Grant Funders
A big thank you to all those people and organisations that have provided or given funds to allow our Memorial Hall to be rebuilt.
The Village.
The community fundraised a staggering £100,000 over three years through donations and fundraising events. These varied from auction of promises, clay pigeon shoots, private garden opening events, a gourmet supper, plant sales, a jazz event, suppers, farm visits and walks, a tennis tournament, screenbites, skittles and of course many raffles.
Somerset County Council and South Somerset District Council – Jointly awarded us their maximum capital grant and SSDC selected our hall as their top priority community building.
Link to website: http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/?rnd=171
http://www.somerset.gov.uk/irj/public
Viridor Credits Environmental Co distributes funding through the Landfill Communities Fund. Funding is available for community and environmental improvement projects within 10 miles of an active Viridor Waste Management landfill site. Since 1996 Viridor Credits has allocated over £50M to over a thousand projects across the UK.
Link to website: http://www.viridor-credits.co.uk
The Mackintosh Foundation was established in 1988 to promote and develop theatrical, musical and dramatic arts; relieve suffering from and promote research into the causes and treatment of AIDS; provide for medical research generally and the relief of sickness; provide relief for the homeless and poverty stricken; provide for the relief of refugees and to provide funds for any other objects which are exclusively charitable under English Law.-
Charlton Musgrove Parish Council. Awarded us grant funding at the start of the project and every year over three years.
The Garfield Weston Foundation is a grant-giving charity for UK registered charities and was established in 1958 by Willard Garfield Weston, a Canadian businessman who arrived in the UK with his family in 1932. They support a range of community and other projects.
Link to website: http://www.garfieldweston.org/
Awards for All – is funded by the National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund and is a scheme funding small, local community-based projects in the UK. Since 1994, 28p from every pound spent by the public has gone to good causes. As a result, over £25 billion has now been raised and more than 317,000 grants awarded.
Link to Website: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/index
Somerset Community Foundation is an independent grant making charity set up in 2002 to support the work of local charities and voluntary groups. To date it has distributed almost £2m to over 400 projects across Somerset.
Link to website:http://www.somersetcf.org.uk/grants.html
Hall and Woodhouse Community Chest was our first grant awarded towards our feasibility study costs. The Community Chest one of was set up in 2002 to provide local help for its local community in and around Dorset.
Link to website: http://www.hall-woodhouse.co.uk/communitychest/index.asp
