RICHMOND PARISH LANDS CHARITY

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Latest News

June 2009
1 bed/bedsit , 3 bed and Sheltered Housing Waiting Lists have been re-opened. Applicants must live or work in our Benefit Area. Please contact the office.

March 2009
A conference on 'Family Breakdown' was held in the Studio Theatre at the RACC.

January 2009
Rita Biddulph, from the Richmond Legal Advice Service has been nominated to be an RPLC Trustee by RCVS

Contact Us

The RPLC
The Vestry House
21 Paradise Road
Richmond
Surrey TW9 1SA

Tel : 020 8948 5701 Fax : 020 8332 6792

Staff List

Jonathan Monckton
Director
Barbara Gilgallon
Deputy Director
Frank Galea
Accountant
Dorothy Caygill
Vestry House Admin
Helen Aloof
Secretary
Lynne Bell
Vestry Hall Contacts

CONFERENCE REPORT

Thank you to all who took part in the RPLC's 'Family Breakdown' Conference on 25th March 2009. People in Richmond are fortunate to have so many people working in support of families.  Over forty different organisations were represented at the conference which was opened by Baroness Tonge and had Nick Tarsh from National Relate as the closing speaker.  A report can be found by clicking on the link:  
                                    Conference Report
We expect to have an application form available in the second half of August with the first deadline for forms to be returned to the RPLC being 12th October 2009 for consideration at the November meeting of Trustees.

GRANTS AWARDED

• A total of £803,810 has been awarded in grants, so far, during the current financial year which runs from July 2008 - June 2009
• At the November '08 RPLC AGM the Chairman Jeffery Harris, warned that the RPLC's investment income is likely to fall significantly and that in the coming financial year funding to local organisations is likely to be held at similar or possibly reduced levels.

RPLC  OBJECTIVES

• The relief of poverty in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
• The relief of sickness and distress in the Borough.
• The provision and support of leisure and recreational facilities in our Benefit Area.
• The provision educational facilities and support for people in Richmond wishing to undertake courses.
• Any other charitable purpose for the benefit of the inhabitants of Richmond.

RPLC ACTIVITIES

The main activities of the charity today are:

• General grants to charitable organisations and individuals in need within the benefit area
• Grants to support the education and training of individuals and education projects within the benefit area.
• Winter 'Warm Campaign' of heating grants to elderly people in need in the benefit area.
• Provision of social housing to those in need from the benefit area.
• Hiring of the Vestry Hall as a public meeting room.
• Renting of the Craft Workshops / Studios to local artists and crafts people.

RPLC BACKGROUND

Richmond Parish Lands Charity (RPLC) was endowed by a gift of land from King George III and Queen Charlotte in 1786 and reconstituted in its present form in 1968. Its principal objectives are the making of grants for charitable purposes to voluntary organisations in Richmond, Surrey and a social housing operation comprising nearly 100 dwellings.

The value of the assets owned by the Charity is over £50 million of which more than a third is invested in the Stock Market providing an annual income of over £950,000, most of which is given in grants. The contribution of the charity to Richmond, both in grant making and in the housing field is substantial. The organisation is well established and highly regarded for its support of the local voluntary sector.