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West Devon Grants

Below is a list of all the grants awarded in the West Devon area since 2002. You can use the search facility below to narrow the seach down.

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158 Grants, worth a total of £460,640 have been found.

  • 15 Oct 2012

    Tavistock Street Pastors

    to provide consumables for Street Pastor patrols

    Amount: £300

  • 15 Oct 2012

    Age Concern Okehampton & Torridge

    to provide a befriending service to older people living in rural areas of West Devon and Torridge.

    Amount: £5,000

  • 15 Oct 2012

    Tavistock Area Support Service

    to provide equipment for restroom and ShopMobilily project

    Amount: £500

  • 25 Sep 2012

    Make a Difference

    to provide seating and gardening equipment

    Amount: £400

  • 14 Mar 2012

    Grow 4 Good South West Ltd

    To pay for the ploytunnels

    Amount: £7,136

  • 07 Feb 2012

    Tavistock Street Pastors

    To fund 10 new volunteer street pastors in 2012

    Amount: £1,000

  • 24 Jan 2012

    TAVI SPECIALS FC

    to improve our kit/equipment and constant fuel and transport costs

    Amount: £1,000

  • 14 Nov 2011

    TAVI SPECIALS FC

    to pay for travelling costs,driver payment,hire of vehicles for the season 2011-2012

    Amount: £1,000

  • 20 Oct 2011

    Okehampton & District Duke of Edinburgh

    expedition training and equipment

    Amount: £1,303

  • 26 Sep 2011

    Tavistock & District Outdoor Education Forum

    to train new leaders to provide, co-ordinate and promote outdoor activities forung people and adults in Tavistock and District

    Amount: £3,000

  • 26 Sep 2011

    Okehampton Community Recreation Association

    deliver diverse activity in Okehampton and 10 ruraly isolated communities

    Amount: £7,600

  • 19 May 2011

    Tavistock Carers Support Group

    Provide a day where carers can relax and have treatments such as massage, reflexology, manicures coffee lunch and have professional help such as social sevices, to give carers one-to-one advice and support

    Amount: £500

  • 19 May 2011

    Weir Quay Community Watersports Hub Club Limited

    towards the purchase of land on which we will create a new shore base for two vibrant watersports clubs.

    Amount: £5,000

  • 26 Apr 2011

    Okehampton Battle of the Bands

    to contribute towards the costs of holding the Okehampton Battle of the Bands

    Amount: £500

  • 08 Feb 2011

    Tavistock Carers Support Group

    To provide transport for trips.

    Amount: £200

  • 27 Sep 2010

    Get Changed Theatre Company

    to enable Get Changed to stage the end of project performance based on the theme of Friendships and Feelings, which will explore the issues examining isolation, social behaviour, body language, anger management, relationships and communication skills

    Amount: £2,000

  • 13 Sep 2010

    Bratton Clovelly School Room

    to purchase tables for use in the School Room

    Amount: £500

  • 23 Jul 2010

    The Tamar & Tavy Gig Club

    to purchase new equipment and first aid training for volunteers to support the expanding youth section of our club

    Amount: £499

  • 19 Jul 2010

    Make a Difference

    drop-in and resource centre for disadvantaged and vulnerable people in and around Tavistock

    Amount: £5,000

  • 19 Jul 2010

    Milton Abbot Table Tennis Club

    getting all ages/families into playing table tennis and encouraging community unity

    Amount: £2,000

  • 12 Jul 2010

    Treetops

    to provide a holiday activity club for local children

    Amount: £500

  • 24 May 2010

    Memory Café Tavistock

    provision of social and educational opportunities for those living with dementia and their carers

    Amount: £5,000

  • 24 May 2010

    SWIFT Interventions

    a group work pilot to empower trauma sufferers

    Amount: £1,500

  • 23 Apr 2010

    West Devon Sk8 Club

    the establishment of a new volunteer run community based sports club offering quality coaching and opportunities for young people to experience roller skating and roller hockey

