Finland, Turkmenistan, Bangladesh, Macedonia, Serbia or El Salvador before. I mixed freely with Muslims, Catholics, Orthodox Christians, Protestants and Hindus.Delegate at the 2016 Commonwealth and International Student Christmas conference

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Delegates at the 2016 Commonwealth and International Student Christmas conference.

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emerging international leaders

This year saw the successful launch of our Emerging International Leaders programme on Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB), which supports international students at UK universities who have the potential to become future leaders and influencers. The aim is to build a powerful global network around FoRB and to empower participants to become advocates of human rights in their universities and home countries.

Fifty students from the Chevening and CSC Scholarship Schemes took part in this year’s programme, including 31 women and 19 men, with representation from across the social sciences (40%), arts and humanities (38%) and physical sciences (22%).

Participants attended three residential retreats, in April, June and July 2017, involving extensive group work opportunities, facilitated by Tamanda Walker and Josh Cass from FRIA (the Forum for Religion and International Affairs), and Harriet Hoffler and Rawan Abdulla from the Commonwealth Initiative for Freedom of Religion or Belief (CIFoRB). Participants were supported throughout the year by networking opportunities on social media and Briefing Documents prepared by our Research Associate, Kat Eghdamian from University College London, and published ahead of each retreat.

notable guest speakers

Baroness (Elizabeth) Berridge Co-chair All Party Parliamentary Group on International Religious Freedom

Baroness Butler-Sloss GBE Chair Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life

Professor David Ford OBE Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus University of Cambridge

Dr Brian Grim President Religious Freedom and Business Foundation

3 in 4of the world’s population lives in countries that restrict or fail to adequately protect freedom of religion or belief

22%of participants in our Emerging International Leaders programme in 2016/17 from FCO identified human rights priority countries

24students from countries with very high social hostility around religionPew Research Center data 2015

22students from the ‘worst offending’ countries for religious persecutionACN International data 2016

4students from countries with significant religious freedom violationsACN International data 2016

“We may all hold different views, but it is the sharing that matters. Every moment of sharing opinions makes us closer and brings new friends and experiences. This whole programme was about that.Olga Tsvetkova Chevening Scholar from Belarus MBA Media Management student Cardiff University (Emerging International Leaders participant)

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Participants on the 2016/17 Emerging International Leaders programme on Freedom of Religion or Belief.


schools engagement

Our educational work with school-aged children in Windsor, Slough and the surrounding areas developed apace this year, led by our newly appointed Education Officer and Assistant. This programme focuses on promoting social and civic awareness amongst children and young people and equipping them with the skills and confidence to become active participants in their communities, now and in the future.

We were supported by a gift of £2,500 from the Patron’s Fund in December 2016, which was established to mark the 90th birthday of Her Majesty The Queen and to support and acknowledge the work of the charitable organisations for which Her Majesty is Patron. This allowed us to install an informative exhibition about our work with schools in our Ante-Room, and supported the delivery of our BFG-themed school workshops and interactive family trails.

school workshops

Early in 2017 we launched our new, interactive workshops for schools, based on our recently uncovered connections to Roald Dahl’s The BFG. Sixty-four Key Stage 2 pupils (aged 7–9), teachers and classroom assistants from The Royal School, a state school in Windsor Great Park, took part in our first workshops in January 2017. Participants worked in small groups on creative activities designed to explore the skills and practices that contribute to peaceful, open and inclusive communities. They were also tasked with mixing up their own ‘bottles of dreams’ to make the world a better place for everyone.

family trails and citizenship

On 16 and 17 August 2017 we held BFG-themed, educational family trails in the grounds of Cumberland Lodge, with support from 12 young people taking part in National Citizen Service (NCS) through The Challenge programme. The trails were aimed at children aged 5–11 and designed to help families engage with issues such as relationship building, bullying and self-belief, and to think about positive changes they could make in their own communities. More than 400 people of all ages and social backgrounds attended over two days. As part of the trail, they interacted with our NCS facilitators, aged 16–18, who had designed a series of creative activities to encourage them to think about how to build more peaceful, open and inclusive societies.

