Each of your 30 councillors has a 'ward budget' of up to £3,000 to help community projects. Here is a list of what has been spent so far in 2021/22. This page was last updated on 13 April 2022.
Cllr Ann Berry (Broadmead)
Strange Cargo - £300 (August 2021): To support the Charivari Day event for 2021, involving schools and the wider public, and bringing many visitors to the town.
Turner Schools - £300 (September 2021): To provide diversity and inclusion workshops as part of a focused week of activities.
Folkestone Sports Centre Trust - £400 (February 2022): To fund equipment for new walking netball sessions that will be starting up.
Our Lady and St Joseph - £2000 (March 2022): To purchase the long overdue refurbishment of the carpet in the community building.
Cllr Danny Brook (Folkestone Central)
Our Lady and St Joseph - £500 (February 2022): To purchase the long overdue refurbishment of the carpet in the community building.
Bayle Residents - £1000 (April 2022): To support a street party on the historical Bayle with food, bunting and entertainment.
Bayle Residents - £1275 (April 2022): Will fund for flowers, plants and a new trough for the Parade steps as part of The Bayle in Bloom.
Royal British Legion - £225 (April 2022): Will go towards raising funds to purchase and plant trees in the grounds of All Souls Church, Cheriton to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee 2022.
Cllr Susan Carey (North Downs West)
Stelling Minnis Parish Council - £300 (July 2021): To purchase and install a 6m village hall community flagpole - something that hasn't previously existed before in this location.
Stowting CEP School - £500 (October 2021): To provide improvements to the play area and sports facilities and to help the children enjoy physical activity year round.
Sellindge Lawn Tennis Club - £500 (October 2021): To provide funding for the resurfacing of court surfaces and continue to enable local residents to keep fit and maintain positive mental wellbeing.
Lyminge Primary School - £250 (January 2022): To fund the purchase of a storage shed and equipment to develop the forest school and environmental areas of school. It will also assist the mental wellbeing and learning for children.
Postling Parish Council - £300 (February 2022): To restore and preserve the listed phone kiosk in Postling village.
Sellindge War Memorial - £500 (February 2022): To help fund the enhancement of the facilities of the Village Hall Kitchen which is used by numerous organisations within the Village and surrounding area.
Sellindge & District Playing Fields Benevolent Society - £350 (March 2022): To purchase and fully install a 6m village community flagpole which will be raised on special occasions.
Cllr John Collier (Cheriton)
1st Cheriton Scout Group - £500 (June 2021): To provide the scout hut with new cladding, replacement facia and guttering, and a new secure main door to the main entrance.
Strange Cargo - £1000 (February 2022): Will help support the development of a series of bronze artworks made by artists and the Cheriton community to be permanently placed at Folkestone West Station.
Oddfellows Club - £500 (February 2022): To fund the provision of an external defibrillator for the benefit of Cheriton residents and visitors.
1st Cheriton Scouts Group - £200 (February 2022): To provide new cladding to the entire building, replacement facia and guttering and a new secure door to the main entrance.
All Souls Church - £300 (February 2022): Will fund the repairs from damage caused to the Community Hall roof space and fund pest control and securing of the roof space.
Royal British Legion - £500 (February 2022): Will go towards raising funds to purchase and plant trees in the grounds of All Souls Church, Cheriton to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee 2022.
Cllr Laura Davison (Folkestone Central)
Folkestone Performing Arts Centre - £100 (August 2021): To support the aims of the summer school project (plastic on our beaches and in our seas) and provide young people with a wider knowledge of environmental issues.
Pavement Pounders - £100 (August 2021): To support the aims of the Voicing The Past project and recognise the importance of local history.
Cybersaur Arts - £200 (September 2021): To support the aims of the Gateway to Our Past project which will explore Folkestone's local history as told by young people using a variety of different art forms, including digital, visual, and auditory storytelling techniques.
Bayle Residents Association - £250 (September 2021): To provide funding for equipment and resources related to community fund raising fete.
