At the end of each financial year the surplus money from the operation of our two Community Shops is ring fenced in a special fund called Haltwhistle Community Shops Fund. This fund is for the benefit of the communities of Haltwhistle and its 10 surrounding parishes. There will be two opportunities per year to apply for funding.
The Fund has just closed for this round of applications. The next round will be in September. You can find all the details here.
Community Shops Fund Beneficiaries
The first funding round attracted 29 applications totalling £63k. Thanks to the incredible generosity of donations to the shops from the community, twenty-one awards totalling £21,170 were made as follows:
Young person’s fund - £191 was awarded to each of 11 applicants to attend a British Dance Theatre Association gala event
Small grants were awarded to
- Haydon Bridge Scout Group which has around 20 participants and volunteers from Haltwhistle and its surrounding area received funding towards annual running costs. (There is no longer a Scout Group in Haltwhistle).
- Sustainable Haltwhistle received a small award to assist with their Sustainable Household cleaning workshop
- Haltwhistle Junior Anglers Schools Salmon project received funding for a fridge to enable the project to operate.
- Haltwhistle Golf Club, junior coaching and recruitment
- Haltwhistle Walk and Talk Group, transport for walks out with Haltwhistle
- Young and Sweet towards refurbishment at Hillside
- NCDC to support Defibrillator and CPR training in our communities
Large Grants fund
Three larger grants were awarded to Stomping Grounds Forest School to continue their valuable work with young people and parents at Haltwhistle Riverside Park; Haltwhistle Film Project to run animation workshops for local young people and Zigzag Days (working with those who feel isolated for whatever reason) towards their Historical Buildings project.
The total requested far exceeded the amount available and the grants panel prioritised those projects they felt had the greatest community impact.