LANGFORD LEGACY

Langford Legacy

The Langford Charity was formed from a number of small historic charities in the village, some of them dating back centuries. To make things more practical these charities were combined into the single Langford Charity in 1993. In 2022 the Langford Charity became known as the Langford Legacy providing a better description of its origins and purpose. The Legacy is overseen by a board of four trustees who all live in the village.

The Legacy owns and manages the village allotments on the Broughton Poggs Road, and its limited income comes almost entirely from the allotment annual rents.

Over the years the Legacy has accumulated a modest capital sum.

If this makes it sound low key then in terms of the money involved that would be true. However, the trustees do want to publicise the Legacy more widely so that Langford people can apply for grants for things which fall within the charity’s purpose.

The purpose of the Legacy is to offer financial support, where there is a clear need, to individuals or families who are resident in Langford, or who have a strong and continuing connection with the village.  The trustees are able to consider offering modest financial support where the applicant individual or family can show hardship in relation to one or more of the needs outlined below:

Medical conditions | Special educational needs |Training opportunities to gain employment |Situations where financial support would alleviate significant hardship.

If you want to apply for a grant, or to talk through the possibility of a grant, do please speak with any of the trustees, or email us at :

thelangfordlegacy@gmail.com

Trustees: Richard Kemp (Chairman), Kay Lane, Mark Harris and Caroline Parsons (Clerk)

The remit of the Legacy is contained on the document linked here.

Charity remit v3 Sept 2020

The Legacy is formally known as the Langford Charity is registered charity no. 1039925

Records go back as far as 1845 when the Langford Coal Charity would distribute coal to the less wealthy residents of Langford. The charity known today as The Langford Legacy owns the allotment site in Langford. Subs paid for allotments alongside charitable donations funded the distribution of coal.

For a more detailed history of The Langford Legacy and to access all the historic documents that the Legacy are able to put in the public domain, please follow this link

Note: Not all of the historic charity documents are able to be published because they refer to beneficiaries .