Agenda item - Community Chest Grants 2024 to 2025

Report number: CAB/WS/24/011

Portfolio holder: Councillor Donna Higgins

Lead officer: Davina Howes

Resolved:

That:

A. The allocation of Community Chest funding for 2024 to 2025, be approved, namely:

1.	Reach Community Projects, Haverhill and Newmarket £6,600
2.	West Suffolk Citizens Advice, West Suffolk £245,000
3.3. 3.	Haverhill Community Trust – Signpost Project, Haverhill £5,000
4.	Haverhill Men’s Shed Haverhill £10,052
5.	Haverhill Scout and Guide Management Committee £5,000
6.	The Offshoot Foundation, West Suffolk £3,000
7.	The Racing Centre, Newmarket £5,100
8.	Bridge Community Church, Bury St Edmunds £5,000
9.	Rural Coffee Caravan, West Suffolk £6,812
10.	Suffolk Accident and Rescue Service (SARS), West Suffolk £10,000
11.11 11.	The Stable Café and Community Space, Newmarket £5,000
12.	Bury St Edmunds Women’s Aid, West Suffolk £20,300
13.	HOPE after Suicide Loss, West Suffolk £10,000
14.	St Nicholas Hospice Care, West Suffolk £10,000
15.	Suffolk Rape Crisis, West Suffolk £10,000
16.	Brave Futures, West Suffolk £10,000
17.	EPIC Dads, Mildenhall £2,500
18.	Home-start in Suffolk, West Suffolk £7,000
19.	Still Good Food CIO, Bury St Edmunds £8,672
20.	Suffolk Family Carers, West Suffolk £2,500
21.	The Befriending Scheme, Haverhill £5,000
22.	Second Chance Stroke Association, Bury St Edmunds £2,500
23.	Suffolk Mind, West Suffolk £6,000
24.	Bury Drop In, Bury St Edmunds £9,916
25.	Free Food in Haverhill, Haverhill £7,481
26.	Gatehouse Caring, Bury St Edmunds £10,000
22 27.	Lyward Colley Trust CIC, West Suffolk £6,000
28.	Music Prescription CIC, Bury St Edmunds £2,500
29.	Our Special Friends, West Suffolk £9,000
30.	Lightwave CIO, Red Lodge and Beck Row £5,000
31.	The Voluntary Network, West Suffolk £10,000
32.	West Suffolk Vineyard Church, Bury St Edmunds £5,800

B. For the reasons set out in paragraph 3.4.3 of Report number: CAB/WS/24/011, no Community Chest funding for 2024 to 2025 be awarded to:

1.1.1.	Abbeycroft Leisure – Family Park Cooking, West Suffolk
2.	Jiggens Memorial Village Hall and Playing Field, Ixworth
3.	Theatre Royal, Outreach Project in Haverhill
4.	Vogue Athletics, Newmarket
5.	Brandon in Bloom, Brandon
6.	Haverhill Community Trust, Volunteer Centre, Haverhill
7.	St Mary’ Church Community Project, Kennett and Kentford
8.	Moreton Hall Youth Action Group Ltd, Bury St Edmunds
9.	Cruse Bereavement, West Suffolk
10.	Families Together, West Suffolk
11.	Zebras Children and Adults Charity CIO, Brandon
12.	Art Branches CIC, West Suffolk
13.	Boomerang Pet Food Bank, Haverhill
14.	British Red Cross, West Suffolk

(Report number CAB/WS/24/011)

The Cabinet considered this report, which sought approval for the recommendations of the Grant Working Party, following its consideration of applications for Community Chest funding in the 2024 to 2025 financial year.

Councillor Donna Higgins, Portfolio Holder for Families and Communities, drew relevant issues to the attention of Cabinet and explained that the Community Chest had £466,733 available for allocation for 2024 to 2025, subject to the funding targeting organisations supporting vulnerable individuals/families with cost-of-living challenges.

