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LOCAL CHARITY HAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR
The Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity, which in the last financial year distributed £1,696,320 to support individuals and organisations in...
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LOCAL CHARITY HAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR
The Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity, which in the last financial year distributed £1,696,320 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 eighteen years, 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 2007 the Charity was able to assist some 1,548 households with fuel grants at an average of £355. In addition, the Charity purchased essential equipment for 313 individuals including refrigerators, cookers, washing machines, wheelchairs and special medical equipment. The Charity also supplied ‘life-line’ equipment to 212 individuals living on their own.
Over £785,000 was awarded to organisations and projects during the year, the four largest of which were £140,000 to St Mary’s Church Community Hall, £50,000 to Richmond Citizens Advice Bureaux, £36,000 to Age Concern Richmond, £40,000 to London Borough of Richmond upon Thames for children with special needs out of school activities.
Other organisations awarded grants include Richmond Mencap, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Age Concern Richmond upon Thames, Hampton Youth Football Club Project, Richmond Music Trust and the Mediation in Divorce.
January 2008
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