The Noel Buxton Trust Registered Charity No. 220881
## Report and Accounts
For the year ended 31 December 2023
**THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST TRUSTEES’ REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **Reference and administrative details**
**Settlor:** Noel Edward Buxton, subsequently Lord Noel-Buxton
**Name of the Charity:** The Noel Buxton Trust
The principal governing document is a Settlement dated 28 June 1919.
The Trust is a private charitable trust controlled by its Trustees.
|**Charity Registration No:**|220881|
|---|---|
|**Trustees:**|Emma Compton-Burnett (Chair)|
||Tahera Aanchawan|
||Katie Aston, OBE|
||James Buckley|
||Katie Buxton|
||Simon Buxton (deceased 7 July 2023)|
||Sir Brendan Gormley, KCMG|
||Anna Stogdon (appointed 22 November 2023)|
||Jo Tunnard (Vice-chair)|
|**Principal Office Address:**|P O Box 520|
||Fleet|
||GU51 9GX|
||www.noelbuxtontrust.org.uk|
|**Manager:**|Anne Murray|
||Applegate, Crondall Road|
||Crookham Village|
||Hampshire GU51 5SS|
|**Independent Examiner:**|Gilroy and Brookes Accountants Limited|
||Suite 15, The Enterprise Centre|
||Coxbridge Business Park|
||Farnham GU10 5EH|
|**Bankers**:|CAF Bank Limited|
||Kings Hill|
||West Malling|
||Kent ME19 4TA|
|**Investments held at**:|M&G Charities|
||PO Box 9038|
||Chelmsford CM99 2XF|
||Charles Stanley|
||55 Bishopsgate|
||London EC2N 3AS|
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**THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST TRUSTEES’ REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
**Investment powers** : Under the 1919 Settlement Trustees have broad discretion over the classes of investments that may be held.
**Objects of the Charity:** The promotion of the welfare of the community
Our concerns are with development in Africa, the welfare of families affected by domestic abuse, and the welfare of prisoners and their families in Britain.
We present our annual report and financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2023. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and they comply with the charity’s trust deed, the Charities Act 2016, and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (Charities SORP FRS 102) applicable to charities preparing accounts for the accounting period beginning on or after 01 January 2019.
## **Objectives and activities for the public benefit**
We confirm that we have referred to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Trust’s aims and objectives, planning future activities, and setting the grant-making policy for the year.
The Objects of the Trust reflect the Founder’s world-wide view of human welfare. They require the Board to promote the welfare of communities both by direct means and by supporting social reform. We seek to enact these broad objectives though grant making. In 2023, we worked for the public benefit by making grants supporting voluntary organisations working in three areas, where we have many years of experience:
1. Sustainable livelihood projects in Africa, such as small business support and training, and microfinance in both urban and rural regions, and projects that support and protect street children.
2. Work with families affected by domestic abuse in Britain. We fund domestic abuse projects that work with survivors of abuse and with those who want to stop using abusive behaviour in their relationships.
3. Work by organisations that help to improve the lives of prisoners and former prisoners in Britain. We fund projects that offer practical help to rehabilitate people and help them prepare for life after release.
In addition, we supported the refugee, migrant and asylum-seekers’ sector with a one-off investment made possible by a generous legacy from Dr John Basil Ponsonby.
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**THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST TRUSTEES’ REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **Public benefit statement**
In shaping our objectives for the year and planning our activities, we have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, including the guidance ‘Public benefit: running a charity’ (PD2). The achievements and activities above demonstrate the public benefit arising through the Charity’s activities.
## **Principal funding sources**
The principal funding source of the Charity is dividend income from the investment portfolio.
## **Grant-making policies**
Grants are awarded after submission of an eligible application by the applicant to the Trustees. We review the application to judge if the grant falls within the charity’s objectives and whether the application meets its requirements in terms of the benefits it gives. Each application is discussed and decided upon by Trustees. All decisions are reported at their regular meetings.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The Noel Buxton Trust was established by Trust Deed in 1919 and is registered as a charity (Charity Number 220881). The Trust is managed by a Board of Trustees who are chosen for their relevant knowledge and experience and from those who share the ethos of the Trust. This year we were saddened to lose our longest-serving Trustee, Simon Buxton. He had been our Trustee since 1982 and was a keen supporter of our work, particularly on the Penal programme which he had helped to run. He is much missed. We welcomed Anna Stogdon to join the Board. Anna is also a member of the Buxton family, and she brings a wealth of experience from her long career in the charitable sector.
