Ellingham Community Trust

Ellingham Community Trust Solid Fuel Scheme deliveries are about to start. All applicants should have received communication about delivery/payment schedules.

In brief:

• Coal Applicants – have been contacted and orders can be made.
• Heat Log Applicants – have been emailed and deliveries will take place in the first couple of weeks in October.
• Cash Applicants – have been emailed and payments will be made in November.
• Hardwood Applicants – have been contacted and orders can be made.

If you have not received any communication regarding your Solid Fuel Scheme Application from the Trust by 18th October, please get in touch here. Ellingham Community Trust are aware of a number of email addresses which refuse to accept our emails. Please include a phone number when you get in touch so that we can definitely get in contact with you.

Ellingham Community Trust wishes to get your thoughts on the active schemes run by the Trust and it’s future priorities.

A consultation will be launched at AGM on 5th November 2026. The Consultation will be published in the Ellingham Newsletter and Consultation emails will be sent to any parishioner signed up to receive updates from the Community Trust.

If you wish your email to be added to our mailing list please contact us.

Ellingham Community Trust’s Annual General Meeting takes place on 5^th November 2026 at 7pm (coffee from 6.45) at Ellingham Village Hall.

Save the date, and come along to find out more about the work of Ellingham Community Trust.

For more information visit http://www.ellinghamcommunitytrust.org.

The Parish Magazine team have worked hard to produce a new look magazine. We think it looks fabulous, and Trustees commend the ream for their hard work. The Parish Magazine team are looking for content including photos and items of local interest. We appreciate your views, get in touch if you don’t receive the magazine, would prefer the magazine in a digital form or know someone who has recently moved to the area.

Happy New Year to all Parishioners. As a reminder Ellingham Community Trust provides benefits to parishioners in four ways :

Solid Fuel Scheme. The 2026 Solid Fuel Scheme will launch in the Spring.

Green Scheme. This scheme is designed to help parishioners with the cost of environmentally friendly purchases.

Training, Education and School Support Scheme (TESS). This scheme is designed to support study, full time education or a training courses at a higher or further education establishment or youth activities that promote health and wellbeing.

Community Projects Fund. This scheme covers community wide projects, and previously has supported St Maurice’s Church and Ellingham Village Hall. 

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All funds are open to permanent residents of the parish, all funding is at the discretion of the Trustees to make the best use of the monies provided to the community.

Ellingham Community Trust Fund is a Charitable Trust funded by Wandylaw Wind Farm Ltd to be disbursed for benefit of the community and parishioners of Ellingham. The fund is managed by a board of trustees. The purpose of the Trust is to support developments for the benefit of the communities and individuals within Ellingham Parish. The activities must provide some measure of economic, environmental, educational, social or cultural benefit for people living in the parish. Wandylaw Wind Farm Company Ltd will pay the agreed figure of £36,869 annually into the Trust Fund while the Wandylaw Wind Farm is operational. The Trust works with other local organisations to support the community.