Harpenden Trust News

Harpenden Trust Supports the Vaccination Role-out in Harpenden

10 February 2021
If you have driven past the Harpenden Public Halls at any point recently, the chances are that you would have noticed the Harpenden Trust team in their purple tabards ready to welcome those invited to receive their first Covid-19 vaccination. The Harpenden Trust has been busy over the past couple…
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Community Fund Support for Plot 31 Community Garden and Bulbs to Brighten the Trust

04 February 2021
The Harpenden Trust wish to say a big thank you to the Plot 31 Community Garden for donating and planting bulbs outside the Trust office in Southdown. In 2019 three large adjoining plots were taken over by Plot 31 Community Garden at the Holcroft Road allotments in Batford to establish…
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Community Fund Support for St Nicholas’s School Reading Initiative

04 February 2021
The lockdown we all experienced in 2020 saw a big reduction in schools’ fundraising activities with the result that new initiatives that could be undertaken by schools were restricted.  
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Care Fund Helps with Piano and Stool at Walkers Court

30 January 2021
Harpenden Trust were able to help Walkers Court, a retirement housing facility, in Southdown. Walkers Court were due to start work on a refurbishment of their communal lounge before the first lockdown in 2020 and, as of December, were still unable to fully use the lounge which continued to look…
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Trust Care Fund Update – December

28 January 2021
Under the most difficult of circumstances the Care Fund has finished the year with a flourish of activity. 
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Harpenden Trust 2020 Christmas Appeal

21 December 2020
The Harpenden Trust is calling for the generosity of all Harpenden residents to help those in need locally with its 2020 Christmas Appeal (launched 3 December 2020). 
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Harpenden Trust Christmas Appeal Collection Update

21 December 2020
The Harpenden Trust’s Christmas Appeal door-to-door collection is continuing, but Collectors will not now be returning to streets & houses to gather-in Appeal envelopes; this change is in response to the pandemic situation and the elevation of Harpenden to Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions. 
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Christmas Appeal Street Collection Update

18 December 2020
The Harpenden Trust’s Christmas Appeal street collection on the concourse in front of Boots on the High Street planned for Saturday, 19 December, has been cancelled in response to the pandemic situation and the elevation of Harpenden to Tier 3 Coronavirus restrictions. 
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Harpenden Trust News provides ongoing news and announcements relating to the work and presence of the Harpenden Trust in AL5.

The Harpenden Trust is here to help Harpenden people in need, individually and collectively. For residents suffering hardship and in need of the support of a good neighbour the Harpenden Trust is here to be that good neighbour, with the active support of the town’s residents as volunteers and donors. The Trust also works to benefit organisations, charities and community groups within Harpenden. Harpenden Trust News provides updates on the work of the Care Fund and the Community Fund and also on the support the Trust receives from the Harpenden community. In the News you can see how the Trust’s volunteers are making a real and sustained difference to individuals, families and the community.

Harpenden Trust News also provides regular updates on events, appeals, activities and the facilities of the Trust. It provides a ‘go to’ for the Trust’s engagement across Harpenden.

Read Harpenden Trust News and learn about the work of volunteers, learn about the events what we do to support seniors and our involvement with local schools, learn about the money we put into improving playgrounds, the environment and many other Harpenden facilities. Learn also about our work during the Coronavirus pandemic. Learn about how the Harpenden Trust is your Harpenden good neighbour.