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THE WILSON FOUNDATION is a UK registered charity established to give ‘a helping hand’ to young people in Northamptonshire. In memory of the late Connolly Thomas Wilson OBE, a Northamptonshire man who created a highly successful building company, the charity was formed in 1970. Since then his successors have remained loyal benefactors, donating considerable funds.
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The Prince’s Trust Achieve programme
The Prince’s Trust Achieve programme provides a flexible and practical approach to learning to support young people aged from 11 to 19 to engage and succeed in education. The Trust works with partners to run Achieve clubs in schools and education settings across the...
#iwill Fund
The #iwill Fund is managed by Northamptonshire Community Foundation on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Big Lottery Fund. The #iwill Fund offers grants between £1000 and £5000 for projects and activities raising the level and quality of...
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The Wilson Foundation 2024 Donations
The Wilson Foundation has continued its mission to support and uplift young people in Northamptonshire by making significant contributions to several key organisations in 2024. These donations aim to foster youth development, education, and community engagement,...
The Holcot Village Hall “Youth Wing”
The young people of the Northamptonshire village of Holcot needed somewhere safe to meet: a potent mix of rural isolation – due to limited and expensive public transport – with peer-group pressures from drug dealers’ visits to the playing field, were creating the risk...