The Board met twice in 2023. Grant decisions were formally approved at the meetings. We delegate daily running of the Trust’s business to an experienced manager, who reports directly to the Trust’s Chair. Trustees receive no benefits, although the Trust will cover reasonable travel expenses.
The Trust continued its membership of the Association of Charitable Foundations and took advantage of ACF’s meetings and publications, which help to inform us about good practice in grant making.
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## **Achievements and performance**
We have decided that, given the modest budget at our disposal, we must direct grants in an effective manner. We set out guidelines to help potential applicants understand the kinds of applications that are likely to be funded and those that cannot be considered. We publish criteria and exclusions for each of the three areas of work on our website, which was improved this year.
Under our guidelines, we made 34 grants supporting work in Africa, work with families affected by domestic abuse, and work with prisoners. In addition to our normal budget, we benefitted from a legacy left by Dr John Basil Ponsonby, a member of the Buxton family. Trustees decided to mark Dr Ponsonby’s generosity by making three extra grants to organisations that support refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. In total we made 37 grants and we spent £212,483 (2022: £117,733) on work that had direct public benefit in the form of grants. A full list of grants is given on pages 14-17.
Following last year’s review of our Family programme, we proactively sought three key partnerships with organisations working on projects that we strongly endorse.
We continue to learn from the experience of making grants, and actively encourage beneficiary organisations to report on their work. We also meet with beneficiary and other organisations, when we judge that this can help with our decisions and learning.
## **Financial review**
Our legacy aside, the Trust’s work is entirely dependent on the income derived from its investments. It was a volatile year for the asset classes that we hold, which are predominantly equities with some bonds. We were also mindful that the effect of higher inflation erodes the value of our spending. We therefore held firm to our commitment to support our beneficiaries. We maintained our usual grant spending for our three programmes at approximately the same level as the previous year. Our legacy permitted an extra level of spending, which we view as a one-off investment in the refugee, asylumseeking and migrant sector.
## **Investment performance**
Following our investment review in 2021, we continued to diversify our holdings, which had been overly reliant on the UK stock market. To this end we invested in IsharesEuro MSCI EUR EX-UK, an exchange traded fund that gives us some exposure to the European market. We remain predominantly invested in M&G Charifund and continue to hold M&G Charibond. We hold iShares VII PLC S&P 500, an exchange traded fund which gives exposure to the US stock market. We also acquired additional shares in Ecofin GBL, which specialises in green energy. Our aim is to have a balanced allocation across our asset
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**THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST TRUSTEES’ REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
classes and across geographical sectors, without incurring large management costs. We have also sought to improve our engagement with ESG concerns.
The income from the investments was £122,832 (2022: £117,999). The total value under investment at year end was up on the previous year. However, this is because we added the majority of our legacy to the investment pot. Excluding the legacy, our investments would have largely flat-lined in a year of challenging market conditions. At year end our portfolio was valued at £2,770,886 (2022: £2,483,575).
## **Reserves policy**
We have agreed to keep at least six-month’s running costs (approximately £65,000) in cash, at CAF Bank, as a reserve. This money ensures that the Trust can provide continuity of grant making even if the investment income falters.
## **Risk management**
We have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed. We have identified that the major risks are those affecting the finances (capital and/or income); the operation of the Trust (though loss of experienced Trustees or Manager) and reputational damage (e.g. fraudulent use of a grant) which might affect the Trust or individual Trustees; and cybersecurity concerns. We monitor these risks at our meetings and, where appropriate, we set out policies and protocols to mitigate risk.
## **Plans for future periods**
We plan to continue funding in the three areas that we have supported for many years and to take note of the lessons we are learning from our new grant making under our revised Africa and Family programmes.
Signed …………………………
Emma Compton-Burnett Chair of Trustees Date: 14 May 2024
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**THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2023 set out on pages 8 to 17.