    Amount: £355

  • 23 Apr 2010

    Tavistock Area Support Service

    to keep older people active through various activities in isolated areas

    Amount: £4,200

  • 22 Apr 2010

    Meavy & Yelverton Pre-School

    purchasing of new equipment for ages 0-2 in toddler group

    Amount: £250

  • 15 Apr 2010

    2443 (Okehampton) Sqn Air Training Corps

    First Aid training

    Amount: £714

  • 13 Apr 2010

    Friends of Tavistock & District Youth Network

    a residential weekend for 36 young people in the middle of Dartmoor

    Amount: £750

  • 29 Mar 2010

    Lewdown Cricket Club

    we desperately need coaching equipment and aids to allow our 17 UKCC qualified coaches and multi-skills qualified coaches to meet the identified needs of our ever growing junior membership and community

    Amount: £2,000

  • 01 Feb 2010

    The Robey Trust

    to extend the existing works/museum to incorporate a Restoration Centre for skills training and education

    Amount: £2,500

  • 22 Jan 2010

    West Devon Care & Repair

    to remove existing bath and replace with accessible shower

    Amount: £1,000

  • 14 Dec 2009

    Horrabridge Youth Club

    a rural based, generic youth club providing access to activities, advice and information for 11-19 year olds

    Amount: £5,000

  • 26 Oct 2009

    South Zeal Recreation Ground Association

    replacement of playground

    Amount: £5,000

  • 26 Oct 2009

    Exbourne & Jacobstowe Community Association

    running a temporary community shop and café in the village hall for the benefit of the Exbourne, Jacobstowe and Monkokehampton communities and the surrounding settlements

    Amount: £5,000

  • 21 Sep 2009

    Wessex Rangers AFC

    replace old asbestos roof

    Amount: £2,683

  • 22 Jul 2009

    Stannary Brass Band

    it seeks funding towards the purchase of a new euphonium, costing £3790, followed by a flugelhorn and a bass trombone and plans to complete this project by December 2010

    Amount: £500

  • 29 Jun 2009

    Tavistock Carers Support Group

    to contribute towards the running costs of the group over 3 years

    Amount: £1,600

  • 29 Jun 2009

    West Devon District Scouts

    to contribute towards the costs of setting up a new Scout group in Princetown

    Amount: £1,000

  • 29 Jun 2009

    Postbridge Village Hall

    update and extension of Postbridge Village Hall incorporating renewable energy

    Amount: £1,175

  • 29 Jun 2009

    Sticklepath Fireshow

    we wish to continue a set of summer participatory arts workshops, 'Crafty Capers', in order to offer opportunities for local people to engage in arts activities working alongside each other, with the support of a professional arts worker

    Amount: £1,250

  • 29 Jun 2009

    Okehampton Table Tennis League

    bringing rural village into sport and mixing with other rural areas and getting them into the league

    Amount: £500

  • 08 Jun 2009

    Peter Tavy Youth Club

    to purchase a digital projector for youth club activities

    Amount: £250

  • 29 May 2009

    Chagford Arts Festival

    a weekend of dance workshops for the whole community leading towards performances on the opening night of the 2009 Chanford Arts Festival

    Amount: £400

  • 29 May 2009

    West Devon District Scouts

    to contribute towards the costs of our recruitment day on 6th June 2009

    Amount: £700

  • 25 May 2009

    West Devon District Scouts

    to contribute towards the purchase of uniforms for new Scout members

    Amount: £250

  • 05 May 2009

    Brentor Village Hall & Playing Fields Committee

    to contribute towards the cost of the extension design and planning application fees

    Amount: £1,000

  • 05 May 2009

    Get Changed Theatre Company

    to contribute towards the costs of holding a programme of theatre workshops and performances with a group of 20 adults with learning disabilities

    Amount: £2,000

  • 05 May 2009

    Lewdown Cricket Club

    to fund the Youth Development Plan by providing coaching courses, winter sessions and additional equipment

    Amount: £1,000

  • 05 May 2009

    Yelverton War Memorial Hall & Field

    to fund the purchase and construction of a new storage shed for the club

    Amount: £1,000

  • 09 Mar 2009

    Chagford Education & Leisure Trust (CELT)

    to contribute towards the cost of running the Wild Woods 'n' Willow project

    Amount: £1,000

  • 09 Mar 2009

    Friends of the Wharf

    to contribute towards replacing carpeting, furniture and crockery, and to fund publicity and materials for the Pigmania project

