Combined Harpole Charitable Trust

The Combined Harpole Charitable Trust is a community-rooted funder with a historic mission to relieve poverty and advance education among Harpole parishioners, blending intergenerational support for those in financial, social, or health hardship with opportunities for children and young people. Core values emphasize local stewardship, fairness, care for the disadvantaged, and prudent use of community assets to deliver responsive relief and enduring educational access, fostering resilience through direct, place-based interventions that address immediate needs and long-term community wellbeing via trusted local partnerships.

Priorities center on poverty relief for elderly residents and needy individuals facing financial hardship, social isolation, or health challenges through targeted grants like fuel assistance and Christmas monetary gifts providing essential support for food insecurity, utility costs, and winter warmth; and educational advancement for children and young people via individual grants for school costs, tutoring, or equipment, alongside funding for local schools, after-school activities, youth clubs, and skills-building programs enhancing academic achievement, confidence, and future opportunities. Interventions focus on preventative hardship relief to sustain independent living for elderly in rural settings, early educational support preventing exclusion for parish youth from low-income families, and community-led youth development addressing barriers to learning and personal growth, prioritizing holistic, person-centred aid that empowers families and isolated individuals within the village fabric.

Exclusions encompass all non-Harpole activities, national organizations, unrestricted core funding, or projects lacking direct parish beneficiary links, ensuring resources stay hyper-local. Distinctives include exclusive single-village focus on Harpole's rural parishioners—prioritizing elderly experiencing poverty or isolation, children and young people needing educational equity, and families in crisis—upheld by trustees with deep lived connections, emphasizing grassroots responsiveness over broad initiatives and blending poverty alleviation with youth empowerment in a uniquely embedded, legacy-driven model.