The Wyndham Charitable Trust is a small UK-based grant-making charity (registered number 259313), which is a member of The Association of Charitable Foundations, and is regulated by The Charity Commission. It was established in 1969 with a settlement of £1 (yes, one GBP). The expense ratio of the Trust, genuinely, is NIL. Not one of the other 198,000 or so charities can improve on that!
One of the chief interests of the Trust is helping to bring about the elimination of modern-day slavery. Currently, about 27 million children, women and men are enslaved. They are held by force or threat of force, and are unable to escape.
This can range from girls and women being trafficked for forced prostitution to bonded labour where, from one generation to another, children are enslaved as a result of their parents' 'debts'. The leading agency in this field is the old-established charity Anti-Slavery International.
A way of helping is to arrange to make on-line purchases through the easyfundraising portal. Click on Easyfundraising below and you will be taken straight through - where you can click on Amazon or choose from many other retailers. You pay the normal price, and the Trust receives commission.
You can help raise funds simply by using the Everyclick search engine. Click on the Everyclick link below, and you can sign up so that every search you make will benefit the Trust.
Or you can simply use the search engine at http://wct.easysearch.org.uk and help the Trust with every search you make.
The Trust's constitution does not permit it to provide funding for individuals.
The Trust is keen to detect fraud - any suspicions will be reported to the police, Charity Commission and other relevant authorities.
Links to other sites on the Web
Anti-Slavery International
The Association of Charitable Foundations
The Charity Commission's Record
Abolish Slavery - Soon
Everyclick
Easyfundraising
Donations are always very welcome:
34A, Westfield Road, Lymington, Hants, SO41 3QA, United Kingdom.
Or on-line at: www.GiveNow.org
or at: www.charitiestrust.org
or through CAF.
Charity code JAA31BG for individual tax repayments to be donated. to the charity by HMRC.
You can find out more about the workings of Gift Aid at www.direct.gov.uk/giftaid
e-mail: wyndham.ct@talk21.com