Over the course of the year we also supported The Challenge by hosting two ‘Professional Visits’ for NCS participants from local sixth forms and further education colleges. Twenty-four young people visited Cumberland Lodge to present their proposals for ‘Social Action Projects’ to our Education team, in the style of the BBC Dragon’s Den series, before receiving constructive feedback on their ideas and presentation skills.

imagining the ‘bigger picture’

On 6 July 2017 we led an extra-curricular programme on ‘Bigger Picture Thinking’ for 160 Year 11 pupils at The Langley Academy in Slough. The event was part of their sixth-form induction week and was designed to encourage participants to relate their chosen academic subjects for the school year ahead to the wider social context. The young people were also encouraged to think about the interrelationships between different academic disciplines. Two of our Cumberland Lodge Scholars, Harriet Hoffler and Nicholas Thompson, supported our Education team in delivering the talks and interactive workshops. Participants were also tasked with delivering group presentations on the ‘real-world’ relevance and practical applications of their chosen subjects.

new partnerships

We have also been working with Royal Holloway, University of London and The National Justice Museum in Nottingham this year, to develop ‘Citizens’, a new three-year project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Launched in January 2017, ‘Citizens’ will help people to explore the history of liberty, protest, rebellion and reform in Britain, from the signing of the Magna Carta to today. As part of this project, we have been designing a series of workshops for school and college pupils aged 14–18 on contemporary citizenship issues, to be delivered from 2017/18.

230school children supported in 2016/17

400people took part in our BFG family trails

36young people supported with their National Citizen Service activities

160Year 11 pupils helped to explore the wider relevance and practical applications of their chosen academic subjects

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BBC Radio Berkshire broadcasting about our BFG-themed, educational family trails in the grounds of Cumberland Lodge, August 2017.

Our Programme Director Dr Owen Gower meets Year II pupils during the ‘Bigger Picture Thinking’ day at The Langley Academy in Slough.

“My five-year-old doesn’t always talk about her feelings so for me, this event helped her to.

“We’ve been dealing with bullying problems, so it was good for my son to express how the giant was feeling.

“It’s rare that we touch on these topics at home, and it’s good to prompt ourselves.Participants in our BFG-themed, educational family trails

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far-reaching networks

“Cumberland Lodge was a kind of life-affirming experience … It offered a time and an enriching space to think and understand that philosophy doesn’t just happen in the lecture or seminar room.Dr Lewis Stockwell Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Education and Social Justice University of Hertfordshire

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AustriaAzerbaijanBangladeshBelarusBrazilUKCanadaChinaColombiaEgyptEl SalvadorFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGambiaGhanaGreece

HungaryIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandJamaicaJapanJordanKenyaLebanonMacedoniaMalawiMalaysiaMauritiusMexicoMoldovaNigeriaOman

PakistanPalestinian TerritoriesPhilippinesSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSerbiaSierra LeoneSouth AfricaSpainSri LankaSwedenSyriaThailandTurkmenistanUgandaUkraineUSAVietnamZambia

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This year we supported delegates from at least 55 countries (shown on the map below) through our educational activities and interdisciplinary conferences, seminars and lectures.

In February 2017 we launched a new alumni network to help connect the many thousands of people, of all ages, who we have supported through our educational activities, including workshops,

conferences, seminars, lectures and retreats. Membership of our online Facebook group reached 528 by the end of August 2017 and continues to grow apace.

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As part of our charitable mission, we organise a series of cultural and literary events for the wider community, most of which are offered free of charge. They help us to connect with people who might not otherwise have the chance to participate in our educational activities.

