This Whitsunday Bank Holiday weekend we are cycling from London to Paris – and we need your support! This year we are celebrating 25 years of the JBSF. To mark the occasion, a small group of us are taking on the challenge of cycling from London to Paris to raise £20,000 for The Julian Baring Scholarship Fund – a charity that provides life-changing … Read more
Brodo Evening – Cape Town With spectacular views of Table Mountain, friends and colleagues of The JBSF—many in town for the Mining Indaba—gathered in Bishopscourt, generously hosted by Charles McGregor, for an evening of conversation, connection, and reflection. The highlight of the evening was a talk by Michael Cardo, who shared insights from his biography … Read more
Following The World Mining Trust’s generous donation to The Julian Baring Scholarship Fund to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Blackrock World Mining Trust, Justin Baring presented the Trusts activities to shareholders at their AGM held at Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL Extract from The Blackrock World Mining Trust 2023 Annual report In celebration of the … Read more
We are pleased to announce a joint venture between the Julian Baring Scholarship and The Zimbabwe School of Mines. This will involve The JBSF funding the tuition fees of several appropriate candidates during their time at the School. The Zimbabwe School of mines is a mining training organisation based in Bulawayo “serving the SADC region … Read more
Justin Baring, founder and co Trustee of The Julian Baring Scholarship (and UCT alumnus), was fortunate enough to meet in person the post graduate chemical engineering students that The JBSF is supporting this year and to discuss plans for the upcoming academic year. The trip started with a briefing from Interim Vice Chancellor Dr. Daya … Read more
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
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
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
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
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