Reg. charity 219925 Midhurst · West Sussex Est. 1632
Partnerships
A small number of organisations we work alongside, each named in full.
We do not have a corporate partnerships team. The list below is everyone we work with regularly, written by the chair, with the partners’ consent.
Network · Stedham
South Downs Almshouse Network
A federation of fifteen small almshouse charities across West Sussex and East Hampshire. They hold our buildings reserve fund on our behalf, run an interest-free loan facility for capital projects, and broker shared contractors (the lime-mortar specialist, the slater, the leaded-window restorer) at rates a charity of our size could not negotiate alone.
What we do together: the eastern-roof project of 2024 would not have been possible without a £3,500 interest-free loan from the Network. We meet four times a year, at host almshouses around the Downs, and the chair-and-treasurer pair on the network committee.
Foundation · Lewes
Sussex Community Foundation
The county’s community foundation. Each November they match-fund our winter Wassail Fund appeal, pound-for-pound up to a cap of £2,000, restricted to fuel-poverty grants for older neighbours. The match has been in place since 2022.
What we do together: the winter appeal is timed to their grant cycle; we report back on every grant in March each year; we have spoken at one of their funder briefings on what it is like to be a £30k charity receiving £2,000 of restricted match.
Charity · Horsham
Age UK Horsham District
Our nearest Age UK branch. They run the safeguarding training that our Sunday Doors visitors complete each spring (one Saturday morning at the parish room in Easebourne), and they are our second-opinion call for safeguarding concerns that the trustee team is unsure how to handle.
What we do together: a written referral pathway, agreed in 2022 and reviewed annually. The training is delivered at cost by their senior safeguarding officer.
Foodbank · Midhurst
Midhurst Foodbank
Run from the back of the United Reformed Church on Bepton Road. From May to October each year they collect the surplus from the walled kitchen garden on Tuesday afternoons; from November to April we refer Wassail Fund recipients to them when their need is for groceries rather than for one-off help.
What we do together: a Tuesday-afternoon vegetable handover, in summer; a referral protocol, in winter; a joint stall at the Spring Supper in alternate years.
If your organisation works alongside us
We would like to hear from you.
We list every partner on this page. If you are a parish council, a sister almshouse, a foundation or a community organisation in West Sussex that works alongside us, and you would like to be listed, please write below. The chair reviews every enquiry personally and will reply within ten working days, even if the timing is not right for a formal partnership.
