The Knights Templar Trust
The Trust was originally formed in 2003 and was registered as a Charity with the Charity Commission for England and Wales under Number 1093962 up until January 2016 when its aims were incorporated within The Order itself. The original aims continue to be:
"TO RELIEVE INDIVIDUALS RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WORLD-WIDE WHO ARE SICK OR DISABLED OR DISADVANTAGED OR IN ANY WAY IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES"
If you would like further information or would like to assist us in our work, please see the Contact Us section of this website.
Fundraising and charitable activities include:
- 2018
- Investiture at Valencia Cathedral in April 2018
- 2017
- This year we are including a sample of the good works carried out by our accredited full Knight Templar members only
- Our many Associates continue their own charitable and humanitarian works all around the world
- Africa
- Building in Zambia water purification wells and providing sustainable electrical energy from solar power sources, as well as creating recycling dung methane collectors for cooking gas for the local village community
- Argentina
- Direct assistance with many health projects in Buenos Aires and help with young adolescents in their school environments
- Canada
- Donations and practical help to NDG Food depot, organised fundraising for children’s hospital in Montreal, contributions to Canadian Red Cross, funding for local cancer research projects
- Contributions to joint efforts with DAR for local people via the sustaining supporter programme for those in need
- Chile
- Creation of a foundation for children with Asperger syndrome and similar so that following full examinations by professionals, 100% funds are provided to help the child back into their peer group school mainstream society
- Norway
- Working in concert with Warrior Angels Foundation to help the veterans community
- Peru
- Charitable activities carried out with real support for abandoned children and elderly people
- Philippines
- Project involving a 10 hectare property to support indigenous people in agricultural and educational ventures
- Major financial support programmes for orphanages and street children – including shelter, equipment, food, drinks and clothing, with outreach programmes feeding over 200 children in Dumaguete city
- Creation of a Philippines chapter of the Order
- Spain
- Various fundraising projects in Madrid, and several of our Knights involved in multiple charitable works within the country
- United Kingdom
- Charitable works carried out in association with St Vincent de Paul charity
- Around the country various contributions in time and money to the air ambulance service, individual charities in Milton Keynes, Northampton and includes the Sue Ryder charity, Rainbows hospice for young people and the Hope centre
- Specific donations to sponsor health workers in Africa and Pakistan and to help create education facilities and appropriate jobs
- Work with the Railway Children charity in Wales as well as the needy homeless
- Volunteer as a community first responder with over 200 voluntary hours undertaken in the year
- Work undertaken as a hospital Chaplain and other voluntary works in London
- United States of America
- Major contribution in time and money to the Pukuu Tataviam Tribe
- Contributions and time given to Manzanita and Culver City Police foundations
- Professional support pro bono in homeless shelters and volunteer retreat in the name of the Order
- Professional medical support in Santa Fe and Colorado serving a large number of indigent and Medicare and Medicaid patients who otherwise have no access to healthcare
- Instrumental in helping with the launch of a Pediatric Dental Restoration Program
- Help in setting up a summer camp for disadvantaged children involving some 300 boys and girls a week
- 2016
- The creation of separate Chapters in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Paraguay to better service the local needs of each country
- Argentina
- Continuing the good works of our Knights and Associates helping local communities
- Colombia
- Community and humanitarian services with local needs arising from the border friction with other countries
- Canada
- Fundraising activities for many local charities donating time and feeding meals to the less fortunate in co-operation with Salvation Army local projects
- Continuing volunteer support for local hospital units
- Chile
- Psychologist help with drug and alcohol rehabilitation units locally
- China
- Helping children and parents to engage with such honourable local organisations as the scouts, brownies, Blue Jays, boys and girls clubs and associated big brother and sister organisations
- Paraguay
- Co-ordinating local humanitarian activities in association with the Shiners club
- Philippines
- Building a clean water tank system and pipework to provide a local school with clean water supplied weekly by local government water truck. School attendance has improved dramatically now that the children have clean running water available
- United Kingdom
- Air Ambulance and help for Heroes continuing support
- Help with activities such as human rights with Amnesty International and homelessness with Shelter, and raising funds for Wateraid project
- United States of America
- Providing local services and housing to the refugees and the poor
- Giving benefits for disabled children including Toys for Tots
- Local counselling for those with substance and alcohol abuse
- Work in Veterans medical centre in conjunction with local communities and outreach medical facilities for those people living on the street
- Working with other groups for breast health initiative, local homeless shelters, animal rescue, women in distress and many other similar problem areas
