At their April 2015 quarterly meeting the Trustees awarded a grant of £75,000 to the Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury towards their capital campaign for redevelopment and modernisation of the community arts centre and theatre.

The grant helped them to break through the half-way barrier of their Capital Campaign, and they have now raised over half a million pounds.

Click here to read more about the campaign.

The Trustees and staff of the Summerfield Charitable Trust would like to congratulate Gloucester Services on winning their recent award for 'Outstanding Contribution to Local Food Development' at the Western Daily Press Food & Farming Awards 2015, and wish them good luck and continued success with the opening of the Southbound Services on Tuesday 19th May 2015.
 
We are proud to be one of the early supporters of the project back in 2007. 

LINKS:
Gloucester Services
Western Daily Press Food & Farming Awards
Summerfield Trust support

At their February 2015 quarterly funding round, the Trustees awarded a grant of £30,000 to Prema Arts Centre based near Dursley towards their 'Raising the Roof Appeal'. 

Prema is a family-friendly Arts Centre, promoting performance, live music and art exhibitions as well as accessible workshops, classes and creative experiences for kids and adults.


The centre first opened its doors in 1981, and welcomes over 73,000 visitors a year.

The 'Raising the Roof' projects involves major building works including a new roof and building improvements throughout. Scaffolding went up in April 2015 and we very much look forward to following the progress of the project.

Click HERE to read more about the project.

In March this year the Trustees of the Grace Fry Charitable Trust transferred their investments to the Summerfield Charitable Trust in order that the Summerfield Trust could distribute more grants to benefit Gloucestershire charities.

Grace Fry lived in Cheltenham and keenly supported many causes similar to those of the Summerfield Trust. After her death, her Trust continued for a few years but the Trustees eventually recognised that by moving their investments to the Summerfield Trust, Mrs Fry's wishes could be retained but without the overheads.

The earth, particularly since the Industrial Revolution, has undergone significant geological change, some of it without parallel in its 4.6 billion year history. As well as the huge changes in the Earth's atmosphere leading to climate change, major changes include those to patterns of erosion and sedimentation on land. Welcome to the 'Anthropocene', a new geological era, in which many geologically significant conditions and processes are profoundly altered by human activities. 
Join Professor Mark Maslin as he shows us that humans, instead of being insignificant, might just have become the dominant geological force on the planet.

In February this year The Summerfield Trust awarded a grant of £10,000 to CREATE Gloucestershire to promote a Gloucestershire apprenticeship scheme which is providing opportunities for young people wanting to go into the creative industries. 
Create Gloucestershire has recruited 13 apprentices and interns so far through the Creative Employment Programme.
CLICK HERE to read more about the scheme.