Since 2014 we have also been building a community of people who value their connections to Cumberland Lodge and want to be closely involved in our work and activities, through our Friends of Cumberland

Lodge membership scheme. In 2016/17 it had 179 active members, including 63 new joiners. We published a quarterly members’ newsletter and offered two Friends-only events, including an afternoon tea where Friends and Cumberland Lodge Scholars could mingle, in December 2016, and a trip to Christ Church, Oxford, in April 2017.

public engagement: supporting culture and community

speakers and contributors

Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics University of Cambridge speaker at Population Ethics conference

Lord Skidelsky Emeritus Professor of Political Economy Warwick University speaker at Extremism conference

Baroness (Elizabeth) Berridge Co-Director Commonwealth Initiative for Freedom of Religion or Belief speaker on Emerging International Leaders Programme

Rabbi Jonathan Romain writer, broadcaster Minister Maidenhead Synagogue speaker at Extremism conference

Polly Neate Chief Executive Women’s Aid speaker at Violence against Women conference

The Rt Revd Alastair Redfern Lord Bishop of Derby Independent Chair Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s Advisory Panel speaker at Eliminating Slavery conference

Professor Grace Davie Professor Emeritus in the Sociology of Religion University of Exeter speaker on Emerging International Leaders Programme

Dr Faiza Shaheen Director Centre for Labour and Social Studies speaker at Extremism conference

We are grateful to all the speakers and contributors who help us to fulfil our charitable objectives. Shown here are some of our notable contributors in 2016/17.

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“connect with people who might not otherwise have the chance to participate in our educational activities

”296people attended literary events at Cumberland Lodge in 2016/17

280people attended our Cumberland Conversations in 2016/17

Speakers at Cumberland Conversations included Roz Savage (top left), Michael Wakelin (top right), Canon Angela Tilby (bottom left) and Dr Theodore Zeldin (bottom right).

Julia Unwin former Chief Executive Joseph Rowntree Foundation speaker at Inequality and Social Cohesion conference


literary events

We continue to enjoy a close partnership with the annual Windsor Festival by hosting a series of literary talks at Cumberland Lodge, and we hosted our third Shakespeare retreat in January 2017, proceeds from which will help to support our charitable activities.

Twelfth NightReading retreat3–6 January 2017

Our third annual Shakespeare reading retreat sold out almost as soon as it was launched, attracting 56 participants. It explored the spiritual, psychological and literary dimensions of Twelfth Night through guided reflections, study sessions, film screenings, evening readings and a panel discussion.

speakers

Dr Rowan Williams Master Magdalene College University of Cambridge

Salley Vickers novelist and poet Trustee Cumberland Lodge

The Revd Dr Paul Edmondson Head of Learning and Research The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Sir Stanley Wells Honorary President The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Professor Emeritus University of Birmingham

Nick Bicât composer

Andrew Parrott musicologist

Windsor Festival21–28 September 2016

We hosted four talks as part of the 2016 Windsor Festival programme:

A Walk in the Park: The Life and Times of a People’s InstitutionTravis Elborough

The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House, 1918–39Adrian Tinniswood

Love of Country: A Hebridean JourneyMadeleine Bunting

The Story of Beatrix PotterSarah Gristwood

anniversary summer retreatReflective retreat 14–18 August 2017

In mid-summer we welcomed 13 guests for a four-night retreat to mark our 70th anniversary. Participants enjoyed a varied daily programme of seminars, discussion groups, film screenings, tours, group outings and evening entertainment, with time to explore our surroundings. They learnt about the art and literature associated with Cumberland Lodge, and our history and heritage over four and a half centuries, from our republican roots through to our royal connections and our last 70 years as an educational foundation and residential events venue.

guest contributors included

Hugo Vickers royal writer and commentator

Major David Rankin-Hunt retired member of the Royal Household adviser for the TV series The Crown

Irina Bradley professional iconographer recently commissioned to produce two works of art for our Chapel

Professor Kurt Barling Professor of Journalism Middlesex University, London author of the foreword to Darkness over Germany: A Warning from History