## **Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Independent Examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the 1993 Act), as amended by section 28 of the Charities Act 2006), and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts (under section 43(3)(a) of the 1993 Act, as amended);
- follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 43(7)(b) of the 1993 Act, as amended); and
- state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of Independent Examiner’s Statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view'.
## **Independent Examiner’s Statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- 1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that:
- proper accounting records are kept (in accordance with section 41 of the Act); and
- accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or
- 2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Anna Coote, MAAT Dated
Independent Examiner
Gilroy & Brookes Accountants Limited Suite 15, The Enterprise Centre, Coxbridge Business Park, Farnham, Surrey GU10
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**THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
Statement of Financial Activities
||Note|**2023**|2022|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**Unrestricted**|Unrestricted|
|**Income**||||
|Investment income|3|**122,832**|117,999|
|Bank interest||**4,618**|164|
|Realised sale of investments|||1,012|
|Legacy||**440,000**||
|||||
|**Total income**||**567,450**|119,175|
|||||
|**Expenditure**||||
|**_Expenditure on raising funds_**||||
|||||
|**_Expenditure on charitable_**
**_activities_**||||
|Grant-making|4|**225,997**|128,526|
|Donations||**1,000**||
|||||
|**Total expenditure**||**226,997**|128,526|
|||||
|Net income / (expenditure) before
gains and losses on investments||**340,452**|- 13,487|
|||||
|Netgains/(losses)on investments|8|**- 8,216**|-178,953|
|||||
|**Net movement in funds**||**332,236**|- 188,305|
|||||
|_Reconciliation of funds_||||
|Total funds brought forward||**2,601,140**|2,789,445|
|Total funds carried forward||**2,933,376**|2,601,140|
## **Continuing Operations**
None of the Trust’s activities was acquired or discontinued during the above two financial years.
## **Total recognised Gains and Losses**
The Trust has no recognised gains or losses other than the above movement in funds for the above two financial years.
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**THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## Balance Sheet
|Note
**_Fixed assets_**
Investments
8
**Total fixed assets**
**_Current assets_**
Cash at hand and in bank
**Total current assets**
**_Liabilities_**
Creditors falling due within one
year
**Net current assets**
**_The fund of the charity_**
Unrestricted fund
**Total charity fund**|**2023**
2022
**Unrestricted**Unrestricted|
|---|---|
||**2,770,866**
2,483,575|
||**2,770,866**
2,483,575|
||**162,510**
117,566|
||**2,933,376**
2,601,141
**-**
-|
||**2,933,376**
2,601,141|
||**2,933,376**
2,601,141|
||**2,933,376**
2,601,141|
These financial statements were approved by the members of the committee and authorised for issue on 14 May 2024 and are signed on their behalf by the Chair:
Signed …………………………
Emma Compton-Burnett Chair of Trustees
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**THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **1. Accounting Policies**
## **(a) Basis of preparation and assessment of going concern**
The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities published on 16/07/14, the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (FRSSE), and the Charities Act 2011 and applicable regulations. The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.
## **(b) Funds structure**
The Charity’s assets are unrestricted. The Trustees have wide powers of investment and are able to spend both capital and income in pursuance of the objects of the Trust.
## **(c) Income recognition**
All income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, there is sufficient certainty or receipt and so it is probable that the income will be received, and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.
## **(d) Expenditure recognition**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis. All expenses, including support costs and governance costs, are allocated to the applicable expenditure headings in the statement of financial activities. For more information on this allocation refer to note (f) below.
Grants payable are charged in the year when the offer is made. Grants offered subject to conditions that are not met at year end are noted as a commitment, but not accrued as expenditure.
## **(e) Irrecoverable VAT**
Irrecoverable VAT is charged against the expenditure heading for which it was incurred.
## **(f) Allocation of support and governance costs**
Support costs have been differentiated between governance costs and other support costs. Governance costs comprise all costs involving the public accountability of the charity and its compliance with regulation and good practice. These costs include costs related to statutory audit and legal fees together with an apportionment of overhead and support costs relating to trustee Board and sub Committee meetings. The allocation of support and governance costs is analysed in notes 6 and 7.
