Workings of the Trust

The Trust pays all education costs and provides school clothing and transport to and from school. The current beneficiaries attend Groenberg High School in Grabouw.  As the families live in a rural low-income area there is no public transport.  As a consequence of this, transport is one of the Trust biggest monthly costs.

The Trust also arranges and pays for outings to encourage an appreciation of the country’s heritage and history. Including development of their speaking, reading, and writing ability in English, this being the business language of South Africa. Some of these trips are sponsored by private individuals.

Together with schooling and trips, the Trust aims to broaden their  social skills, to enable integration into a broader society. It is sometimes easy to forget, youngster in low income communities may never see, the sea or visit Table Mountain, or Robben Island. Iconic places in the history of South Africa.

The Trust commits to support their development in their chosen sport (currently all beneficiaries are golfers), during their education, they have full golf club membership of Arabella Golf Club. The beneficiaries are collected from their homes weekly and taken to the Club where they enjoy a complementary meal before a coaching session by the resident Golf Professional. Much of the equipment, clothing and shoes is provided by donations from members of the golf club.

Should a beneficiary wish to continue with golf after their education ends, they are currently afforded full complimentary membership of  Arabella Golf Club, and each beneficiary is recognised as a full playing member to enjoy the company and sportsmanship of the game.

The Trust is incredibly grateful for the support from Arabella Golf Club. The first golf Professional involved with the beneficiaries, and who gave so much of her time to their development, was Alison Sheard, see details about Alison here whose contribution will always be remembered.

 

Alison helping recover lost ball

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