Funding for local voluntary and community organisations
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- 1. Council grants and subsidies
- 2. Creating Healthy Communities grants
- 3. Rental grant subsidy
- 4. In-kind support
- 5. You are here: Banstead Neighbourhood Fund
- 6. Banstead Neighbourhood Winter Pressure Fund 24/25
- 7. Community Transport Grants
- 8. Other funding sources
- 9. Decarbonisation grant for community groups
- 10. Strategic Grants 2025 - 2026
5. Banstead Neighbourhood Fund
The Banstead Winter Pressure Fund 24/25 has now closed.
In 2023, Reigate & Banstead Borough Council were asked to set up and administer the Banstead Neighbourhood Fund. The funding was provided by the Banstead Primary Care Network (PCN) and the Surrey Downs Integrated Care Partnership and was made available to local Voluntary, Community and Faith organisations (VCSF) to support the delivery of the Prevention and Communities Programme priorities and support health creation and build well-being.
The Banstead PCN priorities include:
- Urgent and emergency care - Projects that prevent or reduce the burden on urgent and emergency care.
- Ageing well - Projects that enable elderly people to remain independent and engaged in activities.
- Prevention and Communities - Projects that work with and in local communities to address issues that are impacting on health and wellbeing.
- Long term conditions - Activities that help prevent or reduce the impact of long-term health conditions.
- Mental health - Projects and activities that support good mental health.
£84,100k funding helping to support 20 different VCSF organisations
The Banstead Neighbourhood Fund made available £84,100 of funding to Voluntary and Community and Faith Sector (VCSF) organisations serving residents in the Banstead area with the aim of improving health and wellbeing. The grants aim was also to provide an excellent mechanism for sharing system wide change and developing innovation.
Applicants for the grant funding were invited to submit an expression of interest, which was then developed into a full application, with assistance from the Reigate & Banstead Community Partnerships Team.
The grants were publicised widely locally. A participation group of local residents supported the grant assessment process, with final decisions being taken by the Banstead Neighbourhood Board.
Twenty different organisations were awarded grants between £1k and £10K. The funding period ended on 31 March 2024 and all funded organisations were asked to demonstrate the impact that the funding made. It is estimated that the funding has benefited circa 2,500 residents across the Banstead & surrounding areas in the north of the borough.
- If you have any questions about the fund, please contact the Community Partnerships Team by e-mailing communitypartnerships@reigate-banstead.gov.uk.
| Organisation | Grant Value | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| The Lucy Rayner Foundation | £8,750 | Providing a mental health check in service and safe space for young people in schools (targeting those with lower attendance) |
| The MYTI Club | £10,000 | Delivering a Friday night youth club and provision of a paid manger to help establish and develop the charity and youth leaders |
| Intergenerational Music Making | £6,000 | Harmony Hubs to reduce social isolation through intergenerational music making with older people and children |
| Sight for Surrey | £1,000 | A benefits service for those with eye and hearing loss |
| Brigitte Trust | £6,618 | Providing social, emotional and practical support to people with a life-threatening diagnosis and their families |
| St Mark’s Food Club | £6,000 | Delivering a wide range of sports and well-being activities for adults and children to improve mental health & physical well-being |
| MHA East Surrey Communities | £5,870 | New Thursday club and outings for older residents in the KT20 area. |
| Banstead U3A | £4,900 | To revitalise the Banstead branch of u3A through new equipment, helping members with digital accessibility and new activities to increase health, wellbeing and social engagement of new and existing members |
| East Surrey Domestic Abuse Service (ESDAS) | £4,735 | Workshops for survivors of domestic abuse and bursaries for families / individuals to create some happy memories together |
| Mary Frances Trust | £3,096 | Delivered a range of activities to help improve health and wellbeing (physical and wellbeing focuses) |
| Sight for Surrey | £1,000 | Running an Eye Clinic Liaison Service to support those with hearing or sight loss with equipment and guidance |
| Burgh Heath Residents' Association | £1,000 | Volunteer led escorted countryside walks and social events |
| Age Concern Banstead | £540 | A contribution to support the Banstead 'Dementia Aware' campaign with materials to help the roll out of the project |
| Epsom Downs Community School and Early Years Centres PTA | £10,000 | Providing exercise equipment & trim trails for use by the school and local community |
| Kick Academy | £841 | To buy equipment for the football academy to engage more young people aged 4 - 13 |
| Princess Alice Hospice | £1,000 | To provide local voluntary sector professionals with training to be 'bereavement aware' which would aid them to deal sensitively and appropriately with those who have suffered bereavement and were approaching their service. |
| St Mark's Church Food Cub | £3,740 | An extension to the initial project to run activities that help members well-being and extend help with travel. |
| Golden Hearted | £2,000 | For a shed, shelving and associated costs to store donations for the local community. |
| Work Stress Solutions | £4,500 | To provide counselling and art wellbeing sessions |
| The Banstead & District Branch of The Royal British Legion | £2,510 | To provide funding and equipment for monthly veteran’s hub and to pilot a weekend hub to encourage attendance for ex-service personal who may be working/other commitments during the week/day. |