We focus on supporting 3 areas of charitable need:
1. Nature conservation and environment
2. Education
3. Health
Successful projects frequently address more than one of these areas. We are keen to address the underlying causes of problems, rather than relieving the symptoms of a problem.
Nature conservation and environment:
The Halpin Trust supported the Heart of Borneo project with a regular grant for many years, enabling the charity to focus on their work in Borneo instead of on fundraising. More recently we have worked with the director of the charity to try and develop a longer term, sustainable plan.
Education:
Farms for City Children is a small charity with 3 farms throughout the UK, offering urban children the opportunity to live and work together on a real farm for a week at a time. The Halpin Trust provided grant funding for equipment to fit out a new Roundhouse at one of the farms, making the facility more usable and enabling the charity to rent out the space when not required by the children.
Health:
The Halpin Trust provided funding to enable a University of Exeter researcher to develop a tool to more accurately identify patients with dementia, thus making the process more efficient and reducing the pressure on the NHS.
