Local community groups and voluntary organisations in Hailsham are set to benefit from £10,500 worth of grants after recommendations from the Finance, Budget & Resources Committee were ratified by the Town Council. These grants form part of the 2016/17 Community Grant Scheme.
The Town Council has awarded grants to a wide range of community groups that aim to introduce improved facilities, activities or projects for the benefit of the town’s residents:
Diplocks Trust: £200
Hailsham Bonfire Society: £1,000
Royal Air Forces Association (Hailsham): £200
Hailsham Junior Football Club: £200
Hailsham & District Sports Alliance: £500
Hailsham Bowling Club: £150
Parkinsons Hailsham & District: £200
Friends of Demelza Hospice for Children: £500
2nd Hailsham Rainbows: £150
Hailsham Old Pavilion Society (H.O.P.S.): £300
Hailsham Cricket Club: £200
Hailsham Horticultural Society: £250
Environment Hailsham: £4,000
Now! Charity Group: £1,000
ATC 249 Millennium Squadron: £120
Hailsham Foodbank: £300
Animazing: £100
Sussex Community Development Association: £580
Hailsham Choral Society: £250
Hailsham & District Twinning Association: £300
TOTAL: £10,500
An additional £12,079 has been awarded to the Hailsham Citizens’ Advice Bureau and £3,000 to the Hailsham Pavilion Cinema & Theatre.
Councillor Chriss Triandafyllou, Chairman of the Town Council’s Finance, Budget & Resources Committee said, “Our yearly grant scheme is the main way in which the Town Council provides funding and support to the voluntary sector. Most of the time, voluntary groups and charities survive on the generosity of donations from the public, fundraising and the willingness of volunteers to give up their time.”
“Small grants such as these are a valuable addition to this mix and can make a considerable difference to them when planning and funding a worthwhile project. Such organisations are assets to the local community and I’m proud the Town Council can help them to keep up the excellent work they are doing by way of these grants.”
Councillor Triandafyllou added: “Any group that has a constitution, a non-profit ethos and are of benefit to the local community of Hailsham may apply for a grant in the future.”
The next deadline for grant aid applications (2017/18) will be the end of January 2017. For an application form, please write to the Town Clerk, Hailsham Town Council, Inglenook, Market Street, Hailsham, BN27 2AE.
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Terry Hall, Communications Officer
Hailsham Town Council, Market Street, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AE
Telephone: 01323 841702 | Email: terry.hall@hailsham-tc.gov.uk