    Amount: £2,000

  • 09 Mar 2009

    Hatherleigh Area Youth Project

    to contribute towards the cost of running the youth club

    Amount: £5,000

  • 09 Mar 2009

    Monkokehampton Village Hall Management

    to contribute towards the cost of renovating and refitting the village hall kitchen

    Amount: £2,000

  • 09 Mar 2009

    Okehampton Squash Club

    to develop a more active healthy community

    Amount: £1,000

  • 28 Jan 2009

    Friends of the Wharf

    to cover the costs of the poetry workshops for the Pigmania project on February 21st

    Amount: £300

  • 26 Jan 2009

    Age Concern Okehampton & Torridge

    to fund a pilot project in music programming for the older prison population in 2 Devon prisons

    Amount: £4,940

  • 26 Jan 2009

    North Tawton Youth & Community Centre

    to pay for essential maintenance and repairs to the Centre

    Amount: £3,000

  • 16 Jan 2009

    Courtlands Pre-School

    to purchase a laptop computer and printer for the pre-school

    Amount: £500

  • 08 Dec 2008

    Okehampton & District Duke of Edinburgh

    To fund staff training, purchase equipment and help fund the costs of expeditions.

    Amount: £5,000

  • 08 Dec 2008

    Sticklepath Village Hall

    to modernised the hall WC facilities improving disabled access and baby changing facilities

    Amount: £3,000

  • 01 Dec 2008

    Bratton Clovelly School Room

    to cover the running costs of monthly meetings, the quarterly newsletter, and volunteer training courses

    Amount: £500

  • 27 Oct 2008

    Jubilee Hall Chagford

    to replace the lighting system and for an overall refurbishment programme

    Amount: £5,000

  • 15 Oct 2008

    Friends of the Wharf Writers Group

    to continue the work of our writers group/ poetry and prose reading group

    Amount: £150

  • 19 Sep 2008

    Tavistock & District Outdoor Education Forum

    Providing low cost Outdoor education locally in the West Devon Area for Young people

    Amount: £5,000

  • 18 Jul 2008

    Age Concern Okehampton & Torridge

    towards the costs of a volunteer training day to work with older offenders.

    Amount: £400

  • 18 Jul 2008

    Broadwoodkelly Village Hall

    towards the purchase of a stage system

    Amount: £200

  • 18 Jul 2008

    Tavistock Area Support Service

    to set up badminton sessions for the over 55's

    Amount: £460

  • 25 Apr 2008

    Tavistock & District Outdoor Education Forum

    to go towards the purchase of a box trailer used to carry camping equipment

    Amount: £500

  • 26 Feb 2008

    High Moorland Community Action

    to continue a project supporting unemployed people

    Amount: £5,000

  • 01 Feb 2008

    Tavistock Area Support Service

    to purchase a table tennis table, bats and balls to keep older people more active in their local community, working on mobility, balance and social interaction

    Amount: £1,014

  • 02 Nov 2007

    High Moorland Community Action

    to set up a pilot scheme to provide young people the opportunity to prepare for employment

    Amount: £106

  • 02 Nov 2007

    High Moorland Community Action

    to set up a pilot scheme to provide young people the opportunity to prepare for employment

    Amount: £7,000

  • 04 Oct 2007

    High Moorland Community Action

    for a programme of activities to encourage the unemployed members of the community to use High Moorland's IT services and develop skills

    Amount: £3,750

  • 04 Oct 2007

    Tavistock Youth Café

    to provide a programme of activities for young people not in education, employment or training to prepare them for further training or employment

    Amount: £7,000

  • 04 Oct 2007

    Tavistock Youth Café

    to provide a programme of activities for young people not in education, employment or training to prepare them for further training or employment

    Amount: £874

  • 31 Aug 2007

    Mary Tavy and Brentor Under 5s

    for equipment that will allow children to self-select resources and equipment for their own child-led play that appeal to their interests and learning styles