The Shorncliffe Trust - £200 (January 2022): Will fund the printing of a booklet that will raise awareness of the districts Military history and a new legacy archive that has been donated to the Shorncliffe Trust.
Sunflower House - £300 (February 2022): Will go towards a series of Friday drop in sessions and informal advice surgeries, where members of the local community can socialise and also access first stop advice on how to address issues of concern to them.
Folkestone Festivals - £500 (February 2022): To help fund a free and fun family weekend during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Shepway Spectrum Arts - £500 (February 2022): To fund disability and safety adaptions at the centre including an accessible toilet, stair lift, ramp access for wheelchair users, new secure fence, gates and path for access to the garden.
Strange Cargo - £100 (February 2022): The grant will be spent on purchase of materials to make carnival costumes with children and young people from across the district for this year's Charivari Day.
Older Women Rock! - £100 (February 2022): The grant will pay for women DJs to perform at the International Women's Day 2022 disco.
South Mind Kent - £245 (March 2022): To fund an initiative to assist with cooking on a budget, underpinned with mental health support, particularly how food can affect mood.
Compas Charity - £405 (March 2022): The grant will be spent on refreshments, Roma band, decoration and other costs associated with volunteers and participants for International Roma Day.
Cllr Ray Field (Folkestone Harbour)
White Cliffs Countryside Partnership - £2500 (March 2022): To support informal engagement activities at the Folkestone Warren that will provide visitors with the opportunity to discover more about the internationally important Nature Reserve.
Harbour Ward Community Garden CIC - £500 (March 2022): To fund the replacement of raised beds in the community garden.
Cllr Gary Fuller (Sandgate and West Folkestone)
2nd Sandgate Scout Group - £300 (December 2021): To provide better facilities for young people to get them out and about in the open air and support their mental and physical health.
Sandgate Society - £1247.50 (December 2021): To fund the installing a ramp from Castle Road Car Park in Sandgate to the beach promenade to enable wheelchair users and cyclists to access the seafront from the car park.
Strange Cargo - £250 (February 2022): The grant will be spent on purchase of materials to make carnival costumes with children and young people across the district.
Folkestone Festivals - £866.44 (February 2022): Funding will go towards the Folkestone Bandstand concerts that will be taking place over the summer.
Cllr Peter Gane (Cheriton)
1st Cheriton Scout Group - £500 (September 2021): To purchase new cladding to the entire building, replacement facia and guttering and a new secure door to the main entrance.
Turner Schools - £100 (September 2021): To provide diversity and inclusion workshops as part of a focused week of activities.
1st Cheriton Scout Group - £100 (February 2022): To purchase new cladding to the entire building, replacement facia and guttering and a new secure door to the main entrance.
Oddfellows Club - £500 (February 2022): To fund the provision of an external defibrillator for the benefit of Cheriton residents and visitors.
Royal British Legion - £400 (February 2022): Will go towards raising funds to purchase and plant trees in the grounds of All Souls Church, Cheriton to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee 2022.
Cllr Clive Goddard (Walland and Denge Marsh)
Litter Picking Watch Romney Marsh - £500 (September 2021): To purchase litter picking equipment for the organised litter picks/beach cleans.
Lydd Scout Group - £233 (September 2021): To purchase medical equipment which will be essential for training.
Pebbles Dementia Cafe - £500 (November 2021): To fund for provisions and a Christmas Event with musical puppeteers.
CARM - £500 (November 2021): To go towards a Christmas dinner for Lydd Meeting Point members and helpers.
Ivychurch Amenities Association - £750 (March 2022): Will fund a fence between the designated Ivychurch Community Woodland area boundary and the farmer's arable crop.
Lydd Club Day - £500 (February 2022): To fund Lydd Club Day and the Croydon Steel Orchestra which is made up of young people in the area.
Cllr David Godfrey (North Downs East)
FYP Youth Charity - £900 (July 2021): To continue the hiring of Hawkinge Community Centre and, subsequently, the running of the Bank Youth Club.
