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The Bread Charities are a combination of the following charities:

 

• William Hewitt’s Charity from a will dated 4 April 1599;

• The Charity known as Hewitt Senior’s, founded by will in 1480;

• John Kay’s Charity from a will of 1741;

• The Charity of Henry Mirfin from a will of 4 May 1744;

• Sarah Poles Charity from a will of 1747;

• The Charity of John Ward from a will of 1669

 

These charities and the property thereof is administered and managed together as one Charity known as The Killamarsh Combined Bread Charities in accordance with the Governing Document of the Scheme by a body of Trustees. The Scheme is approved by The Charities Commission.

 

 

The Trustees are responsible for applying the income of the charity in relieving either generally or individually persons resident in the Parish of Killamarsh who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress by making grants of money or providing or paying for items, services or facilities calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress of such persons.

 

 

The Killamarsh Combined Bread Charities currently has the following three Trustees:

 

• Councillor William B Rice – Nominated Trustee

• Councillor Barry Jones – Co-Opted Trustee

• Councillor Bernard Dye – Co-Opted Trustee

 

Trustee Meetings are held on a quarterly basis usually during January, April, July and October at Killamarsh Sports Centre where the Trustees consider Applications made for Grant funding from the Charities.

 

 

  

Grants of money to relieve poverty can take various forms. They may be given as a weekly allowance for a limited period, or as a lump sum to enable a particular expense or need to be met. Expenses that it may be proper to cover or contribute towards include:

 

• essential bills, such as heating and water

• a telephone bill (where a telephone is necessary for a particular person or family)

• a television or television license fee (where a television is a necessity, say for an individual who is unable to leave home)

• travelling expenses for visits to a hospital, nursing home or prison and related consequential expenditure such as accommodation, refreshments and child care

 

Grants to Other Organisations 

 

Grants to relieve poverty need not be confined to individual people in need but may be made to organisations or charities that will in turn relieve such persons. Where donations are made to other charities established for the relief of poor, the money donated may be used only for the benefit of people who would qualify as beneficiaries of the original donor charity.

 

Grants can be made to organisations that are not charities (such as voluntary bodies) provided that the gift is clearly given for a purpose that is clearly charitable.

 

Grants may be made to other charities having aims wider than the relief of poverty, only if they are made subject to a specific condition that they are applied by the receiving charity to relieve need. It would not be acceptable for a grant to relieve need to be given to a charitable organisation whose objects did not include the relief of poverty.

 

 

Grants may be made to cover payment for necessary or essential services which cannot be funded by the beneficiary. Such services might include:

 

• household maintenance, such as decorating;

• repairs;

• insulation;

• gardening;

• meals on wheels;

• laundry;

• the provision of home help.

 

 

Grants of money may be made to provide equipment which will help beneficiaries to earn their own living and improve their quality of life. Such grants might cover the provision of tools or books; payment for tuition; or the payment of course and exam fees.

 

 

Useful personal and household articles may be provided either outright or on loan. As well as obvious items such as furniture, clothing and heaters, rather less basic items, such as washing machines or radio or television sets for people who are unable to leave home are also acceptable. In considering whether an item should be loaned or given outright, trustees should have regard to whichever is more appropriate given the cost of the item and the needs of the particular individual. They must also have regard to any particular powers contained in the charity's governing document.

 

 

Charity funds should not be used to replace State assistance. Trustees are required to make sure that a beneficiary is in full receipt of his/her statutory entitlements before they make a grant. This does not mean that a charity cannot provide temporary relief where there is a delay in the receipt of benefits or that it cannot make grants where, even with his/her full entitlements, the beneficiary is still in need.

 

Trustees cannot make a grant in circumstances where the effect of the grant is simply to reduce the level of statutory entitlement. One example of this would be Income Support, where charitable assistance over a certain threshold reduces pound for pound the entitlement from public funds.

 

As mentioned earlier, Trustee Meetings are held on a quarterly basis and the Trustees will consider Applications made for Grant funding at these meetings.

 

Applications for Grant funding need to be made by completing one of the following forms:

 

Once the form has been completed please return it to:

 

*Application Forms can be downloaded from the Parish Council website www.killamarsh-pc.gov.uk or are available by contacting the Parish Office on 0114 2472260.