Funding for local voluntary and community organisations
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- 1. Council grants and subsidies
- 2. You are here: Creating Healthy Communities grants
- 3. Rental grant subsidy
- 4. In-kind support
- 5. Banstead Neighbourhood Fund
- 6. Banstead Neighbourhood Winter Pressure Fund 24/25
- 7. Community Transport Grants
- 8. Thriving Communities Match Fund
- 9. Other funding sources
- 10. Decarbonisation grant for community groups
- 11. Strategic Grants 2025 - 2026
2. Creating Healthy Communities grants
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:
| Name of organisation | Description of project | Theme | Area | Link to ESP outcome areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospero Theatre Co | Making Days Project for a drama production | Drama/Arts/Music Adults with Learning and/or physical disabilities. |
Caterham | Prevention and Communities Mental Health |
| Brigitte Trust | Befriending service - Adults with a life-threatening diagnosis | Befriending | East Surrey | Ageing well Prevention and Communities Long term conditions Mental health |
| Lucy Rayner Foundation | Assessment and Counselling for young people aged 16 - 24 years | Young People/MH | East Surrey | Mental Health |
| Bloomin Arts | Core costs for arts, theatre, and dance company. | Drama/Arts/Music Adults with Learning and/or physical disabilities. |
Lingfield | Prevention and Communities Long term conditions Mental health |
| Red and Black Roots Local Albanian Association | Start-up costs for a Football Team | Sport/Exercise | Reigate and Banstead | Prevention and Communities Mental health |
| Community Debt Advice (CDA) | ICT Equipment for community debt advice charity | Money/Debt/Advice | East Surrey | Prevention and communities Mental health |
| Tandridge Voluntary Action | Core costs for Befriending Scheme - Older People & People with Chronic Health Conditions | Befriending | Tandridge | Aging Well Long term conditions |
| I Choose Freedom | Coffee and connect, support group for survivors of domestic abuse | Domestic Abuse | Reigate and Banstead | Prevention and Communities Long term conditions Mental health |
| Head-to-Head Sensory | Drama Workshops | Drama/Arts/Music Children with LDD/SEN |
Oxted | Prevention and Communities Long term conditions Mental health |
| Us in a Bus | Core costs to go towards ongoing project "Connecting Lives and Reducing Isolation" | Learning and Physical Disabilities | East Surrey | Mental Health Prevention and Communities |
| Sparkish | Costs for a full-time professional youth worker to attend four key schools. | Young People/MH | Redhill, Reigate, Merstham, Horley | Prevention and Communities Mental Health |
| Intergenerational Music Making | Move and groove project | sport/exercise Intergenerational |
Redhill, Horley, Smallfield | Ageing Well Prevention and Communities Long term conditions Mental Health |
| Sight for Surrey | Funding will contribute to the salary costs of an Eye Clinic Liaison Officer (ECLO) at East Surrey Hospital | Practical support | East Surrey | Ageing Well Prevention and Communities Long term conditions Mental Health |
| Active Prospects | Community Facilitator for online tools | Learning and Physical Disabilities | East Surrey | Prevention and Communities Long term conditions Mental health |
| Battlebridge Football Club | Costs to enable a team with disability and complex needs to play tournaments locally | Sport/Exercise | Redhill | Long term conditions Mental health |
| Stripey Stork | Fund bespoke support packages for families, focus on teenagers and additional staff resources. | Young People | East Surrey | Prevention and Communities Mental health |
| The Westway | Year long programme of activities for older people and refugees | Older People, Refugees | North Tandridge | Ageing well Prevention and Communities Long term conditions Mental health |
| ESDAS | Experts by Experience - Peer Support Project involving DA survivors. | Domestic abuse | East Surrey | Prevention and Communities Mental health |
| Surrey Care Trust | Core costs towards the Gateway Allotment Scheme that supports people with a variety of needs through time outdoors and gardening. | Improving healthy lifestyles | East Surrey | Prevention and Communities Long term conditions Mental health |
| East Surrey Dial a ride | Contribution to core costs for a wider programme of work to develop and improve their existing dial a ride service. | Community Transport | North Tandridge | Urgent and Emergency Care Ageing Well Long term conditions Mental health |
| Include Choir | Choir in Redhill & Project Explain in 2023-24 that will improve the impact measures from the choir. | Improving communication skills for people with learning disabilities / autism | East Surrey | Prevention and Communities Long term conditions Mental health |
| Action for Carers | Little time for me fund - small payments to carers to enable them to purchase a form of respite that would suit their needs | Respite for carers | East Surrey | Ageing Well Long term conditions Mental health |
| Relate Mid and East Surrey | Free and subsidised Counselling for those on low incomes. Counselling for couples, individuals, families and young people. | Emotional wellbeing | East Surrey | Urgent & Emergency Care Ageing Well Prevention and Communities Long term conditions Mental health |
| Hurst Green Community Courtyard Project Group, an umbrella organisation has yet to be confirmed | Hurst Green Community Courtyard - creating a public green space to be utilised by the local community (schools, care home etc) in Hurst Green. | Community Development, wellbeing | Hurst Green / Oxted | Urgent and Emergency Care Ageing Well Prevention and Communities Long term conditions Mental health |
| The Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation | Making Safer Choices in East Surrey. Workshops delivered to schools across East Surrey to improve awareness and understanding of the danger and risks of using drugs and alcohol. | Children and young people, Drug and Alcohol Education | East Surrey | Urgent and Emergency Care Ageing Well Prevention and Communities Long term conditions Mental health |