Funding for local voluntary and community organisations

A wide range of voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations, providing health and wellbeing support, benefited from East Surrey Place partnership funding.

East Surrey Place (ESP) (external website) is a partnership of health and care organisations - including Reigate & Banstead Borough Council and Tandridge District Council - working together to plan and deliver services that improve the health and wellbeing of local communities.

In February 2022, Reigate & Banstead Borough Council were asked to set up and administer a Creating Healthy Communities (CHC) grant fund - managing £134,000 from ESP - to support the delivery of the Prevention and Communities Programme across East Surrey.

The funding was used to support initiatives in the ESP region, which covers the Reigate & Banstead area south of the M25 and the whole of the Tandridge District Council area. 

£134k funding helps support 25 different VCS organisations

Applicants for the grant funding were invited to submit an expression of interest, which was then developed into a full application, with assistance from our Community Partnerships Team.  

A residents Participation Group reviewed the final applications and gave their feedback to the ESP Prevention and Communities Board, who made the final decision on the allocation of the grant fund.

Twenty-five different organisations were awarded grants between £1k and £10K. Some operate within the Reigate and Banstead area, some within the Tandridge area and some cover both places.

All organisations who were awarded funding were asked to tell us about the difference that their projects had made to their communities and the Creating Healthy Communities Impact Report aims to show the impact that they have made.

If you have any questions about the fund, please contact: creatinghealthycommunities@reigate-banstead.gov.uk The following organisations were awarded funding: