Hailsham Town Council Grants Awarded: 2018/19

Local community groups and voluntary organisations across Hailsham are set to benefit from over £12,000 worth of grants after recommendations from the Finance, Budget, Resources & Staffing Committee were ratified by Hailsham Town Council. These grants form part of the 2018/19 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

Care for the Carers: £300

Cedars Residents’ Association: £500

Charles Hunt Centre (Age UK Hailsham): £500

Crafty Annie’s Home: £450

Diplocks Community Trust: £300

Environment Hailsham: £4,000

Friends of Demelza Hospice for Children: £500

Hailsham Active: £500

Hailsham Bonfire Society: £2,500

Hailsham Choral Society: £250

Hailsham Cricket Club: £350

Hailsham Foodbank: £400

Hailsham Healthy Living Committee: £500

Hailsham Horticultural Society: £200

Sussex Community Development Association: £500

Wealden Writers: £200

TOTAL: £12,450

Councillor Chriss Triandafyllou, Chairman of the Town Council’s Finance, Budget, Resources & Staffing 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 (2019/20) will be the end of January 2019. For an application form, please write to the Town Clerk, Hailsham Town Council, Inglenook, Market Street, Hailsham, BN27 2AE.