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HMC PROJECTS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE - A REGISTERED CHARITY AND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE

HMC Projects in Central and Eastern Europe Limited is a company limited by guarantee and was incorporated on 23 September 1998. It is a registered charity, number 1074491. The company was established to take over the activities of the HMC Foreign Students Fund, a charitable trust, and the assets and liabilities of that Trust were transferred to the company on 30 April 1999 by way of a donation.

AIMS

The Objective is to advance the education of students from Central and Eastern Europe through scholarships awarded by British Independent schools.

TRUSTEES

  • I.G. Power Chairman
  • R. A. Schlich Secretary
  • R. J. Fox
  • D. N. Morrison
  • N. J. England
  • I.M. Small
  • T.H.P. Haynes
  • P.M. de Voil
 

PATRONS

  • Sir Michael Burton KCVO, CMG, former Ambassador to the Czech Republic; Chairman of the British Czech and Slovak Association
  • Mr Charles de Chassiron CVO, former Ambassador to Estonia
  • Mr Martin Davidson CMG, Chief Executive of the British Council
  • Mr Muzaffar Khan, Principal and Board Member of Space Energy
  • Mr Mike Lake CBE, Director-General of The English-Speaking Union
  • Mr David Lyscom, former Ambassador to Slovakia and Chief Executive of the Independent Schools Council
  • The Rt Hon Dr Dennis MacShane MP, former Minister of State for Europe and Deputy Foreign Minister
  • Professor Sir Curtis Price KBE, Warden of New College, Oxford

OFFICERS

  • P.F.J. Tobin (Administrator of the Scholarship Scheme)
  • Mrs L. Power (Deputy Administrator)
  • R.J. Wicks (Administrator of the Work Experience Scheme for Teachers)
  • R. Hildrew (Student Counsellor)

REVIEW OF THE TRUST'S ACTIVITIES

The Trust offered scholarships to students from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and the Ukraine. In September 2010 68 students will enter UK Independent schools through HMC Projects. Teachers will come to UK Independent schools from Central and Eastern Europe through the HMC Projects Work Experience scheme. HMC Projects has been authorised by the UK Border Agency to act as an overarching sponsor for the award of Tier 5 visas to teachers from countries outside the EEA.