About the Hurst Water Meadow Trust
What is the Hurst Water Meadow Trust and its aims and policies?
The initial group of interested residents formed themselves into a Trust by legal deed on 13 October 1995. Application for charitable status was made and this was granted with effect from 31 October 1995. In drawing up the deed and applying for charitable status we were greatly helped by the National Council for Voluntary Organizations (NCVO) in particular by Mr Robert Evans, head of legal services to whom we are very grateful. Management is legally vested in the Hurst Water Meadow Trust. Ten local residents are the trustees. Two trustees are Parish Councillors and this arrangement is vested in a supplemental deed dated 31 December 1996.
The main objectives of the Trust are:
Policy statement
By-laws
The initial group of interested residents formed themselves into a Trust by legal deed on 13 October 1995. Application for charitable status was made and this was granted with effect from 31 October 1995. In drawing up the deed and applying for charitable status we were greatly helped by the National Council for Voluntary Organizations (NCVO) in particular by Mr Robert Evans, head of legal services to whom we are very grateful. Management is legally vested in the Hurst Water Meadow Trust. Ten local residents are the trustees. Two trustees are Parish Councillors and this arrangement is vested in a supplemental deed dated 31 December 1996.
The main objectives of the Trust are:
- to preserve, conserve and protect the meadow, its wildlife (plants and animals) and their habitats, for the benefit of the public;
- to advance public education in and understanding of the ecology of the meadow;
- to provide for the safe enjoyment and recreational use of the meadow by the public.
Policy statement
By-laws
