North Mymms Recreation and Charitable Trust

In 1922 the late Major General Sir George Burns' father, Walter Burns, gifted to the Parish two plots of land on which stood the Recreation Hall (now part of the Men's Club) and the old Scout Hut in Dixons Hill.  In 1960 with these assets the North Mymms Recreational Halls Trust was formed.  In 1990 the land at Dixons Hill was sold and in 1992 the Trust was renamed the North Mymms Recreation and Charitable Trust.

The capital realised enabled the Trustees to use the interest to help organisations and individuals within the Parish.  The subsequent sale of the Men's Club land to the Men's Club increased the fund capital and thus the funds available for distribution.

Since 1992, using the interest received from the capital fund, the Trustees have been able to contribute toward repairs and refurbishment to the North Mymms Youth and Community Centre, the North Mymms Memorial Hall, the Guide Hut and the Scout Hut.  Both Christ Church, Little Heath, and St Mary's Church, North Mymms, have benefited by way of donations towards equipment and repairs.

St Mary's School, Welham Green, has been a regular beneficiary for various projects, with help towards their swimming programme, the purchase of sports equipment and clothing and financial assistance to pupils who otherwise would not have been able to go on the annual school trip.  The Willowbrook Nursery has been helped with the provision of tricycles and a climbing frame.

Individual Scouts have benefited from donations towards their attendance at the Scout World Jamborees in Chile and Thailand.

A contribution to North Mymms Cricket Club was made for assistance towards the training of coaches for the Colts members and some cricket equipment and clothing.

The Trust has further been able to support individuals from the Parish, some of them school leavers during their 'gap year', to go on projects both in this country and overseas;  for example to the Project Trust in Belize and China, the Oasis Trust on the south coast, the Church Mission in Uganda and helping with children suffering from cerebral palsy in Malaysia.