    Amount: £4,857

  • 31 Aug 2007

    Sampford Courtenay Village Hall Committee

    for play equipment for children in a rural area

    Amount: £5,602

  • 27 Jul 2007

    Bats Junior Badminton Club

    for video equipment to enable children practising in the badminton club to improve their skills

    Amount: £1,582

  • 27 Jul 2007

    Bridestowe Village Hall Management Committee

    sports equipment for village hall

    Amount: £798

  • 28 Jun 2007

    Belstone Cricket Club

    to purchase equipment for cope with an fast expanding membership

    Amount: £4,701

  • 28 Jun 2007

    1st South Zeal Scout Group

    towards the cost of a three day camping trip including one day entry to the Scout Jamboree

    Amount: £3,778

  • 25 May 2007

    Bridestowe Lydford and Sourton Preschool

    to purchase bikes for the outdoor play area

    Amount: £820

  • 25 May 2007

    Friends Of North Tawton Primary School

    to purchase a pool cover and changing room equipment for community use of pool

    Amount: £2,762

  • 30 Apr 2007

    Chagford Education & Leisure Trust (CELT)

    for Chagford Primary School trips for 3 year groups for the 2007 summer term and academic year 2007-2008

    Amount: £4,800

  • 27 Apr 2007

    POP

    to run a music workshop to introduce young people to performance art

    Amount: £2,080

  • 27 Apr 2007

    Tavistock & District Outdoor Education Forum

    to replace worn out safety equipment and to provide new equipment to allow for caving and kayaking activities to continue

    Amount: £4,575

  • 27 Apr 2007

    North Tawton Pre-school

    to purchase equipment to set up a reading circle for the expanding pre-school

    Amount: £1,751

  • 27 Apr 2007

    Whiddon Youth Forum

    to run a signposting project to enable children and young people to understand and impress upon local and national service providers

    Amount: £4,000

  • 27 Apr 2007

    North Tawton Youth & Community Centre

    for a programme of arts and crafts sessions for a rurally isolated youth club

    Amount: £6,140

  • 27 Apr 2007

    West Den

    to run a healthy food/eating programme for young people

    Amount: £5,632

  • 30 Mar 2007

    Youth 2 Youth

    to recruit a part time youth worker to develop facilities and opportunities for young people in Bere Alston

    Amount: £7,000

  • 23 Feb 2007

    Tavistock Community Pre School

    to establish a toy library benefiting the community

    Amount: £4,442

  • 23 Feb 2007

    Walkham Valley Scout Group

    to take 35 Scouts & Cubs on a summer seaside based camp

    Amount: £1,380

  • 23 Feb 2007

    Okehampton Table Tennis Club

    to provide 2 hours coaching sessions, 3 times a week.

    Amount: £6,300

  • 16 Feb 2007

    Okehampton Community Recreation Association

    to deliver sporting, recreation, art and activity opportunities and facilities for Okehampton and the surrounding community

    Amount: £5,000

  • 26 Jan 2007

    Tavistock Taskforce

    for tools and equipment

    Amount: £500

  • 15 Dec 2006

    Club 7

    start up costs for a new Junior Netball Club

    Amount: £1,899

  • 24 Nov 2006

    Lamerton Parish Hall

    for equipment for a new play area

    Amount: £6,347

  • 24 Nov 2006

    Hatherleigh Young People's Working Group

    for young people’s peer workshop delivery

    Amount: £7,000

  • 27 Oct 2006

    Exbourne Playing Field Association

    for ground work and play equipment to establish a play area for children and young people

    Amount: £7,000

  • 29 Sep 2006

    Young Devon

    for a rural information, advice and guidance project for young people living in West Devon

    Amount: £6,988

  • 29 Sep 2006

    Okehampton Youth Chorus Support Group

    for a weekly children’s singing group and summer school

    Amount: £6,890

  • 29 Sep 2006

    Gulworthy 0 - 5 Pre School

    to improve the storage facilities in the hall where the preschool is held and make an outside play area

