Barker-Mill Foundation supports 4th Eling Sea Scouts

The Barker-Mill Foundation has donated £2,000 to the 4th Eling Sea Scouts’ fundraising efforts to install much-needed new storage areas for its growing activity base at Testwood Lakes in Totton near Southampton. The group is a registered charity run solely by volunteers which conducts an active Scout programme with 130 youth members. As part of the […]

Barker-Mill Foundation supports two local schools fundraising projects

The Barker-Mill Foundation has donated £2,000 towards Foxhills Infant School fundraising project for a new trim trail and £1,000 to Newlands Primary School to help fund the installation of a rainbow garden space. Both schools have embarked on various fundraising activities to improve and create new outside spaces which will enhance pupils’ experiences and provide new learning environments. The donations from the Barker-Mill Foundation take them both one step closer to their targets.   Foxhills Infant school in Ashurst will be refurbishing their existing trim […]

Local foundation donates £50,000 to the General Intensive Care Unit at Southampton Hospital

The Barker Mill Foundation has continued its support of University Hospital Southampton (UHS) with a further donation of £50,000 to Southampton Hospitals Charity. The donation has been used to support the cost of two relatives’ rooms, providing a private environment for medical and nursing teams to meet with patients’ families and update them on patients’ treatment and […]

Local Foundation’s £140,000 donation helps towards completion of Southampton Cancer Support Centre

Hampshire based Barker Mill Foundation is delighted that a new cancer support centre in Southampton, Maggie’s, is close to completion, helped by their £140,000 donation. The donation was a huge boost towards their fundraising target. Maggie’s new cancer support centre in Southampton will be based next to University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust’s (UHS) oncology unit. The facility, which […]

Barker-Mill Foundation support helps internationally recognised John Hansard Gallery

The Barker-Mill Foundation (BMF) has made a second £33,000 donation, part of a £100,000 three-year pledge, to the internationally recognised John Hansard Gallery in Southampton. The donation supports the “Digital Array: Barker-Mill Film and Video Commissions”, a series of pioneering commissions for a new media wall in the atrium of the contemporary art gallery in the heart of city. […]

Barker Mill Foundation pledges to plant 5000 trees as part of 25th Anniversary celebrations

Hampshire based Barker-Mill Foundation is pledging to donate 5000 trees for planting in 2020/21 to community groups, schools and charities across the New Forest, Test Valley and Southampton. The ‘Promise to Plant’ campaign spearheads celebrations to mark their 25th Anniversary. Since being set up by the Barker-Mill family in 1995, The Foundation has made over £4million of donations […]