Lottery grants awarded to Somerton

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68 matching grants found.

Date Recipient Amount Distributing Body
1 Jul 2017 Kingsdon Parish Council

This group will use the funding to produce a community plan on the needs and aspirations of the local village residents. This will support local people through community engagement activities which will prioritise and address their needs.

£3,882 Big Lottery Fund
25 Nov 2016 Somerton Allotments Association

This project will resurface the car park at the allotment site. This will enable people to safely access the site all year round and improve conditions for people with additional mobility needs.

£3,445 Big Lottery Fund
5 Apr 2016 Barton St David Village Hall and Playing Field Charity

The group will use the funding to install a new heating system into the village hall. This will enable the group to meet current health and safety standards and continue running essential community activities.

£8,250 Big Lottery Fund
13 Oct 2015 Wilderwoods Forest School

The group will use the funding to provide woodland activities for people who are living with mental illnesses. This will engage beneficiaries in positive social activity and reduce isolation.

£9,970 Big Lottery Fund
2 Jun 2014 Roundabout Pre School

This is a project by a charity in Somerton, Somerset. The group will use the funding to buy new furniture, equipment and toys for their recently re-built pre-school facility. This will improve the group's facilities providing safe and fully accessible chi

£9,484 Big Lottery Fund
2 Jun 2014 Roundabout Pre School

This is a project by a charity in Somerton, Somerset. The group will use the funding to buy new furniture, equipment and toys for their recently re-built pre-school facility. This will improve the group's facilities providing safe and fully accessible childcare allowing the children to develop the foundation skills and knowledge required for them to excel in education.

£9,484 Big Lottery Fund
4 Jan 2014 Kingsdon Parish Council

Kingsdon Parish Council in Somerset will use this funding to purchase play equipment for the village green. This will improve the group's facilities and provide a play area which can be used by a variety of age groups.

£9,000 Big Lottery Fund
5 Jun 2013 The Charltons Historical Society

The Charltons Pottery Project

£4,400 Heritage Lottery Fund
14 Dec 2012 The Recreation Ground

Multi-purpose pitch use.

£2,691 Sport England
16 Jan 2012 The Kingsdon Jubilee Fund

This is a project by a community group in Kingsdon, Somerset. The group will use the funding to hold a four day village fete to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. This will help to unite the community.

£2,852 Big Lottery Fund
1 Mar 2011 Lytes Cary Allotment Association

This community group in Somerton, Somerset, will use funding to improve the facilities at their allotments. This will improve this community facility and attract more users.

£6,584 Big Lottery Fund
1 Mar 2011 Kids Out

This is a project by a community group in Martock, Somerset. The group will use the funding to purchase a range of new equipment in order to be able to keep running activities for children.

£4,320 Big Lottery Fund
24 Jan 2011 Somerton Allotments Association

This community organisation in Somerton, South Somerset will use funding to create 53 allotment places within the area. This will provide local residents with access to a new facility that will improve the local environment.

£9,870 Big Lottery Fund
17 Dec 2010 Central Somerset Outdoor Learning Partnership

This is a project by a community group in Somerton, Somerset. The group will use the funding to train its existing team and run a series of volunteering sessions aimed at people with physical and mental disabilities. This will strengthen the capacity of

£9,995 Big Lottery Fund
27 Apr 2009 Friends of Butleigh School

A project by this charity in Butleigh, Somerset, to provide circus workshops for school children followed by a performance.

£5,000 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
15 Sep 2008 Compton Dundon Short Mat Bowls Club

A project by this group in Compton Dundon, Somerton, to provide electrowind machines for their bowling club in order to make it easier for their elderly members to put the playing carpet away at the end of the sessions.

£7,840 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
12 May 2008 Yeovil Agility Club

A project by this group in Yeovil, Somerset, to help improve the agility of disabled children, older people and those in hospice care by teaching them to become dog handlers. The group will then perform a series of displays in the local community.

£7,900 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
12 Dec 2007 Central Somerset Outdoor Learning Partnership

A project by this Somerset group will transform an area of local woodland into a conservation area. The grant will be spent on training equipment, national trust membership, paths and workshop and family sessions among other things.

£9,996 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
12 Nov 2007 Charlton Adam PCC (St Peter and St Paul Church)

Bell and Bell Frame Conservation: St Peter and St Paul Church

£26,500 Heritage Lottery Fund
22 Aug 2007 Somerton Rugby Football Club

This rugby group will extend its facilities and offer coaching courses to its members.

£9,500 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
10 Aug 2007 Lady Smith Memorial Institute

This group will improve its hall facilities.

