Most towns and rural villages have a number of charities set up to help the sick and needy, dating back to before the provision of state benefits such as pensions or access to free medical treatment. Chelveston is no exception.

 

Click on the links on the right to see brief details of some of the Charities that operate (or operated) within the parish.

 

George Wyldes’s Charity for the provision of coals for poor widows (1931—2003)

The Educational Foundation of Abigail Bailey and Ann Levett (1760 — present).

The Chelveston Village Hall Association (1977 – 2010).

The Chelveston Village Institute (- 1997).

The Friends of St John the Baptist Church (2010 - present).

The James & Thomas Sawyer Charity (1708 - present).

Thomas Neale’s Charity for the poor & needy (1765—2003).

 

 

 

 

Updated 26/06/2010.

Charities

 

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