Organisations successful in 2007

The Arts 2007

BERKSHIRE YOUTH DANCE COMPANY	£1,000	to allow the company to hire professional dancers who will help the company improve high standards
BOXFORD MASQUES	£2,500	to produce the community play "Night & Day" in 2008 and rival the successes of 2000, 2004 & 2006.
HADCAF	£2,000	to assist with start up costs, increased costs arising from increased fees from artists and hire of venues
NEWBURY CRAFTERS	£750	to purchase a spinning wheel, weaving equipment, materials & hire a tutor
NEWBURY DRAMATIC SOCIETY	£500	to pay for venue, royalties, transport, rehearsal facilities to continue
NEWBURY FRINGE FESTIVAL	£3,500	for licensing, promotion, insurance and public protection items essential to safely stage a well attended public event
OPEN STUDIOS SCHEME	£3,000	for Vista – a community art project with guide, ‘Take up a new skill’ – free workshops, and family learning with schools
WEST BERKSHIRE COUNCIL (LEARNING DISABILITY DAY SERVICE)	£6,000	for the purchase of costumes, scenery, storage, mechanical/electrical equipment and professional input for the accessible theatre
A CLASS ACT PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE COMPANY	£1,500	to help finance a show in June 2007 at New Greenham Arts
ALDERMASTON NATIVITY PLAY COMMITTEE	£1,750	to replace stage lighting equipment that is some 30 years old and becoming unreliable
ART ON THE PARK	£350	to enable us to fund the August 2007 event – balance (if any) to remain for 2010 event
BERKSHIRE MAESTROS – NEWBURY MUSIC CENTRE	£3,150	to enable children from low-income families to take part in our 2007 summer tour
EAST WOODHAY SILVER BAND	£2,900	interim funding for a professional musical director to conduct and direct performance development activities
HADCAF	£2,000	to assist with start up costs, increased costs arising from increased fees from artists and hire of venues
KATS	£2,500	cost of set hire for 2007 production of Oklahoma! At the Corn Exchange, Newbury
KENNET OPERA	£3,500	to support continued orchestral development and growth by paying for conductor and orchestra
KINGSCLERE SINGERS	£700	to buy new music books to augment the repertoire
NEWBURY CHAMBER CHOIR	£1,000	to ensure a good quality concert which highlights a Newbury Young Musician of the Year
NEWBURY FRINGE FESTIVAL	£2,500	for licensing, promotion, insurance and public protection items essential to safely stage a well attended public event – more
NEWBURY NOMADS	£200	for the cost of staging annual show and day to day running expenses
NEWBURY YOUNGSTARS	£1,500	to assist with the cost of producing our summer show in July 2007
NEWBURY YOUTH THEATRE	£950	to help support the devising and tour of a new play for young people
OPEN STUDIOS SCHEME	£4.500	for "Opening Doors" – a visual arts community project, full colour illustrated guide, exhibitions, free hands-on workshops, and education.
ST NICHOLAS CHURCH PCC GODSPELL PROJECT	£200	for the production costs of ‘Godspell’ including music hire, lighting, sound equipment and costumes
THRIFT MUSIC THEATRE COMPANY	£4,000	to provide assisted places for young people to attend residential learning experiences throughout 2007
TIME SPANNER (PROJECTS)	£2,095	to purchase a digital video camera and to create a promotional DVD & Pod-cast

