Victoria Cross Trust Nominated for the Kings Award
We are proud to announce that our charity the Victoria Cross Trust has been nominated for the Kings Award for Voluntary Service. This follows on from The Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award for Employer Recognition received in 2024 alongside other notable recognition for the work we undertake. Our charity is based in Frenchgate and undertakes restoration works on military memorials and graves within communities paid for by the funds we raise through retail outlets in Frenchgate. In 2025 we raised funds for an
Victoria Cross Trust 2025 Support
The Victoria Cross Trust is a Doncaster based charity that restores and maintains memorials and graves relating to recipients of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for valour. we are a small team, only 2 employees and largely run by military veteran volunteers raising funds through our shops in the Frenchgate Centre. With around 70 - 80% of our turnover going towards our charitable aims we reduce as much as possible our costs in order to maximise our restorations. We also visit schools and other
Victoria Cross Trust To Mark Armistice Day at Lakeside Village
The Victoria Cross Trust (VCT) is marking Armistice Day at Lakeside Village for the first time. VCT will lay wreaths at the start of a newly installed walk at the shopping centre, featuring plaques to commemorate the seven Doncaster Victoria Cross recipients. The Last Post will be performed by a bugler and will be followed by a one-minute silence at the centre. Di Mellis, centre manager said: “The Victoria Cross Trust wanted to commemorate Doncaster’s Victoria Cross recipients and we are very
Lakeside Village Store Boosts Charity Donations and Awareness
The Victoria Cross Trust Charity is celebrating a successful year at Lakeside Village Shopping Outlet, with both donations and general awareness having gone up. The charity, dedicated to cleaning the graves of Victoria Cross recipients and ensuring they are remembered, initially launched a pop-up shop at Lakeside Village in October 2021. Steve Abell, manager at the Victoria Cross Trust said: “We’ve had great feedback since we opened the store at Lakeside Village and the management team there have been