A total of 46 applications were considered by the Grant Working Party, totalling £1,319,843.12. Each application had been summarised within the appropriate category as listed in Appendix 1 to Report number CAB/WS/24/011. Each application was required to be evaluated in accordance with the eligibility and selection criteria provided to the Grant Working Party. The Grant Working Party had considered, in detail, each of the applications which had been received. Officers would also endeavour to signpost those applicants that were unsuccessful or needed additional funding to other opportunities.

Councillor Higgins wished to commend the Grant Working Party for the work involved and thanked the Officers that had supported the process.

The Cabinet noted that the Grant Working Party had considered, in detail, each of the applications which had been received and agreed that those that had been recommended for funding, satisfactorily met the eligibility and selection criteria.

Resolved:

That:

A. The allocation of Community Chest funding for 2024 to 2025, be approved, namely:

1.	Reach Community Projects, Haverhill and Newmarket £6,600
2.	West Suffolk Citizens Advice, West Suffolk £245,000
3.3. 3.	Haverhill Community Trust – Signpost Project, Haverhill £5,000
4.	Haverhill Men’s Shed Haverhill £10,052
5.	Haverhill Scout and Guide Management Committee £5,000
6.	The Offshoot Foundation, West Suffolk £3,000
7.	The Racing Centre, Newmarket £5,100
8.	Bridge Community Church, Bury St Edmunds £5,000
9.	Rural Coffee Caravan, West Suffolk £6,812
10.	Suffolk Accident and Rescue Service (SARS), West Suffolk £10,000
11.11 11.	The Stable Café and Community Space, Newmarket £5,000
12.	Bury St Edmunds Women’s Aid, West Suffolk £20,300
13.	HOPE after Suicide Loss, West Suffolk £10,000
14.	St Nicholas Hospice Care, West Suffolk £10,000
15.	Suffolk Rape Crisis, West Suffolk £10,000
16.	Brave Futures, West Suffolk £10,000
17.	EPIC Dads, Mildenhall £2,500
18.	Home-start in Suffolk, West Suffolk £7,000
19.	Still Good Food CIO, Bury St Edmunds £8,672
20.	Suffolk Family Carers, West Suffolk £2,500
21.	The Befriending Scheme, Haverhill £5,000
22.	Second Chance Stroke Association, Bury St Edmunds £2,500
23.	Suffolk Mind, West Suffolk £6,000
24.	Bury Drop In, Bury St Edmunds £9,916
25.	Free Food in Haverhill, Haverhill £7,481
26.	Gatehouse Caring, Bury St Edmunds £10,000
22 27.	Lyward Colley Trust CIC, West Suffolk £6,000
28.	Music Prescription CIC, Bury St Edmunds £2,500
29.	Our Special Friends, West Suffolk £9,000
30.	Lightwave CIO, Red Lodge and Beck Row £5,000
31.	The Voluntary Network, West Suffolk £10,000
32.	West Suffolk Vineyard Church, Bury St Edmunds £5,800

B. For the reasons set out in paragraph 3.4.3 of Report number: CAB/WS/24/011, no Community Chest funding for 2024 to 2025 be awarded to:

1.1.1.	Abbeycroft Leisure – Family Park Cooking, West Suffolk
2.	Jiggens Memorial Village Hall and Playing Field, Ixworth
3.	Theatre Royal, Outreach Project in Haverhill
4.	Vogue Athletics, Newmarket
5.	Brandon in Bloom, Brandon
6.	Haverhill Community Trust, Volunteer Centre, Haverhill
7.	St Mary’ Church Community Project, Kennett and Kentford
8.	Moreton Hall Youth Action Group Ltd, Bury St Edmunds
9.	Cruse Bereavement, West Suffolk
10.	Families Together, West Suffolk
11.	Zebras Children and Adults Charity CIO, Brandon
12.	Art Branches CIC, West Suffolk
13.	Boomerang Pet Food Bank, Haverhill
14.	British Red Cross, West Suffolk