Funding for local voluntary and community organisations
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- 1. Council grants and subsidies
- 2. You are here: Small grants
- 3. Creating Healthy Communities grants
- 4. Medium grants
- 5. Rental grant subsidy
- 6. In-kind support
2. Small grants
Small and Medium grants have been paused and will not be available in 2022/23.
If you are a local voluntary sector organisation looking for support with funding you can access advice and guidance from:
Voluntary Action Reigate & Banstead (VARB)
If you have any questions about the support the Council provides to local voluntary sector partners please contact us at communitypartnerships@reigate-banstead.gov.uk
2021/22 Round 2 Small Grant recipients
Organisation name |
Funding would be used for |
Epsom Downs Family Centre / Surrey Minority Ethnic Forum |
Women's Group Work in Tadworth, engaging local families, facilitating English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) tutoring, increasing inclusion and community integration. |
Head2Head Theatre |
Dick Whittington pantomime for children with learning difficulties and physical disabilities. |
Kingswood Shetlands & Friends AAT C.I.C |
Purchase of required equipment for Animal Assisted Therapy for SEN young people and elderly residents. |
Redhill Football Club |
Community football sessions in the park at Cromwell Estate for disadvantaged young people. |
Relate Mid Surrey |
Subsidised and free counselling sessions for disadvantaged young people, individuals, couples and families. |
Salfords Cricket Club |
Increasing participation in Girls and Women's Cricket. |
Stripey Stork |
Support Santa Stork 2021, providing gifts for children and families referred to the programme. |
The Banstead Tuesday Club and D-cafe |
Singing sessions and seated exercise classes for people with dementia and their carers. |
2021/22 Round 1 Small Grant recipients
Organisation name |
Funding would be used for |
7th Reigate Scout Group |
Repair a vandalised section or roof and install fire detection system which would make the building safer for overnight stays. |
17th Reigate Scout Group |
Contribution to purchase of a group minibus. |
Age Concern Voluntary Association for the Elderly Merstham, Redhill and Reigate |
weekly seated exercise classes for older people. |
British Legion |
Contribution to purchase of a bench to be placed at Banstead War Memorial. |
Dementia First |
Contribution to start-up costs for a new dementia day care service in Horley. |
Downlands Trust |
Contribution to purchase of an off-road vehicle to enable access to the countryside sites to complete conservation work. |
Empire Hall Horley |
Purchase of adequate window covering to allow overnight stays and prevent light pollution bothering overlooking neighbours. |
Feeding Help in East Surrey CIC |
Pay for the qualified breastfeeding counsellor who attends the two baby cafes each week in Reigate and Horley, and the training of volunteer peer supporters. |
Friends of Merstham Parks & Greens |
Purchase of Solitary Bee Habitats for Merstham Wildlife Gardens to help prevent insect loss. |
Horley Cricket and Hockey Club |
Replace the ageing and increasingly unsafe outdoor netted practice area, including the artificial turf, nets and perimeter fence. |
Infinity Space to Grow |
Bloom parents group and contribution to the pilot of Intergenerational Music Group. |
Kingswood Primary School - FPTA |
Contribution to purchase of a defibrillator for school grounds. |
Kingswood Primary School - in partnership with The Jasmine Mahoney Memorial |
Improvement of The Jasmine Memorial Garden at Kingswood Primary School |
Landen Park |
Contribution to purchase of plants to improve Landen Park Village Green space and amenities. |
Lucy Rayner |
The Hummingbird Process Project. Purchasing equipment to record an online version of the Hummingbird project to support young people's mental health. |
Redhill Baptist Church |
Bereavement Advice & Support Redhill - Reigate Area. Free, localised, generic support, advice and information to signpost adults and families when they are bereaved to specialist agencies, projects and support groups. |
Renewed Hope |
Purchase of tablets and laptop to administer the Outcome Star software to will allow their new support worker to identify a client's individual needs and goals and track their progress towards it |
SparkFish |
Additional training on Adverse Childhood Experiences, Self-Care, Sensory Needs, Attachment and safety and identity for volunteers supporting young people with their mental health. |
The Include Project |
The Include Choir: Together Again. Restarting the Include Choir in physical form, while maintaining digital services, from September 2021 |
Welcare |
COVID-19 recovery groups for families who haven't been able to mix during lockdown. |
Whitebushes Village Hall Charity |
Final work at Kiln Walk Community Garden. This includes resurfacing with asphalt between the recently installed planters and topsoil, plants and seeds for in the planters. |
YMCA East Surrey |
Accessible wellbeing walks including for specific groups including those with mental health difficulties or with cancer. |
You can find previous Small Grants recipients listed here: