Founding Donors:

Caroline Nicholls

Carpenter Box

Colliers

David Hards

David Hards

Gill Fielding

Ian & Jane Cheal

Ian & Katy Clark

Karen Simporis

Paine Manwaring

Pressleys

Ricardo

Shoreham Port

Spofforths

Thomas Eggar

Worthing & Adur Chamber

Worthing Homes

Friends of Oak Grove College
The Friends of Oak Grove College is the parent teacher association for Oak Grove College, a secondary and sixth form education establishment for pupils with special educational needs. This grant is to extend the services of the signing choir to other community groups and will cover the cost of personalised t-shirts for choir members, transport costs to events and promotion of the service.

Superstar Arts CIC
Superstar Arts CIC’ Super Friends offers social activities (days out and holidays) in a supported environment for people with learning disabilities. Funding is for the Super Friends relaunch, covering the costs of printing, marketing, administrating/project management, running costs of the minibus and subsidised places for those unable to afford the full cost of holidays & trips.

Electric Storm Youth Ltd
Electric Storm Youth is a youth work charity in Lancing needing basic camping equipment for young people to be able to join Electric Storm Youth-run camping trips and those that are part of the Duke of Edinburgh scheme, irrespective of income.

This grant will pay for eight two-person tents.

Maybridge Keystone Club 
Maybridge Keystone Club is a youth group who offer a safe and secure environment for young people, in Castle Ward, Worthing which has significant deprivation and a high number of single parent families. Funding is to help create an area where they can cultivate vegetables.

Cruse Bereavement Care West Sussex
Cruse exists to promote the wellbeing of bereaved people and to enable anyone suffering bereavement caused by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. West Sussex Area Cruse includes three local branches – Worthing, Chichester and Mid Sussex. This grant will help with a range of core costs (part-time staffing, rent, training and phones).

Mick's Garage Community House Project
In 2002 Mick and Chris Smith, retired residents of the Broadwater area of Worthing decided to do something about the increasing problem of anti-social behaviour in their area. The project they started has developed into Mick’s Garage Community House which acts as a hub for a range of activities for the whole community. They received a grant for the salary costs of an advice worker.

Home Start Worthing & Adur
Home-Start Worthing & Adur aim to give parents the support they need to carry out this demanding and rewarding role. The grant supported the costs of a play worker and play equipment. “I look forward to the group every week as it's the only place I feel able to go. No one is judging me behind my back and I have learnt new things to play with my son.” Home Start Parent.

Worthing D&D Basketball
One of the first Grassroots Grant recipients, Worthing D&D run evening basketball sessions for 8 – 18 year olds at Durrington High School. The funding allowed the group to offer the sessions at a low-cost, ensuring that children from families on low incomes could attend.

Heene Community Association
This grant will help to fund a project aimed at keeping young people safe from crime and reducing anti-social behaviour by recruiting them is a series of workshops in dance, music, crime prevention and community safety. Funding is for staff costs (artists’ fees, 2 support workers & 2 activity co-ordinators), volunteer expenses, premises costs and admin & stationary etc.

Adur Special Needs Project
An Ofsted inspected play scheme for young people aged 5-15 with a range of special educational needs and disabilities in West Sussex. They operate every other Saturday during term time offering a variety of activities designed to develop confidence, enhance communication, and build friendships.

Lancing United Football Club 
A sports club providing football for players, coaches, and spectators from Under 5s to Men Senior. They were awarded a grant to put towards equipment and decoration of their new sensory room providing a quiet space for supporters with Autism and their families.

Soundcastle
Supports vulnerable communities through transformational music programmes that increase confidence, enhance wellbeing, and bring people together. People’s Music activity takes place in a cross-sector partnership between Soundcastle, Sussex Recovery College, NHS Sussex Partnership, and adults with mental ill health. Most members join at a critical stage in their recovery.