We have to date awarded £144,356 to charities and community groups across Elmbridge. A full list of the grants awarded in the borough from our Coronavirus Response Fund can be found below.
| Charity | Project Description | Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Total | £144,356 | |
| Chatterbus | Funding toward PPE and and safety screen, for a community bus service, provided by an organisation based in Elmbridge, during the Covid-19 pandemic. | £1,000 |
| Citizens Advice Elmbridge West | Funding toward the purchase of 10 laptops for use by newly recruited volunteer advisers working from home. | £3,500 |
| Citizens Advice Elmbridge West | Funding toward the purchase of equipment to allow a team, based in Elmbridge, that offer specialist legal advice to work from home, during the COVID-19 pandemic. | £5,000 |
| Citizens Advice Elmbridge West | Funding for a new Volunteer Recruitment and Training Manager to build capacity to match the demand following the COVID-19 pandemic | £17,500 |
| Cobham Area Foodbank | Funding toward the purchase of food stock for a food bank, based in Cobham, to be able to meet the increase in demand for their service, during the COVID-19 pandemic | £5,000 |
| Discovery Church Trust on Behalf of Elevate Life | Funding for a Yr6 Transition course to support children upon the return to school | £4,050 |
| Elmbridge Rentstart | IT equipment and core costs for a charity helping homeless and vulnerable people in Elmbridge during the Coronavirus outbreak | £5,000 |
| Esher & District CAB | Funding toward the purchase of equipment to enable a team of legal experts, based in Esher and District, who offer their services for free, to work from home, during the COVID-19 pandemic | £5,000 |
| Hersham Youth Trust | Funding towards the essential running costs of youth clubs in Hersham. | £5,000 |
| Holy Trinity Church Claygate -The Well Youth Drop-In | Funding is requested for video and IT equipment, digital subscriptions and project costs to enable outreach youth work to continue for a local church | £3,350 |
| Home-Start Elmbridge (HSE) | Funding for a specialist Family Support Worker to help struggling families with parenting and mental health support | £5,000 |
| It's Not Your Birthday But CIC | Funding to provide creative activity packs and the opportunity to sit for a socially distanced portrait and be interviewed for a biography, for isolated older people during the Coronavirus pandemic | £4,980 |
| Momentum | Funding to provide remote counselling to vulnerable families during the Coronavirus pandemic | £4,988 |
| Oasis Childcare Centre | Funding toward the essential running costs of an organisation, based in Elmbridge, that offers budgeting support to families that have low incomes, during the COVID-19 pandemic | £5,000 |
| Oasis Childcare Centre | Funding to provide a safe space for older isolated people, and older volunteers to return to duties following the COVID-19 lockdown | £25,000 |
| Painshill Park Trust Limited. | Funding to provide a safe space for older isolated people, and older volunteers to return to duties following the COVID-19 lockdown | £4,988 |
| Peterson's Fund For Children | Funding toward food shopping of specific items for a charity, based in Elmbridge, that offers therapy for children with cystic fibrosis and respite for their families, during the Covid-19 pandemic. | £4,702 |
| Peterson's Fund For Children | Funding toward food shopping of specific items for a charity, based in Elmbridge, that offers therapy for children with cystic fibrosis and respite for their families, during the Covid-19 pandemic. | £299 |
| Relate Mid-Surrey | Funding toward salary costs and Zoom licences for an organisation, based in Reigate, that is transitioning from face to face counselling, to over the internet counselling, during the COVID-19 pandemic. | £5,000 |
| Spurgeons | Funding toward bulk buying of essential items, for an organisation based in Elmbridge, to enable families in poverty to have food, baby items and entertainment, during the COVID-19 pandemic | £5,000 |
| St Peter’s Church West Molesey - | Emergency relief response to Coronavirus. Purchasing food, food vouchers and other basic supplies to those with no money to buy food | £5,000 |
| Surrey Community Action | Funding towards core costs for a charity coordinating the VCF sector in Surrey amid the COVID-19 pandemic | £5,000 |
| The Counselling Partnership | Hardware and software costs to move to remote working for a charity supporting people with mental ill-health during the Coronavirus outbreak | £5,000 |
| Transform Housing & Support | Funding for Personal Protective Equipment for use by staff and volunteers at a homelessness charity in Elmbridge | £5,000 |
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