St Nicholas - £500 (November 2021): To fund repainting inside of the church which will help maintain it's good condition for the future benefit of the community.
Battle of Britain Museum - £1298 (March 2022): To support the Spirit of The Few Memorial for viewing by visitors to the museum.
Hawkinge Village Hall - £302 (February 2022): To fund for pots, pans and kitchen utensils for permanent use in the Hawkinge Village Hall kitchen which will facilitate catering for the various fund raising activities that take place at the village hall.
Cllr Tony Hills (Walland and Denge Marsh)
Romney Marsh Community Hub - £500 (September 2021): To support the work of the hub which benefits residents by supplying hot meals.
Brookland Parish Council - £340 (December 2021): To fund a new dual purpose waste bin to hold litter and dog waste both hygienically and securely behind a lid/flap.
JAM - £500 (February 2022): To support the weekly after school singing in Marsh schools, culminating in a vibrant free concert to families/friends/teachers in Jam-on-the-Marsh in July at St Nicholas Church, New Romney.
Ivychurch Amenities Association - £1000 (February 2022): Funding will help create a community woodland and contribute to the 'Queens Green Canopy' as well as a long lasting community amenity.
All Saints Church, Lydd - £340 (March 2022): To fund the replacement of the current waste bin which is no longer fit for purpose.
Romney Marsh Community Hub - £320 (March 2022): To purchase the replacement of a broken refrigerator.
Cllr Jennifer Hollingsbee (North Downs West)
Stelling Minnis Parish Council - £300 (July 2021): To purchase and install a 6m village hall community flagpole - something that hasn't previously existed before in this location.
Stowting CEP School - £500 (August 2021): To help improve the play and sports facilities at the school by creating a multi-use games area.
Sellindge Lawn Tennis Club - £500 (October 2021): To provide funding for the resurfacing of court surfaces and continue to enable local residents to keep fit and maintain positive mental wellbeing.
Lyminge Primary School - £250 (January 2022): To fund the purchase of a storage shed and equipment to develop the forest school and environmental areas of school. It will also assist the mental wellbeing and learning for children.
Postling Parish Council - £300 (February 2022): To restore and preserve the listed phone kiosk in Postling village.
Sellindge War Memorial - £500 (February 2022): To help fund the enhancement of the facilities of the Village Hall Kitchen which is used by numerous organisations within the Village and surrounding area.
Sellindge & District Playing Fields - £350 (February 2022): To purchase and fully install a 6m village community flagpole which will be raised on special occasions.
Cllr Nicola Keen (Folkestone Harbour)
FYP Youth Charity - £125 (August 2021): To support young people in the ward and to prevent anti-social behaviour.
Folkestone Performing Arts Centre - £100 (August 2021): To support the aims of the summer school project (plastic on our beaches and in our seas) and provide young people with a wider knowledge of environmental issues.
Pavement Pounders - £100 (August 2021): To support the aims of the Voicing The Past project and recognise the importance of local history.
Folkestone Baptist - £200 (September 2021): To provide funding for Post Lockdown Funday and help rebuild ties within the community.
Martello Primary - £200 (September 2021): To provide funding for diversity and inclusion workshops as part of a focused week of activities.
Cybersaur Arts - £200 (September 2021): To support the aims of the Gateway to Our Past project which will explore Folkestone's local history as told by young people using a variety of different art forms, including digital, visual, and auditory storytelling techniques.
Books for Change - £200 (November 2021): To support Little Free Library at Martello Primary School which provides an outdoor accessible library full of diverse books for the children who need them most.
Folkestone Rescue - £500 (November 2021): To assist with buying kit and equipment for the lifeguard lookout station.
Harbour Ward Community Garden CIC - £800 (February 2022): To fund the replacement of raised beds in the community garden.
FYP Youth Charity - £250 (February 2022): The support the Loft Hangout which is a project aimed at 17-25-year-olds to have a safe space to help with their mental health, to make friends, get support with work and job finding, to learn new skills and to find a place of acceptance and raise aspirations and learn how to contribute to the local community.
