Where the money goes.

The policy of the present Fair Committee is to divide the year’s proceeds, giving half to our four local schools Orleans Park, St Stephens, St Marys and Orleans Infants, and the other half to charities in need, a choice being made each autumn from applicants in St Margarets and the surrounding area.

In addition, the Fair has given other small donations of up to £100 every year. Annual donations go to Radio West Middlesex and Marble Hill Play Centres.

In January, we paid out £1,800 to the River Thames Boat Project. This is a local charity which owns and operates an 86 foot Dutch Barge, the Richmond Venturer, which is fully equipped as a floating resource centre with facilities for disabled people. The project provides river access to young, disabled and elderly people and encourages independence through participating in river voyages. It also promotes a greater awareness and understanding of the Thames, its history and geography, uses, flora, fauna, resources and its future.

We are about to pay out £924.00 to the Environment Trust for Richmond. This will finance The Trust's plan to work with St Mary's Junior School and Orleans Park School to study the creatures that live in and around the school grounds following which, with the help of a professional artist, the pupils will create a mural on an external wall showing the creatures they find.

We have also paid out £1,285.00 to Homelink, the day respite centre for people with various forms of disability or dementia. This money will finance training which is essential for the centre to comply with current Legislation and Health & Safety Standards and which requires renewal at set times.

The Annual Christmas Dinner for local senior citizens at the Turks Head is fully financed by the Fair.

This is a list of the main beneficiaries from the past years:

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