Hailsham Town Council Grants Awarded: 2017/18

Local community groups and voluntary organisations across Hailsham are set to benefit from £10,500 worth of grants after recommendations from the Finance, Budget & Resources Committee were ratified by Hailsham Town Council. These grants form part of the 2017/18 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:

ATC 249 Millennium Squadron > £500

East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) > £500

Environment Hailsham > £4,000

Friends of Demelza Hospice for Children > £200

Hailsham Active (formerly Hailsham & District Sports Alliance) > £2,000

Hailsham Bonfire Society > £1,000

Hailsham Choral Society > £250

Hailsham Foodbank > £250

Hailsham Horticultural Society > £200

Now! Charity Group > £750

Sussex Community Development Association > £552

Sussex Community Development Association > £552

Hailsham Healthy Living Club Committee > £298

TOTAL: £10,500

An additional £13,287 has been awarded to the Hailsham Citizens’ Advice Bureau and £3,000 to the Hailsham Old Pavilion Society (H.O.P.S.), which continues to work hard to help to pay for the upkeep of the 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 (2018/19) will be the end of January 2018. For an application form, please write to the Town Clerk, Hailsham Town Council, Inglenook, Market Street, Hailsham, BN27 2AE or click here.