## **(h) Charitable activities**
The expenditure on charitable activities includes grants made, governance costs and support costs. A full list of grants made in 2023 is given at the end of these notes.
## **(i) Fixed asset investments**
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**THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
Investments are initially recognised at their transaction value and subsequently measured at their market value as at the balance sheet date using the closing quoted market price. The statement of financial activities includes the net gains and losses arising on revaluation and disposals throughout the year.
## **(j) Realised gains and losses**
All gains and losses are taken to the statement of financial activities as they arise. Realised gains and losses on investments are calculated as the difference between sales proceeds and their opening carrying value or their purchase value if acquired subsequent to the first day of the financial year. Unrealised gains and losses are calculated as the difference between the fair value at the year end and their carrying value. Realised and unrealised investment gains and losses are combined in the Statement of Financial Activities.
## **2. Related party transactions and Trustees’ expenses and remuneration**
The Trustees all give freely of their time and expertise without any form of remuneration or other benefit in cash or kind (2022: £nil). Expenses paid to the Trustees in the year totalled zero (2022: £nil). There were no related party transactions.
## **3. Investment income**
|Dividend income
M&G Charifund
M&G Charibond
M&G Corporate Bond Sterling A Inc.
Ecofin GBL UTILITI ORD
iShares VII PLC S&P 500 UCITS ETF
IsharesEuro MSCI EUR EX-UK GBP HDG
UCITS ETF DIST|**2023**
**£**
2022
£
**100,024**
103,429
**10,300**
5,665
**-**
5,578
**8,844**
3,188
**3,330**
883
**334**
-|
|---|---|
||**122,832**
117,999|
## **4. Analysis of charitable expenditure**
|Direct costs|**Grants to**
**beneficiaries**
**£**
**Governance**
**and support**
**£**
**Total**
**2023**
**£**
Total
2022
£|
|---|---|
||**212,483**
**13,514**
**225,997**
128,526|
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## **5. Analysis of grants**
|**Number**
**2023**
**Total**
**2023**
**£**
Number
2022
Total
2022
£
Grants supporting African
communities
**7**
**45,483**
9
41,333
Grants supporting families
affected by domestic abuse
**7**
**46,000**
8
32,000
Grants supporting prisoners
**20**
**46,000**
16
44,400
Grants supporting migrants,
refugees, asylum seekers and
displaced people
**3**
**75,000**
-
-
**37**
**212,483**
33
117,733
**6.**
**Management and administration costs**
**Support costs**
**2023**
**£**
**Support costs**
**2022**
**£**
Administrator’s fee
10,488
**9,000**
Post, email, web hosting and other
office expenses, including
manager’s transport to meeting
1,400
**468**
Bank fees
151
**222**
Charles Stanley custodian charge
514
**94**
Registration of Legal Entity
Identifier
0
**108**
Sundries
52
**-**
**12,604**
**9,892**
**7.**
**Governance costs**
**2023**
**£**
**2022**
**£**
Annual subscriptions
**270**
**356**
Meeting expenses
**167**
**72**
Trustees' expenses
**-**
**-**
Independent examiner's fees
**474**
**474**
**911**
**902**|**Number**
**2023**
**Total**
**2023**
**£**
Number
2022
Total
2022
£
Grants supporting African
communities
**7**
**45,483**
9
41,333
Grants supporting families
affected by domestic abuse
**7**
**46,000**
8
32,000
Grants supporting prisoners
**20**
**46,000**
16
44,400
Grants supporting migrants,
refugees, asylum seekers and
displaced people
**3**
**75,000**
-
-
**37**
**212,483**
33
117,733
**6.**
**Management and administration costs**
**Support costs**
**2023**
**£**
**Support costs**
**2022**
**£**
Administrator’s fee
10,488
**9,000**
Post, email, web hosting and other
office expenses, including
manager’s transport to meeting
1,400
**468**
Bank fees
151
**222**
Charles Stanley custodian charge
514
**94**
Registration of Legal Entity
Identifier
0
**108**
Sundries
52
**-**
**12,604**
**9,892**
**7.**
**Governance costs**
**2023**
**£**
**2022**
**£**
Annual subscriptions
**270**
**356**
Meeting expenses
