Julian Baring Scholarship Fund Dinner at Goldsmiths’ Hall, London
The next fund raising event planned for the JBSF will be a Dinner at the Goldsmiths’ Hall celebrating our 25th Anniversary . Exact date tbc. Do contact us at [email protected] if you are interested to join us.
Scholarship supports scores of talented young engineers at University of Cape Town
For more than a decade, the Julian Baring Scholarship Fund (JBSF) has been instrumental in retaining young African talent within the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment (EBE). Since 2010, it has offered generous financial support to 24 postgraduate students, with donations totalling over £300,000 (R6m). Read the full … Read more
Julian Baring (18) visits UCT students supported by the JBSF
On a recent trip to Cape Town, I was kindly given the opportunity to visit the University where the some of the students involved in the Julian Baring Scholarship Fund all study. This visit was organised by Justin Marthinus and Angela Edwards who put time and effort into making my visit as wonderful as it … Read more
Latin American Venture, 2019
With the kind help of the world mining trust we are delighted to start our first latin American venture with several students starting at the Centro Tecnologico Minero (Cetemin Technical College) in Arequipa. Individuals from the communities that are close to mining operations have been given the opportunity to further their education with the goal … Read more
Walking with Poldark, September 2018
More than 50 people were involved over a September weekend, all flying the flag for The JBSF. Those of us who walked all three days covered 82.4 KMs or 107,773 steps – considerably further than we originally set out to do! This also included an underground tour of the South Crofty Mine. As you can … Read more
Publication of “Turning Rocks into Profits” – high grade exerpts from 25 years of Gold & General newsletters.
In order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the BlackRock Gold & General Fund, Blackrock very generously organised for the editing and publication of this book, edited by Michael Coulson and Justin Baring, which contains exerpts from Julian Baring’s weekly newletters. All the proceeds from the sale of this book will be … Read more
Publication of “Turning Rocks into Profits” – high grade exerpts from 25 years of Gold & General newsletters, December 2013
In order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the BlackRock Gold & General Fund, Blackrock very generously organised for the editing and publication of this book, edited by Michael Coulson and Justin Baring, which contains exerpts from Julian Baring’s weekly newletters. All the proceeds from the sale of this book will be … Read more
Substantial donation from Bristow Boyz, September 2012
I am delighted to be contacting you on behalf of our “Nos Vies En Partage” charity motorbike ride which took place from 1 June to 7 July this year. The participants on the bike ride were me, my two sons Grant and Craig and friends Rob Alexander, Rocky Boulanger and Rob Beaumont. In addition there … Read more
Julian Baring Scholarship Fund Dinner at Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, November 2012
A highly successful fund raising dinner was held at Goldsmiths’ Hall with many of the leading corporate figures in the world mining sector attending and taking part in an auction of 12 lots. The dinner raised around £80,000 for the Scholarship Fund.
Substantial donation from Bristow Boyz
I am delighted to be contacting you on behalf of our “Nos Vies En Partage” charity motorbike ride which took place from 1 June to 7 July this year.The participants on the bike ride were me, my two sons Grant and Craig and friends Rob Alexander, Rocky Boulanger and Rob Beaumont. In addition there was … Read more