Susan Kay
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We invest in those who have great ideas and methods for improving the health and well-being of older people and in making the connections which can help them to flourish. You can find out more about our strategic aims and objectives here, along with details of our people (staff, committee members and trustees) and our history.
We also want to play our part in informing and influencing the collective understanding of “what works” and enabling community organisations to develop innovative, evidence-informed and best practice ways of delivering care and support for older people and drive systemic change needed to secure a healthier later life for us all.
Download our 2020-2025 Strategic Framework and Themes (.pdf)
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Following the completion of the terms of office of some existing Committee members, we welcome expressions of interest from well-qualified candidates for membership of the Research Grants Committee.
Purpose: in addition to assessing and making awards under the delegated authority of the Board of Trustees, the Committee helps to shape and deliver our plans and monitor their progress.
Term of appointment: appointments are for three years, renewable once, by mutual agreement.
Time commitment: Attendance at up to 4 committee meetings per year, at which members may be asked to lead the discussion on 3-5 research applications per meeting and will have the benefit of peer review scoring and comments.
Applicants must have both permission and support from their host institution before applying.
If you think you would fit the bill, contact susan.kay@duhillmedical.org.uk for an informal discussion.
The Dunhill Medical Trust files its Trustees’ Report and Accounts with the Charity Commission for England and Wales and with Companies House. You can find a selection of the most recent here.
Charity Commission guidance states that “the Commission expects trustees to comply with the law on bribery and to implement good practice in accordance with their duty to protect the property and reputations of their charities”. The Bribery Act 2010 applies to individuals and ‘commercial organisations’; according to guidance from the Ministry of Justice, this includes charitable companies carrying out not-for-profit business. As such, The Charity Commission requires charities with income in excess of £1 million to have an anti-bribery policy statement.
Our Articles of Association is the constitutional document which sets out our charitable objects and our governing regulations.
All members of the Community Grants Committee (Trustees, External Advisers and Executive Officers) must abide by the principles and procedures set out in the Dunhill Medical Trust’s Conflict of Interest Policy. It is, however, recognised that there are times when specific conflict of interest issues can arise in respect of grant applications and other grant-related matters that apply particularly to the Community Grants Committee, to which a specific Code of Conduct applies and should be read in conjuction with the Conflict of Interests policy. In formulating this code, Charity Commission guidelines have been taken fully into consideration.
The Dunhill Medical Trust accepts that organisations and individuals should be able to make complaints regarding any unsatisfactory aspects of its working practice. The purpose of this procedure is to set out a process for dealing with complaints which is fair and aims to resolve issues which may arise as quickly and reasonably as possible. The Trust aims to ensure that its grant-making reflects best practice and reserves the right to determine how it carries out its work. It does, however, accept that from time to time issues might arise which may need to be resolved as a result of the Trust’s interaction with grant applicants and grant holders, and other external individuals and organisations.
This policy is intended to be compatible with the provisions for dealing with conflicts of interest included in the Articles of Association of the Dunhill Medical Trust. In setting out the policy, the Trustees of the Dunhill Medical Trust acknowledge and accept the definition and principles in the Charity Commission document Conflicts of Interest: A Guide for Charity Trustees (CC29).
This Policy should be read in conjunction with the specific guidelines for the grant scheme for which you are applying.
We value the diversity of our staff and stakeholders and the benefits that differences can bring. Accordingly, no eligible applicant, trustee, adviser, employee or external stakeholder should receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics set out in the Equality Act 2010.
Our equality and diversity policy is in three parts:
All members of the Investment Committee (Trustees, External Advisers and Executive Officers) must abide by the principles and procedures set out in the Dunhill Medical Trust’s Conflict of Interest Policy. It is, however, recognised that there are times when specific conflict of interest issues can arise that apply particularly to the Investment Committee. This and other matters relating to the expected conduct of members is set out in the Committee’s Code of Conduct.
The Trust keeps its investment policy under regular review. How our investments perform in terms of environment, social and governance matters is important to everyone and we monitor these using the available tools, in addition to financial performance.
We have also set out our approach to impact investment in our Impact Investment Policy.
Our IT security is important to us and we are Cyber Essentials accredited.
Outsourcing and third party compliance Policy
The Dunhill Medical Trust (DMT) has a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery, and we strive to act ethically and with integrity in all of our business dealings and relationships to ensure that modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our own organisation. We will also ensure our approach and stance is clear with our partners and organisations in receipt of DMT grants.