Cumberland Conversations

Since 2004 we have been welcoming guest speakers from the arts and culture, the media, politics, academia and public life, to join us for Cumberland Conversations in our main conference centre. These free events are open to the public and take the format of an informal, conversation-style interview, followed by audience questions.

ocean rowerWith Roz Savage8 September 2016A conversation with the first woman to have rowed singled-handedly across three oceans – the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian – about how she came to be a trans-ocean rower, her experiences at sea, and how her voyages have influenced her concern for the environment.

the God slotWith Michael Wakelin and Canon Angela Tilby29 November 2016A discussion about the enduring popularity of ‘The God Slot’ on BBC Radio, including Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2 and Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4, and the challenges of bringing a faith dimension to current affairs and making it relevant to audiences of all faiths and none.

children at warWith Professor Martin Parsons24 April 2017An exploration of the experiences of children evacuated during World War Two and displaced by more recent conflicts, with a leading expert on the impact of war on children.

the art of conversationWith Dr Theodore Zeldin15 July 2017An interactive seminar on how to make one-to-one conversations more meaningful, involving an audience participation exercise on facilitating ‘a meeting of minds with different memories and habits’.

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Audience at a Cumberland Conversation.


art tours and exhibitions

This year we launched a new guided art tour, to bring more people with an interest in our history and work to the Lodge. A group of ten attended our inaugural tour in March 2017. We also continue to support emerging and established artists by providing free exhibition space and hosting regular art open mornings for the public, throughout the year.

wrapped in lightPaul HobbsJune–September 2016

strictly movementPenny WardenSeptember–December 2016

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Wrapped in Light by Paul Hobbs

Jubilee by Lucy Temple

tradition: harmony and colourLucy Temple and Mahrukh BashirDecember 2016–March 2017

Bab al Jannah (Gate of Heaven) by Mahrukh Bashir

Fervour by Penny Warden

the Indian influenceSamantha BuckleyMarch–July 2017

crying in the silicon wildernessDr Romola ParishJuly–October 2017

Dancing Lady by Samantha Buckley

Inner Landscape by Romola Parish

Artist Samantha Buckley talks to visitors about her work.


Our stunning facilities are available to hire for residential and non-residential conferences, meetings, away days, professional development courses, retreats and special events such as weddings and civil partnerships, celebratory dinners and receptions. We rely heavily on the income from this conference trade to support our charitable work.

conference trade: supporting our charitable work

in 2016/17

170organisations with commercial event bookings

344commercial events hosted

15,016bed-nights occupied

3,877day delegates

“Yet another very successful day. Everyone’s combined efficiency and professionalism enabled us to relax totally and to enjoy the day to the full. All our guests seemed to be of the same mind: a wonderful day in a magical setting. Please can we all come again next year?!Marion Clark Macmillan Cancer

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organisations using our event facilities

This year we welcomed 170 organisations with commercial bookings, 45 of which were using our facilities for the first time. We enjoyed 74 per cent repeat business.

Some of the organisations hiring our facilities for events included:

AidCamps InternationalAlfrescoAllianz GlobalThe Arts Society (formerly NADFAS)Ascot RacecourseAspirations Academies TrustBerkshire Cancer Rehabilitation ProgrammeCRISISThe Cure Parkinson’s TrustGreat Ormond Street HospitalIraq Britain Business CouncilLondon Housing FoundationThe Prince’s Trust International Leadership ProgrammeProcter & GambleRosa UKRoyal Academy of DanceSave the ChildrenUniversity AllianceUniversity of the ArtsWilkins Kennedy

In addition to our own series of educational events and activities we hosted 344 events for visiting organisations, including 99 student events (of which 82 were higher education study retreats and the remainder were events run by Windsor Leadership or the Royal Collection Trust) and 63 medical training courses that were part-subsidised by our charitable resources.

In 2017 we celebrated our 70th anniversary as an educational foundation. It was in 1947 that King George VI granted the use of Cumberland Lodge to a new kind of educational institution where young people could meet to discuss the moral and spiritual issues of the day, to avoid a repeat of the events of 1930s Germany.

