Application forms for grants from the above charity are now available to residents of East Grinstead and Ashurst Wood who are aged 65 years and over, and can be obtained from:
- Town Council offices – East Court, College Lane, East Grinstead
- Ashurstwood Parish Council office – Chapel Lane, Ashurstwood
- Citizens’ Advice Bureau – Cantelupe House, Cantelupe Road, East Grinstead
- The Help Point – East Grinstead Library, West Street, East Grinstead
- Age Concern – Queens Road, East Grinstead
- Post Offices – London Road, Stone Quarry and Heathcote Drive
- or from any shop at which this notice is displayed
Conditions of eligibility are shown on the application form.
Completed forms must be returned on or before 21 October 2013 to one of the pick-up points mentioned above.
History of the Henry Smith Charity
HENRY Smith, was born in May 1548 in Wandsworth, south London, and was a salt merchant by trade. A successful businessman, he acquired land in various parts of England during his lifetime, and created a number of charitable trusts for the relief of the poor. Henry Smith died in 1628 leaving his Trustees the sum of £2,000.
The money left to the Trustees in Henry Smith’s Will formed the basic endowment of the original Henry Smith (Kensington Estate) Charity, so called because the Trustees purchased farm land in the parishes of Kensington, Chelsea and St Margaret’s Westminster.
The Charity’s capital endowment now consists of a substantial portfolio of stock market investments, property and investments in Hedge Funds, Private Equity and Venture Capital. Its grant making, which totals many millions of pounds each year, addresses a wide range of causes and extends throughout the whole of the UK.
A wall monument to Henry Smith (pictured below) can be found in All Saints Church in Wandsworth.