Community 2007

THE CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT FELLOWSHIP – NEWBURY GROUP	£336	to meet cost of rental accommodation for monthly meetings
NEWBURY COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE	£5,000	to continue and develop the provision of accredited work-related training activities
NEWBURY FAMILY CONTACT CENTRE	£500	for the NACC fee, heating, lighting, insurance, toys, training, communication with solicitors, parents and volunteers
NEWBURY FAMILY COUNSELLING SERVICE (NFCS)	£8,500	to preserve the current service until a shared facility for facility for voluntary organisations is available
RELATE BERKSHIRE	£6,000	to provide 120 counselling appointments to parents and young people and to supervise and train four counsellors
SAMARITANS OF NEWBURY	£4,000	for running costs to maintain our service to the local community
WEST BERKSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU	£8,000	to influence policy makers using real client evidence of unfair practice
14-21 TIME TO TALK	£703	to purchase a laptop computer
1ST HUNGERFORD SCOUT GROUP	£3,500	to replace the 20 year old Scout Hut roof and fire door
BROMFORD CHARITABLE HOUSING ASSOCIATION	£2,500	to provide basic furniture to furnish two emergency accomodation flats within our Mental Health Scheme in Newbury
CHIEVELEY VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION CENTRE	£8,000	for repairs to Children’s Playground built 12 years ago
CROFT HALL, HUNGERFORD	£6.500	to improve hall utilisation by installing efficient inverter (heating & cooling) air conditioning units
CRUSE BEREAVEMENT CARE WEST BERKSHIRE	£1,000	for room rental – used for counselling, training, executive meetings,library and records
GREENHAM YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PROJECT	£3,000	for funding for a Volunteer for one year: food, travel, pocket money and our Trainee Youth Worker
HOME-START NORTH WEST HAMPSHIRE (FORMERLY CLERE)	£5,000	to set up and sustain activities to benefit parents & young children in Bishops Green
HUNGERFORD RUGBY CLUB	£4,000	for improvement to the ground to provide access for everybody including disabled, infirm, old and young – more
MORRELL ROOM MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE	£750	for a 106 year old building – to replace windows that have become dangerous
NEWBURY FAMILY CONTACT CENTRE	£1,000	for NACCC fee, heating & lighting, insurance, toys, training, communication with solicitors, parents & volunteers
NEWBURY UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE U3A	£1,000	to contribute to increasing cost of outside venues as groups grow larger
SAMARITANS OF NEWBURY	£5,000	for running costs to maintain our service to the local community
ST CASSIAN’S CENTRE, KINTBURY	£2,000	to complete the replacement of mattresses in the accommodation area
TACT HOME COUNTIES	£2,000	to purchase a variety of gardening equipment for the market garden social enterprise – more
THATCHAM ALLOTMENT GARDENING CLUB	£203	for a community notice board for the Henley allotments in Thatcham – more
THATCHAM OLD BLUECOAT SCHOOL CHARITY	£2,500	to turn this building into a modern resource for the community
VOLUNTEER CENTRE WEST BERKSHIRE	£2,500	to support a volunteer recruitment fair, cost of printing, design, advertising, equipment hire, postage
WASH COMMON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION	£2,500	for replacing existing kitchen fixtures at Wash Common Community Centre – more

Education 2007

BISHOPS GREEN YOUTH PROJECT	£1,000	to promote responsible attitudes towards ownership and use of motor vehicles
CAREERS SPRINGBOARD WEST BERKSHIRE	£4,500	to support unemployed managers and professionals in West Berkshire and the surrounding area
EXTENDED SCHOOLS THEALE PARTNERSHIP	£3,500	for "Invite your Family to Dinner" after-school cooking club sessions in eight primary schools
WEST BERKSHIRE COUNCIL PATHWAYS TO EMPLOYMENT	£3,000	to fund the annual even to be held in November 2007
WEST BERKSHIRE LIBRARIES	£1,500	to fund events celebrating African literature and culture as part of the National Year of Reading
BERKSHIRE RIGS GROUP	£2,000	to raise public awareness of Berkshire Earth heritage by producing three trails and website information
BISHOPS GREEN YOUTH PROJECT	£1,000	to provide training for volunteer residents with the aim of establishing a Youth football team
HORRIS HILL SCHOOL	£600	for the Radio-Carbon dating of archaeological samples
NEWBURY MOTOR PROJECT	£8,000	to allow Newbury Motor Project to subsidise each placement, thereby making this proven scheme affordable for referrers
PARENTING MATTERS	£1,300	to provide support to families of children attending Newbury Dingley Therapy Centre who have complex developmental disabilities
RESOLVE – WEST BERKSHIRE MEDIATION SERVICE	£3,000	towards the costs of support, supervision and training of the mediators who deliver the service
WESTBERKS DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION SATURDAY SCHOOL	£1,800	to provide 5 new laptops which will enhance the "learning experience", and 3 portable printers
WHITCHURCH SILK MILL	£5,000	to restore our historic textile machinery so that we can introduce a Weaving Workshops Project

Health 2007

BERKSHIRE COUNTY BLIND SOCIETY	£7,000	to enable visually impaired people living in West Berkshire to access a range of life enhancing opportunities
ENGLEFIELD GARDEN CENTRE	£2,000	to purchase gardening materials, access volunteers training opportunities and paid employment for people with disabilities
A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL	£3,500	for funding towards a powered electric wheelchair
WEST BERKS NEUROLOGICAL ALLIANCE	£1,500	for a subsidy for a conference on ‘the better management of pain’
ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY WEST BERKSHIRE BRANCH	£4,000	to sponsor a newsletter and support the cost of office premises for staff and volunteers
DOWN’S SYNDROME RESEARCH FOUNDATION	£958	to provide 350 free copies of Bright Beginnings guide for new parents of a child with Downs Syndrome
MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY SERVICE	£220	to provide relevant and up-to-date publications for all advocates – paid and volunteers
NEWBURY & DISTRICT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY	£9,950	to help with funding to purchase a replacement disabled passenger vehicle (Mini-Bus)
PARKINSON’S DISEASE SOCIETY – NEWBURY & DISTRICT BRANCH	£2,500	to continue the "taster sessions" monthly from October 07 – April 08
PATIENT INFORMATION POINT (PIP)	£3,000	to ensure there is a core of information in surgeries aimed at the local community
ST JOHN AMBULANCE BERKSHIRE	£6,000	to help fund the purchase of a small mobile treatment unit
WEST BERKS NEUROLOGICAL ALLIANCE	£1,000	for pre-conference costs which includes advertising, printing and postage
WEST BERKSHIRE DISABILITY ALLIANCE	£5,400	for revenue funding for the next three years at £2,000 per year