Cllr Michelle Keutenius (East Folkestone)
FYP Youth Charity - £125 (August 2021): To support young people in the ward and to prevent anti-social behaviour.
Folkestone Performing Arts Centre - £100 (August 2021): To support the aims of the summer school project (plastic on our beaches and in our seas) and provide young people with a wider knowledge of environmental issues.
Pavement Pounders - £100 (August 2021): To support the aims of the Voicing The Past project and recognise the importance of local history.
Martello Primary - £100 (September 2021): To provide funding for diversity and inclusion workshops as part of a focused week of activities.
Cybersaur Arts - £250 (September 2021): To support the aims of the Gateway to Our Past project which will explore Folkestone's local history as told by young people using a variety of different art forms, including digital, visual, and auditory storytelling techniques.
The Shorncliffe Trust - £500 (January 2022): Will fund the printing of a booklet that will raise awareness of the districts Military history and a new legacy archive that has been donated to the Shorncliffe Trust.
Shepway Spectrum Arts - £500 (February 2022): To make disability and safety adaptions at their centre including an accessible toilet, stair lift, ramp access for wheelchair users, new secure fence, gates and path for access to the garden.
Custom Folkestone CIC - £121 (February 2022): To provide materials and tools for the Locavore Growing Project (community garden).
South Mind Kent - £500 (March 2022): To fund an initiative to assist with cooking on a budget, underpinned with mental health support, particularly how food can affect mood.
The Folkestone-Hythe Operatic and Dramatic Society - £299 (March 2022): The grant will be spent on new doors and curtains to reduce heat loss from the theatre's foyer.
Cllr Jim Martin (Hythe)
Hythe Civic Society - £150 (July 2021): To fund the printing and laminating of posters about historic buildings of Hythe that will be displayed publicly during the Heritage Hythe project week.
Davis Oaklands Charitable Gift - £1299.60 (July 2021): To provide a memorial bench to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Armed Forces Day.
Hythe Town Concert Band - £500 (October 2021): To help fund a replacement roof for Hythe Town Concert Band's hut, used to store equipment.
Seabrook C of E Primary School - £550 (February 2022): To fund the creation of a sensory garden and two flower/vegetable raised beds for the children at Seabrook Primary School.
Folkestone Arrows - £499.99 (February 2022): To support the Hawkinge Basketball Sessions by buying a freestanding basketball hoop.
Cllr Philip Martin (North Downs East)
Hythe Town Concert Band - £500 (November 2021): To help fund a replacement roof for Hythe Town Concert Band's hut, used to store equipment.
Hythe Triangle Community Garden - £500 (December 2021): To provide repairs and partial rebuild of the Grade II listed wall which forms the boundary of the area.
1st Cheriton Scouts Group - £1350 (February 2022): To provide new cladding to the entire building, replacement facia and guttering and a new secure door to the main entrance.
Kent Association for the Blind - £786.48 (April 2022): To help fund KAB's mobile sight centre which supports residents who are living with visual impairments or sight loss in areas of Kent not currently within reach of their sight centres.
Play for Elham - £363.53 (April 2022): To provide the improvement to the facilities at the Gore.
Cllr Connnor McConville (East Folkestone)
FYP Youth Charity - £250 (August 2021): To support young people in the ward and to prevent anti-social behaviour.
Pavement Pounders - £100 (August 2021): To support the aims of the Voicing The Past project and recognise the importance of local history.
Martello Primary - £125 (September 2021): To provide funding for diversity and inclusion workshops as part of a focused week of activities.
Cybersaur Arts - £350 (September 2021): To support the aims of the Gateway to Our Past project which will explore Folkestone's local history as told by young people using a variety of different art forms, including digital, visual, and auditory storytelling techniques.
The Shorncliffe Trust - £354 (January 2022): Will fund the printing of a booklet that will raise awareness of the districts Military history and a new legacy archive that has been donated to the Shorncliffe Trust.
Custom Folkestone - £121 (January 2022): To support the Locavore Growing Project (Community Garden) and fund for materials and tools.
