£50,000 Community Chest grants
Local good causes across Sussex can apply for a share of £50,000 in the annual Community Chest of which SussexWorld and its local newspapers are media partners.
Hall & Woodhouse has launched its 21st Community Chest awards, with applications opening to local causes from today (Friday 1st April).
The family-owned brewer launched the Community Chest initiative in 2002 and has again pledged a total of £50,000 to worthy causes located across the South. Hall & Woodhouse’s grant application process allows voluntary and charity groups to apply for up to £3,000 to support their needs.
Gary Shipton, Editor In Chief of SussexWorld and its local newspapers across Sussex said they had been media partners with the Community Chest since it was first launched in Sussex.
“This is a wonderful
opportunity for good causes to gain some funds for vital local projects,” he said.
Hall & Woodhouse has adapted its application process for 2022 to now operate in two stages to be able to consider organisations that have an urgent need for funding. The majority of grant applications will be considered in the autumn with funding received in
January 2023, but some recipients will be fast-tracked to receive funds in September 2022 to accommodate any crucial needs.
Mark Woodhouse added: “It has been a difficult few years and with us all facing additional financial pressures, we are particularly keen to hear from those most in need.”
Since 2002, the Hall &
Woodhouse Community Chest has donated over £715,000 to more than 860 causes across the south of England and works in partnership with both the Dorset and Sussex Community Foundations.
A Community Chest grant can go towards improving a variety of different aspects of the local area, for example, by helping alleviate poverty
and social isolation, as well as supporting well-being initiatives and specialist health related support groups. It also supports extra-curricular and sporting activities, the arts, environment and more.
Applicants have until Friday 1st July 2022 to submit their grant requests. The application form can be downloaded via www.
hall-woodhouse.co.uk/ community-chest and then emailed to communitychest@ hall-woodhouse.co.uk for consideration.
All applications will be notified of the outcome of their application by the end of November 2022, with successful grant beneficiaries being invited to a celebratory awards evening in January 2023.