Wicksteed Charitable Trust received recognition by clients for adding value and achieving best practice.

The main objectives of the Trust are for the benefit of people resident, but not exclusively, in Kettering and its neighbourhood, in particular the provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare to improve the conditions of life of the users of such facilities. The Trust continues to achieve its objectives by providing free access to open spaces conducive to health. These open spaces comprise gardens, an arboretum and parkland at Wicksteed Park.