The Newark Trust
Fighting Hardship and Disadvantage in Inverclyde
Our Vision:
To improve the lives, health and welfare of people in Inverclyde, creating opportunities for a positive future.
Our Values:
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Striving to help people and communities achieve their potential.
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Working with respect and objectivity, responding to communities and their needs and supporting them financially.
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Growing local partnerships, working together to secure the best outcomes for people.
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Supporting communities to make meaningful and lasting improvements.
Our focus currently is on three key areas:
Fighting child poverty
Assisting children and young people with disabilities
Supporting local communities
“There is growing recognition that disadvantages or harms such as poverty, mental ill health, drug misuse, violence or homelessness put you at much greater risk of others.”
Hard Edges Scotland Report 2019
Our Work
We are a grant-making charity, providing financial support to organisations and constituted groups, working with individuals and families in Inverclyde.
Almost 1 in 4 children in Inverclyde are living in poverty (Inverclyde SNA 2022).
The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 2020, showed Greenock Town Centre to be the most deprived area in Scotland, with over half of Inverclyde’s data zones in the top 20% of Scotland’s most deprived areas.
The Hard Edges Scotland Report 2019 recognises that childhood harms are often an indication of problems in adulthood, in the way some harms experienced by parents affect their children, and in the way some people face multiple disadvantages at the same time.
Early intervention has been identified as a key factor for change.
We are working with local communities, organisations and charities to fight poverty and are working with them to help secure the best outcome for people in Inverclyde.
Our current priority areas are:
Child poverty
Assisting families and young people with disabilities
Supporting local communities
Our Board & Staff
The Newark Trust is a SCIO and governed through a board of six trustees who meet every two months to consider the business of the charity.
Our Name
The charity name is inspired by the Newark Castle, the original settlement and historic cornerstone of the local community.
The Castle was for a long time hidden behind the giant cranes and sheds of the Clyde’s great shipyards and has only recently re-emerged to take its place in the townscape of Port Glasgow, a re-igniting of community that The Newark Trust aims to emulate.
Newark was the original name for the town until the late seventeenth century when it became known as Newport Glasgow, then simply Port Glasgow.
Contact Us
Hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
Email: info@thenewarktrust.org
Telephone: 0131 220 3249
