Knox House Trust has donated £1,000 to island charity, The Children’s Centre, to help them provide additional financial support for their family services during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The charity plans to use the funds to provide financial support in the form of food, fuel or electricity vouchers to the families that they work with who are struggling to manage during this difficult time.

Voirrey Coole, director, private clients and operations, said: ‘At a time of global crisis where many of us are no doubt feeling anxious or overwhelmed, our thoughts went to The Children’s Centre and their clients. We are delighted to be in a position to do something positive that will help families in need at a time of financial difficulty to get key essentials.’

Head of the Children’s Centre, Joff Whitten, said: ’We are extremely grateful to Knox House Trust for the help they have offered us and the families we work with. So many of us are entering a period of financial worry, of uncertainty for the future and the challenges of being socially isolated for an unknown period.’

He continued: ’We try our hardest to help those families who need help. Our aim is that our lovely farm will once again become a place of sanctuary for so many on the island once this is all over; for now, we try to help where we can. It’s though our partnership with organisations like Knox House Trust that we are able to do this, and we are so grateful for their support. Thank you so much for thinking of others at this time when we are all worried about our futures.’

Knox House Trust is part of the Knox group of companies. Deputy chairman and KHT director Tim Eve said:’Working together and thinking of others is vital at the best of times, but never more than at the present time.’