Purpose

The
Cabinet will be asked to consider recommendations from the Grant
Working Party in respect of the levels of funding (if any) to be
awarded to applicants to the Thriving Communities Fund for 2025 to
2026.

Decision

Resolved:
 
That:
A.       the allocation of
Thriving Communities funding for 2025 to 2026, be approved,
namely:
 
1.       The Lightwave CIO,
Red Lodge and Beck Row £1,489
2.       Bury St Edmunds
Rickshaw, Bury St Edmunds £3,830
3.       Haverhill
Men’s Shed, Haverhill £7,810
4.       Project 21, West
Suffolk £5,000
5.       Second Chance
Support Group, West Suffolk £2,000
6.       Steel Bones, West
Suffolk £6,320
7.       Outreach Youth,
Brandon£1,000
8.       The Offshoot
Foundation, West Suffolk£3,000
9.       Still Good Foods,
Bury St Edmunds £5,085
10.     Alumah CIO, Brandon £8,000
11.     Brave Futures, West Suffolk
£3,000
12.     Compassion, West Suffolk
£6,480
13.     Restore Women’s Aid, West
Suffolk £15,000
14.     Abbeycroft Explore Outdoor, West Suffolk
£6,572
15.     Artbranches CIC, West Suffolk £6,000
16.     BME Suffolk Support Group, Bury
St Edmunds £6,000
17.     Bridge Community Projects, Bury
St Edmunds £10,000
18.     REACH Community Projects,
Haverhill £5,000
19.     Abbeycroft Stand Tall, West Suffolk
£6,000
20.     Bury Drop In, Bury St Edmunds
£16,000
21.     Catch 22, West Suffolk
£6,000
22.     Cruse Bereavement, West Suffolk
£1,000
23.     Epic Dad, West Suffolk
£4,500
24.     Families Together Suffolk, West
Suffolk £12,000
25.     Green Light Trust, West Suffolk
£3,000
26.     Home-start in Suffolk, West
Suffolk £18,000
27.     Hope after Suicide Loss, West
Suffolk £1,000
28.     National Horseracing Museum,
Newmarket £4,500
29.     Oblique Arts, Newmarket
£2,703
30.     Our Special Friends, West
Suffolk £7,500
31.     PACT Suffolk, West Suffolk
£10,000
32.     Rural Coffee Caravan, West
Suffolk £5,000
33.     Sporting Memories Foundation,
Bury St Edmunds £4,500
34.     Suffolk Accident Rescue (SARS)
Service, West Suffolk £5,000
35.     Suffolk Mind, West Suffolk
£5,748
36.     The Voluntary Network, Newmarket
£5,000
37.     Game Anglia CIC, West Suffolk
£2,000
38.     Haverhill Community Trust,
Haverhill £5,000
39.     Lyward Colley Trust CIC, West Suffolk
£5,760
40.     Mildenhall Town FC, Mildenhall
£5,000
41.     St Nicholas Hospice Care, West
Suffolk £10,936
42.     Suffolk Family Carers, West
Suffolk £8,000
43.     Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
£6,000
44.     Vogue Athletic CIC, Newmarket
£5,000
 
B.       For the reasons set
out in paragraph 3.3.2 of Report number: CAB/WS/25/008, no Thriving
Communities funding for 2025 to 2026 be granted to:
 
45.     Freedom Church, Great Barton
46.     Howard Community Academy, Bury
St Edmunds
47.     Red Lodge Millennium Centre
Limited, Red Lodge
48.     Joy Connection, Bury St
Edmunds
49.     Racing Welfare, Newmarket
50.     The Racing Centre, Newmarket
51.     Headway Suffolk, West
Suffolk
52.     The Befriending Scheme,
Haverhill
53.     Mildenhall Scout Group,
Mildenhall
54.     Elveden Primary School –
PTA, Elveden