A freezer in three days, a kitchen restored in four.
How we responded to one of this spring's urgent applications, and what we learned about turnaround times.
News & stories from the parish
Short notes from the trustees — written by hand, posted four times a year.
A quiet log of who we have written to this quarter, what the trustees decided, and the occasional thoughtful correction. Stories of households we have helped are published only with their consent, and with first names changed where they ask us to.
The first apprentice grants of 2026 — three trades, three young Farndonians.
A note on the spring round of Apprentice Bequest awards, and how to apply if you live within the parish boundary.
A coat in October, a quieter year, and what we changed.
A long-form note on a year in which our distributions fell to nil — what the ledger really said, and what the trustees decided to do about it.
The Quiet Hearth Appeal closes — a quiet, very moving December.
The 2025 Advent appeal closed at £1,920 — slightly above target. A note of thanks from the chair, and a few words on what the surplus will fund.
Apprentices update — five Farndonians completed their first year.
An end-of-year note on the five young people the Apprentice Bequest has supported through 2024–25 — what each is doing, in their own words.
A short note from the September trustees' meeting.
The Honorary Clerk's short minutes from the September quarterly meeting — six grants, two declines, and a thoughtful conversation about the meaning of ‘substantial connection’.
A summer of small, urgent gifts — six households, six different stories.
The Sick & Aged Fund had a busy summer. A note from the trustee with the portfolio on the patterns we are seeing this year.
The open meeting · twenty-two neighbours, four good questions.
The trustees' annual open meeting at the Memorial Hall — accounts read aloud, twenty-two neighbours in the room, and four particularly thoughtful questions from the floor.
Re-reading our 1962 Scheme — what we found, what surprised us.
The trustees spent an evening this spring re-reading the founding Scheme. A short note on what is still working, what is showing its age, and what we will leave well alone.
Three hundred years on the Dee — quiet preparations for the 2026 tercentenary.
The Poor's Allotment was set aside in 1722. We are planning a small open meeting and a single published note from each fund — not a grand commemoration.
A correction — and a thank-you to the neighbour who pointed it out.
Our 2024 dispatch overstated the Coal & Bread distribution. A short, honest correction — and a thank-you to the neighbour who wrote with the right figure.
Quarterly dispatches by post
Read the next note before everyone else.
Four short notes a year, posted to wherever you are in the world. We do not sell your address.