Decision details

WW1 Memorial Bench - To purchase and install a WW1 Memorial Bench on the grounds at Oaklands.

Each year the Royal British Legion encourages the nation to remember the sacrifices made by the Armed Forces Community. In 2018 the WW1 100th year commemorations were held to remember the end of the first ‘Great war’. Most towns and parishes have installed a commemorative bench to mark the occasion and these are used as a special and thoughtful way to ‘remember those lost’.

This year, the RBL are encouraging everyone to ‘remember to-gether’.

DECISION:

To provide funding of £781.00 to the above project.

Reason for decision:

The property and land at Oaklands is owned by the Trust and has a bandstand located on its grounds. Residents constantly use the area for charity fund raising events and Age Uk is situated on the same site. A lot of elderly residents require resting places and although there are a few benches scattered around the area there are not enough to sufficiently support those that require them.