    Amount: £3,302

  • 28 Jul 2006

    Tavistock Area Support Service

    for music-movement and line dancing classes for the over 55s

    Amount: £1,325

  • 26 May 2006

    West Devon County Netball Association

    to establish a Devon wide Netball Network focussing on develop junior players and local teams

    Amount: £2,095

  • 26 May 2006

    Playbox

    for toys, equipment and advertising to start a parent/carer and toddler group

    Amount: £3,696

  • 26 May 2006

    Broadleas Trust

    for facility improvements and equipment for activities for children and young people experiencing problems in the home

    Amount: £7,000

  • 26 May 2006

    Young Devon

    to cover the costs of sending 17 young carers to a three day young carer's festival

    Amount: £1,960

  • 28 Apr 2006

    Tavistock Area Support Service

    to develop services for the over 55s in rurally isolated areas

    Amount: £500

  • 30 Mar 2006

    Princetown Community Fund

    for a one day outdoor art project for children and young people from a socially deprived area

    Amount: £1,015

  • 22 Mar 2006

    Whiddon Youth Forum

    towards the creation of Skate/Bike Park

    Amount: £5,000

  • 27 Jan 2006

    Lewdown Residents Association

    for a new printer to produce a community newsletter

    Amount: £100

  • 27 Jan 2006

    Bere Ferrers Villagers Group

    for recreation field play equipment for 0-7 year olds

    Amount: £7,000

  • 25 Nov 2005

    Northlew Victory Hall

    for equipment and sundries for a multifunctional youth room

    Amount: £5,858

  • 28 Oct 2005

    Black Torrington Toddlers

    to cover the cost of employing a new play development worker to extend range of play activities

    Amount: £5,555

  • 30 Sep 2005

    Ride Skate Chagford

    for the provision of a tarmac surface for a skate park

    Amount: £7,000

  • 30 Sep 2005

    Tavistock Community Pre School

    to subsidise the cost of one member of staff, pending an increase in numbers

    Amount: £4,958

  • 29 Jul 2005

    Tavistock Gateway Club

    towards running the club for local adults with learning difficulties and physical disabilities

    Amount: £500

  • 29 Jul 2005

    Civil Service Retirement Fellowship

    for a trip to the Eden Project for 50 retired people living on rural Dartmoor and the surrounding areas

    Amount: £400

  • 29 Jul 2005

    Church House Management Committee

    for tables and chairs to be used for both local events and local community exhibitions

    Amount: £500

  • 08 Jul 2005

    Chagford Youth Forum

    to fund the refurbishment of a dedicated youth space at the Community Hall

    Amount: £500

  • 24 Jun 2005

    High Moorland Community Action

    to develop the youth club provision by adding an extra night a week for music workshops

    Amount: £6,987

  • 27 May 2005

    West Devon Citizens Advice Bureau

    for a qualified guidance tutor to train volunteers to deliver a guidance service

    Amount: £488

  • 27 May 2005

    Buckland Playpark Fund Raising Committee

    to purchase play equipment for the community play park

    Amount: £5,761

  • 27 May 2005

    Stannary Brass Band Youth Section

    to run a series of historical music workshops and to purchase T-shirts with the Bands logo

    Amount: £1,990

  • 27 May 2005

    Okehampton Community Recreation Association

    for a two year youth activities programme for children and young people from rurally isolated communities

    Amount: £12,000

  • 28 Apr 2005

    Exbourne Toddler And Community Group

    to run a healthy lunch club for parent/carers and children twice a week to promote eating healthily and parent toddler group to develop support networks

    Amount: £6,134

  • 24 Mar 2005

    Tavistock Music Live

    for costs associated with a series of music concerts and workshops for young people from an area suffering from the after effects Foot & Mouth

    Amount: £4,200

  • 24 Mar 2005

    Okehampton Youth Chorus Support Group

    to run the Youth Chorus for two years to provide children and young people with structured and safe after school activities.

