Published: 27 May 2022

From: Community

ºù«ÍÞapp Borough Council has awarded a total of £16,404 from this year’s small grants fund to 12 local voluntary and community organisations.

Small grants of between £50 and £2,500 are paid out to groups who aim to foster greater levels of community activity through their projects and events for ºù«ÍÞapp residents and visitors to the Borough.

The latest grants are:

  • Say Aphasia - ºù«ÍÞapp drop-in and peer-led wellbeing group for people with disabilities. £500 awarded
  • Friends of Goffs Park - Community Picnic (equipment) to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and 75th anniversary of ºù«ÍÞapp New Town. £600 awarded
  • ºù«ÍÞapp Rangers Disability Football Club - Training equipment and first-aid for a disability football team of children aged 6-16. £2,500 awarded
  • ºù«ÍÞapp Women United (CWU) - Wellbeing activities for CWU members. £1,000 awarded
  • Sussex EDS and Hypermobility Group - Wellbeing activities for SEDS members. £1,250 awarded
  • LPK Learning CIC - Projects promoting learning and wellbeing activities for individuals and community groups. £2,000 awarded
  • Ten Little Toes Baby Bank - Provision of support to young parents using funding and donations for those most in need of essential items. £2,000 awarded
  • Menshare Listening Group - Equipment required for activity weekends supporting men to access talking therapies and wellbeing sessions. £2,000 awarded
  • Pitchy Breath Theatre Company CIC - Autumn 2022 theatre production promoting community spirit. £2,500 awarded. Rachel Duke, Team Director said, “We are very excited that we can now proceed with bringing this project to life!â€
  • Autism Support ºù«ÍÞapp - Equipment required for expanding community-based services. £1,500 awarded. Autism Support ºù«ÍÞapp is a charity run by a team of volunteer trustees who are also carers themselves
  • ºù«ÍÞapp United Reformed Church - Community Garden project which includes materials for new accessible garden promoting wellbeing. £500 awarded
  • ºù«ÍÞapp and East Grinstead Branch Parkinson's UK - Community Garden project. Equipment for wellbeing of members and carers. £54 awarded

Since the council reopened the small grants scheme after lockdown, it has been an outstanding success that we are extremely proud of.  Many deserving groups across ºù«ÍÞapp have been able to develop and grow with this support and we all benefit from the stronger community spirit that this helps create. Small grants are available to apply for from the council all year round and I encourage local groups with good ideas to apply.
 

Cllr Michael Jones

Cabinet member for Public Protection and Community Engagement

ºù«ÍÞapp Borough Council

The small grants scheme is open to all community groups and clubs whose activities take place in, or benefit, the ºù«ÍÞapp area. Typically, we award a grant or funding contribution to most proposals that are eligible for support. We also provide match funding opportunities.

The application form and eligibility criteria are available via our grants pages.

For more information about applying, contact Craig Downs, Funding and Commissioning Officer at ºù«ÍÞapp Borough Council, on 01293 438763.

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