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Stonehaven Charitable Trust
Stonehaven Charitable Trust

We are stonehaven

The fund was set up from a legacy with the aim of supporting causes close to the donor’s heart: work that supports people to access nature and the environment.  

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Brenda, the Stonehaven Charitable Trust’s founder, lived in West Yorkshire throughout her life and the charitable trust is named after the house she lived in for over 40 years – Stonehaven. She was very passionate about her garden and was keen to introduce young people to nature and the outdoors, helping them to appreciate the world around them and benefit from it.

Meet the Trustees

Kay - Stonehaven Charitable Trust

Kay Mellor

Kay is the second cousin of Brenda and has been a regular visitor to Stonehaven since childhood. After 20 years in the banking industry, she now works with her husband running the family business. Kay is looking forward to working with charities to build partnerships that fulfil Stonehaven's goals. 

Paul - Stonehaven Charitable Trust

Paul Backhouse

Paul is a Product Manager in the software industry, and is the son of one of Brenda’s oldest friends.  A past Round Tabler and school governor, Paul is proud to be associated with the Stonehaven Charitable Trust

We are a Yorkshire Funders member and are currently working with Threesixtygiving to publish our open, standardised grants data (once we have our first year of giving complete) which will help us to understand our grantmaking better and help to improve charitable giving in the UK.

Yorkshire Funders
360 Giving
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