- Volunteering help with American Red Cross including activities such as fires, tornadoes and search and rescue assistance
- Holding Children’s life lessons to become better citizens and leaders for future generations
- Donations and help to local Army emergency relief and community funds
- Holding courses on helping abused women and men and refusing to be a victim
- Support for local D.A.R., wounded warriors project, heart and diabetes associations and first responders
- Regular contributions to the Enchanted Lantern giving sight to young children
- Assistance with local Unbound and Fisher house charities and several other non-profit organisations
- Help in providing local housing and other essential services to Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees and other homeless people in need
- Raising and personally donating tens of thousands of US dollars to worthy causes close to member’s hearts
- Venezuela
- Philanthropic humanitarian local activities with hospital cancer patients and homeless people
- 2015
- Angola
- Pastoral community work in helping the poor and destitute
- Argentina
- Evolution of separate chapters of The Order in several sovereign countries in Latin America in which we have a formal presence. All geared to helping those most in need in each of these countries
- Azerbaijan
- Local presence and assistance with charitable drives undertaken
- Canada
- Co-ordination of local arthritis society and care of the homeless
- Cameroon
- Assistance with local orphanages and hospitals and in conjunction with local Rotary groups
- Fiji
- Work carried out on humanitarian ideas for local and international relief and improving local social services
- India
- Helping to educate poor children and supporting local orphanage
- Nepal/Taiwan
- Humanitarian work with Project Moses in Nepal and helping local NGO’s with missionary schools and education services
- Nigeria
- Assistance with education and wellbeing of young persons in various communities
- Philippines
- Continuing support to all our Templar Knights and Associates and developing clothing and equipment support as well as supplying toys and games for disadvantaged children, following the natural disaster
- South Africa
- Involvement in various charity drives to assist those we can in need
- United Kingdom
- Local annual present delivery for children hospitalised over Christmas as well as additional support for hospital staff
- United States of America
- Volunteers working with local Salvation Army charities and ambulance corps
- Charity work for sick children, wounded servicemen, Christmas toy runs and numerous other charitable enterprises
- Assistance with helping students and funding research for the betterment of others, raising tens of thousands of dollars
- Helping disabled war veterans, with life and trauma counselling
- Involvement with many local charities, including Red Cross disaster services, breast cancer awareness and outreach crossfire missions
- Assistance in local community food and clothing drives and supporting local children’s hospitals
- Pastoral community work for those in need as well as animal rescue work
- Volunteer pro bono assistance with legal work and assistance with local Knights of Columbus functions
- Mentoring for Big Brother/Big Sister and habitat of humanity programmes
- Venezuela
- Charity assistance throughout the year wherever we can
- 2014
- Argentina
- The creation of an ambulance service to serve the northern state of Mendoza, which to date had no such cover
- The continued expansion of separate chapters of The Order throughout each sovereign country in Latin America to continue our good works in all the countries of Latin and Central America
- Australia
- Local help where needed to relieve poverty in Papua New Guinea
- Canada
- Involvement with other local charities eg "Mind your mind" and donations of clothing, toys and sundries to various boys and girls clubs and habitat for humanity
- Czech Republic
- Helping to provide meals in poorer areas
- China
- Helping with training Christian missionaries and educational facilities for students in Beijing
- Denmark
- Support for red Cross and local Danish cancer relief organisation
- England
- Helping to raise funds for Willen Hospice and Thames Valley and Chiltern Air ambulance trust
- Wolf run for guide dogs and Cancer research
- Charity assist with Cancer Research, and Ghurka challenge on behalf of Oxfam
- Assistance with smaller charities ie The Trussel Trust, Morning Star and Pantry partnership, Hospice at home, Wales air ambulance, RNLI and Leonard Cheshire homes
- Personal pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela to raise funds for Children’s Hospice South West England
- Honduras
- Assistance with sponsoring education via the Plan Agency
- India
- Localised community help to the poor and orphans
- Israel
- Assistance with various local charities eg "Stand with us" organisation and emergency medical instructor via the Red Cross
- Istanbul
- Helping street refugee families with food and bare essentials
- Lebanon
- Additional support for The Green Globe project for refugees
- Mauritius
- Help with local NGO’s in support of blind people and youth leadership projects
- Mexico
- Helping in low income nursing facilities and abandoned children’s home (also see Latin America)
- Netherlands
- Assistance in Amsterdam with food, medicines and dental care for those in need
- Nigeria
- Funds raised for sundry small local community projects. Legal NGO assistance and vocational training for young offenders
- Norway
- Project to help find, train and place service dogs for wounded soldiers
- Philippines
- Charity assistance and aid programmes to help street children
- Portugal
