March 2011
Following the encouragement and the support of our friends, Our Roots Trust is now a formally registered Charity with the Charity Commission of England and Wales, No.1140623

Gift Aid - Our Roots Trust is now registered for Gift Aid donations

Our Roots Trust Logo - our thanks to Pam Brown for designing the ORT Logo - it will soon appear on all our Certificates and correspondence

PROGRAMME for 2011

 Postawy - Belarus

• Sponsor the completion of new facilities for youth – scouting, sports and recreation rooms - currently being funded and developed by the parish church of sw. Antoniego Padewskiego.
• Gimnazjum/School – sponsor the completion of project developed around the history of the battles in the region of Postawy-Narocz during WWI under the guidance of the local historian Igor Prakopowich.
• School No.1 – award the ROOTS PRIZE to pupils who come top in the study of English language in each of the year-groups.
• Invite the students from all schools in the Postawy region to participate in the ROOTS PRIZE competition for the best story submitted in the English language.

 Baranowicze - Belarus

• Spoleczna Szkola Podstawowa – invite the pupils and students of the school to participate in the ROOTS PRIZE competition by submitting their written work in Polish (on a subject yet to be agreed with the school).
• Sponsor a team-work project at the SSP school on the subject of “forgotten histories” (zapomniane historie) in the Baranowicze district and/or “our grandparents reminisce” (wspomnienia dziadkow).
• Invite the students of local Secondary School to participate in the ROOTS PRIZE competition by submitting their work in English (on a subject yet to be agreed with the School).

Braslaw - Belarus

• In cooperation with the local PMS sponsor via the ROOTS PRIZE the study of local history and Polish language.

 Karaganda - Kazakhstan

• Continue the ROOTS AID sponsorship of humanitarian work and services provided by the Sisters in the district of Fedorowka.

 Chzkalov  - Kazakhstan

• Continue the sponsorship of scouting and other social events as they arise.

 England