Showing our support
Charitable Foundation
Since 1999, the Charitable Foundation has helped to make a real difference by awarding over £230,000 of grants to more than 350 local organisations.
The Foundation is proud to have supported the following causes during the past two years…
Meadowdale Primary School – £3,570.62 for the creation of an outdoor learning area (June 2021)
Welland Rivers Trust – £2,708.60 for river wardens’ kits (June 2021)
Medbourne Village Hall – £3,223 for a commercial dishwasher (June 2021)
Oundle Gilbert & Sullivan Players – £1,870 for a scaffolding tower (June 2021)
Brigstock Village Hall – £4,635 for flood protection units (June 2021)
Little Bowden School PTA – £2,000 for a climbing frame (March 2021)
Market Harborough Hockey Club – £5,000 for a team dug-out area (March 2021)
Canal & River Trust – £4,992 for paddle boards, buoyancy aids and helmets (March 2021)
Whetstone Theatre Company – £4,542.12 for a digital projector (March 2021)
Lenthall House Community Garden – £1,780 to create a garden of remembrance (December 2020)
Market Harborough Cricket & Squash Club – £459.99 for a storage shed (December 2020)
Harborough Youth & Community Trust (The Cube) – £2,038 to purchase and install a wooden gazebo (September 2020)
Home-Start Northampton – £1,700 for volunteer training (June 2020)
Desborough Library – £1,500 for kitchen refurbishment (June 2020)
1084 (Market Harborough) Squadron ATC – £1,000 for new musical instruments (June 2020)
Leicestershire South Foodbank – £5,000 to support operational costs during the pandemic (May 2020)
Women’s Aid Leicestershire – £5,000 to purchase furniture/equipment for refuges during the pandemic (May 2020)
Hallaton Primary School – £2,000 for artificial grass for outdoor play area (March 2020)
Sibbertoft Reading Room – £292 for roller blinds (March 2020)
Lowick and Slipton Parish Council – £2,000 for defibrillators (March 2020)
Cransley Sailing Club – £1,000 for the clubhouse refurbishment (March 2020)
Market Harborough Chess Club – £250 for new chess sets (March 2020)
Why not apply?
We welcome applications for grants from local voluntary or charitable groups based in or near to Market Harborough, or close to one of the Society’s branches. The Charitable Foundation is here to help! Find out how to apply here.