Mr and Mrs J a Pye's Charitable Settlement

Mr and Mrs J A Pye's Charitable Settlement is an independent grant-making trust with a mission to advance charitable purposes by bolstering under-funded local charities tackling hardship, deprivation, homelessness, health, education, and environmental needs. Core values emphasize pragmatic stewardship, evidence-led decisions, community-level impact, and equity for smaller organizations struggling with sustainability. Their philosophy prioritizes core funding alongside projects to build resilience, efficiency, and capacity, believing sustainable change arises from empowering grassroots charities with unrestricted support and direct trustee engagement to address root causes of social exclusion through tangible quality-of-life improvements.

They fund poverty alleviation including foodbanks, practical hardship relief, and food insecurity programs for families in crisis; homelessness interventions such as prevention outreach, emergency accommodation, and resettlement support for homeless individuals and rough sleepers; health and social care initiatives encompassing palliative care, mental health counselling, disability support services like respite care and day activities for people with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, and complex health needs; education advancement featuring special educational needs (SEND) provisions, early years centres for children aged 0-5 with developmental delays, after-school clubs, and skills training for young people aged 5-19 facing barriers; environmental projects developing community green spaces, sustainability activities, and outdoor therapeutic programs enhancing wellbeing. Supported interventions include person-centred care, community-led advocacy, peer support groups, therapeutic activities, capacity building, and holistic approaches preventing isolation, family breakdown, and exclusion among children, young people, disabled adults, carers, elderly residents, and socially deprived households.

Exclusions encompass non-local work beyond Oxfordshire communities, large national charities lacking grassroots ties, and initiatives without clear evidence of addressing local gaps in hardship, health, or education. Distinctive priorities favor smaller under-resourced organizations serving Oxfordshire's deprived rural and urban populations, homeless people, families caring for disabled children, and isolated elderly through core costs, multi-year partnerships, and community-led solutions valuing lived experience, preventative early intervention, and enduring viability for high-need beneficiaries like those with autism, ADHD, or chronic poverty.