Community Grant Fund

Community Grant Fund

Community Grant Fund

Applications for West End Parish Council's Community Grant fund are now closed. We received 17 applications this year, all detailed below.

 

We are now asking parishioners to choose how they wish to distribute the £3000 it has allocated towards Community Grants. This can be done by completing the below voting form or if you need a hard copy of this, you can collect one from the Parish Office Monday - Friday between 8.30am - 1.00pm.

 

Voting will close on Friday 20th March 2026. Announcement of the successful grant applications will be made at the Annual Parish Assembly meeting on Wednesday 29th of April.

Community Grant Poll 2026

We are planning on having an additional building on site to support smaller groups of children and provide focus activities so we will need to furnish the building once it has been completed.
Please enter a number from 0 to 300.
We would like to buy 8 new portable stoves to use both within unit activities and at camp. (8x£29.99) The 10 stoves we have are now over 20 years old and are unreliable and dangerous.
Please enter a number from 0 to 300.
The grant would be used by the EBRM gardening club which rents two allotments on the site at Moorgreen Road and are worked by members of the club. Part of the grant would be spent on new gardening equipment and renewing the cover for the polytunnel
Please enter a number from 0 to 300.
The group is hoping to start work this year on the second stage of improving the footpath which runs alongside the stream from the new accessible two-way swinging gate in Old Ivy Lane to the boardwalk in the centre of the Copse.
Please enter a number from 0 to 300.
Pay for activities, refreshments, games and visitors, we also have to pay for the hall, and insurance to keep going for our community
Please enter a number from 0 to 300.
With ever rising costs all round, help with funding to support meetings and maintain membership with an interesting agenda.
Please enter a number from 0 to 300.
Any grant would be combined with our own funds to purchase additional storage racking as part of our internal reorganisation plan.
Please enter a number from 0 to 300.
We are applying for a grant to cover the cost of purchasing specialist resources for our social art and gardening groups this year.
Please enter a number from 0 to 300.
We have 3 projects we would like to undertake which need support. We would like to go to a London theatre to see a show - a grant would also make it possible to help those who cannot afford that cost. We need some props for our dance group that meets in West End Parish Centre. Our monthly craft group is moving to West End in February, and we need materials for this group all the time. Paints, glues, papers, clay etc
Please enter a number from 0 to 300.
2026 sees Propbox Youth Theatre's celebrate our 10th Birthday. To celebrate this achievement, we would like to hold a community open day offering a variety of workshops and skills for everyone to try.
Please enter a number from 0 to 300.
We are seeking funding to purchase acoustic screening to reduce volume levels during rehearsals and indoor performances. This will make our sessions more inclusive, protect the wellbeing of all musicians, and ensure that everyone can continue to participate safely and comfortably in our community band.
Please enter a number from 0 to 300.
Sport in the Community 2020 CIC is seeking grant funding to deliver an intergenerational wellbeing pilot project at Moorhill Care Home in West End.
Please enter a number from 0 to 300.
The grant funding will be used to support and further develop Brendoncare’s weekly West End Club for residents aged 65 and over. And allow us to enhance the quality and variety of sessions offered. In addition, part of the funding would be used to provide refreshments at each session.
Please enter a number from 0 to 300.
The funding will be used to raise awareness of our work across the local area including Veterans and Non-Veterans living with Dementia in West End. We will also create access to support groups for those living with Dementia in the local area especially for those unable to travel to our Chandlers Ford Group and also create a coffee and conversation session in the West End / Townhill area so that those living with dementia can access these resources that are not usually available.
Please enter a number from 0 to 300.
We would use the grant for new balls and equipment for our SEN children and a portion towards new kit for the children.
Please enter a number from 0 to 300.
To enable the society and museum to continue. To be able to continue our monthly meetings for members and visitors and to offer them a full range of speakers and opportunity to meet and chat with others. To provide a quarterly newsletter and maintain our website and museum and change our displays to provide visitors a chance to see and find out about West End.
Please enter a number from 0 to 300.
We do not provide meals for our children, which means they all bring a lunchbox. Unfortunately, the boxes in which we keep the children's lunchboxes are broken and too small, meaning they are essentially unsuitable for use. We would absolutely love to purchase a Lunchbox Trolley such as this one: https://www.tts-group.co.uk/lunchbox-metal-trolley/1053814.html#
Please enter a number from 0 to 300.
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