| 08/04/2026 | Not much change from February 2025! | | | | | | Please see the last entry on the NEWS page to know that our present situation really hasn?t changed from a year ago! Again we have managed to complete our budgeted donation total, for the FY 2025/2036, and still have many worthwhile applications on our hands, as we build up funds for this year?s donations. So, again, please limit new applications to urgently needed funding of specific projects.
Then, my remaining requests are exactly as in the last four paragraphs of the February 2025 page.
Thanks, and best wishes to all our charity contacts,
Philip Gardam
Founding Trustee
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| | 13/02/2025 | Still struggling to match supply to demand! | | | | | | FEBRUARY 2025. We have now nearly completed our budgeted donation total for the FY 2024/2025. So again I must request restraint in making applications in the next few months, as we try to build up funds for making donations in the next FY, 2025/2026. In any case we still have many worthwhile applications on our hands, so please limit new ones to urgently needed funding of specific projects.
Please again remember that we are restricted to supporting UK-registered charities, not NGO?s or individuals, no matter how worthwhile the latter are.
On a practical note, please use my mobile number when wishing to make verbal contact, as there are recurring problems on my landline. Recently I managed to resurrect about 30 messages over the last two years which had not previously reached me!
Lastly, my apologies again for not being in a position to respond positively to many worthwhile applications - in general we can make donations only to about 20% of these! Further apologies for often not having the resources to even acknowledge applications. Recently we have managed to appoint a new (much younger!) trustee, which should ameliorate this unsatisfactory situation.
Best wishes to all charity workers carrying out vital aid work often in difficult circumstances.
Philip Gardam
Founding Trustee
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| | 15/01/2024 | Slightly more encouraging situation | | | | | | Yes, at present we are in funds up until the end of the current FY. But there are more than enough applications on our hands to complete our 2023/24 list. So, once again I am asking potential applicants to limit current applications to really urgent interventions in disaster zones, war-torn regions, etc. Then there will be a limited number of donations we can make, and even then probably not until Spring 2024. Any non-urgent applications will now have to considered for our 2024/25 programme.
Again apologies for all the very worthwhile applications we receive but cannot be included in our donations list (yet again demand exceeds supply!). Apologies also for sometimes not having the resources even to acknowledge such applications.
Please remember to submit cases for specific projects, as opposed to general poverty relief. Thank again for your understanding and patience, and best wishes to all the many diligent charity personnel carrying out vital aid work in often difficult circumstances.
Philip Gardam
Founding Trustee
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