Charitable Activities
He was co founder of The Polish Heritage Society UK in 2009, is currently Vice President and Secretary and has worked on a number of restoration projects such as the repair and erection of The statue of Frederyk Chopin at The South Bank Centre (a gift from the people of Poland in the 1970s which had fallen into disrepair), the placing of a plaque in memory of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski in Chiswick and funding the restoration of a portrait of Marshal Edward Rydz-Śmigły by the artist, Jan Hawrylkiewicz. This painting is the second of what is a commitment by Bujak to restore two such artworks a year.
In 2011 he was awarded The Pro Memoria Medal by The Republic of Poland in recognition of this work. For his fundraising activities he was awarded The Order Pro Merito Melitensi (Cross) by The Sovereign Order of The Knights of Malta. Philip is also Vice President of the Conservative Friends of Poland (CFoP), which was established in 2008 with the aim of strengthening relations between the British and Polish communities in the United Kingdom and Poland.
He has been a regional committee member for The National Trust covering Devon & Cornwall, a past trustee of The Silvanus Woodland Trust and Chairman of Governors for Christchurch Primary School in London.
In memory of his father, Bujak set up the J.F.Bujak Trust which currently support Sixth Form students at his old comprehensive school who need funding in order to undertake education based travel around the world.
Between 2005-2009 he ran annual residential leadership courses for prospective Headteachers at St Edmund’s College, Oxford and was appointed to the Skills & Crafts Commission on reforming apprenticeships.
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