Founded with a commitment to positive change, our community initiatives focus on both local and global impact. We are dedicated to building opportunities for everyone, championing inclusivity, and empowering individuals to thrive together as a united community.
Local support
With its strong Guernsey heritage and roots in the local community, Rihoy & Son is fully committed to empowering the islands’ young people through sport.
This initiative not only reflects the company’s strong community values, but also its genuine interest in the holistic development of the next generation.
Young rollers
Launched by the Guernsey Bowling Club with the support of Rihoy & Son, Young Rollers is a new initiative to introduce the next generation to lawn bowls through free Sunday morning sessions. Bowling is an excellent activity for children, promoting physical fitness, hand-eye coordination and social interaction. It instils a sense of sportsmanship and provides a fun, inclusive environment for all skill levels.
Rihoy hotshots youth hockey
Rihoy & Son has made a 3-year commitment to support junior hockey at the Guernsey Hockey Club, including the Club’s schools’ outreach programme, Hotshots. The sponsorship supports a full-time coach actively promoting hockey throughout Guernsey schools, to encourage greater student take up. There are also organised training sessions at the Guernsey Hockey Club throughout the season (for students aged 4–18).
Northerners AC
The company has been involved as main sponsor of Northerners AC since 2003 providing financial support across every age group, from the young minis to North’s successful 1st XI team. However, the family’s association dates back over 85 years when Jack Rihoy, who founded Rihoy & Son in 1924, was passionate about the club and had a policy that there would always be work available at the company for North players.
Guernsey rugby academy
In an extended 3-year commitment, we are delighted to continue our support for the Guernsey Rugby Academy, providing opportunities for around 350 children aged 5 – 18 to play rugby on the island in the UK. The scheme promotes core values of the game, including teamwork, respect, enjoyment, discipline and sportsmanship and resonates well with our own business culture.
Guernsey 2023 islands games
In 2023, Rihoy and Son emerged as dedicated supporters of both the Golf and Sailing teams at the Island Games, exemplifying their unwavering commitment to sports in the community and allowing these talented athletes to compete at the highest level.
Royal Guernsey junior team
Rihoy & Son proudly supports the Royal Guernsey Junior team, nurturing young talent in their sporting journey. Through this partnership, we demonstrate our commitment to community engagement, youth development and the pursuit of excellence.
Overseas support
The EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust
The EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust support is targeted at institutions that have dedicated and talented leadership drawn from within local communities who have demonstrated that, with a small amount of initial seed funding and external support, they have the energy, commitment and dedication to address the problems facing their own communities.
In addition to providing its own financial support, the EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust also works in close collaboration with the Guernsey Overseas Aid & Development Committee (OA&DC), which provides additional funding for the development of infrastructure.
2025 EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust Board of Directors:
Chairperson: Dr Elizabeth Rihoy
Treasurer: Ms Patricia Wangui
Secretary: Mr Gavin Rihoy
Director: Mr Dan Taylor
Director: Mr Jeremy Rihoy
Director: Ms Charlotte Rihoy
The Ellen Jane Rihoy Charitable Trust is a registered and fully compliant Guernsey international charity no CH618.
The following reports demonstrate the impact of the EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust’s support on the lives of thousands of people, particularly women and children, in communities across the world.
Building future leaders - The David Mahungu Leadership Foundation (DMLF)
In 2024, the Trust began a new partnership with the David Mahungu Leadership Foundation (DMLF), a Kenyan organisation focused on developing young leaders from marginalised backgrounds.
That partnership is now set to become the Trust’s primary overseas focus. Over the next few years, the Trust will support the Foundation’s ambitious growth plan – from working with 20 students in 2025 to reaching 500 by 2030.
Completion of the Segera Mission Hospital, Laikipia, Kenya
The EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust, with support from the Guernsey Overseas Aid & Development Commission (OA&DC), has helped transform the Segera Mission Dispensary in Kenya into a four-storey referral hospital.
Originally planned as a small maternity wing, the project expanded significantly through local partnerships and donor support – now offering full maternity, surgical, paediatric and ICU services to communities across Laikipia.
Improving water and kitchen facilities at St. Stevens School, Githogoro, Nairobi
In Nairobi’s informal settlements, thousands of children rely on small, independent schools for their education. Yet, due to land ownership issues, these schools frequently face evictions, forcing students out of the classroom and into uncertainty.
Recognising this urgent need for a stable learning environment, the EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust, in collaboration with Earth Angels, St. Stevens School, and architect Georgia Fernandes (Untamed Architecture, Kenya), helped bring the Mobile Classroom Unit to life.
Education without borders - how the EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust is changing lives in Kenya
In Nairobi’s informal settlements, thousands of children rely on small, independent schools for their education. Yet, due to land ownership issues, these schools frequently face evictions, forcing students out of the classroom and into uncertainty.
Recognising this urgent need for a stable learning environment, the EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust, in collaboration with Earth Angels, St. Stevens School, and architect Georgia Fernandes (Untamed Architecture, Kenya), helped bring the Mobile Classroom Unit to life.
Update on the Segera Mission Hospital project in Laikipia, Kenya
We received an update from Jim, the Construction Project Manager on the Segera Mission Hospital project in Laikipia, Kenya. Originally, the Trust set out to fund a 20-bed maternity clinic but thanks to the initial support of the Trust and Guernsey Overseas Aid & Development Commission (OA&DC), this seed funding was leveraged by our local partners, the Segera Mission Foundation, to gain considerable additional support from the Kenyan Government, and Kenyan supporters.
