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Community Grants Awarded

2024/2025

Core funding grants:

Date awardedMinute ref.OrganisationAnnual amountFunding period
08/04/2474(2)Chichester Fringe£5,0002024-2027
08/04/2474(2)Home Start£5,0002024-2027
08/04/2474(2)Pregnancy Options£5,0002024-2027
08/04/2474(2)Festival of Chichester£4,5002024-2027
08/04/2474(2)Stonepillow£5,0002024-2027
08/04/2474(2)Young Peoples Shop£5,0002024-2027
03/06/245aSanctuary in Chichester£5,0002024-2027
03/06/245aChichester Cinema at New Park£5,0002024-2027
03/06/245aWest Sussex Countryside Studies Trust£5,0002024-2027
03/06/245aChichester Boys Club CIO£5,0002024-2027
02/09/2436(ii)VAAC£5,0002024-2027
04/06/2424Parents and Carers Support Organisation (PACSO)£5,0002025-2027

Small grants:

Date awardedMinute ref.:OrganisationAmount awardedNotes
08/04/2475(a)Chichester BID Ltd£1,000BID Family Fun Day
08/04/2475(b)Four Cities Working Group£500Gardening talk
08/04/2475(c)Chichester Pride£2,958.56Pride Parade and History of Pride in Chichester exhibition
08/04/2475(d)St James Allotment Association£400Community wildlife plot
08/04/2475(e)Chichester Society£1,000Restoration of Via Ravenna underpass mural
08/04/2475(f)Transition Chichester£1,480Public resilience and adaptation event
03/06/245bWest Sussex Scout Council£1,000Support costs of annual Supreme Box Kart event
03/06/245bFABIS£3,000Support communications campaign.
03/06/245bOvation Music£2,000Support staging of free events and providing free music sessions.
03/06/245bThink18£3,000Provision of support and wellbeing sessions.
02/09/2436(iii)Chichester BID Ltd£3,000Support Christmas light switch on.
02/09/2436(iii)Carers Support West Sussex£967.28Fund two respite respite activities for Chichester carers.
02/09/2436(iii)Friends of Oaklands Park£2,000Purchase and installation of a bench for Oaklands Park.
07/10/2447(i)Chichester Rotary Club£1,000Provision of Christmas tree, lights and decorations in Chichester.
09/12/2475Chichester Area Mental Health Support£3,000Support social interaction, and a sense of wellbeing.
09/12/2475Chichester District Foodbank£3,000Improvements to the reception area and meeting rooms.
09/12/2475Chichester Film Makers CIC£1,200Support the annual event on 25th January 2025.
09/12/2475Chichester Open Studios£5004 Artists bursaries for the 2025 Art Trail.
09/12/2475Creative Beatz£2,222.04Supporting a group of our home-educated students.
09/12/2475Kitchen Sink Productions£3,000Establish a community led theatre organisation.
09/12/2475Second Chance£3,000Supporting the day-to-day activity of Second Chance Chichester.
09/12/2475Talks at Six£1,347Revamp the website to allow for an automated booking system.
03/03/2593Chichester Chamber Concerts£500Support the season of chamber concerts.
03/03/2593Chichester Community Development Trust£1,500Fund a Heritage weekend at Graylingwell Park.
03/03/2593Chichester Forest Schools CIC£3,000Support the mental health of children Under 11.
03/03/2593Sussex Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (SASBAH) £1,000Help create a safe and inclusive community for Chichester residents with complex disability
03/03/2593Sussex Creative Art Network (Sussex CAN)£2,500Exhibition space for artists, raising awareness of Chichester’s growing art community.
07/04/25113Community Fundraisers Chichester£3,000Significantly support their ongoing commitment
to the monthly disco and lunch club.
07/04/25113Matt Black Barn CIC£1,500Support two
essential educational events this summer.
07/04/25113West Sussex County Scout Council£1,500Hire of the venue including crowd barrier
and toilet facilities.
07/04/25113The Really Regenerative Centre CIC£2,495Setting up a series of bioregional
learning hubs in the West West Sussex region.
04/06/202512Chichester Macular
Group
£840Support up to nine people with Macular with
a minibus.
04/06/202512Children’s Bookfest£3,000.Money to be allocated from the existing International Relations budget rather than the grants budget.
04/06/202512Oxmarket Contemporary
(Oxmarket Centre of
Arts)
£2,490Support our charitable purpose of promoting
the arts.
04/06/2025124Sight Vision Support£3,000Sending our bi-monthly newsletters, in various
accessible formats.

Free use applications:

Date agreedMinute ref.Organisation
03/06/245cChichester and District Cycle Forum
03/06/245cTransition Chichester
02/09/2436(iv)Young Peoples Shop
02/09/2436(iv)Chichester Singers
02/09/2436(iv)Rotary Club of Chichester Harbour

On Monday, 7th October, the Community Affairs Committee agreed to delegate the approval of Free Use applications to the Chair of the Committee and the Town Clerk.

The following organisations have been granted Free Use:

Date of UseOrganisation
18/12/24Schools Community Choir
30/05/25Chichester Pride
30/05/25

25/07/25

29/08/25

31/10/25
UKSWA CIC
14/12/24Chichester Festival Theatre
12/02/25Stonepillow
01/04/25

29/04/25
Young Peoples Shop
20/06/25Chichester Area Talking News
21/07/25Transition Chichester

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