{"id":939,"date":"2018-01-09T23:00:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T22:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/?p=939"},"modified":"2018-01-09T23:00:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T22:00:15","slug":"8th-january-2018-caroline-duckworth-the-merchant-venturers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/2018\/01\/09\/8th-january-2018-caroline-duckworth-the-merchant-venturers\/","title":{"rendered":"8th January 2018 Caroline Duckworth &#8211; The Merchant Venturers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Caroline Duckworth, Treasurer of The Society of Merchant Venturers, gave an informative talk that provided insights into the changing focus of the Society.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_942\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-942\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/bristol\/files\/2018\/01\/thumbnail3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-942\" src=\"\/bristol\/files\/2018\/01\/thumbnail3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right<br \/>Presidents Pauline and Lucy with Caroline Duckworth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Society of Merchant Venturers was formally established in 1552 by Royal Charter from Edward VI. For centuries it was synonymous with government in Bristol but now focuses on charitable organisations. Membership is by invitation only and the three critical criteria are (i) to be successful in chosen career, (ii) to be involved in civic society, and (iii) to be congenial. In a secret ballet, at least 75% of members must approve the prospective member.\u00a0 An initial and an annual fee are paid. The first woman member (non-honorary) joined in 2003 and now of 76 members, 7 are women.<\/p>\n<p>The current areas of focus are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Education (of 4,000 pupils in 9 schools)<\/li>\n<li>Care for the Elderly<\/li>\n<li>Social Business<\/li>\n<li>Charitable Funding (\u00a37million in the bank allows the Merchant Venturers to award approximately 90 small grants annually)<\/li>\n<li>Preservation of the Downs (Merchant Venterers own half of the Downs; Bristol Council the other half).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Under Caroline\u2019s leadership, the emphasis of the Society is changing from Control to Collaboration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caroline Duckworth, Treasurer of The Society of Merchant Venturers, gave an informative talk that provided&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":584,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-supper-meetings-read-what-our-speakers-have-to-say"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>8th January 2018 Caroline Duckworth - The Merchant Venturers | News | Blog | Events | SI Bristol<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Bristol : Blog &amp; News : 8th January 2018 Caroline Duckworth - The Merchant Venturers : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Bristol . 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