The foundation was the vision of Amy Buller, who published the ground-breaking book Darkness over Germany in 1943, about her experiences of talking to German people in the 1930s, to try to understand the rise of Nazism.

The St Catharine’s Foundation, as we were known in our early days, formed the basis for the present day Cumberland Lodge with HM The Queen as its patron, following in the footsteps of her mother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who was patron from 1947 until her death in March 2002.

celebrating 70 years

“Everything ran like clockwork. The team looked after us so well: everything was delivered on time and rooms arranged perfectly. The food was fabulous throughout the event, and the wonderful setting added a buzz to the whole event.Alex Reichardt Exeter Centre for Leadership University of Exeter Business School

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Amy Buller and Archie Craig at Cumberland Lodge.

Iraq Britain Business Council at Cumberland Lodge in July 2017.

“new kind of educational institution where young people could meet to discuss the moral and spiritual issues of the day

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Darkness over Germany: A Warning from History

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Students at Cumberland Lodge, Christmas 1950.

Announcement of the King’s grant in The Times, 1947.

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Delegates from the Prince’s Trust International Leadership Programme 2017 summit.

Professional events

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Student events

99Medical training course

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63

Special events 40

Corporate events

23

Third sector events

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events at Cumberland Lodge in 2016/17

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anniversary celebrations

To mark our anniversary we held a number of celebratory events alongside our regular programme of conferences, seminars, lectures and other educational activities. Each was designed to highlight our work and contributions to society over the last 70 years.

Sunday WorshipLive radio broadcast on BBC Radio 4 30 April 2017

We broadcast live from Holy Trinity Garrison Church, Windsor, for the Sunday Worship show on BBC Radio 4, which attracts a weekly audience of 1.42 million. Led by our Principal, the service took the theme of learning to ‘disagree well’ and drew on the life and legacy of Amy Buller. The address was given by Sandra Cobbin, a mediator who helped to facilitate the Church of England’s Shared Conversations on Human Sexuality, and prayers were led by The Revd Ainsley Swift, Rector of Windsor. We were also joined by the Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London.

anniversary evensongChapel service 7 May 2017

More than 70 Friends, trustees, employees and invited guests joined us for a service of Evensong at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, led by The Rt Revd David Conner KCVO, Dean of Windsor. The service was followed by a small reception back at Cumberland Lodge.

open society under threat: a warning from historyBook launch and panel discussion 16 May 2017

In May we convened our panel discussion at St Paul’s Cathedral, London (pictured above), to mark the launch of the first English edition of Darkness over Germany by Amy Buller since 1943 (pictured below). The new edition is published by Arcadia and features a foreword by Professor Barling and afterword by our Principal. The main event in the cathedral was preceded by a VIP reception, attended by 50 invited guests.

Organised in partnership with the St Paul’s Institute, the panel discussion and book launch attracted more than 750 people. Our distinguished panellists and speakers (see page 10) explored some of the most pressing challenges facing nations and societies today, including the rise of nationalism, populism and extremism around the world, through the sobering lens of history. They discussed lessons we can learn from the events of the 1930s and the Second World War, to help build more peaceful, open and inclusive nations today. The panel discussion was followed by questions from the audience. Video footage and an audio recording of the event were subsequently published, to reach a wider public audience online.

1,435people attended our 70th anniversary events

In June 2017 Cumberland Lodge welcomed its Patron, Her Majesty The Queen, and the Duke of Edinburgh.

Patron’s visit11 June 2017

We were honoured to welcome our Patron, Her Majesty The Queen, and the Duke of Edinburgh, to Cumberland Lodge in June. Our Royal guests spent time meeting staff and trustees and finding out more about their work, before meeting our PhD Scholars. Afterwards, they were presented with a copy of Darkness over Germany: A Warning from History before signing the visitors’ book and joining guests for an anniversary group photograph.

summer garden partyFamily event 16 July 2017

Our season of celebrations culminated with a summer garden party in mid-July. The event featured guided history tours of the Lodge, a children’s activity zone, hot and cold refreshments, a publicity and fundraising tent to highlight our charitable work, magic tricks by young Windsor-based magician Dean Leavy, and live music from The Candy Girls trio. At least 440 people of all ages attended, many of whom had never visited Cumberland Lodge before.

