Craft Aid Trust Projects

Worked in Thailand with children
Worked with children in Chian
pastoral work in Rwanda
Work with churches and with street children in Brazil
Health care (HIV, etc) with orphans in South Africa
Development of clean water facilities in India
Work in churches, schools and hospital visiting in the Philippines

Work in a children's home in Russia
Work in a non-government funded orphanage in Madagascar
A development project in Tanzania
The development of Timbwany junior school in Kenya
Developing Sunday School activities and outreach in the Philippines
Building houses in Mexico
Work with Romania orphans
Dietican work with refugees in Sudan

The Trust is always interested in hearing from applicants, especially younger people.

For mor information about the Lancaster Craft Aid Trust, or for a grant application form, please contact the Chairman, Alan Hipple on 01524 823328

Alternatively you could e-mail Alan Hipple at a_hipple@yahoo.co.uk

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The Trust has been in existence for 10 years in that time we have

DONATED over £50000 to TearFund and TraidCraft Exchange
Made over 20 grants to asset work in developing countries
Made regular grants to support work with a special needs school in Moyobamba Peru

Grants made are intended to form part only of the costs involved in these projects and to supplement other donations or fun-raising. There may sometimes be difficulties in making grants which support other charities, and thus grants may be to assist in travel making grants which support other charities, and thus grants may be to assist in travel or living costs (Thus freeing other funding) rather than the project itself.

Grants made to people from the Lancaster and surrounding areas have included:

A question often asked by new (and some old) visitors to the Craft aid shop is "Where do the profits from the Craft Aid shop go?"

The answer is simple; into the Lancaster Craft Aid Trust. What comes next is a bit less basic and a bit more interesting - what does the Trust do with its income?

The declared aims of the Trust (a registered Charity) are

1) To support TearFund and the TraidCraft Exchange

2) To make grants to people from the Lancaster area for work of a Christian nature in developing countries