Folkestone Festivals - £600 (February 2022): To support local music like the Folkestone Bandstand and Summer Concert Bands which will provide free entertainment to local residents.
Shepway Spectrum Arts - £500 (February 2022): To make disability and safety adaptations at their centre including an accessible toilet stair lift ramp access for wheelchair users, new secure fence, gates and path for access to the garden.
Strange Cargo - £500 (February 2022): To be spent on the purchase of materials to make carnival costumes with children and young people from across the district.
Cllr Jackie Meade (East Folkestone)
FYP Youth Charity - £264.52 (August 2021): To support young people in the ward and to prevent anti-social behaviour.
Folkestone Performing Arts Centre - £100 (August 2021): To support the aims of the summer school project (plastic on our beaches and in our seas) and provide young people with a wider knowledge of environmental issues.
Pavement Pounders - £100 (August 2021): To support the aims of the Voicing The Past project and recognise the importance of local history.
Folkestone Baptist - £400 (September 2021): To provide funding for Post Lockdown Funday and help rebuild ties within the community.
Martello Primary - £100 (September 2021): To provide funding for diversity and inclusion workshops as part of a focused week of activities.
Books For Change - £329 (October 2021): To support Little Free Library at Martello Primary School which provides an outdoor accessible library full of diverse books for the children who need them most.
Folkestone Rescue Ltd - £506 (March 2022): Will provide assistance with buying kit and equipment for the lifeguard lookout station.
Custom Folkestone CIC - £121 (January 2022): To provide materials and tools for the Locavore Growing Project (community garden).
Cllr Ian Meyers (Romney Marsh)
Burmarsh Church Hall - £1540 (February 2022): To fund the updating of electrics so the main hall can be used for fundraising while the back part is demolished and rebuilt for a new disabled toilet and kitchen.
JAM - £1000 (February 2022): To support the weekly after school singing in Marsh schools, culminating in a vibrant free concert to families/friends/teachers in Jam-on-the-Marsh in July at St Nicholas Church, New Romney.
Romney Marsh Community Hub - £460 (March 2022): To purchase the replacement of a broken refrigerator.
Cllr David Monk (Folkestone Central)
Go Folkestone and the Plimsoll Group - £200 (July 2021): To provide funding for the commissioning and installation of a colourful and properly protected framed mural on one wall of the Fishing Museum.
Folkestone Youth Project - £2400 (March 2022): To fund renovation work to the existing workshop onsite which is currently not fit for purpose, thus allowing young people to have a dedicated space for activities such as upcycling furniture, DIY and other woodwork projects.
Folkestone Festivals - £200 (March 2022): To provide entertainment for families which will run alongside the Folkestone Air Display 2022 event.
Cllr Terence Mullard (Romney Marsh)
Burmarsh Church Hall - £480 (October 2021): To provide funding of the removal of two large trees at the back of the hall so that renovation/demolition of the hall can begin.
Dymchurch Players - £750 (October 2021): To provide funding for refreshed costumes for junior members for wear when performing pantomime.
Dymchurch Village Hall - £800 (November 2021): To go towards the refurbishment of the disabled toilet.
St Peter & St Pauls Church - £400 (January 2022): The grant will be used to purchase and install 5 new noticeboards inside the church.
Day of Syn Dymchurch - £300 (February 2022): To help support the annual event which brings entertainment and displays at the Dymchurch Recreational ground and beach.
Friends of Dymchurch - Friends Of Dymchurch Recreation Ground - £270 (February 2022): To help with the cost of community consultation for redevelopment plans for the Pavilion.
Cllr Stuart Peall (North Downs East)
FYP Youth Charity - £207.80 (July 2021): To continue running The Bank and Bank Detached Project groups, and provide two console games for the youth club.
Elham Primary School - £580 (January 2022): Funding will be able to provide a week of fun learning especially after the restrictions and difficulties the children have faced over the past 18 months, as well as come together as a community inviting local businesses, organisations and visitors to join.
