The Combined Harpole Trust | Harpole Village Northampton | Northamptonshire

Annual General Meeting - April 2026

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 05:17:47 -0700

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON THE 1ST APRIL 2026

FROM 2.00PM TO 2.45PM

AT METHODIST CHURCH, SCHOOL LANE, HARPOLE NN7 4DR

PLEASE OPEN OUR FULL ADGENDA HERE (pdf file)

ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU.

(There will be a closed meeting for the Combined Harpole Charitable Trust immediately following the AGM)

If you require any further information please contact:

Email: secretary@harpoletrust.co.uk

Phone: 07713 153161

Newsletter - February 2026

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 02:17:08 -0800

What did we do in 2024

We are now owners of two newly renovated properties, which have been rented out to two families with Harpole links.

Free School Foundation Committee

£30,000 funding given to Harpole Primary School to assist with Behavioural Support, Refurbishment of the outside classroom, Hall Floor, Trim Trail & General Maintenance.

£14,167 awarded to Harpole Pre School –

The funding given by us to the Pre School has been used to support children who needed extra support for different challenges in life.

The Pre School were able to commission an occupational therapist to assess children to support their EHCP (Education & Health Care Plan) – reports and assessments done at this early age, result in the relevant support being given when the children attend mainstream school or a school with special provision. The staff have been able to access further training, to support the children further.

In addition to this the Pre School were able to hire a speech and language therapist to support 8 children to have weekly support for 6 months.

They were able to commission a play therapist to support between 12 to 20 children throughout the year in different areas including confidence, cognitive learning and sensory regulation.

14 students awarded an Educational Grant to support them with their University Studies.

The Family Support Hub in the Youth Club...Read More

Annual General Meeting - April 2025

Sat, 22 Mar 2025 04:15:05 -0700

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON THE 9TH APRIL 2025

FROM 2.00PM TO 2.45PM

AT METHODIST CHURCH

PLEASE OPEN OUR FULL ADGENDA HERE

ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU.

(There will be a closed meeting for the Combined Harpole Charitable Trust immediately following the AGM)

If you require any further information please contact:

Email: secretary@harpoletrust.co.uk

Phone: 07713 153161

Grant Applications - October 2024

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 08:13:45 -0700

Please see Grant Applications tab for available grant applications and forms.

Fuel grants now available. Closing date 31st December 2024
Christmas grants now available. Closing date 30st November 2024
Educational Grant Application form. Closing date 31st December 2024
Other Grant Application form. No closing date
Helping Hands Grant Application form. No closing date

If you require any further information please contact:

Email: secretary@harpoletrust.co.uk

Phone: 07713 153161

Newsletter - December 2023

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:17:32 -0800

A potted history of our worthwhile charities

As far back in time as the 16th century gifts of money, clothing and land were left to relieve the hardship of the poor of Harpole residents. Through the generosity of parishioner’s other small pockets of land were added, expressly given so that the income generated could help the “needy poor” and deserving residents of the parish to see them through difficult times.

The lands were placed in charities and survived to the present day through the good stewardship of all the past trustees. Recent history has seen somewhat faster development and the fact that the charity has benefitted to the tune of £6 million is testament to that.

By 1778 when the Enclosure Commissioners (those responsible for looking at common land and open pastures) brought together all these scattered pockets of land under an Act of Parliament for Harpole called the Enclosure Award. The land became known as the Charity Lands.

By letting these fields, the Parish Officers were able to generate a small income which has been used to help many of its residents through the awarding of small sums of money to alleviate poverty and provide help with education.

The Enclosure Award stated specifically that two things should happen with the money raised from the leasing of the land.

provide an income for a schoolmaster so that “reading, writing and the casting of accounts” could provide much needed education for the children of our parish.
provide for the needy poor.

Since 1778 the stewardship of the charities has been varied. In earlier times the Charity Fund was administrated by the Overseers of the Poor and a committee of the rector and church wardens, known as the Vestry, and then, after the Parish Council Act of 1894, when parish affairs were taken out of the hands of the Church and put to the electorate, by the Parish Council.

In 1939 the Charity Commissioners...Read More

Newsletter - October 2022

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 01:52:58 -0700

The Combined Harpole Charitable Trust (CHCT) was formed in 2014 to join together the Harpole Charities and the Harpole Free School Foundation and to continue the work of
these long-established village charities.

The Trust exists for the benefit of those living in the civil parish of Harpole (Northamptonshire). The objectives of the charity are to relieve those in needy circumstances by reason
of financial hardship or health, social or economic circumstances, and also to
advance education and improve educational facilities particularly for children
and young people.

The Trust is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered with the Charity Commission (number 1157663). Reports to the Charity Commission, including the latest accounts, are up to
date and may be seen on the Charity Commission’s website.

The Trustees of the charity are: Allan Leroy (chair), Sarah Eason (secretary), Sonja Roberts (treasurer), Mary Burt, Jeremy Calderwood, Roger...Read More