Local, independent Charitable Trusts are important community assets, providing financial resources when and where they are most needed.

There are times, however, when such Trusts might need a helping hand.
For example:
• trustees are struggling to find suitable groups or projects to support
• the administrative burden of managing small (or large) trusts takes
  the enjoyment out of local giving
• the original Objects are no longer relevant in the modern world
• new trustees are hard to find

In such cases the Somerset Community Foundation may be able to help. We can work in partnership with trusts to help them deliver their funds where they are most needed and we can transfer trusts into our endowment fund as ‘Named Funds’ where they retain their original name. If the original Objects need updating we can work with the Charity Commission through our membership of the ‘Boost Initiative’.

For more information contact Justin Sargent on 01749 344949 or e-mail
justin.sargent@somersetcf.org.uk.