2017-2018 expenditure

Councillors have Locality Budgets which enable them to give financial support to groups and organisations for projects in their particular ward. Find out who to contact in your ward.

The following awards, totalling £38,543, were made in the financial year 2017-2018:

Music in our Bones - Venue hire (11 months) and singing leader costs for three sessions January to March 2018 - £681

Friends of Howard Primary School - New playground equipment -£1,500

Bury In Bloom - Young Green Fingers trophies and tea - £480

Bury In Bloom - Water bowser for the Abbey Gardens - £750

Bury St Edmunds Literary Festival Committee - Bury St Edmunds First Literature Festival 24-25 October 2017 and short story competition for young people aged 9-18 - £1,500

Little Acorns Childcare - Repairs to play surface - £1,725

Upbeat Heart Support - To upskill four instructors on level 3 BACPR chair classes for heart patients' rehabilitation - £650

Ourburystedmunds - Towards the purchase of a defibrillator - £500

Focus 12 - Repainting and decoration of the interior walls at 82 Risbygate Street and 83-87 Risbygate Street - £374

West Suffolk Pandas - Banner, giveaways t-shirts and leaflets for the September promotional events - £300

St Peter's Church - St Peter's District Game Day - £600

Bury St Edmunds Dementia Action Alliance Group - A Dementia event for 2017 and Dementia Friends sessions including venue hire, educational and promotional material to raise awareness - £1,300

Abbeycroft Leisure - Women On Wheels 2017 event timing system including hire charge, rider numbers, cable ties, SMS race notification and delivery charge - £607

Bury St Edmunds Cricket Club - An electronic scoreboard for the 2nd ground at the Victory Sports Ground - £1,000

Suffolk West Citizens Advice - Purchase a gazebo, banner and publicity materials for use at outdoor events - £632

Art Branches CIC - Portraits on the Heath projec - £500

Newbury Community Association - Newbury Community Centre Mother & Babies Group 52 weeks room hire  - £1,000

Benny & Co Art Collective/Friends of St Benedict's School - Community puppet making artist/workshops - £1,40

Mildenhall Road Estate Community Associatio - To purchase a defibrillator - £1,242

Westley PTA - To create a Sensory Wildlife Garden at the front of Westley Middle School - £3,000

Howard Community Primary School - Hi-Vis jackets for Early Years pupils' community walks - £350

Southgate Community Centre - Security camera for the foyer of the building = £200

Greener Growth CIC - Riverwallk College Sensory Kitchen and Wildlife Garden - £500

New Moreton Hall Pre-School - Purchase an interactive whiteboard - £1,000

The Making Space - To purchase a print press and print rollers and other small equiment for the group - £600

Abbey of St Edmund Heritage Partnership - Start up funding and community engagement events - £800

Howard Estate Association of Residents & Tenants - Re-dedication of the Luke Southgate Memorial Garden - £450

Southgate Group - 4 weeks room hire at Southgate Community Centre - £195

Cathedral View - Leading Lives - Garden area redevelopment - £750

Bury Community Hub – Leisure room development - Improvements to leisure room - £750

Bury St Edmunds Rickshaw - Towards the purchase of a rickshaw (a specially adapted three-wheel bike) - £3,350

Horringer Court Residents Association - To expand the Horringer Court Community Garden - £1,500

The Bury Society - Ouida Memorial refurbishment & associated planting - £500

The Mission Mistress Memorial Trust - Provision for the construction and maintenance of a war memorial - £3,500

Friends of Howard Primary School - Playground Equipment - £325

Abbeycroft Leisure - Towards the operational costs of the 'Women On Wheels' ladies bicycle ride in Nowton Park - £637

Bury St Edmunds Rickshaw - Additional battery, replacement parts, publicity and marketing; rain cover for the rickshaw - £1,700