We are supporting ClearVision, a lending library that adds Braille to children's books, before loaning them to visually impaired children.

The charity's library is well established and serves over 1,000 families, schools, Vision Support Services and public libraries, making over 10,000 loans in the last year alone. 

We will be supporting ClearVision by way of two donations of £2,500 each, one now and another next summer. 

National Braille Week aims to raise awareness of the importance of Braille and other alternative formats that open up the written world to people with visual

This year’s Citywealth Magic Circle awards took place on Wednesday 10 May and our private client team won the Private Client Asset Manager of the Year (Institutional) award for the second year running. Our team was recognised for its commitment to excellence in client service, leadership and contribution to the profession.

Rathbones enjoyed further success on the evening as the charity team were runners up in the Charity Investment Manager of the Year category. This is a category the team has won five times in the last seven years.

Melanie Wotherspoon, Business Development Director, Rathbone

Rathbone Unit Trust Management has added to its range of specialist funds for charities with the launch of the Rathbone Core Investment Fund for Charities, to be managed by Andrew Pitt, Investment Director and Head of Charities, London. Following increased demand from its growing charity client base, the new fund will offer a multi-asset investment strategy to complement the existing Rathbone Active Income and Growth Fund.

Andrew Pitt, Head of Charities, London at Rathbones said: “This fund marks a significant addition to the investment opportunities we can offer our charities clients

Rathbones has been named ‘Investment Manager of the Year’ at the Charity Times Awards 2016. The judges praised Rathbones’ “impressive growth” and “genuine commitment to ethics and performance.”

This is the third major charity accolade of the year for Rathbones, having won ‘Asset Manager of the Year’ at the Better Society Awards, and ‘Charity Investment Manager of the Year’ at the Citywealth Awards.

Ivo Clifton, Head of Specialist and Charity Business at Rathbones, comments: “We are delighted to have been named ‘Investment Manager of the Year’. Rathbones advises more than 1,000 charities