TOWN COUNCIL SUPPORTS LOCAL CHARITIES
Newbury Town Council has awarded a total of £10,440 to 12 local charities to support them in their work for the community in Newbury.
The projects to benefit include Newbury Family Counselling Services, Newbury Soup Kitchen, West Berkshire Homeless and Newbury Riding for the Disabled. All the projects are registered on The Good Exchange, where the Council’s contribution will be match funded by Greenham trust and the full list of grants awarded is shown below.
Project no. |
Name of Organiser |
Award |
19628 |
Newbury Family Counselling Service |
£1000 |
19630 |
Friends of Castle School |
£1000 |
19568 |
Newbury Soup Kitchen |
£1000 |
19410 |
The Newbury Community Resource Centre |
£1000 |
19565 |
West Berkshire Homeless (Newbury Area) |
£1000 |
19522 |
Time to Talk West Berkshire |
£1000 |
19481 |
Newbury Community Apple Day |
£170 |
19434 |
Newbury Riding for the Disabled |
£1000 |
19422 |
Home-Start West Berkshire |
£1000 |
19309 |
Friends of Wash Common Library |
£270 |
19346 |
Young People and Children First |
£1000 |
19289 |
Daisy’s Dream |
£1000 |
|
TOTAL |
£10,440 |
Cllr. Gary Norman, Mayor of Newbury and Chair of the Grants Subcommittee, said, “The Council is very pleased to support all of these projects, which all benefit our community. We have awarded these grants in line with our Council’s Strategic objectives to support youth, the elderly, the vulnerable and the diverse communities in Newbury.
We would also like to acknowledge the great work of the Good Exchange which provides the funding and fundraising platform and Greenham Trust which provides match funding for all of these grants.”
Contacts:
Cllr Gary Norman, Chairperson Grants Sub-Committee & Mayor of Newbury gary.norman@newbury.gov.uk
Hugh Peacocke, CEO Newbury Town Council hugh.peacocke@newbury.gov.uk 01635 35486