Current Charities
The Campbell Edwards Trust is committed to assisting those in need through devoting assistance to charitable organisations with programs in the key areas the Trust supports. We do so having regard to the wishes of the founder interpreted in light of contemporary society. The Trust categorises the charities it supported this year into the following areas:
- The alleviation of hunger of children
- Physical shelter and refuge;
- Respite care for children in financial need;
- Medical care for children in financial need;
- Mental and spiritual help and support for children in financial need
- Education for needy and at-risk youth, including by supporting scholarship programs to private schools;
- Requests which benefit poor children;
- Other Christian-spirited requests, such as: Religious, evangelical or spiritual publications, pastoral and social service activities; Christian youth activities; International philanthropy including children, housing and infrastructure such as hospitals; Indigenous Australians; Physically impaired; Families/children affected by suicide, other life-threatening mental health issues or domestic violence; Homelessness, destitution or hunger from disasters; Social enterprises, and causes which help people help themselves.
All the charities we support are imbued with the spirit of basic Christian service. In order to fulfil its commitment from finite resources, Trustees focus on areas where there is the highest assessed potential for having an impact and making a difference. Based on the deed and the founder’s intentions, over its long history the Trust has supported organisations with characteristics of primitive Christianity, and continues to look for such opportunities interpreted within modern Australia.
Every year brings a fresh opportunity for philanthropy, and to comprehensively assess the program of giving, the religious, educational and charitable purposes and objects of the Trust, and the quantum of funds donated.