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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