More than 170 people joined Jewish Care for a Business Breakfast on Thursday 9th March at The Savoy Hotel, raising over £45,000 for our core services.
During the breakfast, donors heard from Dame Kate Bingham DBE, who in 2020, chaired the Government’s Vaccine Taskforce to steer the procurement of vaccines and the strategy for their deployment during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Dame Kate Bingham DBE discussed the situation and conditions under which she decided to accept the appointment, and the challenges, risks and decisions that had to be made around the development and deployment of the vaccine.
Jewish Care is grateful to Coller Capital for sponsoring the event this morning.
During her address, keynote speaker, Dame Kate Bingham DBE, said:
“We were able to show that if we are on a war footing, as we were in the early days of the pandemic, we can actually bring together public- private- government partnerships in an incredibly positive, constructive way. We were able to take risks and we were able to set goals.
For me, I’m now thinking about the areas the UK can be really innovative in the next 20 years. Where can we make a real difference? Because we know now that we can do it. How do we start living more productive, longer and better lives, all by using data that is all emerging and coming through now? As far as what we can do when we work together, I think there is huge potential.”
Lord Howard Leigh, Chairman of Jewish Care’s Business Breakfast Committee said:
“We are so grateful to all supporters at our 99th Business Breakfast for their continued generosity, and to Coller Capital for sponsoring the event. Thank you to Dame Kate Bingham DBE for such an interesting conversation.”
Adam Overlander-Kaye, Director of Fundraising and Community Engagement, Jewish Care said:
“We are hugely appreciative of the donations received today which will go towards our core services. We were delighted to have had Dame Kate Bingham DBE address the room and to share what it was like to lead the strategy for deploying the Covid-19 vaccine. The impact of the pandemic and the relief of a vaccine will always be remembered at Jewish Care, and we will always be grateful that older and vulnerable people were made a priority to receive it.”
