Greenham Parish Council awards grants to local organisations under power Section 137 of the 1972 Local Government Act. This is a power to incur expenditure not otherwise authorised on anything which in the council's opinion is in the interests of the area or part of it or all / or some of the inhabitants.
The basic criteria is that the applicant should be an organised group either based in Greenham and/or offering significant benefits to the residents of Greenham. For further guidance please refer to the Council's Grant policy on the Policies page. Applications should be made in the first instance to the Clerk, if your project is on The Good Exchange please ensure you provide us with your project number.
2023-2024 Grants Awarded
£569.50 donated to Solar Lights for St Mary's Church Car Park
£770 donated to West Berkshire Therapy Center
£5,000 donated to St Mary's Footpath Resurface, Good Exchange
2022-2023 Grants Awarded
£1,000 donated to a festival marking the fiftieth Anniversary of the Expulsion of the Ugandan Asians, Good Exchange Project 19335
£700 donated to the West Berkshire Therapy, Good Exchange 19452
£5,000 donated to West Berkshire Ukraine's, Good Exchange
£364.00 donated to St Mary's Church Toddler Playgroup
£5,000 donated to Wash Common Scout Hut Group, Good Exchange 19583
£232.51 donated to St Mary's Church
£800 donated to Storage Facilities for Newbury Parkrun, donated to Good Exchange 19715
£1,114.00 donated to Parenting Special Children, Good Exchange 19678
£500 donated to Wash Common Scouts, Good Exchange 19771
£300 donated to Draught Busters, Good Exchange 19803
£325 donated to The Nest Project at St Mary's Church
£1,500 donated to the Newbury Library
2021-22 Grants Awarded
Greenham Peace Women 40th Anniversary Event £1,000, Good Exchange project 18549
St Mary's Church £600 - Maintenance of gravel paths
Greener Greenham £345 - Litter picking event
Greenham Control Tower £10,000 - Improvements to the outside area at the Control Tower, Good Exchange Project 18423
Citizens Advice Bureau £5,000 - Yearly Donation, Good Exchange Project number 18822
Newbury Corn Exchange £1,000 - Good Exchange Project number 18569
2020-21 Grants awarded
Citizens Advice West Berkshire, £5,000 -18147
Community Youth Project, Greenham £3,000 - 18372
Friends of the Earth (Lockdown Woods), £230 - 18315
Greenham Control Tower Ltd (charity), £3,500 - 18174
Greenham Trust Coronavirus Emergency Appeal, £10,000 - 17994
Newbury Spring Festival 2020, £2,000 - 17632
Newbury Weekly News Over 80s Christmas Parcel Fund, £250 - 18393
West Berkshire Foodbank, £5,000
2019-20 Grants awarded
Berkshire Youth, £11,000 - 14703 - Project is still live
Citizens Advice West Berkshire, £4,000 - 16038 - Evaluation reports completed
Handybus, £500 - 16016 - Evaluation reports overdue (deadline was 22/10/20)
St Mary's Church, Greenham, Heating refurbishment £500 - 14720 - Evaluation reports completed