About us
Our trust's history
In the late 1950s a stewardship campaign was held in the Parish
of All Saints Somerset West in the
Local businessman, Harold Wilson approached the Archbishop
of Cape Town and asked that an appeal be launched. He and another member of that group, Dr
Arthur Spencer-Payne, toured
In 1960 Dr Spencer-Payne retired and he and Harold Wilson
returned to the
Aims and objectives
As a registered UK Charity (No 228605) the Trust is bound by the terms of
its deed to operate mainly within the CPSA (Church of the Province of
Southern Africa) region. This officially includes South Africa,
Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Angola and St Helena. The main
objectives of the Trust is the building of partnerships with the
dioceses, missions and rural groups in order to improve the facilities
and resources for the local communities.
The trust supports the building of community centres and churches,
classrooms and hostels, educational programmes and student bursaries,
special projects such as primary health care in mission hospitals and
more recently Aids clinics, crèches and educare centres in
the townships.
Projects are carefully identified so as to avoid duplication or
competition with other associations and to provide funding for smaller
projects that fall outside the terms of reference of the larger funding
agencies.
Trustees
- Patron: The Archbishop of Cape Town
- President: Martin Kenyon
- Chairman: Canon David Cook
- Director: Revd Jack Mulder
- Treasurer: Jim Wilkinson
- Secretary: Susan Howden
- Webmaster: Canon John Howden
- Committee: Joan Antcliff, Canon Chris Chivers, Revd Ian Cowley, Brenda Meakins, Canon Michael Middleton, Caroline Wood
