Supporting Our Charity
Thank you for supporting Heatree.
Every donation helps us invest in our facilities, care for our beautiful site, and continue sharing the Gospel with young people through adventure, connection, and the outdoors.
Explore the projects below to see how your generosity can make a lasting difference.
Read our latest fundraising campaign report here
Creating a More Inclusive and Accessible Heatree
Heatree is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive centre for everyone. While we have made improvements over the years, we know there is still much more to do to ensure all our facilities are accessible and easy to navigate, particularly for guests with mobility, visual, hearing, communication, or learning needs.
Our main house is a much-loved part of the Heatree site, but at almost 200 years old, it presents challenges due to its varying levels, entrances, doorways, and corridors. An accessibility audit, together with valuable feedback from our guests, has reinforced the need for a thoughtful, site-wide approach to improving accessibility.
Our ambition is to make Heatree more inclusive across the entire site. This includes improving physical access through ramps, wider corridors, and accessible bathrooms; enhancing wayfinding with clear, accessible signage; increasing visual and hearing accessibility through specialist equipment; and developing resources such as visual timetables to better support guests with additional needs.
This is a significant long-term investment that requires careful planning, but every improvement helps remove barriers and enables more people to enjoy everything Heatree has to offer with greater confidence, comfort, and independence.
Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we have already purchased rubber threshold ramps and an all-terrain wheelchair, enabling disabled guests to explore and experience Dartmoor in ways that were previously inaccessible. With continued support, we can build on this progress and create an environment where everyone feels welcome, included, and able to make the most of their time at Heatree.
Quantick Bursary
This bursary is in memory of Elizabeth Quantick (1911-1995) who officially started the Heathercombe Brake Trust charity in 1956.
As a Christian charity focused on the physical, spiritual and mental wellbeing of children and young people, we want as many individuals as possible to have the opportunity to hear the Gospel message. For many young people, a visit to Heatree may be one of the very few occasions where they get to learn about the Christian faith. The purpose of the Quantick Bursary fund is to provide discounted places for under 18s to enable them to come to Heatree, who might otherwise not get the opportunity to do so.
A residential trip can influence and inspire a young life in the long term and remains an important and meaningful instrument in youth ministry. We want to enable more youth leaders and teachers to bring their groups to Heatree, creating the potential to inspire hope in young minds and transform lives, whatever background, physical ability or socio-economic circumstances an individual may have.
We use our unique setting to provide engaging and inspiring experiences through outdoor adventure activity sessions, where we teach young people key life skills and how they can navigate the challenges they face, through God’s love and grace, whilst learning how to value and respect the natural world and the people around them.
How to Donate
You can make a one-off donation or set up a regular gift on our Stewardship page:
Alternatively you can send a cheque made payable to ‘Heathercombe Brake Trust’ to Heatree Activity Centre, Manaton, Devon TQ13 9XE.
If you wish to donate to a particular project or area, please let us know at: admin@heatree.org
Did you know you can donate through Easy Fundraising every time you shop online? It’s free and easy to use, and our charity will receive a small donation for every purchase. Follow the link below to set it up:
