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West Fest Grants
West Fest was founded to provide a community event, primarily for West Malvern. However, the event has active supporters (and audience) from the wider Malvern area, and in keeping with the ethos of the event the profits have been made available to the community in the Malvern Hills area.
The West Fest Committee invites applications for grants from groups or individuals to support community action, cultural development, training or to meet special needs.
Criteria
Requests for funding from profits of the 2011 West Fest were assessed on the following basis:
- The extent to which the community in the Malvern Hills area is served i.e. across the age spectrum and the needs met.
- Whether any funding would act as a catalyst for other community events or cultural activities.
- Help for the disadvantaged.
- The range of activities supported.
- A need is met that is not supported by other means.
- No one beneficiary will get more than 25% of the available funding.
- We do not fund day-to-day operating expenses.
- Any grant given must be spent by the end of July 2012.
Where applications of equal merit were received, priority was given to beneficiaries in the West Malvern area and then to the other areas.
The decision of the West Fest Committee is final.
Grants for 2011
The grants distributed in 2011 were made accordingly:
Decisions were made by the grants sub-committee
| Wells and Wyche Pre School | |
| Colwall Rotary | |
| West Malvern Parish Council | |
| Hills Echo | |
| Hanley Castle High School | |
| Leapfrogs | |
| West Malvern Primary School | |
| West Malvern Cricket Club | |
| West Malvern Social club | |
| West Malvern British Legion | |
| 7th Malvern Scouts | |
| 1ST Malvern Scouts | |
| Malvern Sea Cadets | |
| Osbourne Court | |
| Malvern Theater of Small Convenience | |
| Sophie Witherford (for community work) |
Grants for 2010
The total grants distributed in 2010 were £4400 and the following distributions were made accordingly:
Decisions were made by the grants sub-committee
| Malvern RFU | £500.00 |
| St James Primary School | £700.00 |
| Malvern Sea Cadets | £250.00 |
| Colwall Rotary Club | £600.00 |
| W.M. British Legion | £200.00 |
| Theatre of Small Convenience | £200.00 |
| Malvern Mencap | £500.00 |
| West Malvern Pavilion | £200.00 |
| W.M. Baby & Toddler Group | £150.00 |
| West Mercia Community Fund | £300.00 |
| Hills Echo | £200.00 |
| Sophie Witherford | £50.00 |
| Team Jamboree | £150.00 |
| W.M. Cricket Club | £300.00 |
| Colwall Orchard Group | £100.00 |
The criteria for applying for a grant in 2010 was:
- A named individual as a point of contact with an address, telephone number and e-mail (if appropriate).
- The name of the beneficiary, address and telephone number.
- The amount of funding required.
- A clear statement of what the grant will be used for.
- Applications must be submitted by the end of 13th November, 2010.
Applications should be emailed to: grants@west-fest.org.uk
Grants for 2009:
Due the terrible weather in 2009, there were no funds to issue grants. However the story was better in 2008...
Grants for 2008:
From West 2008 a total of £7,150 was distributed via the following awards, as reported by the Malvern Gazette:
| Beneficiary | Purpose | Award |
| 2nd Malvern Link Brownies | Funding for the Brownies Summer Camp | £350 |
| Theatre of Small Convenience | Development costs of new shows | £400 |
| West Malvern Sean Eireann McMahon Academy (Irish dancing) | Funding to send children to the Irish dance world championships in Philadelphia | £600 |
| West Malvern Cricket Club | Purchase mowing equipment | £2000 |
| Malvern Mencap, Osborne Court, Malvern | Toys and entertainment for visiting children | £500 |
| St James Primary School, West Malvern | Drama, art and sports Equipment | £2000 |
| Leapfrogs Playgroup, West Malvern | Development of a new outdoor activity area for children | £800 |
| Malvern Access Group | Production of the new Malvern Access Guide for people with limited mobility | £500 |
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