- Localised community help to the poor and orphans
- Scotland
- Sporting and charitable activities to aid child and cancer charities and the boy scouts movement
- South Africa
- Involvement with community support and health living initiative programmes
- United States of America
- Helping homeless veterans and piloting a global nursing data base for third world country aid
- Consideration of an aquaponics project to grow additional foodstuffs
- Assistance with local community food banks, disaster relief organisations, and other non profit charities eg St Jude’s hospital
- Coaching young people via summer sports facilities
- Training and placing of service dogs for wounded soldiers (also see Norway above)
- Help with activities connected with Carter Centre, Doctors without borders, epilepsy foundation of America, Mercy Haven Inc and Team Rubicon volunteer group
- Zambia
- Aid given with local pastoral care
- 2013
- Australia
- Direct involvement in Legacy and red shield programs
- Fundraising and help with the Blind and Leukaemia research and Children’s cancer research Organisations, and donations to various local church charities
- Australian volunteer coastguard and Legion of Frontiermen/safepoint project
- Bulgaria
- Help with Y Peer program regarding HIV prevention
- Canada
- Volunteer work at the Canadian National Institute for the blind Calgary hospital and Amnesty International
- Help with alcohol management program and shelter housing, and assistance with sick childrens hospital and goodwill charity
- Help with NDG food banks and Autism Speaks programs
- Chile
- Help with volunteer medical team in conjunction with the UN, USAF and Chilean military treating over 3500 children to date
- Colombia
- Assistance with macro project for sustainable food crop production and help with underprivileged children
- England
- Volunteer and fundraising work carried out on behalf of Help for Heroes, Children’s hospice, Lions International, Break, mencap, RNLI, Salvation Army and Multiple Sclerosis society, Red Cross, and Fire emergency support services
- Help with Christian and Muslim young people thru sport
- Help with local community hostel, food banks and hospice care
- Fundraising for the charity Street Children
- Fundraising via the West Cornwall cycle challenge for the charity Shelterbox. The funds raised were sent to Haiti to assist those affected by the earthquake
- Thousands of pounds raised for Cornwall Hospice care and Macmillan cancer support, via gala auctions and the "Fan Dance" challenge based in part on the SAS selection process in the Brecon Beacons, followed by the "twin peaks" challenge in Snowdonia Nation Park
- The Hague
- Assistance with world for food program and Red Cross
- India & Nigeria
- Connection with the Association of non-violence peace ambassadors including local skills training
- Sponsorship of a number of children to provide midday meals
- Nigeria
- Volunteer for care work and training young people for today’s market skills
- Help with feed the poor project and prisoner’s visits and rehabilitation
- Oman
- Help with financing the education of a number of Philippine children to university level
- Portugal
- Help with underprivileged children and orphaned Children’s home
- Peurto Rico
- Donations of money, goods and career advice
- Romania
- Assistance with the creation of a respite care home for children with special needs
- Russia
- Personal individual medical aid and assistance to some of the needy and destitute in Afghanistan
- United States of America
- Support for children’s hospital, disabled veterans charities and hospice care for the terminally ill
- Help with US state mental health and drug addiction awareness programs
- Humanitarian services as a healthcare professional in hospice and homeless facilities
- Fundraising for Sentinels of Freedom and international cancer advocacy network
- Assistance with counselling services with The American Legion and the American Cancer society amongst others
- Financing a child with muscular dystrophy to camp
- Donations to children’s hospitals and Toys for Tots march
- Work with Tourettes syndrome Association and DAR
- Helping to create a congressional caucus with members of both Houses to establish a STEM program with public schools, to encourage children in science, technology, engineering and math
- Help with youth sports, material benefits and student outreach and therapeutic programs in USA, Canada and Jerusalem
- Paramedic with wounded warriors project and team Red, White and Blue
- Head volunteer for fund raising activities for local charities which raised over $100,000 during the year
- Volunteer community services for state emergency responders
- Local volunteer computer services
- Ambassadors for HIM - schools and youth group, summer camps and weekend clinics
- Fundraising for OSDRI and food pantry groups via Knights of Columbus organisation
- Help with education and support groups serving many hundreds of students each year
- Support for local early childhood education and community settlement housing
- West Africa
- Red Cross support and donations of food and clothes to various local villages
- Help with food and clothing for widows and orphaned children
- 2012
- Support with homeless shelters in Illinois - USA
- Potential to help build temporary homes - Mexico
- Support with food distribution to homeless shelters, homeless hostels and drop-in centres - UK
- Volunteer firemen including charitable distributions - Peru
- Collecting food and exploring gainful employment for underprivileged - South Africa
- Clothing parcels sent to Philippines - USA
- Volunteer work for Wish House Foundation and Charity Troops Relief - UK
- Raising funds for McMillans Cancer Research and Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital London - UK
