Behind the scenes Archives - New Life Home Trust UK

Giving Back at Christmas: Our Trustees in Action

February 22, 2026 Behind the scenes, Change, Fundraising, Stories, Uncategorized

Christmas is always a special time at New Life Homes Trust, and this year we were incredibly grateful to see that spirit reflected in the efforts of two of our Trustees. Through creativity, generosity, and a lot of heart, Anna Wright and Bev Stockley each found their own way to…...

Kenya Update: Bev and Charlie’s Return Visit

September 6, 2025 Behind the scenes, Change, Life, Stories, Uncategorized

New Life Home UK Trustee Bev and Administrator husband Charlie Stockley made an emotional journey back to Kenya to visit NLHT. What they found was both heartwarming and transformative: babies they once cradled are now thriving teenagers, new partnerships have strengthened their care, and the dedication of the teams continued…...

Celebrating 30 Years of New Life Home Trust: A Memorable Visit

August 2, 2024 Behind the scenes, Life, Stories

By Bev & Charlie Stockley Charlie is the administrator for the UK charity and Bev is a trustee, they also spent just under 6 years working at the home in Amani between 2010 and 2015. A Grand Celebration It was a great privilege to be invited to attend the 30th…...

Caring with Compassion and Commitment

December 18, 2023 Behind the scenes, Life

From delivering a minibus to painting bathrooms, UK Trustees Tony and Gerry Denson update us on their latest trip to Kenya where they visited two of the New Life Home Trust homes. “We were grateful that we were able to spend a month out in Kenya (19th October – 14th…...

Catching up with founders Clive and Mary

June 14, 2021 Behind the scenes, Change, Life

As New Life Home Trust celebrates 27 years we thought it would be timely to check in with the charity’s founders, Clive and Mary – who last year made the bold move to retire and return to the UK. In March 2020, Clive and Mary along with their youngest son…...

So much has happened across the world since March…

November 6, 2020 Behind the scenes, Donate, Stories

Back in March (2020) Trustees Gerry and her husband Tony Denson were making their first trip of the year to Amani Cottage one of the NLHT homes in Kisumu, it turned out to be a very differnet trip to what they had planned… “We were planning to spend much of…...

A Place of Hope

June 8, 2020 Behind the scenes, Change

Did you know that New Life Home Trust was one of the first children’s homes in Kenya to take in infants infected or affected by HIV and AIDS? When New Life Home Trust began over two decades ago, it was just a small group of concerned people wanting to make a difference…...

January a time for reflection, celebration and looking forward

January 17, 2020 Behind the scenes

Chair of the Trustees David Wright shares with us his relections and vision for 2020… The start of a new year is an opportunity for reflection – on what to give thanks for; what to celebrate and what to look forward to. In other words, to remind ourselves of the…...

The importance of family – a response to J. K. Rowling

July 22, 2018 Behind the scenes

As an organisation who has proudly supported the rescue of abandoned children across Kenya for over two decades, New Life Home Trust UK felt a responsibility to respond to recent articles about J.K. Rowling’s criticism of children’s orphanages and volunteer travel. First and foremost, New Life Home Trust was set…...

Gail visits New Life in Nairobi

April 27, 2018 Behind the scenes, Stories

Each year people from the UK fly out to Kenya to visit New Life Homes. Often we hear stories of how these trips are truly inspiring and life-changing. Gail Brechin has recently returned from her visit to our Nairobi home and we got in touch with her to share her experience…...

About New Life Home Trust UK

New Life Home Trust UK works to financially support the rescue, care and nurture of abandoned and orphaned babies in Kenya, housing the children until they can be adopted or reunited with family.

We want to ensure complete transparency with all our donors with regard to funding. New Life Home Trust UK CIO sends 85% of donations to Kenya for the designated project. 15% is retained in the UK, this includes 15% of any Gift Aid claim. This is used for administration, governance and fundraising costs

Details of our partnering Kenyan charity can be found here.

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