£9,500 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
27 Feb 2007 Toby's - Shaftesbury Young People's Project

A sessional worker will engage with young people who are abusing drugs and alcohol, as well as with their families and other agencies to assist in helping and identifying solutions for these young people.

£4,495 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
19 Dec 2006 Polden Hills Branch of the Pony Club

This Registered Charity Provides Information, Activities And Training For Young People And Their Ponies. Their Project Is To Purchase Show Jumps To Enable This Small Group To Practice Before Entering Competitions.

£3,801 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
27 Nov 2006 The Friends of Charlton Mackrell School

This Group Will Use An Award To Provide An After School Music For All Project Where Children Will Be Able To Join A Small Orchestra And Have Access To Instruments As Well As Tuition Courses In November.

£1,890 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
10 Oct 2006 Huish & Langport Cricket Club

The Club Will Extend Training Facilities To Meet Demand From An Increased Number Of Young Players.

£3,150 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
6 Jun 2006 Somerton Tourism and Heritage Partnership

The Award Will Be Used To Publicise Local Heritage To The Local Community And Visitors To Somerton.

£3,500 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
14 Dec 2005 Somerset Racial Equality Council

This is a project to tackle isolation and disadvantage in Sedgemoor through establishing a black and minority ethnic forum to engage communities that are excluded. The project plans to create a sustainable infrastructure enabling BME individuals and group

£170,290 Community Fund
9 Aug 2005 Marmaduke Cradock Trust

Marmaduke Cradock Trust have been awarded a grant to help commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of WW2. They will produce a book of memories from wartime experiences of Somerton residents with an exhibition and tea party.

£2,000 New Opportunities Fund
4 Aug 2005 Somerton Group of Artists

The Group Will Purchase Digital Equipment And A Microphone So That Presentations Are Enhanced And Audibility Is Made Clearer For More Senior Members.

£2,150 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
9 Jun 2005 Charltons Pre School

A Wooden Decking Area Will Be Installed At The Rear Of The Pre School Building, Providing An Outdoor Area And Enhancing The Learning Environment For The Children.

£4,498 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
16 Sep 2004 Livewires

This group provide music activities and opportunities for performance based on traditional English folk music, for children and young people. The award will pay for a series of workshops for children and a training programme for the management committee a

£2,000 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
15 Jul 2004 Music Box

This group provide quality participatory music sessions for under 5's and their families/carers and will engage the services of two storytellers/musicians to lead workshops exploring multicultural material. By the end of the workshops, everyone will have

£4,970 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
15 Jul 2004 Somerton Rugby Football Club

A project to develop and promote mini/junior rugby at grass roots level will be funded.

£4,430 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
29 Jun 2004 Heroes Return Award to an individual

A Second World War Veteran from Somerset has been awarded a grant towards travel costs for a commemorative visit to France in June of this year. Funding has also been provided for carer to travel with the Veteran

£525 New Opportunities Fund
18 Mar 2004 The Charltons (Adam & Mackerell) Memorial Playing Field & Co

Young Children In This Rural Village Will Benefit From Upgraded Play Equipment.

£2,000 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
5 Dec 2003 Taunton Youth Bowling Club

The Club Will Be Able To Buy Team Shirts, Training Equipment, A Computer And Provide Motivational Trophies For Players As A Result Of The Award.

£2,075 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
5 Dec 2003 Long Sutton Village Hall & Recreation Ground Management Comm

The Village Playground Will Be Upgraded To Meet Health And Safety Standards.

£5,000 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
7 Oct 2003 Monteclefe C.E.V.A. Junior School

Livewires Celidh Band 2003

£8,315 Arts Council England
9 Sep 2003 Huish & Langport Cricket Club

New Shower Facilities Will Enable The Club To Provide Adequate Amenities To Home And Away Teams.

£5,000 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
25 Mar 2003 Compton, Dundon & Littleton Pre-School

A New Range Of Toys And Equipment Will Be Bought To Resource The Pre School For A New Group Of 3-5 Year Olds.

£4,750 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
26 Nov 2002 Somerton Infants School

The Award Will Be Used To Create A Serene Garden Area In The School Grounds, Using An Artist In Residence To Work With Children On The Design.

£4,890 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
8 Oct 2002 Wessex Pre-School Playgroup

The Group Will Use The Award To Improve Their New Facilities By Purchasing Storage Units For Toys, Chairs And Also A Computer For The Children.

£2,379 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
23 Jul 2002 Keinton Mandeville with Kingweston Parochial Church Council

The Group Will Use Their Award To Improve Access To The Building.