Eight Preschools completed in Laikipia, Kenya
We are delighted to have seen the completion of eight preschools in Laikipia, Kenya. Having provided the initial investment, our funds were bolstered by support from the States of Guernsey Overseas Aid & Development Commission (OA&DC) and the Laikipia County Government.
Announcing our partnership with the David Mahungu Leadership Foundation (DMLF)
We are very pleased to announce that the EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust has formed a new partnership with the David Mahungu Leadership Foundation (DMLF), a Kenyan non-profit organisation dedicated to empowering youth from marginalised communities.
From Maternity Clinic to hospital - update on Segera, Kenya
Our recent Kenya trip gave us the opportunity for an update on the Segera Mission Foundation (SMF) hospital project in Laikipia, Kenya. This is a great example of how the Trust’s principle of working with local institutions and leadership maximises impact and creates complimentary opportunities for development.
We set out to fund a 20-bed maternity clinic but thanks to the initial support of the Trust and Guernsey Overseas Aid & Development Commission (OA&DC), this seed funding was leveraged by our local partners, the Segera Mission Foundation, to gain considerable additional support from the Kenyan Government, and Kenyan supporters. The result is the expansion of this project into a fully-fledged County referral hospital.
EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust and OA&DC visit projects, Kenya 2024
Rihoy & Son Managing Director, Dan Taylor, who is also a Trustee of the EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust, recently travelled to Kenya where he met with Trust Chair, Dr. Liz Rihoy, and Treasurer, Patricia Wangui.
This visit was a great opportunity for Dan to witness firsthand the impact of several projects the Trust has supported over the years. Notably, no Trust funds were used for their trip.
Seven life enhancing preschools, Kenya
Through our charity, The EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust, we are proud to announce investment in the construction of seven preschools in Kenya. An initiative that underscores the critical importance of early childhood education and the safety of young children in the region.
This image show a current preschool in Laikipia, Kenya before construction work had commenced.
Making a difference to global communities, Malawi
Our small grants programme allows communities to then access much larger grants from local government and international donors. An example of this process in action was recently demonstrated in Malawi, where our initial grant of £3,000 to a Community Based Organisation (CBO) ultimately secured a further US $171,000. These funds are now being effectively used to enhance the management of Kasungu National Park in Malawi, bordering Zambia.
Segera Mission Maternity Clinic, Kenya
The new 20 bed maternity clinic project at the Segera Mission in Laikipia, Kenya is now under construction, thanks to financial support from the EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust and Guernsey’s Overseas Aid & Development Commission (OA&DC). Once constructed the Laikipia County Government have committed to providing staff and equipment.
Latest news from Chiuzira School, Malawi
Since 2000, the EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust has been providing financial support to improve the livelihoods and opportunities of some of the world’s most impoverished and marginalised communities.
Chiuzira Education and Development Centre in Malawi, southeastern Africa, is one such project that has benefitted from the Trust’s support, which has triggered additional funding from other development partners, including the Guernsey Overseas Aid & Development Commission (OA&DC).
This report highlights how valuable funds from the Guernsey’s OA&DC have helped overcome a severe shortage of school classrooms.
Final report on the Chiuzira School, Malawi
All structural work was completed in August 2016. The four classrooms were finally handed over to the School Administration, School Management Committee and the Parent Teacher Association on 6th September 2016.
Standard 7 and 8 pupils occupied the Classrooms( the 2016-2017 school year started on 5th September). This report provides a final update on the activities that were done with the financial support received from the EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust.
Progress on Chiuzira School, Malawi
Rihoy & Son is pleased to report the excellent progress made on the Chiuzira School Extension in Malawi with the completion of two school blocks and a toilet block, funded by the EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust.
The four classrooms will help to ease congestion when the pupils start back at school on 5th September this year. Despite some early setbacks the project is on track and a final report will be submitted at completion. Building will continue into the future with the hope of constructing a total of 14 classrooms to accommodate the increasing number of pupils.
The Ellen Jane Rihoy Block, Kenya
The Ellen Jane Rihoy block is the girls’ dormitory at Endana school in Laikipia, Kenya. This is the first girls’ dormitory that the school has had. It has transformed educational opportunities for girls from pastoralist communities in Laikipia, providing for the first time an opportunity for over 100 girls to attend the secondary school.
Construction was financed by the EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust and Guernsey Overseas Aid & Development Commission (OA&DC). The Trust also provides bursaries for bright but impoverished children to attend this secondary school in Laikipia. The school decided to name the block in honour of Ellen Jane Rihoy, a frequent visitor and long time supporter of the school.
Waterbank School, Kenya
In 2012 the Commission made a Grant Aid award of £40,000 to a local charitable trust, the EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust, for the construction of a primary school in Laikipia, Kenya.
The school has been built using the “Waterbank” design, which has been developed by the Zeitz Foundation and engineers and architects from Princetown University to maximise rainwater harvesting and has been specifically designed for arid areas of Africa.
Baphumelele Children's Home, South Africa
In 2012 the Commission made a Grant Aid award of £40,000 to a local charitable trust, the EJ Rihoy Charitable Trust, for the construction of a primary school in Laikipia, Kenya.
The school has been built using the “Waterbank” design, which has been developed by the Zeitz Foundation and engineers and architects from Princetown University to maximise rainwater harvesting and has been specifically designed for arid areas of Africa.
Chiuzira Education and Development Centre, Malawi
Chiuzira Education and Development Centre is a community based organisation, located in Chiuzira Village, about 10 km east of Lilongwe Capital City Centre in Malawi.
The Centre is a collection of an orphan care, a nursery and primary school, an underfive health care clinic, an adult literacy centre, a library, and the community centre hall.
