This fund was established many years ago when various charities in the village decided to combine into one. The terms require that the Trustees can only use interest to help people out and not touch the capital. Obviously in recent years this has created a shortage of available funds.
It is for this reason that the Trustees would like to thank everyone in the village who has helped raise money for the fund recently. Every year the collection from the Carol Singing goes to the fund, £210 was raised in December, and this year we were delighted when Kirsty Cann delivered a cheque for £120 from the Burns Night held in January. Meanwhile, so many of us enjoyed a wonderful evening in the Parish Hall recently to celebrate 30 years of having Marty as our wonderful postman. He made a total of £786,which he very generously donated to the fund. Finally, the Six Bells and their ‘quizzers’ have kindly donated the profits from their quiz nights and produced a total of £64.
The Payhembury Relief in Need Fund is exactly what it says; it can make grants to help out those who have an extra expense or are finding things difficult. Because of these generous donations from so many people, the Trustees are now able to do this when necessary.
If you have any unexpected problems you think the Trustees might be able to help with, please make enquiries of any of them in the strictest confidence.
Once again, our thanks to the village.
Trustees: Ian Derbyshire, Rev Cate Edmonds, Lesley Elford, Tim Cox, Marty Richards and Di Somers