Nature & Conservation 2007

COMMUNITY GARDENING CLUB	£4,000	to build and fill raised beds and create firm access paths
GREENHAM & CROOKHAM CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS	£750	to supply safety work jackets for volunteers
NEWBURY RINGING GROUP	£300	to contribute towards the annual cost of purchasing bird rings for the various local projects
PANG, KENNET & LAMBOURN VALLEYS COUNTRYSIDE PROJECT (FWAG)	£5,000	for a feasibility study of restoration works on the River Lambourn and interpretation/outreach for the local community
BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE & OXFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST (BBOWT)	£4,800	to collate ecological data to inform the feasibility of a WB Living Landscape Initiative
BUCKLEBURY HEATHLAND CONSERVATION GROUP	£2,700	for a project to restore heathland and rare species to Bucklebury Common and encourage community action
GREENHAM & CROOKHAM CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS	£190	to provide specialist handsaws to clear dense scrub and undergrowth
NEWBURY RINGING GROUP	£200	to contribute to the annual cost of purchasing bird rings for the various local projects
NEWTOWN COMMON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE	£3,200	for the removal of rhododendron invasion from pine woodland
AN ORNITHOLOGIST	£1,392	for the purchase of specialist equipment to continue a long-term bird ringing study on Greenham Common
PANG, KENNET & LAMBOURN VALLEYS COUNTRYSIDE PROJECT (FWAG)	£3,500	for increasing environmental awareness in Dunstan Park, Thatcham
RSPB	£5,000	for the conservation of threatended countryside bird species through targeted habitiat creation and land management advice – more

Recreation & Leisure 2007

COMPTON BANANAZ/TEENSCENE	£1,500	to provide residential outdoor pursuits weekend for 15 young people aged 12 and over
EAST ILSLEY RECREATION GROUND WORKING GROUP	£500	to add to the current area, two football goal posts for older children
KENNET VALLEY WOODTURNERS	£750	for the purchase of a small lathe and video equipment
NEWBURY & DISTRICT SEACADETS UNIT 248	£600	to upgrade male and females showers as the current ones are outdated and inadequate
NEWBURY RIDING FOR THE DISABLED	£3,000	to fund one of the ten weekly classes for one year
ST MARY’S MODEL RAILWAY CLUB	£150	to build a stud wall across an existing room to convert it into storage space
THATCHAM TOWN HARRIERS FOOTBALL CLUB	£1,000	to purchase portable pop up goals for training and pitch marking equipment for club use and local school

1ST BURGHCLERE BROWNIES AND GUIDES	£1,000	to purchase a large outside shed & associated shelving for storage of Brownie & Guide equipment
211 (NEWBURY) SQUADRON ATC	£1,500	for a HF Radio Transceiver for Radio Training and communications to Squadrons and youth organisations worldwide – more
ALL SAINTS HANDBELL RINGERS	£1,000	to restore 37 handbells and provide ancillary equipment eg. tables
BAUGHURST SCOUT AND GUIDE GROUP	£2,000	to purchase camping equipment
BEECH HILL ALLOTMENTS TRUST	£1,000	to replace failing village playground equipment with new equipment meeting required British Standards
EAST ILSLEY RECREATION GROUND WORKING GROUP	£6,000	to create and improve current activity area with safe and creative equipment – more
GREENHAM LADIES FOOTBALL CLUB	£1,500	for the hire of training facilities, 1 or 2 weekday evenings
HEADLEY 60’S FRIENDSHIP CLUB	£650	to subsidise outings and monthly coach pick up costs and general expenses
NEWBURY & DISTRICT CROSSROADS YOUNG CARERS PROJECT	£3,000	to give timeout for young carers by taking part in drama workshops/productions during 2007
NEWBURY RIDING FOR THE DISABLED	£3,138	to fund one weekly class for one year
NEWBURY SCHOOLS FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION	£800	for the hiring of indoor and outdoor facilities, transport to fixtures and competition costs. Replacement of kit
TEAM KENNET	£6,000	for athletics equipment, clubhouse setup and coach training for the new Crookham Common Athletics Track
THATCHAM FILM CLUB	£750	to purchase black blinds for Frank Hutchins Community Centre
TUESDAY CLUB HUNGERFORD	£2,000	to provide holidays for the more severely disabled members of our club
WEST BERKSHIRE MENCAP	£3,000	to partly fund the 2007 summer play scheme for children with special needs