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LOCAL CHARITY HAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR
The Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity, which in the last financial year distributed £1,7200.000 to support individuals and organisations i...
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LOCAL CHARITY HAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR
The Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity, which in the last financial year distributed £1,7200.000 to support individuals and organisations in Hampton, Twickenham and Richmond, has had yet another successful year.
The origins of the Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity date back to 1811 when land was being enclosed for cultivation and, as a result, the historic rights of the poor to graze animals and collect timber on common land was being lost. The Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity was created to ensure that the poor of the Parish of Hampton would be compensated for this loss of rights and was allotted a piece of wasteland. In 1989, the Charity’s fortunes received a huge boost when that land was sold to Sainsbury’s supermarkets for £21.6 million.
During the last twenty years or so, the Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity has remained true to its original purpose of helping needy people in the area with grants towards fuel costs while greatly extending its activities to benefit the wider community.
According to the Annual Report, during the year to June 2010 the Charity was able to assist some 1,789 households with fuel grants at an average of £385. In addition, the Charity purchased essential equipment for 371 individuals including refrigerators, cookers, washing machines, wheelchairs and special medical equipment. The Charity also supplied ‘Careline’ equipment to 197 individuals living on their own.
Over £903,460 was awarded to organisations and projects during the year, the four largest of which were £60,000 to Richmond Citizens Advice Bureaux, £50,000 to Age Concern Richmond, £45,000 to Youth Partnership.
Other organisations awarded grants include Richmond Mencap, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Age Concern Richmond upon Thames, Richmond Music Trust and the Mediation in Divorce.
January 2011
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