Our Charity.
We are proud to support The PFC Trust, a local charity dedicated to improving the lives and opportunities of people in the North East. Founded by Patrick and Frances Connolly, the Trust provides vital support, funding, and training to individuals and organizations, helping them achieve their goals.
About The PFC Trust
The PFC Trust supports people to improve the lives and life chances of the people across the North East.
By partnering with various local entities, The PFC Trust ensures that resources are effectively utilized to create a positive impact on the community. Their commitment to fostering self-help and community enhancement aligns with our values, making them an ideal partner in our charitable efforts.
"We formed The PFC Trust in order to give something back to the region and its people. Our charity's guiding principal will always be helping people to help themselves, and we sincerely hope to be able to positively impact on peoples' lives in some small way".
Frances & Patrick Connolly, Founders, The PFC Trust.
Explore the projects they support in the region, which we are proud to contribute to.
Hartlepool Sport CIC
The PFC Trust was set-up with a broad mission of ‘helping Hartlepool people’. Within a short time, it was identified that ‘Sport’ was a major element of the Trust’s focus.
UChangeLives
Did you know that a typical carer spends 25 hours a week caring for loved ones? Taking this statistic as a starting point, The PFC Trust launched a fundraising initiative for 2021 based around the number 25. Initially, they were aiming to raise £50,000 to fund a new caravan for Hartlepool Carers and Stockton's Eastern Ravens, with additional sums being used as part of the Trust's Covid-19 response.
Food Partnership
The Hartlepool Food Partnership brings together representatives from the community, food businesses, the voluntary sector, educational institutions and the local authority – who care about the quality, affordability and sustainability of food in their town. By working in partnership with the wider community, a long-term plan is created to make available healthy, affordable and sustainable food.
St Aidens Kitchen
St Aidens Kitchen The Trust provided a grant to the soup kitchen at St Aidan's Church as they were running very low on supplies. The amazing work carried out here by Mother Gemma and the dedicated volunteers was humbling to see and the Trust was proud to be part of it.
Hartlepool Heroes
Do you know of someone who always goes the extra mile? Someone who is out and about in their local community, always ready to help their neighbours, their friends, their town? Someone who is exceptional, either in their job, or in a voluntary capacity, and deserves recognition as a Hartlepool Hero?
Hartlepool College
Following the establishment of The PFC Trust, the first Hartlepool organisation to benefit was Hartlepool College of Further Education. Similarly, Hartlepool College of Further Education are one of their anchor partners across several workstreams.
The Poolie Time Exchange
Poolie Time Exchange is part of The Big League CIC which connects people with skills (‘Achievers’) to others who could benefit from them. Achievers earn "Poolie Pounds" which they can then 'spend' on ‘resources’ such as trial job interviews, obtaining on-the-job experience, energy advice, and CVs and training courses.
Hartlepool Carers
In addition to a Covid-19 financial grant, the support provided by the Trust during National Carers Week meant that Hartlepool Carers were able to celebrate their fantastic carers, and offer them some special rewards for their non-stop commitment and dedication to their roles.
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