Haslemere Challice Community Fund
All About Us
Welcome!
The Haslemere Challice Community Fund (HCF) is a significant and exciting local initiative that creates a charitable fund specifically for the benefit of Haslemere and its residents.
The HCF is a partnership between the Challice Trust, originally established from a bequest made to the Haslemere community by Mrs Ruth Challice Bush in 1962, and the Community Foundation for Surrey. By working together we aim to offer a fund that enables and encourages local giving so that we can develop a greater capacity to respond to local needs.
The Purpose of the Haslemere Challice Community Fund (HCF):
- The HCF is a Permanent Fund that people who care about Haslemere can either donate to now, or leave a legacy to in the future.
- The long term objective is to build a capital fund that will be available in perpetuity to help make a significant contribution to meeting the charitable needs of our area.
- It will encourage the efforts of the many existing local community and charitable groups, by offering a fund that can make grants to help meet local needs. It will not compete with them.
What the HCF can offer:
A panel consisting of representatives from the Challice Trust and the Community Foundation for Surrey make grants out of the income from the HCF Permanent Fund to support people, projects and activities within our community as long as they meet the Fund criteria.
The Fund will award grants to support:
- Voluntary groups, charities, individuals or community services in need, within Haslemere
- Fund existing services or facilities and new initiatives. It can contribute to either capital costs such as funding new equipment or support ongoing running costs for voluntary organisations. Our criteria for giving are wide to enable us to support the local needs.
Each year the panel will identify specific criteria to reflect the current needs in the community.
Who to contact:
If you have any questions, if you would like to discuss fundraising ideas or if you are interested in making a donation to the 'permanent' Haslemere Challice Community Fund, please feel free to contact:
The Community Foundation for Surrey directly on 01483 409230