Every donation reaches a programme; 94p in the pound goes directly to grants, casework, the Practical Recovery Aid programme, the allotment, the Quiet Visits programme and the calls. We will tell you, by name, where your money went — if you ask.
We expect demand for Heating & Warmth Aid grants to be 19% higher this winter than last. Even at our most conservative forecast, the Small Grants Fund needs £3,000 — by the second week of November — to be confident we will not turn anyone away on a cold Friday afternoon.
Below are six donation tiers, each tied to a specific piece of the Trust's work. Choose a tier, set your own amount, or set up a regular monthly gift. The button at the foot of the form takes you to a secure CAF Donate page.
Pays the cost of a Friendly Check-in caller's mobile bill for a quarter.
One emergency fuel voucher for an older neighbour with a frozen meter.
The actual cost of a the parish primary school uniform, not the leaflet figure.
Subsidises one member household at the Practical Recovery Aid programme for four weeks.
The average small parish grant — boots, calculator, bus pass, toolkit.
Covers one trustee's three-year-term induction and reading-paper printing budget.
If a card payment is not for you, we are equally happy with a bank transfer, a cheque in the post, or a cup of coffee. There is no minimum donation.
Eastham & District Welfare Trust
Sort code 40-22-15 · Account 78215543
Please add your initials in the reference; we will write to thank you.
Make payable to Eastham & District Welfare Trust and post to: Hockerills, Eastham, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8NW. We bank cheques every Tuesday.
The Trust accepts legacies gratefully and uses them to top up our endowment, not our annual budget. Our solicitors will share suggested wording on request.
A growing number of families ask for donations to the Trust in lieu of flowers. We send a printed Book of Names entry to the family in December each year.
Through your employer's payroll giving scheme (Workplace Giving UK, Charities Trust, GAYE). Your gift is taken from your pre-tax pay. We are registered with all three.
If you happen to be in Eastham village on a Wednesday afternoon or Saturday morning, the Practical Recovery Aid programme has a 'pay what you can' coffee and shortbread table. Tax-deductible only in spirit.
We will spend 94p of every £1 you give us on the programmes themselves. We will tell you, when our annual report is published in October, what work your particular donation contributed to. We will never sell, lend, or share your details — and we will not write between editions of the quarterly letter.
Read the donor promise →If you are a UK taxpayer, ticking the Gift Aid box on a £40 donation means the Trust receives £50 — at no cost to you.
In 2024–25, Gift Aid added an extra £42,800 to the Trust's income — equivalent to:
