North Elmham United Charities
North Elmham United Charities Annual report from the Trustees Charity Registration No 1062812 (Registered in name of “North Elmham Relief in Need”) The current charity is an amalgamation of several old and small charities from the village. They are: North Elmham Fuel Lands Charity. Circa 1830 Robert Shettles Charity. Circa 1609 John Culling Charity Before 1786 Peter Johnson’s Charity. Circa 1833 Gooch’s Charity. (3/50ths of) Circa 1634 Trustees Martin Phillips (Chairman) Appointed May 2011 Paul Grainger Appointed November 2019 Jennie Borgnis Appointed May 2015
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Current formula for grants Over the past year we have received complaints from several parishioners that the Charities handouts have wandered from the ideals of those registered with the Charity Commission. Many people over the last few years have therefore received payments that were not justified under these ideals, which are for payments to be made to: “Elderly or Old persons, resident in the parish of North Elmham, who are in conditions of NEED, HARDSHIP or DISTRESS.” Charitable payments are not designed to be given to people as a matter of right, just because they are over 65 or have lived in the village all their lives. The Trustees have therefore attempted to formulate a framework to try and give the payments to the people who would most benefit from them. We wanted the charity money to be distributed fairly to those who needed it most. The guidelines were to consider payment to be made to parishioners as follows:
The Trustees know that changing the old distribution list would upset a few people. We apologise if we have. Also, by using the Elmham News to ask people to apply for the payments if they fell within the guidelines, we were able to add a few worthy recipients to the list that had previously not been considered. There maybe exceptions to the distribution guidelines and we may not have got it right yet. But we are trying. If you have any further comments or, if you know of someone who would benefit from a future charitable gift, please contact the Trustees with their details. For and on behalf of The Trustees North Elmham United Charity
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