Each year Bury St Edmunds Town Council awards grants of money to local groups and non-profit making organisations for projects and activities which directly benefit the people who live in Bury St Edmunds.
Grant funding is available for one-off funding which can be used to:
The Grant Funding policy including the application form which must be completed can be download here.
Councillors also have Locality Budgets which enable them to give financial support to groups and organisations for projects in their particular Ward. Click here to find out who to contact in your Ward.
Grants have been awarded to:
|
NAME OF ORGANISATION |
PURPOSE |
AMOUNT OF AWARD |
| Our Bury St Edmunds BID | To provide Christmas attractions in Charter Square throughout December 2018 | £5,000 |
| Bury Theatre Workshop | Materials for replacing the set for its popular 'Theatre in the Park' production | £975 |
| Gatehouse Caring in East Anglia | Structural alterations and improvements to the existing building to create a Dementia hub | £14,000 |
| St Nicholas Hospice Care | To purchase four recliner chairs | £5,980 |
| Theatre Royal | Associate Artists Programme for 2018/19 | £10,000 |
| St Edmundsbury Heritage Service | Towards the purchase of an early mediaeval gold and enamel cloisonné mount | £500 |
| Bury In Bloom | Improvements to the underpass from the multi-story car park in to the town centre to make it more welcoming | £4,479 |
| Our Bury St Edmunds BID | To promote the celebration of St Edmund over the weekend of 17 - 20 Nov 2017 | £1,500 |
| Abbeycroft Leisure | 'Closed road cycle ride' event in Bury St Edmunds in 2018 | £9,630 |
| Greener Growth CIC | To complete 'green surveys' in Bury St Edmunds | £3,400 |
| Mildenhall Road Estate Community Association | To replace two air conditioning units in the main hall of the Anselm Community Centre | £2,000 |
| Ourburystedmunds BID | To create a Christmas extravaganza in Charter Square throughout December 2017 | £5,000 |
| Victory Sports Ground Community Interest Company | To support cricket coaching in primary schools in Bury St Edmunds this year | £4,000 |
| St Edmundsbury Borough Council | Programme of children's summer activities in Nowton Park | £16,000 |
| Southgate Community Partnership | Replacement of a partition wall with folding partition panels and replacement and refurbishment of the coffee bar in the main hall | £19,705 |
| Bury Bach Choir | Refurbishment of the choir's staging | £4,000 |
| Bury In Bloom | Lark and Linnet bollard trail leaflet | £500 |
| The Offshoot Foundation | Fund a series of workshops focusing on teaching young people the basic skills involved in film-making | £1,000 |
| Mentis Tree CIC T/as MTCIC | Purchase 20 group room chairs and 8 counselling room chairs | £1,982 |
| Gatehouse Caring in East Anglia | Revenue funding | £2,000 |
| St Nicholas Hospice Care | Purchase a mattress for Sylvan Ward | £2,700 |
| Unit Twenty Three | To take the play 'Freefall' into schools in Bury St Edmunds to help identify hidden young carers, to raise awareness of the unseen work that young carers undertake, and strengthen realationships between young carers, their schools and the relevant support agencies | £1,350 |
| Suffolk Accident Rescue Service (SARS) | To provide equipment & training for SARS volunteers covering the Bury St Edmunds area over a twelve-month period with longer term benefits for the community | £8,000 |
| Spinning Wheel Theatre - Youth Takeover | Shakespeare workshops for children during the Easter holidays plus training for young people to facilitate them | £1,000 |
| BECT Art Group | Materials for an art group which will make individual 'diamonds' of stained glass/ceramic which will be joined together and displayed in St John's Church or Centre to commemorate its 175th anniversary | £1,000 |
| My WiSH charity | Costs of the Chinese New Year Celebration 2017 fundraising event | £1500 |
| Breathe Easy | Costs of hiring Southgate Community Centre for monthly meetings | £250 |
| Abbeycroft Leisure/St Edmundsbury Borough Council | Green gym for Moreton Hall to complement the recently opened 5k ‘Run/Walk Route' | £24,000 |
| Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds | Associate Artists Programme 2017 (£10,500) & Children's Festival 2017 (£15,500) | £26,000 |
| 6th Bury St Edmunds (St Marys) Scouts | Cost of roof repairs and provision of a perimeter fence for the area used by the group at Hardwick Heath | £7,171 |
| Bury St Edmunds Chess Congress | To cover prizes in the minor section of the annual chess event in Bury St Edmunds | £370 |
