Direct charitable activity

The Trust’s other direct charitable activity includes such things as:

• Subsidised rents for charities and voluntary sector organisations
• Support for charitable events and fundraising initiatives
• Financial support for local educational initiatives

The Trust has provided a number of organisations and charities with subsidised accommodation at Greenham Business Park, the 150-acre business park that generates the Trust’s annual income. These include:

• Education Business Partnership West Berkshire
• Thames Valley Energy
• Newbury College of Further Education
• West Berkshire Minority Ethnic Forum
• The Watermill Theatre

In addition, the organisations based at The Slater Centre also benefit from reduced overheads with subsidies from the Trust The current tenants include:

• West Berkshire Mencap
• Newbury Community Resource Centre – The Community Furniture Project
• West Berkshire Alzheimer’s Society - http://alzheimers.org.uk/site/custom_scripts/branch.php?branch=true&bran...
• BBOWT
• Berkshire Young Farmers
• BACYP – Berkshire Association of Clubs for Young People add link
• Children 1st West Berkshire add link

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Education

Between 2002 and 2005 the Trust provided financial support to five local schools, totalling £75,000, which enabled them to achieve specialist status. With its private sponsorship in place each school was then able to successfully apply for government funding of up to £500,000 to fulfil the requirements of its particular bid