- Community work with disadvantaged street kids, youth shelters and outreach working - Tasmania
- Volunteer help to train young people for today's market skills - Uganda
- Volunteer training of over 100 teachers in better methods of training - Uganda
- Practical training of skilled tradesman as vocational training staff - Uganda
- Creation of campus for vocational university project - Uganda
- Volunteer management of a project aimed at producing over 2 million cuttings of coffee plants to rejuvenate Uganda's coffee industry - Uganda
- 2011
- Volunteer chaplain with medical reserve corps - USA
- Voluntary assistance with homeless people in Pittsburgh - USA
- Contributions to Save The Children's funds and Cambodian Kids Foundation and school peace art workshops - UK
- Aid and assistance to help homeless people in London - UK
- Help with provision of volunteer medical services in rural America - USA
- Volunteer care work - Scotland
- Raising funds for cancer research, Cornwall Hospice Care, The British Heart Foundation, Shelter Box Charity, St.Julias Hospice and various others - UK
- Large charitable donations made to Animal Rescue Los Angeles, Pukuu indian tribe, West Coast Care (helping homeless) and Land Air Support Division - USA
- Volunteer officer with Scouts Of America - USA
- Volunteer work with children and children's homes - South Africa
- Volunteer work with animal & reptile rescue centre - UK
- Foundation For Children In Extreme Poverty - Chile
- 2010
- Contributions to city team and youth outreach - USA
- Assistance to Ukraine Orphan Society and creation of humanitarian society for orphans & widows - Australia
- Contributions to orphanages - Czech Republic
- Contributions to Army Emergency Relief campaign - USA
- Contributions to British Heart Foundation benefit - UK
- Donations to Shrivers Hospital for disabled children - USA
- Donations to Soldiers Welfare Fund and Help For Heroes - Wales
- Work with the Gideons, cubs & city missions - USA
- Voluntary work with underpriviliged children - Chile
- Involvement with fun run to raise up to 3 million dollars for various charities - Australia
- From concept to full co-ordination by one of our new Associates of a Musical concert with the London Full Gospel Church choir, the Weald opera and the Knights Templar Trust which raised over £1000 for books and school equipment for the Molo 220 secondary school in Kenya
- 2009
- Raising funds for local youth club, RNLI and UK armed services £2000, Air ambulance charity £2000 and animal rescue £1000, Dogs for the blind over £3,500 - UK
- Contribution to the Salvation Army and American Cancer society - USA
- Logistical and material support for Australia literacy program, providing refurbished computers and generators together with wheelchairs for landmine victims- Australia
- Help with Aldeas Infantiles SOS - Spain
- Sponsored charity runs for the Red Cross, Marie Cure and the NSPCC - UK
- Aid with resources for education, healthcare and social assistance - Brazil
- Educational assistance with autistic children - Norway
- Provision of young peoples club and assistance with forum for firemen group - Chile
- Assistance with elderly people and general medical treatments to distant communities - Brazil
- Volunteer help with flooding catastrophe in North Dakota - USA
- Work with handicapped children in Hawaii - USA
- Raising funds in marathon runs in Athens and San Diego for Leukaemia sufferers - USA
- Donations of £1000 to the charity ARK, £500 to Merlin, £100 to the Princes trust, cross country run raising over £750 for the charity BIBIC, and a cross country trek in Santiago, Spain raising over £33,000 for various specific charities of which our Associate was a constituent member - UK
- Charity event in 2009 to raise funds for Pancreatic cancer research fund (in 2008 over £13,000 raised) - UK
- Medical assistance and community work for needy people by an "Associate" doctor - Ecuador
- Building 3 further water wells to supply three schools - Cambodia
- Children's project in Kentucky - USA
- Random acts of kindness by an Associate in Afghanistan - USA
- Templar day hospital unit, day-care help centre and sheltered housing complex - Scotland
- Portsmouth Association for the blind - UK
- Healing therapy with Marie Curie Hospice and other Hospices care - UK
- 2 healing foundations - Venezuela
- Volunteer work for the Cerebral Palsy Charity - UK
- Re-establishing local Scout facilities - UK
- Help for heroes, North Air Ambulance and Cancer Research - UK
- Neighbourhood watch scheme creation and community improvements -UK
- 2008
- Llame foundation, over $7000 raised for 90 Autistic children in teaching home - Durango, Mexico
- Help with the Children's Hospital in San Juan de Dios - Chile
- Assistance with the Rain forest Action network - USA
- Miracles of faith foundation and financial assistance to local schools together with over $3000 to a local hospital for needed special equipment - Argentina
- Raising funds via cross country events and endurance feats for Help for heroes - UK
- General associated work with Amnesty International - India
- Work with prisoners by an "Associate" doctor - Uruguay
- Various local charity works with deprived children and apprenticeships - UK
- Clothes, toys, coffee machines and microwaves to needy people in Nicaragua and more recently Haiti - USA
- Assisting Roma and Sinti organisations in Switzerland and financial help to a children's Hospital in Cambodia - Switzerland
- Potential creation of a charity gift aid scheme - England
- 2007
- Direct assistance with much needed aid for Romania flood victims
- Direct assistance to Great Ormond Street Children's hospital for equipment needed and otherwise unavailable
- 2004
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