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Cheddar Youth Trust Chairman, Keith Herring receiving a cheque from Huw Davies, proprietor of the Riverside Inn, Cheddar, on behalf of the Riverside Business Club.
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What is the Cheddar Youth Trust?
Cheddar Youth Trust is the new name of the the Cheddar Young People's Millennium Trust, a charity that was established in 2000 to mark the new millennium.
The Trust's purpose is to help and encourage the young people of Cheddar to take great pride in their community and their own endeavours, to:
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Generous Donations
The Trustees are delighted that an increasing number of local people and organisations are make donations to the Trust.
In the last six months of 2011 the trust has received:
£400
From long term CYT supporter Anne Langford, in part through a Garage Sale.
£400
Huw Davies, our worthy Vice Chairman, who has reached 40 and asked for donations to the Trust in lieu of birthday presents.
£680
Jonathan Comer who did the same on reaching 75.
£40
Paul Davies again kindly gave his fee for playing the piano at a local Residential Home to the CYT.
£300
Jim and Mary Reeve held a coffee morning in memory of their fine boy Peter, who died when he was 15.
£400
£200 in profits from a recent Quiz Night at the Riverside Inn were donated to the CYT, amazingly the winners of the quiz then decided to donate their winnings of £200 to the Trust!
£50
Raised by the Cheddar Festive Night CYT Quiz with prizes generously donated by Annagram Team Estate & Letting Agents.
£250
From the Thomas de Cheddre Masonic Lodge.
Huw Davies has also sponsored the monthly CYT advert in the St Andrews Church Magazine.
Our warmest thanks go to everyone above for their thoughtful generosity!
The CYT Trustees.
Assist young people in their educational, professional or vocational training.
Encourage young people to engage in service to the local community.
Support young people to engage in worthwhile activities in other parts of the United
Kingdom and overseas.
Support the development or formation of any club or organisation catering for young
people's needs.
Help young people where real need can be demonstrated.
Why is the trust needed?
Unlike some towns and villages, Cheddar does not have any substantial inherited
trust funds available for distribution to such causes. It is therefore the Cheddar Youth Trust's aim to raise a sum of money large enough so as to be able to make meaningful annual awards to the young people of Cheddar for perpetuity.
The initial target was £100,000 but it was realised that in the long term a figure of around £300,000 will need to be reached, depending interest generated, if if the trust is to allocate grants each year of £5,000 or more. At present the trust is allocating around £2,000 a year to the young people of the Cheddar parish.
The Trust has raised over £75,000 as of January 1st 2012 and provided grants of £12,000 to 112 young people.
Grant Allocations reach £12,000
This year, 2012 is the second year that the Trustees have decided to have two application deadlines for Grant applications, April 30th and October 31st.
£1350 allocated
In October the trustees allocated £1350 to eleven applicants which brought the total grants made during 2011 to £2150.
Four are in the course of their training are acting as representatives of our village at a high level in Windsurfing, Tennis, Judo and Cricket. Five are being given support in their various college courses. One is being helped with his music as a trombonist and finally one is being assisted with a Biological Field Trip to Indonesia.
The Trustees have now made 112 grants since the trust started in the year 2000.
Trustee’s Pride
We are proud to help our young people and hope that many, many more youngsters from Cheddar will seek help from the Trust.
£300,000
The Trust received over £2,000 in the last few months of 2011 in unsolicited and much appreciated donations. The Chairman's aim to reach a target of £100,000 in his lifetime is nudging ever closer as there is £75,000 in the base capital fund as of January 1st 2012. The plan is eventually over the next 50 years to establish a capital fund of £300,000 and thus be able to provide grants to Cheddar Young People of around £5,000 each year to help them in their education, training and community service.
Keith Herring
Chairman of the Trustees
Sarah Comer Educational Charity
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