Supporting the children, families
and communities of Southwark
WHAT WE DO
Founded in 1885, Charterhouse in Southwark is one of the longest serving charities in London. We provide funds to help the young people of Southwark by raising their aspirations beyond limits imposed by their circumstances.
We work in partnership with a number of service providers for children in the Borough to achieve these aims.
OUR HISTORY
Cover photograph from the Charterhouse in Southwark report in 1977.
The first two houses acquired by the Mission, drawn by JP Gulch from the window of the lodging house opposite.
Looking North along Crosby Row with the Mission on the right.
The charity was founded as ‘The Charterhouse Mission’ in 1885 by Old Carthusians of Charterhouse School and initially located at 40 Tabard Street where the First Missioner, JG Curry, also lived with his family. Volunteers from the school and the community helped Curry run clubs for men and boys in the parish but, before long, Tabard Street could not contain the work nor the large congregation and in 1890, funds were raised to build St Hugh’s church and acquire nearby 32 Crosby Row.
In 1930, the charity decided to extend its mission to include women, which is when 39 Crosby Row was acquired for their use.
While a variety of projects achieved huge success in the community for decades, in 2008 the Trustees believed to better serve the borough going forwards, Charterhouse in Southwark should become a fundraiser rather than a direct provider of services. The charity ran The Arc Nursery until March 2009, when its operation was passed to an unrelated charity on a commercial lease.
Trustees of The Charterhouse in Southwark Endowment Fund (a related charity) joined with us in October 2010. The income from both charities contributes to the disengaged, vulnerable and disadvantaged children living locally.
LONG-LASTING RELATIONSHIPS
Charterhouse in Southwark has very strong relationships with The Charterhouse in Clerkenwell and Charterhouse School in Surrey, one of Britain’s longest established independent schools. To honour our link with the school, Charterhouse in Southwark offer a biennial scholarship to a child from Southwark to attend Charterhouse Sixth Form. The scholarship aims to create equal opportunities for less privileged children.
OUR IMPACT
2021/22
£168,077
£6,000
THE BRADFIELD CLUB
Supporting a youth club in Peckham that offers a safe environment and individual support.
£5,000
CHILDREN'S LITERACY CHARITY
Helping to fund specially trained literacy tutors work with disadvantaged children in Southwark schools.
£7,500
THEATRE PECKHAM
Contibution to help fund accessible routes into the creative industries for young people through theatre.
£9,400
BURGESS SPORTS
Funding for the holiday multi-sport camps and food programme.
£6,080
DOCKLANDS SETTLEMENT
Funding towards football coaching in their youth club programme.
£4,900
GLOBAL GENERATION
Contribution towards an environmentally led youth programmes.
£8,000
INSPIRE @ST PETERS
Funding towards the summer activity holiday programme.
£10,000
LONDON COMMUNITY BOXING
Contributing towards the youth programme ad core costs
of the boxing club.
£10,045
£10,000
PEMBROKE HOUSE
PECKHAM PLATFORM
Supporting children's transition to secondary school through the PAM music academy.
Funding towards an alternative creative learning space for young people in Peckham.
£8,000
TIME AND TALENTS
Core funding towards the running of the children's programmes based in Rotherhithe.
£8,000
THEATRE TROUPE
TT works with young people with acute and complex mental health problems in theatre groups.
In addition to honour our relationship with Charterhouse School, we offer a biennial scholarship to a child from Southwark to attend Sixth Form.
2020/21
£94,150
2016/17
£89,092
2019/20
£106,770
2015/16
£94,869
2018/19
£114,349
2014/15
£122,242
2017/18
£108,924
2013/14
£84,406
MEET THE TRUSTEES
GEORGE HANKEY
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CHAIRMAN
George joined the board of trustees in 2018. He trained as a solicitor at Simmons & Simmons where he worked for 8 years before joining Troy Asset Management in 2014. George became Chairman in 2020.
ALEX PETERKEN
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TRUSTEE
Dr Alex Peterken was appointed Headmaster of Charterhouse in January 2018 and shortly after became a Trustee of Charterhouse in Southwark. Alex started his teaching career at Charterhouse, where he taught for eleven years. He moved to Cheltenham College in 2008 where he was Deputy Headmaster in September 2010.
