Progress Charts

The Charity was formed in November 2003, and In the first few years, we started to find our way, and develop our systems.  Serious fundraising only began in 2007, as we became more widely known, and applications began to increase rapidly.  This is shown in the first graph below.  As the years have progressed, this growth has tended to thankfully stabilise, but the level of requests for help still present us with new fundraising challenges each year.

We make no predictions about where we might be going next, everything depends on our supporters, the funds raised, and the extent of applications for help we receive that comply with our grant criteria.  Please see our Grant Applications page.

The reduction in Grant activity in December 2023 proved to be a timing issue with a rapid increase in applications in January 2024. As a result we reached £105,229 in Grants in 2024 and brought the total since we started 21 years ago to just over £1.3 Million raised and granted with zero administration cost. Funding was a real challenge in 2024 and our Reserves are lower than we would like as we start 2025. We shall continue to do as much as we can with whatever funds we are able to raise.