Friends' Newsletter

CEO

Message from our Chief Executive ESB's Chief Executive, Tina Renshaw, welcomes you to the first edition of our Friends’ Newsletter.

TINA RENSHAW

Chief Executive

I am delighted to introduce you to the new Friends’ Newsletter, following the revisions to ESB’s Membership categories as voted for at our latest AGM. Following the vote, a number of the membership categories now form the new ‘Friend’ category. With these changes in place, I am excited to keep you informed of our continuing plans to help keep you connected to ESB through our exclusive newsletter. We are always looking for ways to celebrate the history, voices and memories of ESB, and invite you to contribute to our growing archive. Our Communications Team has begun interviewing some of ESB’s key figures, to record treasured oral histories of the business. Your personal insight is of great value to us, and we would be delighted to accept any contributions from you to help us build a deeper knowledge of ESB’s rich history. Deborah Bassett is curating this archive and she can be contacted on deborah.bassett@esbuk.org . I know that many of you feel passionately about preserving the pioneering work of our founder, and we are asking our Friends to support the Christabel Burniston Fund. We have now established a sub-committee of Trustees to identify new ways of fundraising by you as Friends. We hope to have your valuable input into this work, to maintain our charitable status, and to work together to have a sustainable future for the Fund. Please contact either Trustee Richard Ellis richard@richardellis-training.co.uk or Trustee Merriel Halsall-Williams

halsallwilliams@moretonhall.com if you would like to get involved.

The support from our Trustees is central to the business, and we are always interested to hear from members who may like to serve as Trustees. We hope to build the skills sets currently held and are interested in potential Trustees who have a background in finance or business and who are involved with language provision at schools or FE colleges. The appointment of new Trustees will take place at our next Trustee meeting in November. This year we are also looking to build our Alumni and Ambassador programmes, to recognise learners and leaders who best embody ESB’s ethos. Please click here to hear more about our Ambassador programme. With these plans in motion, I am excited for the future of ESB’s membership, which will play a key part in celebrating the legacy of the organisation and the ground-breaking work of its founder. I thank you for your continued support and commitment to ESB, and I hope you enjoy reading our first Friends’ Newsletter.

Best wishes, Tina Renshaw Chief Executive

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