What is the Huddersfield Common Good Trust?

The Trust is a registered charity formed in 1962, and is run by a group of local people who act as trustees and give their time and expertise on a voluntary basis. 

The trustees meet regularly to consider applications for grants from local groups in need of support. (e.g. the model engineers of the Greenhead Park railway)

A BIT OF HISTORY!

WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON GOOD

 In 1962 a group of forward-looking Huddersfield people got together to establish a trust to be called “The Huddersfield Common Good Trust” which would help local groups and organisations on into the future.  

They raised a substantial amount of money which was then invested. Forty-some years later, the income from those investments continues to help many local good causes.

 Thanks to further generous gifts and with the help of professional investment advice, the Trust and its associated charities continues to grow.

 So too do the demands on its resources. In today’s world we all aspire to higher standards, superior achievements and improved facilities and equipment for our many organisations and charities.

 Throughout the decades since the Trust was conceived, its trustees have been able to say “Yes” more often than “No.” They aim to ensure that that continues.

The Trust exists for the Common Good of Huddersfield people, be they young or old.

Other smaller Huddersfield Charities administered by the Trustees are: -

The Cinderella Society (founded in 1925)

This charity exists to “brighten the lives and alleviate the conditions of the poor and neglected children.”

The objects of this charity say it all.

The Relief in Sickness Charity

This charity has similar objectives to those of the Cinderella Society but puts its emphasis on the socially disadvantaged.

The E Austen Johnson Trust Fund

The Trustees also administer funds which were derived from the sale of a canal boat formerly run by the Friends of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and used regularly by disabled people.