The trust will donate to the charities and organisations that enable under-privileged and/or disabled children to engage in sports, team work, leadership and motivation exercises. The trust will also donate to charities and organisations that are established to support armed forces personnel and veterans. We will be donating to charities that support these individuals and their families in their time of need.

The board of the trust will also accept any recommendations or requests for donations to specific charities or causes and a decision would be made by the board bearing in mind “what Jim would want”.

To request or recommend a donation please contact us

£1,000 donated to the Queen Alexandra Hospital Home (December 2009) making a total so far of £2,000.

This plaque has been erected in the bar of the Queen Alexandra Hospital Home in recognition of the donation made to their funds by the Captain James Philippson Trust.

A fitting location.

£3,000 has just been donated to The Back-Up Trust (October 2009), making a total so far of £11,000.

This will help the Back Up Trust continue its incredibly valuable work helping and enabling people with spinal cord injury to surpass their aspirations.

From the 9th - 13th October 2009, trustee Tricia has been on a Back Up Trust Multi-Activity weekend in Exmoor at the Calvert Trust Centre, to see, first hand, what the charity does, and was overwhelmed by the courage and enthusiasm of the participants.

Eight young people, all with spinal injuries, took part with five buddies, two carers, a wheelchair skills trainer and two team leaders and enjoyed abseiling, sailing, biking, swimming, basketball, the climbing wall, wheelchair skills and a lot of laughing too.

Tricia said: "Not once did I hear anyone say 'I can't, I don't want to' - they all said 'I'll try'. I was really inspired by their desire to try things to make their lives easier and to see their confidence grow."

All of the people involved were anxious to get back to their normal lives, whether it was continuing re-habilitation or work, and were so instilled with new confidence to do things that were once outside of their comfort zone, but now within their capabilities or targets.

The course was professionally run, adventurous, caring and daring. The Captain James Philippson Trust is proud to be associated with The Back Up Trust.

£3,000 has just been donated to Help for Heroes (October 2009), making a total so far of £11,750.

This is being directed towards a recently formed UK military initiative called "Battle Back". It supports and rehabilitates seriously injured Service personnel as they return to an active life. Launched in July 2008, the name was coined by a team of British Military individuals looking at using disabled sports programmes as an aid to rehabilitating wounded service personnel.

Rehabilitation can take years for many people but as an example of how such a course can help the injured, one Lance Corporal, injured in Iraq, had mentally made a list, whilst lying in hospital, of many of the things he could never do again. Once out on the slopes with Battle Back, he soon started to make a mental list of things he could potentially do. A profound turn around for this brave man.

Skiing, kayaking, bike racing, white water rafting, paragliding, mountaineering are just some of the activities that encourage and rehabilitate our injured service personnel.

£3,000 has just been donated to Army Benevolent Fund (October 2009), making a total so far of £11,000.

This will be directed to the Current Operations Fund, established in September 2007 to help soldiers, former soldiers and their families who are in need as a result of the current conflicts.

Grants totally £250,000 have been made in the last year, click here for examples of where those funds go

Looking Forward
Although call on the fund is relatively modest at present, we believe there will be a large number of individuals in need in the years to come.

There are the physically injured that we know about, but there are also those with psychological injures, many of whom are yet to come forward.

The average interval between a soldier's discharge from the Army and the diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is 13 years, so the demand for help will not peak for some time.

However, we need to raise the money for this fund now whilst the public are supporting the general cause. It may be much harder to raise funds in 10-15 years time as the current campaigns will not be in the forefront of people's minds. The Current Operations Fund has raised over £1.75m so far and it must reach £5m in four years time if we are to be able to meet veterans' anticipated future need.

The Trust has donated £1,000 to the Meningitis UK Trust (October 2009),making a total of £2,000.

In memory of baby Jake Brown, who died of this terrible disease in October 2005.

His grandmother, friend of the family Kate Brown, completed a tandem parachute jump on Christmas Day, 2008, as a fundraising event, and since James would so heartily of approved of her jumping out of an aeroplane, outside of her comfort zone, we give this donation in her honour. The Meningitis Trust

The Trust has donated £1,000 to the St Giles Hospice (October 2009) making a total of £2,000.

In recognition of the wonderful care and support it gives to Tricia Martin, James and David's Aunt. St Giles Hospice

£1,000 has been donated to Cancer Research UK - September 2009.

Cancer Research UK funds research on all aspects of cancer, from the most basic nuts-and-bolts of cell biology to large studies of entire populations. It funds the work of over 4,500 scientists, doctors and nurses across the UK, and runs specialised institutes dedicated to cancer research.

Together with its partners and supporters, Cancer Research UK's vision is to beat cancer and carries out world-class research to improve understanding of the disease and find out how to prevent, diagnose and treat different kinds of cancer.

Cancer Research UK ensures that its findings are used to improve the lives of all cancer patients. It helps people to understand cancer, the progress that is being made and the choices each person can make.

£1,500 has been donated to The Rowan Hospice - September 2009.

The Rowan Hospice approached the Trust seeking financial assistance to build a facility to house equipment for its loan service. The Rowan loans out all types of special equipment to patients in their own homes, in order for them to be more independent and in the comfort of familiar surroundings.

The Naval stations, Dockyards and Commandoes in Portsmouth are within the catchment area of The Rowan and are served with dignity and helped to maintain quality of life for as long as possible.

£500 was donated to the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team at the suggestion of Mrs Fiona Davies.

Mrs Davies kindly allowed the Finale and Prizegiving Ceremony of the 2009 Three Peaks Challenge to be held on her land and this was a fitting way to say Thank You to her and the Mountain Rescue Team which was not needed on this occasion - but we will be back next year!

£5,000 donated to the Grove House Hospice

"To give you an example of what £3,000 will do for the hospice and its patients, it could fund a 24 hour a day 7 day a week phone line for a whole year that will enable patients and carers to access our new Hospice at Home service. Once the patient or carer has called the line they will be visited by a specialist nurse who will aim to be with them within 20 minutes whatever the time of day or night. That nurse can then provide practical support and medical treatment to hopefully avoid the patient being admitted to a hospital which could be many miles away. This will have a dramatic effect on that person's quality of life and that of their carers, alleviating feelings of helplessness and desperation that often overwhelm people caring for a terminally ill loved one at home."

The Trust donated £750 to Jane's Appeal in support of the 2Girls2Run initiative, a 215K run across the Algarve and taking place from 4 to 11 May 2008.

All proceeds of the 2Girls2Run is going to charity; shared between Jane's Appeal and ACCA, a children's charity in Portugal.

Tricia - James' mum ran the first 5K with the 2Girls on 4 May and is running the final 10K on 11 May. Wisely, she is leaving the other 200K to them.

Jane's Appeal.

£4,000 donated to Teenage Cancer Trust.

"Your generous donation is going to buy two new sofas for our London unit and also two tub chairs for our unit in Glasgow. Your extremely kind and generous donation is greatly appreciated."

£1,000 donated to the Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign.

In memory of Mark Benatar