Testimonials — The Avon Trust

"They came back. That was the thing. Every Tuesday for two years, in the rain, in the heat, after my husband died — they came back. I don't know any other charity that does that."

Margaret · 81

Sunday Doors · Frome

"The grant was small, but it was the way they gave it — three years, no strings, a trustee who came to listen. We could finally plan instead of survive."

Daniel Akinwale

Director · Bristol Refugee Welcome

"They were the first people who treated my son as someone with a future, not a file. He has just been accepted to read Geography at York."

Helena Whitcombe

Parent · Bath

"For our farm, they were not just funders. They walked the river with us, in waders, in February. I have rarely felt so understood as a custodian."

Tom Hartley

Tenant farmer · Westbury

"I was the first person in my family to sit an A-Level. My mentor met me at the school gate the morning of the first paper. That meant more than the books or the bus fares."

Naomi · 18

Bridge to Sixth · Bath

"After Maureen passed, I went weeks without speaking. Now I have Tuesdays. Now I have the allotment club. Now I have a reason to put the kettle on."

Geoffrey · 79

Sunday Doors · Trowbridge

"I have volunteered for four charities. The Avon Trust is the only one that has asked me, every year, whether the work is still right for my life. Nobody else even pauses to check."

Christine

Volunteer befriender · 11 years

"We have funded the Trust for fifteen years. Their reporting is the most honest in our portfolio — including the years they tell us things didn't work."

Programmes Director

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

The people whose words we keep.

If our work has touched your life, we would love to hear from you.