WORLDwrite

Youth education charity WORLDwrite (Charity Registration Number: 1060869) is associated with the libertarian anti-environmental LM network. Established in 1991, " WORLDwrite Annual Report 2008/9", Charity Commission website, it promotes a development agenda.
Its website promotes the Battle of Ideas and Spiked as well as blogs by LM network associates Daniel Ben-Ami, Brendan O'Neill and Rob Killick. "Home page", WORLDwrite website, accessed 8 May 2010 In 2010, sixty of its young volunteers filmed and participated in over seventy of the Battle of Ideas debates. It claims to "benefit" 2,500 people annually. "WORLDwrite Annual Report 2009/10", Charity Commission website, 
WORLDwrite has a staff of 5 FTE, an annual turnover of around £150,000 " WORLDwrite Annual Report 2008/9", Charity Commission website, and 
has acquired a site in Bulgaria to use as a training camp. The White House Estate White House website acc 24 April 2011 The trustees comprise Shirley Lawes, Kirk Leech and Toby Marshall. WORLDwrite's tour guide trainers include LM associates Ceri Dingle, Viv Regan, Alan Hudson, Ian Abley, James Woudhuysen, Munira Mirza, Jim Butcher and Andrew Calcutt. London Behind the Scenes - Trainer Bios, WORLDwrite website, acc 19 Jan 2011
==Funding==
It has an permanent video news project, WORLDbytes and a current video history project in East London, London behind the Scenes. These were funded during 2008/9 as follows:
* Worldbytes - Bloomberg; City Parochial Foundation; Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
* London Behind the Scenes - Paul Hamlyn Foundation; Wates Foundation." WORLDwrite Annual Report 2008/9", Charity Commission website,
Details of funding:
:In 2008, the City Parochial Foundation gave £85,000 towards the launch of Worldbytes.Groups funded Trust for London website acc 5 Feb 2011
:In 2009, the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation gave £70,671 towards the salary over three years of the assistant director, to run 'WORLDbytes', an “experimental online news magazine channel run by young disadvantaged volunteers”. Citizenship or community development Esmee Fairbairn website acc 5 Feb 2011
:In 2008, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation gave £75,000 to London Behind the Scenes.London behind the scenes Paul Hamlyn Foundation website acc 5 Feb 2011
: In 2008/9, the Wates Foundation gave £10,000 towards London Behind the ScenesWates Foundation accounts 2008/9 Charity Commission website acc 5 Feb 2011 
:In 2009, the Heritage Lottery Foundation gave £25,000 for a Young Roots programme on Sylvia Pankhurst and the Suffragettes.Our projectsHeritage Lottery Commission website, acc 11 Feb 2011
:IN 2009/10 Bloomberg increased its funding to £50,000 from £30,000 the previous year, making its funding larger than the next two largest grants combined."WORLDwrite Annual Report 2009/10", Charity Commission website, 
The accounts are examined by Jane Sandeman.
==People==
* Graham Barnfield, Education Officer 
* Steve Daley, Irish Co-ordinator
* Ceri Dingle, Director 
* Andy Hirst, Arts Co-ordinator/ previously trustee
* Kirk Leech, Trustee
* Toby Marshall, Trustee
* Reshmi Parag, Trustee
* Viv Regan, Assistant Director
* Patrick Hayes, Volunteer Co-ordinator
*Martyn Perks - designed the website July 1998Worldwrite Welcome to worldwrite, retrieved from the Internet Archive of 2 March 2000 on 23 September 2013.
==Contact==
:The WORLDwrite Centre
:Millfields Lodge
:201 Millfields Road
:London, E5 0AL
:Tel/Fax: (0044) 020 8985 5435
:Facebook: WORLDwrite
:Twitter: WORLDwrite
:Website: WORLDwrite
:YouTube: WORLDwrite
==Notes==
Category:LM network