The Worthing and Adur fund is ready to pay out

APPLY NOW!! Deadline 4 th  May

Since  2010 Worthing and Adur Chamber has encouraged a number of local individuals and businesses to become Founder Donors of Worthing and Adur Fund. Businesses continue to donate to the fund enabling local people to manage the distribution of grants with emphasis on local small groups where a small grant of around £500 can make a significant difference.

The fund that keeps on giving!

These donations established a core endowment fund (currently worth £79.099.22) which is held at Sussex Community Foundation,

 The income from this  has enabled us to give 34 grants worth £20,687.00 to charities and community groups from Worthing and Adur over the last 7 years.

Over £4000 to give away!

Here’s what some of last year’s grantees said-

Jess Estcourt from Tide of Light

We are grateful to the Worthing and Adur fund for their grant to Tide of Light 2017. We used it to increase our community outreach through arts activities at community festivals. The kids thoroughly enjoyed the making activities preparing them for the Tide of Light Parade in November. 

 

Sue Wellfare from Adur Sea of lights  

The funds were used to put on this well attended free session which was open to everyone.   We also had a second grant given to us to buy free standing rechargable flood lights.

 

Dorothy Calderwood from Kamelia Kids

Beach School means that children who live by the sea can learn by sea!

 

Our Beach School project encourages children to explore their environment, learn about the natural world and helps develop their cognitive, physical, practical and social skills. The Turtle bus partly funded by Worthing & Adur Fund, buggies, wheelchairs and on-foot down to the beach has and is a great asset to the nursery in terms of transporting and of course a great marketing tool!

Emily Phillips fro Over the Moon

Our grant has enabled us to put on free knitting and crochet sessions for both adults and kids to learn to learn from scratch or rekindle skills they thought they'd forgotten. These sessions have included bookable small group workshops in local libraries and an art gallery, drop ins at community venues and markets and bespoke sessions for Brownies and Rainbows. This has contributed to the wellbeing  of many people and increased their skills. It has enabled them to feel proud of making a contribution to our community yarnbomb that will take place throughout Adur in June, which will be a large scale art work showcasing community teamwork to the public

For more information and to make an application to the Worthing & Adur Fund, visit www.sussexgiving.org.uk/worthingadur