The Desmond Whyte Charitable Trust

Public benefits

1. The Advancement of Education The direct benefits which flow from the Trust's purposes under this heading include the increased ability of the Faculty to provide higher education in the form of lectures, tutorials and examinations. This in turn results in improved educational standards and enhanced opportunities for those students enrolled in the

Faculty and consequently wider society. 2. The Advancement of Health of the Saving of Lives The direct benefits which flow from the Trust's purposes under this heading include the increased ability of the Faculty to provide opportunities for research and development, resulting in the advancement and dissemination of medical knowledge and enabling medical practitioners to better carry out their work to the benefit of the general public who avail of medical services. The direct benefits are demonstrated through feedback obtained from the Faculty and also regular evaluation of the value of the provision of funds to the Faculty. There is no harm arising from any of the purposes. The beneficiaries of the charity are the students and staff of the Faculty and in turn wider society. There is no private benefit flowing from any of the purposes.

What your organisation does

The Trust manages a share portfolio and pays the net income generated from that portfolio to the Faculty of Medicine of Queen’s University Belfast, as set out in the will of the late Desmond Whyte who died on 10 February 1998. The Faculty may apply the funds provided by the Trust to such project or projects as it decides.