Thomas Hickman's Charity grants

Overview

Thomas Hickman's Charity, charity number 202973, is a local almshouse charity supporting the people of Aylesbury, particularly almspeople or people in a similar state of need. It provides almshouse accommodation for elderly people in financial need in Aylesbury, and gives financial assistance to other charities and organisations that provide for the needs of specific groups of Aylesbury residents. It also provides hardship grants, known as Friends in Need, for any resident of Aylesbury experiencing hardship, though the charity says it is unable to consider applications from those outside of its catchment area. The trustees meet each month, except August, to consider applications, and grants are awarded at their discretion.

What they fund

Thomas Hickman's Charity supports general charitable purposes, poverty relief and housing, mainly through almshouses and hardship grants.

Who and where

It supports charities and voluntary bodies and older people in and around Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

Who they help

Where they fund

What Thomas Hickman's Charity says in its own guidance

Quoted directly from the funder’s own website, with a link to the page each quote came from. Always the most current word is theirs — check the source before you apply.

Their charitable objects

As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):

For the benefit of the almspeople or any of them in such manner as the trustees think fit from time to time. (2) to relieve either generally or individually persons resident in aylesbury who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.

How to approach them

Start with the official sources — they’re always more current than any directory, including this one.

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