£2,000 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
23 Jul 2002 Barton St David Pre School

The Award Will Be Used To Improve The Facilities On Offer At The Pre School Including Educational Equipment And Play Equipment.

£700 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
22 Jul 2002 Glastonbury Gingerbread Group

Provides a meeting place for single parent families, offering information, advice and peer support, including transport for rurally or socially isolated members, and education and leisure activities for families. The grant over three years will cover the

£5,239 Community Fund
4 Jul 2002 Somerton Rugby Football Club

This Group Will Purchase Equipment And Promote A Youth Side In Somerton By Holding A Rugby Open Day.

£4,508 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
6 Jun 2002 Kingsdon Manor School

The Award Will Provide Sports Equipment Travel Costs And Training For The School.

£2,294 Awards For All (England) Joint Scheme
21 Mar 2002 Kingsdon Manor School

The School Will Use The Award To Help Fund The Costs Of The Village'S Jubilee Celebrations Involving A Mix Of Activities.

£1,236 Heritage Lottery Fund
21 Mar 2002 Compton Dundon Cricket Club

"With The Award, A New Junior Team Will Be Established With Specialist Coaching And Further Equipment."

£3,455 Sport England
15 Jan 2002 Somerton Town Council

Cow Square Water Trough, Somerton

£5,000 Heritage Lottery Fund
9 Aug 2001 The Charltons (Adam & Mackerell) Memorial Playing Field & Co

The award will provide the costs of a feasibility study to redesign the community centre.

£5,000 Community Fund
25 Jun 2001 Barton St David Pre School

The grant will be used to create 15 before school and 15 after school wraparound places for children aged 3-4 years old in Somerset.

£6,346 New Opportunities Fund
15 May 2001 Keinton Mandeville Playing Field

An award will contribute to the refurbishment of the play area.

£5,000 Community Fund
1 Feb 2001 Huish & Langport Cricket Club

This Club Will Use An Award To Develop Youth Cricket By Buying Equipment And Giving Coaching Sessions In The Local School.

£2,904 Sport England
5 Dec 2000 Barton St David Village Hall & Playing Field Charity

The award will fund the replacement of windows, curtains, flooring and seating. a contribution of -ú2629, towards replacement windows, curtains, flooring and seating

£2,629 Community Fund
13 Apr 2000 Keinton Stepping Stones

This group is expanding and needs more equipment and resources. Their award will purchase a variety of educational play equipment, furniture and further training for staff.

£2,251 Community Fund
6 Mar 2000 Glastonbury Cricket Club

This group provides opportunities for children and adults to play cricket. It will use the award to provide coaching facilities at the club.

£4,988 Sport England
3 Feb 2000 Kingsdon Village Hall Management Committee

A contribution towards the cost of a hundred new chairs will be funded by this award.

£1,250 Community Fund
11 Nov 1999 Wells City Acorns Hockey Club

The group will use their award to run good quality coaching sessions with experts to improve the player's skills.

£3,510 Sport England
8 Nov 1999 Somerset Wildlife Trust

Babcary Meadows - Acquisition

£52,800 Heritage Lottery Fund
17 Jun 1999 Sedgemoor Division Guides

The Guides will purchase camping and catering equipment with their grant.

£5,000 Community Fund
24 May 1999 Somerton Tennis Club

Floodlighting two courts

£10,050 Sport England
4 Mar 1999 Compton Dundon Village Hall

The one-year project is to provide a purpose-built village hall in a new location in the village, to allow a greater range of activities for local people than is presently possible. This is part of a series of developments on the same site.

£120,000 Community Fund
4 Mar 1999 Barton St David Village Hall & Playing Field Charity

The grant has been awarded to provide a new playground surface, railings and gates and to divert an electricity cable. The grant has been awarded to provide a new playground surface, railings and gates and to divert an electricity cable.

£4,923 Community Fund
22 Jun 1998 Kingsdon Village Hall Management Committee

The grant will provide replacement flooring for this village hall committee. The grant will provide replacement flooring for this village hall committee.

£3,053 Community Fund
13 Feb 1998 Wessex Youth Club

The grant will pay for carpets, furniture and kitchen equipment for this youth club in a rural area. The grant will pay for carpets, furniture and kitchen equipment for this youth club in a rural area.

£5,000 Community Fund
8 Jul 1997 Somerton Infants School Parents & Friends Association

A group providing facilities for community use. The grant will pay for a safety surface for the play area.

£5,000 Community Fund
22 Jul 1996 Somerton Parish Council

Development of extension to existing sports field and car park

£52,170 Sport England