Published: 24 April 2025

From: Community

ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council has awarded a total of £31,016 from its small grants fund to 18 local voluntary and community organisations.

Small grants of between £50 and £2,500 are available for not-for-profit groups who aim to foster greater levels of community activity through their projects and events for ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ residents and visitors to the borough.

The latest grants are:

  • The Ifield May Fayre - £2,500 for community event costs
  • Ifield Barn Theatre Society CIO - £2,000 for building repairs and safety
  • Dame Vera Lynn Children's Charity - £1,000 for physiotherapy and conductive education
  • 2nd Ifield (St Margaret's) Scout Group - £2,500
  • ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Writers Circle - £500 for the ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Poetry Trail
  • The Ekta group - £1,388 for project running costs supporting older Asian women
  • Treasure Island GB CIC - £1,000 for a community event in ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾
  • Golden Lion Children's Trust - £500 for a Hawth theatre show for children with special educational needs and disabilities
  • Girl Guiding ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Division - £1,250 for International Girl Guiding Jamboree (camping assembly)
  • Refugees Welcome ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ - £2,498 for project running costs supporting refugees’ welfare
  • Southgate Primary School, GLF Schools - £2,465 for a sensory garden project
  • SAATHI Granny Respite Club - £1,400 for project running costs supporting older Asian women
  • Tamil Learning Centre - £1,500 for community health and wellbeing events
  • ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Eagles Cricket Club - £2,500 for facility improvements
  • Fibro Friends and Family Support Group - £1,815 for support sessions and coffee mornings
  • Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (SASBAH) - £1,850 for local support services
  • 4Sight Vision Support - £1,850 for outreach and support services
  • Gurjar Hindu Union – £2,500 for community health and wellbeing events

Our small grants are used to successfully drive community activities and participation in grassroots volunteering. Small grants are available all year round so I would encourage local groups with good ideas that will benefit the community to apply.

Councillor Sue Mullins

Cabinet member for Community Engagement and Culture

ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council

This funding means so much to our group. We can guarantee a venue for at least a year ahead. We can now advertise as well as purchase a laptop and printer and maintain a website which will mean getting our group support out there to more people. Most importantly, this will help people with fibromyalgia to come along once a month. They can bring a family member, a friend, or a carer too.

Emma Phelan

Secretary

Fibro Friends and Family Support Group

This grant will help replace the equipment and facilities previously destroyed in an arson attack. This includes a new storage unit as well as replacement of cricket equipment, practice nets and facilities for all 10 teams of adults and children club members.

Ali Khan

Chairman

ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Eagles Cricket Club

The grant will support this year’s Ifield May Fayre on bank holiday Monday 5 May 2025 at the Ifield Barn Theatre and St Margaret's Church. The May Fayre is open to ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ residents and visitors. Funds raised will be distributed to local Ifield groups, charities and community organisations.

Peter Stewart

Committee Member

Ifield May Fayre

The small grants scheme is open to all voluntary and community organisations whose activities take place in, or benefit, the ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ area. Typically, we award a grant or funding contribution to most proposals that are eligible for support. We also provide match funding opportunities.

Visit the small grants webpage on our website to find out more on funding scheme eligibility criteria and to apply online.

For more information about applying, please contact Craig Downs, Funding and Commissioning Officer, on 01293 438763.
 

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