PETER AIERS
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TRUSTEE
Peter Aiers is the 34th Master and Chief Executive of the Charterhouse. He was previously the Chief Executive of the Churches Conservation Trust, a national charity caring for historic church buildings across England and had worked here for 15 years. Peter’s background is in historic building conservation and has always had a particular interest in how historic buildings can best serve contemporary society. He has a track record of significant historic church building development projects and also invented Champing™. Peter is a trustee of the Hertiage Alliance, and Goodwill Solutions CIO and also a member of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation.
MADELEINE ALDRIDGE
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DIRECTOR
Madeleine joined Charterhouse in Southwark in 2017 to run the day to day operations of the Trust. She has lived in Southwark for nearly 20 years and for many years worked in design. In 2015 she completed a degree in Social Work at London Southbank University.
JOHN GILLESPIE
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TREASURER
John has been a long standing Trustee and Treasurer since 2006. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2002 whilst at KPMG and has since worked at FirstGroup plc and World Fuel Services. In November 2017 he joined Audiotonix Group Limited.
ELIZABETH BARRETT
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TRUSTEE
Libby studied chemistry at the University of Bristol and since 2010 has been working as an Investment Manager at Rathbones Investment Management, specialising in managing investments for charities.
Libby has been a Trustee of Charterhouse in Southwark since 2013.
TRISTAN PARSONS
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TRUSTEE
Tristan, our youngest and newest Trustee, joined the board in 2018.
He studied music at Manchester University, finishing in 2013 and now works as a music industry professional with Atlantic Records, a division
of Warner Music. He lives in Southwark and is a keen violinist.
APPLYING FOR A GRANT
Charterhouse in Southwark is a grant-making trust which supports charitable organisations that run programmes and projects for disadvantaged young people in the Borough of Southwark.
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Applicants will need to be able to provide at least one set of legally compliant accounts.
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They will also be required to provide an organisational budget for the coming year.
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Arrange a call and visit to your organisation as part of the assessment process.
Trustees meet three times a year to review applications - February, June and October.
To have your application considered please note the deadlines below.
For the February round: 5th January
For the June round: 5th May
For the October round: 5th September
Please do not leave your application to the last minute. Submitting well in advance of a trustee meeting means we will be able to consider your application. Applications received less than a month before a meeting will roll over to the next one.
To help plan your application, please note the calendar of trustee meetings and email with an expression of interest ahead of applying to ensure your organisation fits within the Charterhouse in Southwark criteria.
To submit an application form, please download/save and digitally complete the pdf below. Alternatively, this form can be printed, filled by hand and posted to our address.
If you have any queries regarding our application process, please email us at;
Step Out Mentoring
Step Out is an early intervention mentoring organisation that provides support for children and young people in the heart of South London through outdoor based 1:1 mentoring and group workshops.
They work with children and young people aged 8-18 who are disengaged with education and/or life. They work to support them in forging a way through life, encouraging them to thrive and become positive change makers in their communities.
They provide support to children and young people through four main activities. Their focus is on 1:1 mentoring, with group workshops, family celebration events and residential trips supplementing the main programme.
The four elements of this project are designed to provide the best holistic support for children and young people. The key to all of these is that they are designed and led by the children and young people themselves. Young people will be continuously consulted on all elements of the project, from what they do with their mentors, what workshops they would like, how the family celebrations take place and where to go on trips. We love for the young people to take ownership over these elements – this is an important part of empowering them with responsibility – so you will often see young people leading events and inputting into the project.
DONATE
Whether it's time, money or skills, donating to Charterhouse in Southwark is much appreciated by our beneficiaries. You can reach us via email to talk about changes to existing giving, setting up a new arrangement, Gift Aid or a legacy promise.
The easiest way to give is online at justgiving.com/charterhouse
You can download the GiftAid form by clicking here for single donations or here for multiple. Simply fill out the form(s) and return via email info@charterhouse-in-southwark.org or by post. You'll find our address under 'contact'.
MARATHON RUNNERS
Charterhouse in Southwark have a very committed group of fundraisers who regularlly run marathons and kindly donate the proceeds to us. If you would like to run for Charterhouse in Southwark as well, please contact us and we will be thrilled to sign you up.
Alternatively, if you have other fundraising ideas or events taking place near you, please get in touch.
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CONTACT
Madeleine Aldridge
Director
Charterhouse in Southwark
PO Box 59636, London, SE22 2AD