URL: https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=983

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

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 2026 to 2027.

Content: 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 2026 to 2027. Resolved:   That: A.           The allocation of Thriving Communities funding for 2026 to 2027, be approved, namely:   1.           Hundon Village Hall and Community Café, Hundon £1,512 2.           St Mary’s Church, Haverhill £6,000 3.           Bardwell Village Hall, Bardwell £1,080 4.           BME Suffolk Support Group (BSSG), Bury St Edmunds £4,000 5.           Haverhill Mens Shed, Haverhill £4,500 6.           Hope after suicide loss, West Suffolk £4,005 7.           Oblique Arts, Newmarket £2,760 8.           Second Chance Stroke Survivors, Bury St Edmunds £2,480 9.           Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal £4,000 10.        Still Good Food, Bury St Edmunds £10,000 11.        Alumah CIO, Brandon £15,000 12.        Compassion, West Suffolk £6,060 13.        Phoebe, West Suffolk £9,500 14.        Restore Women's Aid, West Suffolk £8,150 15.        Bridge Community Projects, Bury St Edmunds £15,000 16.        CLASP Community Transport, Clare £15,000 17.        REACH Community Projects, Haverhill £10,000 18.        River Lark Catchment Partnership, West Suffolk £2,700 19.        Art Branches CIC, West Suffolk £5,700 20.        Breast Friends CIC, Bury St Edmunds £2,800 22.         Bury Drop In, Bury St Edmunds £17,500 23.         Epic Dad, West Suffolk £4,500 24.         Families Together Suffolk, West Suffolk £5,000 25.         Haverhill Health & Wellbeing Hub, Haverhill £15,000 26.         Our Special Friends, West Suffolk £7,500 27.         PACT Parents Together, West Suffolk £3,600 28.         Rural Coffee Caravan, West Suffolk £5,000 29.         St Nicholas Hospice, West Suffolk £16,890 30.         Steel Bones CIC, West Suffolk £6,400 31.         Suffolk Accident Rescue (SARS), West Suffolk £5,000 32.         Suffolk Mind, West Suffolk £10,000 33.         The Voluntary Network, Newmarket £15,600 34.         West Suffolk Hive CIC, West Suffolk £6,446 35.         Abbeycroft Teen Chill, Brandon £3,281 35.         Lyward Colley Trust CIC, West Suffolk £5,230 36.         The Offshoot Foundation, Newmarket £5,500 37.         Volunteer Matters, Bury St Edmunds £4,039 38.         Newmarket Charitable Foundation, Newmarket £7,719   B.           For the reasons set out in paragraph 3.3.2 of Report number CAB/WS/26/008, no Thriving Communities funding for 2026 to 2027 be awarded to:   39.         St John’s Church, Beck Row 40.         Lakenheath Heritage Group, Lakenheath 41.         Jiggens Memorial Hall, Ixworth 42.         Brave Futures, West Suffolk 43.         SOS Bus, Newmarket 44.         Freedom Church, Gt Barton 45.         Gatehouse Caring, Bury St Edmunds 46.         Newmarket Open Door, Newmarket 47.         Pakenham Pavillion, Pakenham 48.         Market Place Arts, West Suffolk 49.         National Horse Racing Museum, Newmarket 50.         Abbeycroft NEET Stand Tall, West Suffolk 51.         Inspire Suffolk, West Suffolk 52.         Suffolk Family Carers, West Suffolk 53.         The Racing Centre, Newmarket    

Date of Decision: February 3, 2026