**167**
**72**
Trustees' expenses
**-**
**-**
Independent examiner's fees
**474**
**474**
**911**
**902**|**Number**
**2023**
**Total**
**2023**
**£**
Number
2022
Total
2022
£
Grants supporting African
communities
**7**
**45,483**
9
41,333
Grants supporting families
affected by domestic abuse
**7**
**46,000**
8
32,000
Grants supporting prisoners
**20**
**46,000**
16
44,400
Grants supporting migrants,
refugees, asylum seekers and
displaced people
**3**
**75,000**
-
-
**37**
**212,483**
33
117,733
**6.**
**Management and administration costs**
**Support costs**
**2023**
**£**
**Support costs**
**2022**
**£**
Administrator’s fee
10,488
**9,000**
Post, email, web hosting and other
office expenses, including
manager’s transport to meeting
1,400
**468**
Bank fees
151
**222**
Charles Stanley custodian charge
514
**94**
Registration of Legal Entity
Identifier
0
**108**
Sundries
52
**-**
**12,604**
**9,892**
**7.**
**Governance costs**
**2023**
**£**
**2022**
**£**
Annual subscriptions
**270**
**356**
Meeting expenses
**167**
**72**
Trustees' expenses
**-**
**-**
Independent examiner's fees
**474**
**474**
**911**
**902**|
|---|---|---|
|||**12,604**
**9,892**|
|||**2023**
**£**
**2022**
**£**
**270**
**356**
**167**
**72**
**-**
**-**
**474**
**474**|
|||**911**
**902**|
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**THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|**8.**
**Fixed asset investments**
Market value
At 1 January 2022
Additions
Disposals
Unrealised gain/(loss) on
investment
Realised gain
At 31 December 2022|**2023**
**£**
2022
£
**2,479,438**
2,658,392
**399,645**
484,733
**100,000**
485,745
**-8,216**
-178,953
**0**
1,012|
|---|---|
||**2,770,867**
2,479,438|
The Trust’s holdings at market value
|**No. units held**
**31 Dec 2023**
M&G Charifund
**109,768.742**
M&G Charibond
**257,511**
ISHARES VII PLC S&P
500 UCITS ETF
**35,810**
ISHARES MSCI EUR EX-
UK GBP HDG UCITS
ETF DIST
**47,031**
ECOFIN GBL UTILITI
ORD
**173,384**|**31**
**December**
**2022**
**£**
No. units
held 31 Dec
2022
**1,575,170**
116,986.61
**288,000**
257,511
**290,168**
35,810
**316,707**
**300,821**
113,384
**2,770,866**|31 December
2022
£
1,719,142
278,910
235,343
246,043|
|---|---|---|
|||**2,479,438**|
## **9. Grant commitments**
At 31 December 2023 the Trust had commitments in respect of grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at year end:
|Within one year:|**2023**
2022|
|---|---|
||**79,000**
£68,333|
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**THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST LIST OF GRANTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **Grants supporting organisations working in Africa**
|**Organisation**|**Location**|**Project**|**Grant**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Buhaguzi Action
for Rural
Development
Foundation
(BUARDEFO)|Kikuube District,
Uganda|To help groups of women farmers
improve food security by running a
goat-herding scheme.|£5,000|
|Danwadaag
Relief Alliance
(DRA)|Dhobley,Somalia|To support women setting up Village
Savings and Loans Associations.|£10,000|
|Edukid|Acholi, Uganda|To support young mothers to
become more financially secure by
offering micro credit and business
training.|£5,000|
|Fountain Youth
Initiative|Githuri Slum,
Nairobi, Kenya|To fund a Tool Bank Project to buy
toolkits for graduates of a carpentry
project supporting young people to
start employment and set up
businesses.|£8,150|
|Mango Tree|Homabay, Kenya|To support the Our Lives Our Land
project - an agricultural and
fisheries programme led by Mango
Tree Kenya and to support the
handover of responsibilities from
Mango Tree UK to the Kenyan team.|£10,000|
|Partner Aid|Maban County,
South Sudan|To support refugee farmers by
helping them get access to land,
seeds and tools so they can feed
their families.|£5,000|
|We See Hope|Nakuru, Kenya|To set up vocational training for
street children who come into the
'transit town' of Nakuru, Kenya and
are otherwisepreyto drug gangs.|£2,333|
|||Total|£45,483|
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**THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST LIST OF GRANTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **Grants supporting organisations working with families surviving domestic abuse**
