EGMEL Grants
As a Registered Charity, East Grinstead Memorial Estate Ltd is obliged to file financial, and other information with the Charities Commission where it is then open to public inspection.
Each year EGMEL makes Charitable donations appropriate to its resources. A list of the donations made are shown below.
Local organisations that believe they are aligned with the objectives of EGMEL are invited to apply for consideration for a grant. The closing date for such applications is 31st March, and EGMEL will respond by the end of May, with payment in June.
Preferably applications should be for capital equipment, rather than revenue.
EGMEL work with Mid Sussex Voluntary Action who can assist with applications if necessary.
Please email grants@egmel.co.uk with details of why you believe your organisation should be considered.
EGMEL Grants 2024
| Name of Organsiation | Amount (£) |
|---|---|
| West Hoathly Primary School | 500 |
| EG Trefoil Guild (Guides) | 500 |
| Filipino British Nurses (Extra care) Association | 750 |
| East Grinstead Community Bonfire | 750 |
| Felbridge Cricket Club | 500 |
| East Grinstead District Mental Health Association | 500 |
| Disability Access | 500 |
| Escotts School | 500 |
| Christians Against Poverty | 1000 |
| EG Foodbank | 1000 |
| 4 Sight Vision Support | 1000 |
| Greenaway Foundation | 1000 |
| Ashurst Wood Junior FC | 500 |
| East Grinstead FC | |
| Ashdown Hub | 500 |
| East Grinstead Athletics Club | 1000 |
| Chequer Mead | 500 |
| EG Being Neighbourly | 500 |
| Nurture Nature | 500 |
| EG Family Network | 1000 |
| 13,000 |
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 |
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 |