Purpose

Determine applications for strategic grants
together with the grants budget for 2026-2027.

Content

The following funding decision
has been taken for Strategic Grants.

Organisation

Service/Activity

Award (£)

Relationships Sussex

Counselling services for individuals and
families

18,250

Home-Start CHAMS

Outreach support service for families

17,500

Crawley LGBT CIC

Crawley Pride event 2026

10,500

Community Transport Sussex CIO

Crawley Dial-A-Ride

15,000

Age UK West Sussex, Brighton & Hove

Community Clubs/Outreach activities for older
people

23,500

Broadfield Youth & Community Centre

Broadfield Community Centre

32,000

Ten Little Toes Baby Bank

Support for families in financial or social
hardship

35,000

Free Shop Crawley

Support for people in financial crisis or social
hardship

30,000

The Good Life Group CIC

Wellness activities for people with mental health
issues

0

Creative Crawley

Crawley creative projects for children and
adults

10,000

DanceHub CIC

Development of local opportunities for dance and
movement

4,000

The Springboard Project

Services for children and young people with SEND

12,600

Crawley Community Youth Service

Community Youth Services development

16,000

The Posh Club

Arts events and social club sessions for older
people

9,000

Stay Up Late

Supported social activities for adults with learning
disabilities

0

The Forget me Nots Crawley

Activity for people with dementia and their friends and
family

6,500

Crawley Open House

Outreach support for homeless individuals

20,000

StreetlightUK

Local outreach support service for women

0

LPK Learning CIC

Community learning and wellbeing sessions

5,000

Total

(19 submissions)

264,850

The funding is part of the
Community Grants budget 2026/27 which includes strategic grants,
small grants and commissioning. Due to the number of
submissions received to the strategic grants for this year, the
Cabinet Member for Community Engagement and Culture, also agreed on
18/02/2026 to reallocate £30,000 from the small grants scheme
budget to the strategic grants programme budget for 2026/27. This
is in accordance with specific delegation 6.4.3 of the
“Executive” Function (The Leader and the
Cabinet) section of the Constitution and also in accordance with
para 5.22 of
HCS/029  as the award of funding on strategic grants is
delegated to the Cabinet Member. The Leader and the Head of
Community Services have been consulted and agree with the
re-allocation.

This decision is subject to the Grants Budget
being agreed at the Full Council meeting on 25 February 2026.