The Trust

The Falconer Trust was formed in 1980 with the primary purpose of supporting Miss Falconer and the children’s home that she had founded, by Henry and ‘Rene Webb.  Henry’s interest in Miss Falconer’s work started when

he joined Mr Bland and Mr McKenzie who ran a Sunday School in the library at Neashan Road Dagenham. Miss  Falconer had stayed with Mr Bland at his home in Seven Kings while studying tropical medicine  in London prior to sailing for Africa, and had worshipped with him at Wangey Road Chapel in Chadwell Heath. The Sunday School moved into Lillechurch Gospel Hall after it was built in the early 1950s. All the Sunday School collections were saved and sent to help Miss Falconer and her ‘chocolate drops’, a term that would not be used today. Soon annual ‘Toy Sundays’ were being held and ‘parcels’ containing toys as well as baby food began to be sent to the orphanage by post.

When Henry retired from his position with the Nationwide Building Society The Falconer Trust was brought into being as the vehicle with which to support the thriving ‘Falconer Children’s Home and Orphanage’. If you should have visited Henry and Rene at their home  in Goodmayes Ilford, you would have seen the parcels stacked in the hallway ready for dispatch to the Children’s Home via a freight carrier.

The task of packing, sorting and dispatching the goods so lovingly given, has now moved to Norfolk where one of Henrys sons , Ken with his wife Pat carry out the day-to-day running of ‘The Trust’. On average 80 parcels a month are sent with a weight of about 1250kg. All of the Mail  for the Trust is still received by Henry and Rene who still enjoy opening the letters that arrive.

Two News letters are produced each year and our mailing list extends to 1600 friends who receive the latest news. Please contact us if you or your fellowship would like to be added to our mailing list. Ken and Pat have visited the Home on several occasions and videos of the visits are available. Ken is also available to visit Churches and interested groups to share  the  story of Miss Falconer and the Children’s Home, please contact him for more information.

The Trustees of the Falconer thank everyone for their continued support in so many ways. May our God richly bless you with a “well done good and faithful servant”.