Our History
The Trust is named in memory of the Reverend John Thompson, who was born in 1885 in Cavanamarra, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He entered the Wesleyan Ministry in 1913, and after a period of service in the north of England settled in the Battersea area of London.
John Thompson was a man who put his principles into practice wholeheartedly, setting out with a remarkable level of energy to bring healthcare to poor people in an era before the National Health Service. Beginning in a rented lodging house, he and Mrs. Thompson expanded the mission over the years to provide ante-natal care, physiotherapy, foot and dental clinics, a day nursery, a youth club, and holidays for children and the elderly.