LTC appoints Annette King as Chairman
At 44, the Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) has elected one of its youngest chairmen, Annette King. The announcement was made on Wednesday 13th October at the charity’s annual court at their national conference in Portsmouth.
Annette comes from a family whose involvement in the industry spans three generations. Annette herself has been in the business for 20 years and is the licensee of Boothy’s, a private members club in Mansfield.
Being a licensee of a busy premises hasn’t stopped Annette from being actively involved with the Licensed Trade Charity. Annette has supported the charity almost from the start of her career. Working with the then charity that ran homes for both retired and homeless licensees, she then joined the local ladies auxiliary – a group made up of women from the trade who raise funds.
Over the years, Annette’s commitment to the charity has increased, assisting with fundraising activity and managing and organising events to raise awareness of the Licensed Trade Charity. Working in Boothy’s every night of the week, Annette still finds time to organise fundraisers for the charity, runs three golf events every year, a regional conference as well as being involved in another 30 fundraisers locally.
“My family have worked in the trade for over three generations and it’s given us a lot of happiness and fun times, so I’m delighted to be appointed as Chairman of the Licensed Trade Charity and see it very much as giving something back”, said Annette.
“One of the things I love most about our sector is that licensees are at the forefront of people’s minds when it comes to fundraising – the pub is one of the first places that they come to either to host or help with fundraising activity and as a rule, licensees help wherever possible. If we as an industry could help licensees when they need assistance, then that would be a great achievement in my eyes.
“Many licensees, brewers and those working in the trade still don’t know that there is a charity specifically for them. Their situation is often compounded by the fact they don’t want people to know they are having a bad time. The LTC treats people as a whole – not just a person with cancer or a homeless person – they look at the all of the circumstances in that person’s life.”
James Brewster, Chief Executive of Licensed Trade Charity said; “Annette has already made a significant contribution to our organisation, working hard to raise funds and raise awareness of the work that we do. We are delighted to have her as our chairman and know that she’ll make a difference, bringing her warmth and compassion to everything that she does.”
