The Baldwin Trust Funding group. The “Donation Delights” section.

We are very appreciative of our friends and supporters who ensure that the Trust can continue to provide an ever increasing level of active support to the communities around us. Recent high demand for our canal and River ways trips shows no sign of decreasing and the Trust is committed to expanding our fleet of boats and volunteers to meet the needs of an ageing population and declining Government expenditure on Social care.

Our volunteers make great personal efforts to give of their time and, in many cases, make donations of prizes and gifts for raffles, boat fairs and local events and even financial contributions to our funds.

To recognise all of these wonderful people, both our supporters and volunteers, the Trust has decided to record and publicise the kind gestures of these lovely people.

We are also well supported by a variety of charitable Trust and Foundations who have recently made contributions to our work. This follows the launch of our “Put a foot in the water for the Baldwin Trust” campaign in November 2017.

We intend to regularly publish a list of “Donation delights” received by the Trust during the previous months on our Face book page and also on our web site to show our true appreciation. Without these donations and support the Trust would cease to exist and many isolated and excluded individuals would be less able to enjoy their time in the countryside.

We have some exciting news for you in the next few weeks so, please, watch out for the local press and our own sites for more news of “Donation Delights” from the Baldwin Trust!

PUT a FOOT IN THE WATER

OCTOBER 2017. An early fundraising meeting of the Baldwin Trust was taking place.

 Sitting round a dining room table in a riverside house in Barrow, our volunteer Richard Jayes, looked at the other two volunteers, stopped the conversation, and said “I’ve got it! We’ll call our new boat fundraising project “Put a foot in the water for the Baldwin Trust”. The two other volunteers appeared confused. “What does that mean?” asked one.

“Well, think about it” Richard continued, “we can’t expect people to donate money to buy a whole 65’ narrow boat, so why don’t we ask them to contribute a small portion of a boat, like a foot’s worth? A new boat would be £110,000 so a foot of boat will cost around £1,700! Surely, this is more acceptable for people to consider? If they want to give more they can give two feet or three feet of the boat’s cost”.

And so our project was launched! The idea of giving a cash donation to fund a small portion of a boat seems very real to most people and the response has been great. The need is not just for one boat and the principle of “putting a foot in the water” will be carried on until we have the funding to replace both of our very old boats and look forward to taking many isolated and disabled people of all ages out onto the waterways for day trips with the Baldwin Trust. Please visit our “News” section to find out how we are doing to reach our various targets.

  Can you help?

 If you can help, please contact our secretary for more details.

Thank you in advance for your support.