The Gay & Peter Hartley's    Hillards Charitable Trust

Founded August 1988

The Trust supports local charities in towns where Hillards had a store. Applications are encouraged from locally managed charities in those areas that meet the funding criteria.

Grant-making priorties

The Trust seeks to support social welfare and education in communities that supported Hillards stores. 

Organisations should be charitable, non-profit making, voluntary or community based and preferably have their own local bank account. 

The Trust does not support organisations that receive more than a third of their income from any form of government funding (including National Lottery).