Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: February 4, 2025

Purpose: The Cabinet will be asked to consider recommendations from the Grant Working Party in respect of the levels of funding (if any) to be awarded to applicants to the Thriving Communities Fund for 2025 to 2026.

Content: Resolved:   That: A.       the allocation of Thriving Communities funding for 2025 to 2026, be approved, namely:   1.       The Lightwave CIO, Red Lodge and Beck Row £1,489 2.       Bury St Edmunds Rickshaw, Bury St Edmunds £3,830 3.       Haverhill Men’s Shed, Haverhill £7,810 4.       Project 21, West Suffolk £5,000 5.       Second Chance Support Group, West Suffolk £2,000 6.       Steel Bones, West Suffolk £6,320 7.       Outreach Youth, Brandon£1,000 8.       The Offshoot Foundation, West Suffolk£3,000 9.       Still Good Foods, Bury St Edmunds £5,085 10.     Alumah CIO, Brandon £8,000 11.     Brave Futures, West Suffolk £3,000 12.     Compassion, West Suffolk £6,480 13.     Restore Women’s Aid, West Suffolk £15,000 14.     Abbeycroft Explore Outdoor, West Suffolk £6,572 15.     Artbranches CIC, West Suffolk £6,000 16.     BME Suffolk Support Group, Bury St Edmunds £6,000 17.     Bridge Community Projects, Bury St Edmunds £10,000 18.     REACH Community Projects, Haverhill £5,000 19.     Abbeycroft Stand Tall, West Suffolk £6,000 20.     Bury Drop In, Bury St Edmunds £16,000 21.     Catch 22, West Suffolk £6,000 22.     Cruse Bereavement, West Suffolk £1,000 23.     Epic Dad, West Suffolk £4,500 24.     Families Together Suffolk, West Suffolk £12,000 25.     Green Light Trust, West Suffolk £3,000 26.     Home-start in Suffolk, West Suffolk £18,000 27.     Hope after Suicide Loss, West Suffolk £1,000 28.     National Horseracing Museum, Newmarket £4,500 29.     Oblique Arts, Newmarket £2,703 30.     Our Special Friends, West Suffolk £7,500 31.     PACT Suffolk, West Suffolk £10,000 32.     Rural Coffee Caravan, West Suffolk £5,000 33.     Sporting Memories Foundation, Bury St Edmunds £4,500 34.     Suffolk Accident Rescue (SARS) Service, West Suffolk £5,000 35.     Suffolk Mind, West Suffolk £5,748 36.     The Voluntary Network, Newmarket £5,000 37.     Game Anglia CIC, West Suffolk £2,000 38.     Haverhill Community Trust, Haverhill £5,000 39.     Lyward Colley Trust CIC, West Suffolk £5,760 40.     Mildenhall Town FC, Mildenhall £5,000 41.     St Nicholas Hospice Care, West Suffolk £10,936 42.     Suffolk Family Carers, West Suffolk £8,000 43.     Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds £6,000 44.     Vogue Athletic CIC, Newmarket £5,000   B.       For the reasons set out in paragraph 3.3.2 of Report number: CAB/WS/25/008, no Thriving Communities funding for 2025 to 2026 be granted to:   45.     Freedom Church, Great Barton 46.     Howard Community Academy, Bury St Edmunds 47.     Red Lodge Millennium Centre Limited, Red Lodge 48.     Joy Connection, Bury St Edmunds 49.     Racing Welfare, Newmarket 50.     The Racing Centre, Newmarket 51.     Headway Suffolk, West Suffolk 52.     The Befriending Scheme, Haverhill 53.     Mildenhall Scout Group, Mildenhall 54.     Elveden Primary School – PTA, Elveden