Care Fund News

This month the Trust has supported 80 Harpenden pensioners with generous contributions to their utility bills, totalling approximately £20,000. This money comes from the Trust's Care Fund and every year a similar amount of money is earmarked for allocating in this way. With rising fuel bills and budgets under strain, it is no surprise that our busy utilities team receives lots of requests for financial assistance.

If you know a pensioner who struggles to pay their household bills, please do let us know and we will see what we can do to support them. Contact our office on 01582 460457 between 10.00am - 12noon on weekdays, or email [email protected].

31 October 2019

In Other News

Raffle at U3A party raised £92 for the Harpenden Trust Annual Appeal!

23 December 2024
A huge thank you to Jan Warr for running an amazing raffle at the u3a Christmas party last week! She raised a brilliant £92 for our Christmas Appeal - so a big well done and thank you to the whole u3a group for their generosity. Merry Christmas to you all!
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The Lea Singers raised £650 for the Harpenden Trust!

23 December 2024
On Thursday evening, local chamber choir, The Lea Singers, hosted a Christmas concert at St John’s Church, Southdown. They presented a joyful evening of beautiful singing, mince pies and mulled wine, and popular carols for all to join in with. A perfect event to get everyone in the Christmas mood. Through the evening, our volunteers sold raffle tickets for three luxury food hampers kindly provided by the Lea Singers. The proceeds, amounting to a fantastic £650, were donated to our…
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17th Harpenden Brownies - Reverse Advent Calendar Challenge

17 December 2024
We just want to say a huge well done to the 17th Harpenden Brownies! They meet at our Trust Halls and recently took part in a 'reverse advent calendar challenge' - collecting hygiene products for the Kings Pantry Foodbank. We set up drop off points for items in our buildings and a representative from the Foodbank visited the group to collect all of the donations and thank the girls for the excellent haul of goods. The girls also decorated bags…
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Busy Bees Nursery - Food Donation to the Harpenden Trust

17 December 2024
Every year, Harpenden Trust collects food items and gives them to our most vulnerable residents living in Harpenden to help them with the cost of Christmas. Two weeks ago, Busy Bees nursery in town invited us to visit them to collect a variety of tins, biscuits, chocolates and jams which we will give to those residents most in need. A huge thank you to the children at Busy Bees - Leyton Road for their generous donations! They’ll be very much…
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