the Greenham Gift
The Greenham Gift is a major grant making initiative made by the Greenham Common Trust that provides £50,000 for a local project or organisation and £8,000 each to four further projects, all of which are chosen by readers of the Newbury Weekly News.
The involvement of the general public in the voting process for the Greenham Gift ensures that a wide cross-section of the public can have a direct influence on the allocation of these major charitable awards.
| the Greenham Gift 2008 | 2007 | 2006 |
The winner of the Greenham Gift 2008, voted for by the audience at the Corn Exchange evening on 19th June, was the Care Three Project. The Care Three Project is a joint project partnership of Newbury Crossroads, Princess Royal Trust and the West Berkshire Alzheimers Society, aiming to enhance the lives of socially excluded carers and their families allowing an improvement to their health and well being. The three partnership organisations will work together and provide a vehicle, driver and transport co-ordination to enable carers and their cared for to improve their health and well being in the rural areas of West Berkshire. |
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Many carers and their families do not have access to normal or disabled transport that would enable them to have holidays, go on outings or attend the variety of activities that Newbury Crossroads, Princess Royal Trust and West Berkshire Alzheimers Society offer.
The grant will enable the partnership to acquire the vehicle and take carers and their families on holiday to the Crossroads Holiday Home, attend Singing for the Brain, Walking for the Brain events, be present at carers' conferences, support groups, coffee mornings and social activities such as Newbury Races, picnic afternoons, carers week events.
Currently the three organizations organise their own, separate travel arrangements and the funding of this project will cut down on unnecessary duplication.
Jane Taylor of Newbury Crossroads for Carers commented: “Our application to the Greenham Gift will allow the funding an efficient and cost-effective partnership project. A partnership approach to the running of a mini-bus will enable it to be used on a frequent basis and will ensure that, as a community resource, it will be used to its maximum potential.”
Four other projects were each awarded £8,000 as runners up:
Newbury & Thatcham Hospital Building Trust
Wessex Children's Hospice Trust (Naomi House)
West Berkshire Mencap
Shaw cum Donnington Village Hall
Stuart Tagg of Greenham Common Trust says: “The decisions made by members of the public on the night will have a huge, positive impact on the winning projects and will lead to change in the lives of many local people.”
rules for applications
Applications must:
| 1. | Be for the benefit of the people of Newbury and its environs (West Berkshire and North Hampshire). |
| 2. | Be for a charitable purpose. |
| 3. | Be submitted on the appropriate form. |
| 4. | Be for a project that requires £50,000 to make it happen. It will be acceptable for projects that have already secured funding but need an additional £50,000 to enable them to proceed with the project. It will not be acceptable for projects to apply that will not necessarily be able to proceed even if the £50,000 is granted. For example the scheme is not intended to provide the first slice of funding for a project that actually needs more funding that has not yet been committed. |
| 5. | Be for a self-contained project. That means it may be either a simple one-off capital project or it may be a revenue based project that runs over a number of years so long as it is a self-contained project that is intended to run for a specified period and the funding will entirely cover that specified period. |
| 6. | Clearly indicate what use would be made of a grant of £8,000 in the event that the project is a runner-up. Acceptable proposals will be to use the money as the foundation for raising the full amount required but not to spend it on fund raising. It will also be acceptable to indicate that part of the main project or activities closely associated with it will be carried out with the £8,000. |
If you have any queries about the Greenham Gift call Jane Woodfield on 01635 817302 or e-mail charitablegrants@greenham-common-trust.co.uk
Telephone: 01635 817444 | Fax: 01635 817555 | Email: enquiries@greenham-common-trust.co.uk
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