Elham Primary School - £566.08 (January 2022): To fund the installation of a noticeboards that will inform the community of events taking place at the school.
Play for Elham - £153.64 (February 2022): To support the Time for Talk initiative which is a safe, supportive space in the community to talk, listen and share experiences.
Cllr Tim Prater (Sandgate and West Folkestone)
Pavement Pounders - £100 (June 2021): To support the aims of the Voicing The Past project and recognise the importance of local history.
2nd Sandgate Scout Group - £300 (December 2021): To fund the installing a ramp from Castle Road Car Park in Sandgate to the beach promenade to enable wheelchair users and cyclists to access the seafront from the car park.
Channel Rotary - £250 (December 2021): To support The Channel Triathlon which supports athletes and raises money for charity.
Sandgate Society - £1247.50 (December 2021): To fund the installing a ramp from Castle Road Car Park in Sandgate to the beach promenade to enable wheelchair users and cyclists to access the seafront from the car park.
Folkestone Festivals - £516.44 (February 2022): Funding will go towards the Folkestone Bandstand concerts that will be taking place over the summer.
Play for Elham - £1492.48 (March 2022): To provide a defibrillator for the school and the community.
Strange Cargo - £250 (February 2022): The grant will be spent on purchase of materials to make carnival costumes with children and young people from across the district for this year's Charivari Day.
Cllr Patricia Rolfe (New Romney)
Light Up New Romney Community Lantern Parade 2021 - £250 (August 2021): To help relaunch the event, providing a boost for the regeneration of the town and bringing the community back together.
Romney Marsh Community Hub - £448 (August 2021): To purchase a brand new dishwasher.
Strange Cargo - £250 (September 2021): To help support the graphic design work required for Everywhere Means Something to Someone, a people's guidebook to the Romney Marsh.
1st New Romney Scout Group - £273.82 (December 2021): Funding will enable the Explorer Young Leader Section to carry out training activities and to also to help train young members within the group attain their First Aid skills and expedition night hikes with map reading and compass bearing skills.
Romney Resource Centre - £500 (December 2021): The funding will facilitate redecoration, soft furnishing and calming art work to create a safe space for young people to feel able to open up.
New Romney Country Fayre - £250 (January 2022): Will contribute to the cost of first aid provisions for the upcoming event.
Romney Marsh Community Hub - £1028.18 (February 2022): To purchase the replacement of a broken refrigerator.
Cllr Rebecca Shoob (Cheriton)
The Community Donation Station - £420 (June 2021): To provide summer uniforms for volunteers from the community and ensure they feel part of the team, giving them confidence, and a sense of belonging.
1st Cheriton Scout Group - £500 (June 2021): To provide the scout hut with new cladding, replacement facia and guttering, and a new secure main door to the main entrance.
Turner School - £275 (July 2021): To provide funding for diversity and inclusion workshops as part of a focused week of activities.
Strange Cargo - £500 (February 2022): To be spent on the purchase of materials to make carnival costumes with children and young people from across the district.
Shepway Spectrum Arts - £555 (February 2022): To make disability and safety adaptions at their centre including an accessible toilet, stair lift, ramp access for wheelchair users, new secure fence, gates and path for access to the garden.
Members of the Royal British Legion, Cheriton and Morehall Branch - £300 (February 2022): To help fund the purchase of and plant trees in the grounds of All Souls Church Cheriton and Cheriton Road Cemetery to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
Strange Cargo - £300 (February 2022): The grant will be spent on purchase of materials to make carnival costumes with children and young people from across the district for this year's Charivari Day.
Shiva Nova - £650 (February 2022): It will support the Nepalese Holi Celebration 2022 event and fund Holi colour and provide food for the community, technical, venue costs and marketing costs.
Cllr Georgina Treloar (Hythe)
Bread & Goose CIC - £274.63 (June 2021): To construct and install public artwork and participatory walking events to encourage constructive conversation about sea level rise.
Hythe Town Concert Band - £500 (November 2021): To help fund a replacement roof for Hythe Town Concert Band's hut, used to store equipment.
