Wootton Relief In Need

Wootton Relief in Need is a charity that was set up in 1973, with the purpose of helping individuals and families living within the boundaries of Wootton Parish in cases of economic hardship or need. The charity provides assistance when people cannot get it elsewhere. This may include as an example such things as covering the cost of winter fuel when households are unable to do so, or the provision of medical aids for elderly or disabled persons within Wootton Parish. Small donations, in rare circumstances, may become available to groups inside of Wootton Parish at the end of the financial year, if agreed by the trustees once financial records have been provided. 

Wootton Relief in Need operates under the strictest confidentiality and impartiality. Those who seek our assistance can rest assured our trustees are committed to upholding these ideals. 

If you would like to contact Wootton Relief in Need, please email Simon Heighes (Chair) at simonheighes.wrin@gmail.com

Parrott & Lee Foundation

The Parrott & Lee Educational Foundation is an old Wootton village charity dating back over 200 years. Before schools were taken over by education authorities, the Foundation built and ran the village school.

Today the Foundation still owns the school site and a number of houses in the village. The income from renting out the houses is used to make grants to help young people who live in Wootton with training, apprenticeships or further education to equip them for a career and a satisfying adult life.

Young people up to the age of 25 who have either attended Wootton school and/or who live in the civil parish of Wootton are eligible to apply. Application forms are available in the village shop and contain full details on how to complete and submit an application.

The underlying purpose of the grants, which vary but are on average around £500, is to enable young people from Wootton to embark on a career. Secondary education should normally therefore have been completed, but the grants can support apprenticeships or study in either further or higher education.

The trustees of the Foundation meet twice a year to consider applications, usually in the spring and autumn.
More information is published from time to time in Outreach.

Now that the school has closed permanently the Foundation has decided to sell the school site and is currently in discussion with the WODC planning department about its future use.