Guided tours of Cumberland Lodge led by our Principal.

Amy Buller

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Impact report, 1 September 2016 to 31 August 2017Cumberland Lodge

other events and activities

Additional events in our 70th anniversary series included:

the arrow of history?With Lord (Daniel) Finkelstein OBECumberland Lodge Lecture31 May 2017See page 21

extremism: a warning from historyRoundtable conference5–6 June 2017See page 22

the art of conversationWith Dr Theodore Zeldin15 July 2017See page 41

anniversary summer retreatReflective retreat 14–18 August 2017See page 41

We also published a series of anniversary podcasts on factors affecting social cohesion.

guest contributors included

Baroness (Shami) Chakrabarti Shadow Attorney General

Greg Hurst Social Affairs Editor The Times

Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne Chair AMAR Foundation President Iraq Britain Business Council

The Revd Ruth Scott priest, mediator and writer

Salley Vickers novelist and poet Trustee Cumberland Lodge

Dr Wanda Wyporska Executive Director The Equality Trust

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Lord Finkelstein at the 70th anniversary Cumberland Lodge lecture.

statement from Trustees

These summarised financial statements contain summary information from both the Statement of Financial Activities and the Balance Sheet for the year ended 31 August 2017, but are not the full statutory report and the accounts. The full financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees of Cumberland Lodge on 7 February 2018 and subsequently submitted to the Charity Commission and Companies House. They received an unmodified audit report, and copies may be obtained from the charity at Cumberland Lodge, The Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 2HP.

Signed on behalf of the Trustees of Cumberland LodgeSir Stephen WallChair of Trustees7 February 2018

summarised financial statementsFor the year ended 31 August 2017

summarised consolidated statement of financial activitiesFor the year ended 31 August 2017

Total 2017 £

Total 2016 £

Incoming resources

Income from charitable activities 1,587,440 1,486,352

Voluntary incoming resources: Unrestricted grants and donations 52,299 38,661

Restricted donations 76,527 16,160

Income from generated funds 1,154,731 1,216,953

Total incoming resources 2,870,997 2,758,126

Resources expended

Charitable activities: Unrestricted 2,172,521 1,983,529

Restricted 72,612 13,791

Costs of generating funds 704,396 751,369

Total resources expended 2,949,529 2,748,689

Net incoming resources (78,532) 9,437

Investment revaluation gains 149,238 273,098

Net movement in funds for the year 70,706 282,535

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supporting our charitable work

Inspired by our 70th anniversary milestone we gave fresh impetus to fundraising activities this year, to support the expansion and development of our charitable work beyond that which can be supported by our conference trade. Our new development strategy will ensure that we are best placed to meet whatever challenges lie ahead for society in the future.

We were successful in applying for £77,060 of grant funding to support our roundtable conferences in 2016/17, and an additional gift of £2,500 from the Patron’s Fund helped to support our new programme of work with schools.

new legacy appeal and endowment fund

In February 2017 we welcomed Katy Crowe as Development Director, and in May 2017 we re-launched our annual Chairman’s Appeal, which had attracted donations of £18,000 by 31 August 2017. By the summer of 2017, work had also begun on a new legacy appeal, and we launched an endowment fund to raise £7.5 million within ten years, both of which will help to support our charitable activities in perpetuity.

