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To allocate
£31,975 in Community Pride grants as follows:
 

1.     
Multicultural Community Heritage
Association
Eid Reunion
2026:  £1500
 

2.     
Chinese Culture
Connection
Chinese New
Year: A Celebration for All Communities:  £1000
 

3.      
Art for All Mental Health
Nature
Journalling in Pittville Park for Mental Health:  £2000
 

4.      
Friends of Leckhampton Hill &
Charlton Kings Common (‘FOLK’)
Training Our
People:  £600
 

5.      
Be a Good Neighbour
Thursday Tea
After-School Club: 
£1100
 

6.      
Pride in Gloucestershire
Pride in
Cheltenham:  £2000
 

7.      
Fresh Hope – The Armoury
Gym
The Armoury
exercise classes for those with disabilities:  £1100
 

8.      
Parish of West Cheltenham Parochial
Church Council
Re-landscaping St Aidan’s Garden:  £1500
 

9.      
Cheltenham Paint Festival
2026
Cheltenham
Paint Festival 2026: 
£2000
 

10.  
Friends of Sandford Parks
(FOSP)
Renovation
of Gottingen Garden: 
£1100
 

11.  
Public Hearts Defibrillator
Campaign
Public
Hearts Defibrillator installation with bleed control
kit:  £1840
 

12.  
Springbank Community Group
CIC
Gardening
for Wellbeing:  £1100
 

13.  
Cheltenham Welcomes
Refugees
Connecting
Communities Through Film: 
£1385
 

14.  
Brizen Young People’s
Centre
Summer
Holiday Youth Activity Scheme: 
£2000
 

15.  
Cheltenham Education
Partnership
CEP Activity
Programme:  Skills Builders and
Changemakers themes: 
£1950
 

16.  
Read With Me
Every child
reading – Cheltenham: 
£2000
 

17.  
St Michael’s Cornerstone
Trust
Play
Trail:  £1500
 

18.  
The Greenwoods Foundation
CIC
The Moors
Forest School Club: 
£1050
 

19.  
Monkscroft Pastoral Care
Project
Family
Planting and Water Fun Group: 
£1750
 

20.  
KAM Performing Arts Academy
CIC
West
Cheltenham Arts Community Choir: 
£1400
 

21.  
Fairview Community Association
(FCA)
Rebuilding
and relaunching our Digital Community Hub:  £600
 

22.  
The Rock
Primary
Club:  £1500

 

 

 
 

Reasons for the decision

The council made available £30,000 to allocate to local good
causes that help build community pride. 
Grants of up to £2000 were available on a 50% match funding
basis for projects to deliver one or more of these key themes:

Connecting people - fostering new relationships and celebrating our
culture and diverse communities

Enhancing biodiversity - improving green spaces and the natural
environment

Supporting children and young people - helping them to thrive and
reach their potential

Developing neighbourhood hubs - creating spaces that engage and
support young people

Promoting wellbeing - encouraging physical and mental health across
our communities

The Community Pride Fund was open for applications from
1st October until 11th November
2025.  An assessment panel made up of
the Leader of the Council, Cabinet Member Safety and Communities,
Angela Gilbert from Gloucestershire Rural Communities Council and
Richard Gibson and Helen Down from the Council’s Communities,
Wellbeing and Partnerships team met on 9th December
2026.  The panel reviewed the 32
applications received (which totalled £53,602) and made the
above recommendations for 21 projects that met the assessment
criteria to the Cabinet Member for Safety and Communities for
approval.  The total allocation is
£31,975, including £1,975 from a previously allocated
grant which was unclaimed.  Due
diligence checks on the applicants were carried out in line with
the grants management policy.

 
Finance Approval
 

Budget is in place to support this arrangement. Due
to the timing of the projects’ completion, it is expected
that allocation will be carried out across two financial years.
This will have to be accounted for appropriately ensuring budgets
are utilised and managed across those years.

 
 

Alternative options considered

Not applicable.