The Dunhill Medical Trust (DMT) holds personal data about its employees, Trustees and Committee members, grant holders, suppliers and other individuals for a variety of purposes relating to delivery of its charitable objectives. It seeks to adhere to the principles of data protection legislation, in particular to meet the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) effective May 2018. This policy sets out how the Trust seeks to protect personal data and ensure that its staff, Trustees and external advisors understand the rules governing their use of personal data to which they have access in the course of their work. In particular, this policy requires staff to ensure that the Executive Director is consulted before any significant new data processing activity is initiated to ensure that relevant compliance steps are addressed. Any breach, whether deliberate or through negligence, may lead to disciplinary action being taken.
View and download the full policy
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Our Privacy Notice is intended help our stakeholders to understand what information we collect about them, how we use it, how we protect any information that they give us and what choices they have.
All members of the Research Grants Committee (Trustees, External Advisers and Executive Officers) must abide by the principles and procedures set out in the Dunhill Medical Trust’s Conflict of Interest Policy. It is, however, recognised that there are times when specific conflict of interest issues can arise in respect of grant applications and other grant-related matters that apply particularly to the Research Grants Committee to which a specific Code of Conduct applies and should be read in conjuction with the Conflict of Interests policy.
In formulating this code, Charity Commission guidelines and Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) guidelines have been taken fully into consideration.
The Trust maintains a risk register. The Trust's Committees review the sections relevant to their work at each meeting, reporting to the Board any items which merit a change in risk status. The executive keep it under constant review and the Board reviews it in detail annually.
The following documents may be found in the How we support you section (Support and resources for academic and clinical researchers) of the website.
All Trustees must abide by the principles and procedures set out in the Dunhill Medical Trust’s Conflict of Interest Policy. It is, however, recognised that there are times when specific conflict of interest issues can arise to which a specific Code of Conduct applies and should be read in conjuction with the Conflict of Interests policy.
Herbert E Dunhill died in November 1950 leaving £250,000 from his personal estate in Charitable Trust for medical research into tuberculosis, the cause of his death.
His niece, Mary Dunhill Lane, was appointed one of the original Trustees and it was largely her vision that drove the Charity until her death in 1988. Her daughter, Kay Glendinning, continued her work and was Executive Director from 1988 until April 2005 when she joined the Board in a non executive capacity. In 2019, she stepped down as a Trustee and became the Trust’s first Patron.
Kay recalls returning to work from maternity leave to ask if she could resume the job she had had on the shop floor in the family business since leaving school at 17. She was greeted with a plan hatched by her mother to work in her Uncle Herbert’s expanding charity, directed to address herself to a toppling pile of paper and issued with an instruction to go out and learn about medicine! This she did, finding herself very quickly in an operating theatre at Guy’s Hospital watching an operation on a baby. She admits to fainting but never looking back. By the 1980s, the Trust was receiving an increasing number of grant applications related to issues associated with ageing and the care of older people. Although there was a clear case of unmet need, many applications could not be supported because they fell outside the original aims of the Trust. To rectify this, the Trust Deed was formally amended and in 1986 the Charity was renamed The Dunhill Medical Trust and was registered with the Charity Commission (Charity no. 294286). On 1st April 2011, The Dunhill Medical Trust also became a charitable company limited by guarantee (registered company number: 07472301; registered charity number: 1140372). The Trustees of the unincorporated charity became directors and members of the new company, in addition to remaining Trustees of the re-registered charity. Herbert’s initial bequest has been prudently and successfully invested and managed by the independent trust throughout these administrative changes and is now worth over £160M today.
The Trust has no connection with the tobacco industry and complies fully with the Joint Protocol of Cancer Research and Universities UK on Tobacco Industry Funding to Universities (2004).
The original endowment was a personal bequest from Herbert Dunhill’s estate and not in the form of a donation or legacy from the family business*. That bequest has been invested in a range of collective funds in the global investment markets ever since and no direct investments in tobacco have been made. The Trustees and staff take their responsibilities regarding protection of the endowment and the environmental, social and governance aspects very seriously, so our investment policy remains under regular review and investment in “tobacco stocks” is a specific policy exclusion.
* Having its origins in the saddlery business, Alfred Dunhill developed into a successful luxury goods brand, responding first to the growing demand for automobiles at this time with car horns and lamps, leather overcoats, goggles, picnic sets, pipes, tobacco, lighters and timepieces and by the late 1970s, was offering a range of 3,500 luxury products.
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