Forty-two households, twelve partner organisations, twenty miles of moor and valley.
A small trust’s impact is best described by addition, not by ratio. We spent £34,684 in 2024. Here is the breakdown: not as a percentage of need, which we cannot meet, but as a list of the people who said the money helped.
Where £34,684 went, line by line.
These are the unaudited management figures we presented to trustees at our February 2026 meeting. The audited summary appears in our 2024 Annual Report on the Reports page.
| Line of work | Recipients | 2024 amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Listening Fund | 23 households, ex-service | £8,420 |
| The Necessity Grants | 19 households, necessitous | £4,820 |
| The Convalescent Awards | Forget Me Not, Welcome Centre, Holme Valley Memorial, Brighouse, Mirfield | £7,500 |
| The Royal Infirmary Award | Huddersfield Royal Infirmary Charity | £4,200 |
| Memorial Care | Conservator, stonemason, annual clean | £7,344 |
| Remembrance Together | Civic service, stewarding, accessibility | £1,940 |
| Governance & admin | Audit fee, hall hire, postage, insurance | £460 |
| Total awarded & spent | £34,684 |
Where in the Huddersfield area we made grants in 2024.
A rough geographic spread, presented as a list rather than a map. Numbers reflect 2024 hardship grants (Listening + Necessity) only — the Convalescent, Infirmary and Memorial lines of work are at single addresses each.
Huddersfield town
14 households
Including Lindley, Almondbury, Crosland Moor, and Newsome.
Colne Valley
11 households
Marsden, Slaithwaite, Linthwaite, and Golcar.
Holme Valley
9 households
Honley, Holmfirth, Meltham, and Hade Edge.
North-east Kirklees
5 households
Mirfield, Heckmondwike, and Liversedge.
Outer 20-mile radius
3 households
Brighouse, Elland, and one referral from Calderdale.
Total · 2024
42 households
All within twenty miles of the Town Hall, by deed.
The organisations we award alongside.
We do not run our own services. Almost every relief grant we make is referred to us by an organisation that knows the applicant. The partnerships below are long-standing — most of them go back decades.
The Royal British Legion · Huddersfield Branch
Our primary referrer for the Listening Fund. We share information annually but never case-by-case.
SSAFA West Yorkshire
A second referral route into the Listening Fund, particularly for veterans of more recent service.
Combat Stress
A specialist mental-health referrer for those in difficulty with service-related trauma.
The Welcome Centre, Huddersfield
Our principal referrer for the Necessity Grants, with twenty years of collaboration.
Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice
A standing partner in the Convalescent Awards. We have funded comforts at the hospice each May since 2011.
Holme Valley Memorial Hospital
A small community hospital in Holmfirth, supported each May for garden equipment and patient comforts.
Kirklees Council · Bereavement Services
A practical partner on the Cenotaph, and the parks team who care for Greenhead Park.
The Friends of Greenhead Park
Our companions on every conservation morning at the Memorial. They know the lichen by name.