Decision

The Leader took Members to a
vote on the recommendations which were agreed
unanimously.
 
RESOLVED:
 
Cabinet agreed to:
 
Consider and decide upon the
recommendation for each of the applications detailed, summaries of
which are attached at Appendix A. Cabinet agreed to award the
(suggested) grants in Table 1 and agreed that no grant is awarded
to those applications in Table 2.
 
Table 1: Applications
recommended for award
 

Organisation

Grant Purpose

Award
Requested

Award Suggested

Total Score

Ardingly
Ladies Stoolball Club

Deliver workshops, assemblies, training
and one-to-one support in two Mid Sussex schools.

£3,165

£2,180

13

 

 

 

 

 

Burgess
Hill Pantry (Burgess Hill Community Cupboard CIO)

Install air
conditioning, reusing the old air conditioning units from their
previous premises.

£5,000

£5,000

12

Ensemble
Reza

Support
seven free lunchtime concerts from January to July 2026 at Haywards
Heath Methodist Church.

£5,000

£5,000

12

Fairer
World Lindfield

Deliver an
environmental events programme.

£1,995

£1,995

11

Grove
Garden Charitable Trust

Enable the
transition of Grove Garden into a social and wellbeing hub 12
months of the year with an all-weather space.

£3,812

£3,812

13

Jolf
Golf

Deliver
accessible golf sessions for eight Mid Sussex schools.

£5,000

£4,000

11

Park Centre
Burgess Hill

Deliver two
new projects: the Paperwork Café and Neurodiverse Drop-in
Sessions.

£5,000

£3,300

10

The
Reanella Trust

Deliver
"The Resilience Recovery Relief Project” supporting young
people in Mid Sussex suffering from bipolar disorder.

£5,000

£5,000

10

Respect
Youth Club

Provide
spray paint art workshops, a Christmas disco, a craft and pizza
evenings for young people.

£1,120

£1,120

12

Share
Haywards Heath

Purchase a
wooden shed to accommodate their increasing stock needs.

£800

£1,200

13

South Downs
Amateur Boxing Club CIC

Deliver a
series of inclusive, community-focused boxing and wellbeing
programmes across Burgess Hill.

£5,000

£2,100

9

St.
Andrew's (Burgess Hill) Cricket Club

Replace
their existing 'single skin' cricket nets with a double skin net to
ensure safety of those using the nets and enable more people to use
them at a time.

£4,000

£4,000

8

Ten Little
Toes Baby Bank

Support the
100% annual increase in demand for their services, through the
purchase of mattresses, toiletries, nappies, wipes and formula
milk.

£5,000

£5,000

13

 

TOTAL

£49,892

£43,707

 

1st Ardingly Scout Group

Repairs to scout hut roofing and
ceilings.

£5,000

Befriended

Establish a
Befriended Community Choir in Haywards Heath.

£7,500

Bentswood Hub (Friends of Scrase Valley
Orchard)

Deliver an Apple Orchard Day for the
local community.

£4,175

Family Support
Work

Support the
continuation costs of an informal drop-in group for parents and
carers of children at the Centenary Hall to tackle social isolation
felt by families living in Haywards Heath.

£1,230

Kangaroos

Fund the
Break Away club for young people aged 12-18 with learning
disabilities.

£5,000

King Alfred Hall /
Lindfield Dramatic Society

Purchase
and installation of lighting bars to carry Fresnel lights connected
to a control dimmer board at King Edward Hall.

£3,000

Modality Mid Sussex
Patient Participation Group

Run Digital
Inclusion sessions (including the purchase of four iPads to be used
in the sessions plus charges for Age UK representatives
time).

£1,000

Parkfield Equine
Solutions

Deliver 60
Lighter Touch one to one Equine Assisted Sessions and eight group
equine assisted group sessions for residents of Mid
Sussex.

£4,950

Priority Carers
Limited

Establish
the essential foundations of a professional, compliant, and
sustainable care agency in Mid Sussex.

£10,000

South Coast Skate Club
CIC

Provide
free skateboarding sessions in Burgess Hill.

£5,000

Your Community Cinema
Limited

Purchase
new equipment: generator; screen supports; and transmission
equipment.

£1,000

 

TOTAL

£47,855

Table 2: Applications
considered but no grant award recommended above