|**Organisation**|**Location**|**Project**|**Grant**|
|---|---|---|---|
|FRG|UK Wide|To bring the voices of children and
families with experience of the child
welfare and family justice system
into the discussions that shape
policyandpractice.|£10,000|
|Llamau|Wales|To help with the running costs of
the volunteering service that
supports survivors.|£3,000|
|Pandora Project|England|To help run a support project, Open
The Box, which has been designed
by survivors of abuse.|£5,000|
|Respect|England|To fund Young Persons’ co-
production work to bring YPs’ voices
into a national campaign for policy
change to support families affected
byDA|£10,000|
|Salcare|Northwest|To help with the core costs of a
small grass roots organisation.|£3,000|
|Staying Put|West Yorkshire|Helping mothers and young children
in refuge by creating a safe sensory
space that complements Staying
Put's trauma-informed work.|£10,000|
|Staying Put|West Yorkshire|To fund safe spaces for women
affected by domestic abuse to meet
peers.|£5,000|
|||Total|£46,000|
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**THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST LIST OF GRANTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
**Grants supporting organisations working with prisoners and former offenders**
|AVID|UK wide|To help fund a training programme
for volunteers joining AVID's support
work with immigrations detainees.|£2,000|
|---|---|---|---|
|Changing Tunes|Southwest|To help expand the in-person music
and performance services for
prisoners and former offenders.|£2,000|
|Chaos Theory|Southeast|To support young men leaving
prison to break a cycle of violence
and resettle in the community.|£1,500|
|Clean Sheet|England|To help former prisoners into
sustainable employment or training
by linking with supportive
employers.|£2,000|
|Gifted Women|Southwest|To help run trauma-informed work,
job coaching and bespoke
mentoring for women leaving prison.|£2,000|
|Landworks|Southwest|To help prisoners learn transferable
skills (landscaping, gardening,
woodwork) in a supportive
environment.|£2,000|
|Lifecycle UK|Southwest|To help fund BikeBack, a
programme offering training in bike
mechanics and work placements to
prisoners.|£2,500|
|Nepacs|Northeast|To support the core costs of an
online volunteering project to help
support prisoners during court
visits.|£4,000|
|New Bridge|England and
Wales|To help fund a volunteer befriending
programme for the most vulnerable
prisoners.|£2,000|
|One 25|Southwest|To help fund the criminal justice
casework which provides advice
and advocacy for women prisoners|£2,500|
|Prodigal Arts|Southwest|To expand a programme of take its
visual arts workshops in prison
settings.|£2,000|
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**THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST LIST OF GRANTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|Resolve West|Southwest|To help with the core costs of a
restorative justice project.|£3,000|
|---|---|---|---|
|Resonate|South|To run music workshops for people
held at Hellingly Centre Medium
Secure Unit|£2,500|
|Safer Living
Foundation|Midlands|To work with prisoners most likely to
commit sexual crimes after release.|£2,000|
|Sing Inside|England|To expand a programme of
volunteer-led singing workshops in
prisons.|£2,500|
|SOFA Project|Southwest|To support job training for prisoners
and ex-offenders|£2,000|
|Step Together|Northwest|To support a volunteer peer
mentoring programme working with
women who have been involved
with the CJS.|£2,000|
|Surrey Care Trust|Southeast|To support older ex-offenders with
mentoring and training by providing
supervised environmental work
alongthe river Wey.|£3,000|
|The Upper Room|Southeast|To support UR4Driving - a project
that teaches former offenders to
drive in return for their contribution
as volunteers.|£1,500|
|Unlock|Southeast|To help fund a volunteer-led
helpline giving advice to ex-
offenders who face barriers to
employment and housing.|£3,000|
|||Total|£46,000|
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