Past Grants

EGMEL Grants 2023

Name of Organisation	Amount (£)
East Grinstead Swimming Club	2000
Super Siblings	1000
Family Support Work	3000
East Grinstead & District Mental Health Group	500
Everychild Trust	3000
William Robinson Gravetye Charity	1000
Chequer Mead Theatre	500
Meridian Radio	400
Age UK East Grinstead & District	1000
Estcots School Association	2000
East Grinstead Bonfire Society	300
Sussex Clubs for YP	1000
Halsford Park School (Friends of)	300
Kangaroos Mid Sussex	1000
Jigsaw SouthEast	500
East Grinstead Lions	3500
CAP	2000
JCC	300
East Grinstead Museum	750
Relate West Sussex	400
Being Neighbourly	1000
NTCTS Resolution	500
4th EG Scouts	500
6th EG Rainbows	887
St Mary’s Sch	1000
EG Target Shooting Club	750
Turning Tides	500
Running total	29587

EGMEL Grants 2022

Organisation	Purpose	Amount
Felbridge Cricket Club	Refurbishment of non grass nets surface	£3,000
Imberhorne School	Create outdoor Mindfulness space with living wall	£2,000
Conservators of Ashdown Forest	Defibrillator and store for same	£1,000
Family Support Work	Supporting families & children, getting kids back into education , home visiting interventions,	£2,500
Redhurst Dancing School	Costs to cover resources, costumes and chaperones for show at the Hawth	£1,000
EG Athletics	High jump bed, and a rain cover, training hammers for throwers	£3,620
EG Swimming Club	Back stroke ledges for training swimmers	£500
EG District Association for Mental Health	Support to run groups and trips, and occasional hardship money support	£300
Halsford Park School	Outside space – ongoing phase 2, replacing tired trim trail	£1,000
Parkinsons UK ( EG)	Support people of EG Crawley Down & Crawley and families – create a garden at Haven Centre Crawley Down	£500
Ashdown Hub	Help those with mental health issues, volunteers counsellors, GPs psychs, art group costs	£3,000
Windmill Day Nursery	Replace rubber matting around play equipment	£1,000
Disability Access EG	Loan out manual wheelchairs etc,	£1,000
Grenestede Talking News	USB sticks or CDs for poorly sighted monies to replace useable wallets	£130
Blackwell School	Equipment for new classroom ie whiteboard	£500
Thomas Poole (Scout)	A scout raising money to attend world Jamboree	£500
Escotts Primary School	Creation of sensory room, costs of resources therein	£3,000
Sackville School	Revamping the BASE a space used by vulnerable students	£1,500
Meridian Radio	FM Transmitter and broadcasting equipment	£500
Glo Youth	Faith youth support group	£500
Chequer Mead	New story time series of events aimed at early readers, pre schoolers	£1,000
Yarbrugh Community	Install a timer and thermostat for boiler. Replace lighting plus outdoor play hut	£1,500
Nature Nurture	Dragonflies group ongoing resource costs	£450
Total		£30,000

All grants have been acknowledged and where appropriate formal credit to EGMEL made in official
publicity notices or news letters. A list of grantees including £1000 to The Better Breathing Co was
circulated to members before it transpired that the Better Breathing Co had closed and accordingly
the £1000 so allocated was then split equally between Blackwell School and Thomas Poole.
The total of £30000 granted had previously been authorised by the Company.

EGMEL Grants 2021

Organisation	Purpose	Amount
Mid Sussex Mencap Gateway Club	Defray Club costs of Hall Hire, Resources, Outings, Visiting entertainers, Instructors	£1,500
Meridian Radio	To replace broadcasting equipment. New OB transport vehicle	£5,000
Fegans	Ongoing Costs year to year	£750
EG Mental Health	Ongoing costs	£500
Age UK – EG district	General Activities	£750
Yarburgh Community preschool	Resources, equipment, outdoor play equipment, eg tuff trays, outdoor library	£3,500
Sackville College	2 x garden benches for use by residents/visitors	£550
Family Support Work	Funds to reinstate playwork sessions and equipment for same	£1,000
Hindleap Warren London Youth	Ground maintenance staff lifeguard training external instructor cost High ropes course refresh, chief instructor x 1 day training for 9 instructors, London Youth staff member Disability awareness refresher	£500
EG Foodbank	Ongoing funding needs	£2,000
Glow Youth	Costs to restart post covid, a residential stay, equipment,	£500
COPD Support Group	Basic computer skills training for older members	£480
Stone Quarry Café & Community Fridge	Jam jars, glass bottles, (for storage of food) 1 iPad	£671
Halsford Park (Friends of)	Ongoing drive to raise money to replace playground equipment	£1,000
Advance Centre	To allow families in need to be treated free of charge to Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy	£500
Education at Ashdown Forest	Parachute tent to provide shelter, fire bowl, fencing of ed area (safety need) material plus labour	£750
	TOTAL	£19,951

EGMEL Grants 2020

Organisation	Purpose	Amount
2nd EG Rainbows	Help with running costs	£485
4th EG Guides	New Mess Tent	£1,000
6th EG Rainbows	Help with running costs	£500
6th EG Scouts	6 Tents, Fridge & Cooler for group camp	£1,000
Chequer Mead	Replace garden furniture	£800
EG Assoc. for Mental Health	Creative expressions arts group, employ artist, provide materials	£250
EG Football Club	Improve pitch drainage	£1,000
EG Museum	Costs of craft materials	£1,000
Fegans	Increase availability of counselling hours for local children	£500
Felbridge & Sunnyside CC	Replace the cricket wicket	£3,000
Foodbank	Laptops etc to support voucher system to support safe distancing	£1,700
GloYouth, Jubilee Centre	Purchase new camera etc for online interaction	£500
Halsford Park School	Upgrade playground equipment, benches, play equipment	£1,500
Hindleap Warren	Replace UPVC frames to Hindleap walkway	£1,000
Imberhorne School	To purchase books for their library	£750
Nature Nuture Sussex	To cover admission costs, to enable a reduced fee to users	£250
Sackville School	3 permanent outdoor table tennis tables	£4,575
Trefoil Guild	Refurbish Centenary Nature Trail at East Court	£1,000
	TOTAL	£20,180