Kings Sutton Heritage Trust Fund


Mission Statement: To promote, protect and enhance the history,facilities, structures, and amenities of the village of King's Sutton and the surrounding area for the benefit of its inhabitants by utilizing funds which are charitably donated on projects that are outside of the scope of normal rates and taxes.

We have a tremendous Heritage within the confines of our village......We all have a responsibility to future generations to encourage the maintenance of our History and the building of our community in the years ahead.
*Updates For all of the Current Projects....*

Project 1...The Website....Update 12 26/11/11

Our initial project was the formation of this website. We have recently recorded our 44000th visitor since Jan 2006 and regularily attract 500 - 600 visitors per month. These visitors usualy look at about 1500 pages during their visits. The website continues to be updated and the format has changed considerably following hundreds of man hours committed to this process. The addition of the Newsround page has proven to be very popular and we also now have a link to ''Friends of King's Sutton'' on Facebook. Content is continually re-vamped and updated. All visitors continue to be recorded by country, city, pages visited and time on the site. We welcome the increasing numbers of visitors from overseas which shows that King's Sutton is well remembered by many who have been involved with us over the years. 2011 has proven to be a difficult year with the addition of many more pages of information but we are delighted to have much more interaction with various past and present residents of the village. Many have sent us details and photos of well remembered and cherished momentos of their and their parents/grandparents lives. We will continue to bring you as much content as possible by using current facilities available to us but....you can assist with this project by sending information about your families, past events, historical issues and all current events concerning the village. Where appropriate we will publish all of these to the site.

  Project 2...The History Archive.....Update...26/11/11

The History Archive is a living document which needs sustenance to grow. It is very encouraging that the History Archive is visited many times per week and the expanded content is of great interest to many people from abroad as well as many parts of the UK. The 'Memories' page has been continuously expanded, with a huge amount of information still to be processed. The full 'History Archive' may now take longer to compile and publish due to unforseen circumstances but we will continue to expand this as and when possible. New additions include ''The Parish Church, Village People, The Baptist Church, Geneology, Employment and Commerce, Village Charities, Public Services and The War years.'' However we are still currently working on the history of the Baptist Church over the past 150 years. The option of splitting the Memories page has been taken and we now have separate pages for Written and Photo memories. However we still need more content to show past events within the village.

Any information about past events, along with photos would be appreciated.
We would be really interested to hear from you with a view to adding this to the stock of available information.
Email us here.

Information forgotten is information lost to future generations........The history archive will endeavor to protect such information, memories and photos for our future heritage.   It is important...please get involved.

Project 3...The Reading Rooms Coronation Challenge Cup....update 26/11/11.

The cup was unearthed a few years ago, found by a village resident and handed to our committee. Following extensive advertising and research its true history has still not been resolved although we know it was first presented in 1937. However, pending further investigation it was decided that it should be offered to the King's Sutton Primary school.

On behalf of the Heritage Trust, the cup, now renamed the Heritage Cup continues to be presented at the school Speech day each year and is awarded for an outstanding piece of literary work chosen by the School.

Project 4 .....King's Sutton Juniors update....05/01/11

The now well established, under 11's Football Team was formed some almost one year ago in the village. The King's Sutton Juniors was supported by The Heritage Trust in this venture with an initial donation to assist with a new strip. We will be following the Team and would like to extend our support in future years. The team is continues to perform very well. Now renamed Kings Sutton Royals their progress can be tracked by clicking this link.....Here

Does Charity begin at Home?

It is difficult to quantify just how many people in King's Sutton are actively engaged in charitable activities. However it is certainly quite a sizeable number. But there are also many who do not actively take part in any fundraising simply because they have not taken any, one, ongoing, cause to heart. The Heritage Trust Fund is, in essence, inward looking, because it concerns King's Sutton and its residents. However many of our projects will have an on-going effect on a much wider audience beyond the confines of our village.

Volunteers are needed who want to make a difference within our own community. Of course we understand that those who are already engaged in other charities may not wish to participate but we are deliberately making our Charitable Objectives wide enough so that we will be able to tackle a range of projects and would therefore welcome everyone to become involved.....

Your assistance would be appreciated in any way that you are able to contribute. ( This may simply be the introduction of a project that is close to your heart, but which you may not have the expertise to progress.......We may be able to assist! )

If you would like more details of how you can
be involved please.........Email me Today