Purpose

The Cabinet will be
asked to consider the recommendations of the West Suffolk Grant
Working Party in respect of the levels of funding (if any) to be
awarded to applicants to the Community Chest funding scheme for
2024 to 2025.

Decision

Resolved:
That:
 
A.  
The allocation of Community Chest funding for 2024
to 2025, be approved, namely:

1.

Reach Community Projects, Haverhill and Newmarket
£6,600

2.

West Suffolk Citizens Advice, West Suffolk
£245,000

3.3.   
3.

Haverhill Community Trust – Signpost Project,
Haverhill £5,000

4.

Haverhill Men’s Shed Haverhill
£10,052

5.

Haverhill Scout and Guide Management Committee
£5,000

6.

The Offshoot Foundation, West Suffolk
£3,000

7.

The Racing Centre, Newmarket £5,100

8.

Bridge Community Church, Bury St Edmunds
£5,000

9.

Rural Coffee Caravan, West Suffolk
£6,812

10.

Suffolk Accident and Rescue Service (SARS), West
Suffolk £10,000

11.11 11.

The Stable Café and Community Space,
Newmarket £5,000

12.

Bury St Edmunds Women’s Aid, West Suffolk
£20,300

13.

HOPE after Suicide Loss,

West Suffolk £10,000

14.

St Nicholas Hospice Care, West Suffolk
£10,000

15.

Suffolk Rape Crisis, West Suffolk
£10,000

16.

Brave Futures, West Suffolk £10,000

17.

EPIC Dads, Mildenhall £2,500

18.

Home-start in Suffolk, West Suffolk

£7,000

19.

Still Good Food CIO, Bury St Edmunds
£8,672

20.

Suffolk Family Carers, West Suffolk

£2,500

21.

The Befriending Scheme, Haverhill

£5,000

22.

Second Chance Stroke Association, Bury St Edmunds
£2,500

23.

Suffolk Mind, West Suffolk £6,000

24.

Bury Drop In, Bury St Edmunds
£9,916

25.

Free Food in Haverhill, Haverhill
£7,481

26.

Gatehouse Caring, Bury St Edmunds
£10,000

22 27.

Lyward
Colley Trust CIC, West Suffolk
£6,000

28.

Music Prescription CIC, Bury St Edmunds
£2,500

29.

Our Special Friends, West Suffolk
£9,000

30.

Lightwave CIO, Red Lodge and Beck Row
£5,000

31.

The Voluntary Network, West Suffolk
£10,000

32.

West Suffolk Vineyard Church, Bury St Edmunds
£5,800

 
B.  
For the reasons set out in paragraph 3.4.3 of Report
number: CAB/WS/24/011, no Community Chest funding for 2024 to 2025
be awarded to:

1.1.1.

Abbeycroft Leisure – Family Park Cooking, West
Suffolk

2.

Jiggens
Memorial Village Hall and Playing Field,
Ixworth

3.

Theatre Royal, Outreach Project in
Haverhill

4.

Vogue Athletics, Newmarket

5.

Brandon in Bloom, Brandon

6.

Haverhill Community Trust, Volunteer Centre,
Haverhill

7.

St Mary’ Church Community Project, Kennett and
Kentford

8.

Moreton Hall Youth Action Group Ltd, Bury St
Edmunds

9.

Cruse Bereavement, West Suffolk

10.

Families Together, West Suffolk

11.

Zebras Children and Adults Charity CIO,
Brandon

12.

Art Branches CIC, West Suffolk

13.

Boomerang Pet Food Bank, Haverhill

14.

British Red Cross, West Suffolk