Harpenden Trust News

Harpenden Cares: Town Council Assisted Shopping, Food Bank and Befriending Announcement

09 July 2020
Since launching in late March, Harpenden Cares — a community led initiative supported by Harpenden Town Council — has answered over 1,500 calls & emails, completed 980 food deliveries, and made 127 deliveries of prescription medications.
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National Volunteers Week: Thank-you to all Volunteers

03 June 2020
This week is National Volunteers’ Week. Harpenden Trust, in support of Harpenden Cares, would like to thank everyone who gives their time to help others in our local community. 
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Fundraising Efforts for Harpenden Cares/the Harpenden Trust

22 May 2020
The Harpenden Trust is extremely grateful to local people and businesses that have been raising money to support the Harpenden Cares initiative, through the Harpenden Trust, during the current Coronavirus pandemic.
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New Coffee Morning Signage for the Trust

19 May 2020
We have our new coffee morning signage! This was a project started before the Coronavirus lockdown and which has been in progress over recent months. All thanks to Christie Felton, a local Graphic Designer, who came up with all of the original design proposals, that we then narrowed down to the design…
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Harpenden Cares: Trust Volunteers Distributing Oxygen Saturation Monitors

06 May 2020
There is a new 'project' that the Harpenden Trust (as Harpenden Cares) have been asked to take on by the St Albans, Harpenden & Redbourn GP Federation.
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Support from the Harpenden Money Advice Centre

04 May 2020
The Harpenden Trust has supported the work of the Harpenden Money Advice Centre for those with financial problems. During this period of lockdown the Harpenden Money Advice Centre are running several online courses that may be of interest.
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Harpenden Cares: Town Council Assisted Shopping Service Announcement

27 April 2020
Did you know … We run an assisted shopping service for anyone that can afford to pay for food supplies but who is or should be self-isolating?
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Our response to the Coronavirus global pandemic: Message from the Chairman

18 April 2020
The 70-year history of the Harpenden Trust has centred around our ability to step up to the plate swiftly and support our local community when it has needed us most. The current global pandemic is so clearly impacting the lives of many vulnerable individuals locally - and the Trust has…
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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.