Hythe Triangle Community Garden - £1000 (November 2021): To provide repairs and partial rebuild of the Grade II listed wall which forms the boundary of the area.
Shepway Brass Academy - £500 (January 2022): To go towards funding tuition with the hope to start rebuilding membership following the pandemic.
Seabrook C of E Primary School - £700 (February 2022): To fund the creation of a sensory garden and two flower/vegetable raised beds for the children at Seabrook Primary School.
Cllr Douglas Wade (Hythe Rural)
1st Cheriton Scout Group - £750 (June 2021): To provide the scout hut with new cladding, replacement facia and guttering, and a new secure main door to the main entrance.
Hythe Books For Change - £750 (August 2021): To donate picture books for local voluntary playgroups, nurseries and women's refuges that are inclusive and present positive images of diversity.
Hythe Civic Society - £502.44 (November 2021): To restore the sensory bed at Oaklands by replacing overgrown and missing plants.
Friends of Lympne School - £417.56 (December 2021): To provide chairs, beanbags, lights, blinds and a rug for a Sensory Room to benefit pupils at Lympne School.
Saltwood Lads Club - £580 (December 2021): To provide soft landscaping to the rear of the Lads' Club and purchase & planting of two trees - to benefit the local community and wildlife.
Cllr Lesley Whybrow (Hythe)
Hythe Books For Change - £500 (June 2021): To donate picture books for local voluntary playgroups, nurseries and women's refuges that are inclusive and present positive images of diversity.
Bread & Goose CIC - £274.63 (June 2021): To construct and install public artwork and participatory walking events to encourage constructive conversation about sea level rise.
Hythe Civic Society - £150 (July 2021): To fund the printing and laminating of posters about historic buildings of Hythe that will be displayed publicly during the Heritage Hythe project week
Hythe Town Concert Band - £500 (September 2021): To help fund a replacement roof for Hythe Town Concert Band's hut, used to store equipment.
Hythe Triangle - £300 (November 2021): To fund repairs and partial rebuild of the Grade II listed wall which forms the boundary of the Hythe Triangle Community Garden.
The Folkestone Hub CIC - £561 (December 2021): To fund the setup of a wellbeing centre, that provides a space to run sessions like Cuppa and Craft for the local community.
The Shorncliffe Trust - £214 (February 2022): Will fund the printing of a booklet that will raise awareness of the districts Military history and a new legacy archive that has been donated to the Shorncliffe Trust.
Cllr David Wimble (New Romney)
New Romney In Bloom - £1000 (January 2022): Will help purchase, install and plant up (compost/plants/feed) planters.
Teach Me Courses - £1000 (January 2022): Funding will help encourage art and creativity to all ages and abilities in the community but in particular those who have learning difficulties or mental health issues to encourage wellbeing through creativity.
New Romney Country Fayre - £500 (January 2022): Contribution to the cost of programme printing for the upcoming community event.
Romney Marsh Art Society - £500 (January 2022): The grant will be spent on new display screens to enable the annual art exhibition/festival to take place this year at the Marsh Academy.
Cllr John Wing (Hythe Rural)
Bread & Goose CIC - £274.63 (June 2021): To construct and install public artwork and participatory walking events to encourage constructive conversation about sea level rise.
The Lympne Playing Field and Village Hall - £750 (July 2021): To be spent on the new playground areas and zip line designed to replace existing play area, and to provide older children somewhere to play and gather.
Saltwood Lads Club - £280 (November 2021): To fund soft landscaping at the rear of the building which will include the planting of 2 new trees.
Lympne School - £750 (November 2021): To support renovation of the sensory room plus garden, as well as new sensory items, seating and plants to create calm areas for all children.
Seabrook C of E Primary School - £600 (February 2022): To fund the creation of a sensory garden and two flower/vegetable raised beds for the children at Seabrook Primary School.
South Kent Mind - £345.37 (February 2022): To support a community event which will promote good mental well-being along with partner charities that will tie in with the Queen's Jubilee celebrations weekend.