The charity owes its origin to the time when Rope was part of the ecclesiastical parish of Wybunbury.  Various bequests of land and money have been gathered together over time to form the Wybunbury United Charities which are administered by the estate trustees with help from administering trustees.  An income is received from land rents and investments which is then distributed to various recipients including eighteen parish councils of which Rope is one.

The Parish Council of Rope Charity is administered by two trustees.  Its objective is to relieve distress caused by disadvantage, which in our present society is largely concerned with disability.  While it must not provide a substitute for the support which is the proper responsibility of the state, it can help with those aspects of disability aids and adaptation, travelling expenses to hospitals etc, physiotherapy, special diet etc, not covered by the state system.

The trustees are always pleased to receive any request for assistance and they urge anyone who is disadvantaged, or is the parent of a disadvantaged child and who is having difficulty meeting the cost of easing that disadvantage, to contact them.

The charity now has funds available to provide books bursaries for final year university students whose home is in Rope.  The Amount available will depend on the number of applicants.

Any Amounts awarded will be paid in the form of book tokens.

Applications should be made to either of the trustees.

Trustees

John Cooke.........01270 569676

Fiona Pownall......01270 664540