    Amount: £4,433

  • 18 Feb 2005

    Home Start West Devon

    to develop family networking groups in Okehampton and Tavistock over a two year period

    Amount: £11,220

  • 18 Feb 2005

    Hatherleigh Young People's Working Group

    For an arts and drama project for rurally isolated children and young people

    Amount: £7,000

  • 17 Dec 2004

    Greenlands Residents Association

    towards building and equipping a new play area for a rural community

    Amount: £5,875

  • 18 Oct 2004

    Walkhampton Community Play Park

    to build and equip an adventure trail for children and young people from a rural community

    Amount: £7,000

  • 28 Sep 2004

    Broadwoodkelly Village Hall

    for curtains for the village hall window

    Amount: £150

  • 29 Jul 2004

    Chagford Arts Festival

    anonymous donation to support a community Arts Festival

    Amount: £900

  • 29 Jul 2004

    Whitchurch After School Club

    to set up an after school club for children from rurally isolated communities

    Amount: £1,486

  • 29 Jul 2004

    Walkhampton Pre-school & Toddler Group

    for play equipment for a pre school providing child care for economically disadvantaged families

    Amount: £817

  • 25 Jun 2004

    The Ockment Community Centre Association

    for emergency building repairs to the meeting/training rooms at the Ockment Community Centre

    Amount: £500

  • 25 Jun 2004

    Chagford Arts Festival

    to run a community art exhibition to celebrate the diversity

    Amount: £475

  • 01 Apr 2004

    Hatherleigh Festival

    for a series of arts workshops to take place in the run up to the local community Festival weekend

    Amount: £375

  • 26 Mar 2004

    Stannary Brass Band Youth Section

    to purchase musical instruments for children and young people who have no access to them otherwise

    Amount: £632

  • 26 Mar 2004

    High Moorland Community Action

    to develop childcare services through an after school club and healthy eating campaign

    Amount: £6,598

  • 26 Mar 2004

    Princetown Pre School

    to raise the height of the play area wall to meet regulation safety standards

    Amount: £657

  • 18 Dec 2003

    Dartmoor Rescue Group North Moor Section

    funding for the purchase of maps of Devon to enable the rescue group to operate more effectively and efficiently

    Amount: £126

  • 20 Nov 2003

    Spreyton Village (george Lambert Memorial) Trust

    funding for refurbishing/buying new equipment for village play area, bringing it up to regulation safety standards

    Amount: £2,497

  • 21 Aug 2003

    Tavistock Community Pre School

    to purchase toys and equipment for a additional play area for the Community Preschool

    Amount: £3,998

  • 21 Aug 2003

    Taviskate

    to be spent on rails and ramps for the skate park designed by the young people who will use it

    Amount: £7,000

  • 31 Jul 2003

    Clinton Hall Management Committee

    towards the cost of a photocopier for use of local community

    Amount: £200

  • 19 Jun 2003

    Hatherleigh Pre School

    for a PC and software, lockable workstation, chairs and volunteer training

    Amount: £1,875

  • 15 May 2003

    West Devon CVS

    towards the cost of West Devon Community Fair

    Amount: £350

  • 24 Apr 2003

    Running On Wheels Club

    as a contribution towards the cost of a new mini bus

    Amount: £200

  • 24 Apr 2003

    Milton Abbot Cricket Club

    towards kit for the under thirteens

    Amount: £100

  • 01 Apr 2003

    Horrabridge Busy Bees Pre-school

    to create disabled access, an emergency exit and safety railings for the increasingly diverse needs of the children

    Amount: £4,500

  • 28 Feb 2003

    Lifton Scout Group

    to purchase storage and camping equipment for the expanding Scout group

    Amount: £6,266

  • 31 Jan 2003

    Kipper

    to fund the refurbishment of a community space, creating a skateboard park/BMX track over two years

    Amount: £11,943

  • 31 Jul 2002

    High Moorland Community Action

    for running a summer playscheme to help improve the quality of life for people living and working in the Princetown area

    Amount: £4,100

  • 30 May 2002

    Parachute Regimental Association (South Devon Branch)

    to fund an outing for older people who are socaily isoated within their community

    Amount: £210

  • 30 May 2002

    Hatherleigh Players

    towards the cost of a "loop" system for the hard of hearing for new members who are deaf or hard of hearing to access the group

    Amount: £500

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