We have received confirmation of a £12,500 donation from the Barrow Cadbury Trust to support our November 2017 conference on educational interventions to undermine prejudice-motivated hate crime, alongside £15,000 already pledged from the Culham St Gabriel charitable trust. Looking ahead, we also have plans to develop our Friends of Cumberland Lodge scheme by offering a similar membership scheme for corporate partners.

summarised consolidated balance sheetAt 31 August 2017

2017 £

2016 £

Fixed assets

Tangible assets 1,795,764 1,918,551

Investments 2,792,204 2,648,517

4,587,968 4,567,068

Current assets 955,184 875,255

Current liabilities (596,978) (566,855)

Net current assets 358,206 308,400

Net assets 4,946,174 4,875,468

Funds

Unrestricted funds 4,912,142 4,845,351

Restricted funds 34,032 30,117

Total funds 4,946,174 4,875,468

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independent auditor’s statement to the members of Cumberland Lodge

We have examined the summarised financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2017.

respective responsibilities of the directors and the auditor

The directors are responsible for preparing the summarised financial statements in accordance with applicable United Kingdom law.

Our responsibility is to report to you our opinion on the consistency of the summarised financial statements with the full annual financial statements and the Trustees’ Report, and its compliance with the relevant requirements of section 427 of the Companies Act 2006 and the regulations made there under.

We also read the other information contained in the Chairman’s and Principal’s Reports and consider the implications for our report if we become aware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the summarised financial statements.

We conducted our work in accordance with Bulletin 2008/3 issued by the Auditing Practices Board. Our report on the charitable company’s full annual financial statements describes the basis of our opinion on those financial statements and on the Trustees’ Report.

opinion

In our opinion the summarised financial statements are consistent with the full annual financial statements and the Trustees’ Report of Cumberland Lodge for the year ended 31 August 2017 and comply with the applicable requirements of section 427 of the Companies Act 2006 and the regulations made there under.

haysmacintyreStatutory Auditors10 Queen Street PlaceLondon EC4R 1AG7 February 2018

Our Development Director, Katy Crowe.

“we launched an endowment fund to raise £7.5 million within ten years … to support our charitable activities in perpetuity

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“an additional gift of £2,500 from the Patron’s Fund helped to support our new programme of work with schools

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Find out how you could help to support our charitable workcumberlandlodge.ac.uk/about-us/support-our-work

https://www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk/about-us/support-our-work


conferences, seminars, retreats and events

In 2017/18 we are exploring ‘freedom’ and its place in peaceful, open and inclusive societies, through a diverse programme of interdisciplinary conferences, seminars, study retreats and public events.

a recurrent theme throughout our history

‘Freedom’ has been a recurrent theme throughout our institutional history. Our founding warden, Amy Buller, sought to protect the freedom of individuals to express and share their views in safety, after her experiences of engaging with people in Germany during the 1930s about the impacts of Nazism on their lives.

In 2016/2017 we introduced a number of freedom-related themes, including the right to freedom of religion or belief, the scourge of modern slavery, and the threat of contemporary extremism. Each of these is being developed in 2017/18, alongside pressing issues such as freedom from hate crime, LGBTQI+ rights and freedom of expression.

our 2017/18 seriespartners and supporters

We are extremely grateful to those who provide financial support to Cumberland Lodge through grants, sponsorship and donations including, in the past year:

British Society for Population StudiesCentre for Existential Risk, University of CambridgeCentre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CODE), University of ManchesterThe Galton InstituteKBRMagna Carta Fund for Human Rights and Democracy, Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeThe Patron’s FundPolice MutualRoyal Economic SocietySociety for Applied Philosophy

We are also most grateful to the wide range of other organisations we partnered with in 2016/17, to help deliver our charitable activities:

CaraThe ChallengeCheveningThe Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UKNational Police Chiefs’ CouncilNew Philanthropy CapitalRoyal Holloway, University of London

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we are exploring ‘freedom’ and its place in peaceful, open and inclusive societies, through a diverse programme of interdisciplinary conferences, seminars, study retreats and public events

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Find out more about our Freedom seriescumberlandlodge.ac.uk/freedom-series

https://www.cumberlandlodge.ac.uk/freedom-series