| St Edmundsbury Borough Council/OurBuryStEdmunds | Towards the costs of the St Edmund's Day celebratory dinner and to enable representatives from organisations who play a part in the wellbeing of Bury St Edmunds to be invited to attend | £1,500 |
| Bring Out Your Dead Productions | Towards the production of an original piece of drama to be presented at Moyse's Hall Museum between 27th and 29th October 2016 | £1,000 |
| Destination Management Organisation (DMO) group | Towards the cost of production of two videos to promote tourism in the Town | £1,500 |
| Suffolk Accident Rescue Service | Towards running costs including replacement equipment and drugs for SARS Responders who cover the Bury St Edmunds area | £500 |
| OurBuryStEdmunds | Towards the provision of an ice rink in the Town for the Christmas period | £10,000 |
| Bury St Edmunds Fairtrade Partnership | Information leaflets to support re-accreditation of Fairtrade Town status with the Fairtrade Foundation | £230 |
| St Edmundsbury Borough Council | Programme of children's summer activities in Nowton Park | £10,000 |
| Bury Town Football Club | Purchase new perimeter fencing | £3,729 |
| Southgate Community Partnership | Purchase of 150 chairs | £2,520 |
| Bury St Edmunds Sea Cadets | Purchase a sailing dinghy and road trailer | £2,500 |
| Spinning Wheel Theatre | Summer School Project | £1,000 |
| Bury St Edmunds Deaf Association | New rear entrance door to enable disabled access to the building | £1,000 |
| St Edmundsbury Cathedral | Improve access to the Quire by installing hand rails | £2,130 |
| OurBurystedmunds |
Temporary ice rink in Charter Square |
£3,000 |
| Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club |
Safety barriers and perimeter fencing |
£4,188 |
| The Guildhall Project | Heritage Centre project | £10,000 |
| Saxongate Community Association | To install two new lighting columns and one feeder pillar along the section of footpath known as 'the Butts' between Rockingham Road and Cullum Road | £950 |
| Catch22, Suffolk Positive Futures | To provide open access to sports sessions for young people of Bury St Edmunds | £950 |
| Southgate Area Association | Towards 20mph stickers for wheelie bins in the 20mph zone | £100 |
| Not the Wenesday Group | Towards a pamper day and meal for members | £250 |
| The Bury St Edmunds Society | To erect a plaque to the Zeppelin attacks on Bury St Edmunds in 1915-1916 |
£150 |
| Suffolk West Citizens Advice Bureau | Upgrade PCs to Windows 7, purchase licences and memory upgrades |
£1,138 |
|
St Edmundsbury Cathedral |
LiberTeas event (part of the national celebrations to mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta) |
£500 |
|
Priors Estate Action Group |
Priors Estate playground refurbishment and improvement project |
£10,000 |
|
St Edmundsbury Borough Council/Abbeycroft Leisure |
Events in connection with the Women's Cycle Tour in Bury St Edmunds on 16 and 17 June 2015 |
£2,500 |
|
OurBurystedmunds |
St Edmund ‘Wolf Trail' |
£5,000 |
|
Multicultural Women's Group |
Advertising costs, projector & portable screen, flip charts, filing cabinet, amplifier, memory sticks, costs for guest speakers |
£638 |
|
Phoenix Rising 2031 |
Two laptops |
£250 |
|
Bury St Edmunds Samaritans |
Installing a lift in new premises |
£7,500 |
|
Smith's Row |
‘Flowerheads' public planting project in the Abbey Gardens for Summer 2015 |
£1,500 |
|
Bury St Edmunds Magna Carta 800 Committee |
Magna Carta commemorative pyramid of reclaimed Abbey stone set upon a stone plinth with appropriate inscription for siting in the Abbey Gardens |
£2,000 |
|
Avenues Group |
Fortnightly leisure club for disabled |
£858.25 |
|
Bury St Edmunds Women's Aid Centre |
One year pilot project to provide individual therapy sessions for child victims |
£2,000 |
|
St Johns Ambulance |
Adult Airway Management Torso |
£600 |
|
The Athenaeum Club |
Towards the repair and cleaning of the telescope in the observatory at the Athenaeum and the possible installation of a camera to enable the images to be viewed in the lower rooms |
£250 |
|
Memorial Garden Fund |
Create a garden area within Abbey Gardens as fitting venue for Holocaust Memorial Day service |
£250 |
|
British Red Cross |
Bariatric wheelchair |
£250 |
|
Bury St Edmunds Magna Carta 800 celebrations |
A specific project or element, preferably education, or a permanent commemoration of the event in the name of the Town Council |
£5,000 |
|
Royal British Legion |
Glen Morrison Pipe Band for Remembrance Day Parade |
£120 |
|
Bury In Bloom |
Wolf sculpture guarding the crown of St Edmund on the Southgate Green roundabout |
£2,000 |
|
Bury In Bloom |
Six basket trees in Abbeygate Street |
£3,900 annually |
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