New Grove Trust grants

awards 2015

November 2015

August 2015

• Art in Penallt -Production cost for 10,000 copies of a brochure to advertise the 2016 event.

• Monmouth Self Help and Friendship Group - Administration costs for running this community group based at Bridges Community Centre.

• Gwent Wildlife Trust - Purchase of cattle and training costs for volunteers and staff to run this herd on the wildflower meadows at Penallt.

• Thomas Blake Memorial Garden - Funding for plants to complete a recently renovated area of this public garden maintained by volunteers.

• Soundworks - Funding for storytelling workshops within the Coleford Festival of Words which is part of the wider River Festival.

• Hereford Community Farm - Funding for a pilot project to run for 6 months providing horticulture skills for people living with un-met learning needs.

• Nappy Dayz Tots Group - Funding for toys and administration costs for a new pre-school playgroup.

• The Big Skill - Funding for craft workshops at the National Eisteddfod in 2016 at Abergavenny.

• Hereford in Bloom - Purchase of a water bowser to help the volunteers whilst reducing costs. 

• Phoenix Bereavement Support Services - Funding for 80 hours of counselling with young people effected by traumatic bereavements.

• Babington Trust - Trellech Village Hall -Funding for improved access for wheelchairs through the main doors of the hall, avoiding the need to use a special route through the kitchen area.

• Friends of Tintern - Partial funding for new projection equipment for use by the community in Tintern.

• Deaf Direct -Establishing a Youth Theatre in Ledbury to work with young people who have impaired hearing.

• St Mary’s Church, Lydney - Installation of a new hearing loop as part of the wider project to refurbish the parish church in Lydney, creating new community areas and facilities.

• The Bridge to Cross -unding for materials to re-paint a wall mural in Abergavenny as a project for the current group of young people who attend the Bridge to Cross centre.

• Coalway Kids Club - Partial funding for the refurbishment of a portacabin to provide storage and toilet facilities for the kids club.

• Action 50+ - Provision of a new printer and consumables for the administration of this active community group.

• South Hereford Young Peoples Project - Funding for an arts projects working with young people who currently engage with the housing project.

• Lydbrook Memorial Hall - Provision of new guttering on the well-used and well-loved village hall.

• Bridges Community Centre - Installation of a new WIFI network throughout the Bridges Community Centre to provide robust and secure access to the internet for all centre users.

• Herefordshire Homestart - Funding for the Ross Family Group based at the Toy Library and providing a fun, safe venue for families to meet.

• Kings Caple Old School - Installation of a damp proof course in the village hall which dates from 1850 allowing the hall to be used by many more community organisations.

• Monnow Valley Arts - Partial funding for a 9 day celebration of contemporary lettering arts in South Herefordshire.

• Ross Junior Football Club - Equipment to enable a new team of 50+ residents of Ross playing ‘walking football’ as a route to better health.

• Hereford Arts in Action - Funding for Livewire Tuesdays, 10 weeks of Tuesday evening music sessions for up to 200 young people from deprived backgrounds.

• Monmouth Big Band - Funding for a new web site and other web based marketing to develop a much more robust presence across South Wales and the Forest of Dean leading to additional paying gigs that will fund the future development of the band.

• The Disability Advice Project - Funding to maintain the volunteer advisory service in Monmouthshire with room hire and travel expenses.

• Llanvaply Sports Association - Funding for the final stage of the upgrade of the play facilities with the replacement of the infant swings with new safe equipment.

• Raglan Hall Association - Pump priming funding for the development of Big Lottery and WAG applications for the new Raglan village hall.

• Dancefest - Working with 10 groups of young people totalling over 100, both able and disabled, to create and deliver an integrated dance, music and film performance.

May 2015

• Chepstow Rugby Football Club – New LED lighting system for winter training and evening games.

• Llangattock – Vibonavel Community Choir – Funding for professional musicians to work with the local amateurs in a charity concert raising cash for local charities and the church.

• Monmouth Off-Street Project – Funding towards resurfacing the BMX track and new fencing.

• Wye Valley Chamber Orchestra – Funding towards the costs of the 2015 festival and especially encouraging more performances by young musicians.

• Ross SHYPP

• Mitchell Troy Village Hall – Partial funding for the replacement of the kitchen facilities.

• Incredible Edible Caldicot – Materials to enable new raised beds to be built along with new fruit trees and signs.

• GAVO Volunteer Centre – Funding for a presentation evening to celebrate the contribution of volunteers across Monmouthshire.

• 2nd Caldicot Scout Group – Protective treatment and decoration of the scout hut.

• The Narth Village Hall – Funding towards replacing the heating system.

• Lydbrook Band - Partial funding for Prom in the Park event involving amateur musicians from all across the Forest of Dean.

• Savoy Youth Theatre – Funding for professional staff to work with the Youth Theatre on a performance of Rent.

• Hood Memorial Hall – Funding for a new wildflower area and additional play equipment.

• Monmouth Male Voice Choir – Funding for a new PA system and the cost of using a larger rehearsal space.

• Redbrook Village – Partial funding for local music festival to cover the cost of artists, raising money for the village.

• Putson Community Association – Developing a community garden with disabled access, sensory plants and community vegetable plots.

• Forest of Dean Childrens Opportunity Centre – Towards the cost of providing services for supporting children with special needs.

• Shirenewton Local History Society – Funding for a projector to enable a WW1 history exhibition.

• Babington Meadow – New gates for the community meadow in Penallt.

• Ross Penyard Singers – Funding for orchestra and soloists to accompany the choir in a fund raising concert for the Basement Youth Trust.

• Caldicot RFC – Funding for refurbishing the ladies and disabled toilets.

• Womens Aid Monmouthshire – Funding for a project supporting male children and young people who have witnessed domestic abuse.

• Monmouth Canoe Club – New safety equipment for the community canoe club.

• Wormelow Cricket Club – Partial funding for new boundary fences.

• Tintern Festivals Association – Funding for the 2015 village festival.

• Chepstow Rugby Club – Installation of new LED lighting to improve lighting and reduce costs.

• Lea Village Hall – Refurbishment costs for village hall including materials and new signage.

• Blue Phoenix Jazz Band – Funding towards provision of new uniforms for this youth marching band.

• Yeleni Therapy and Support – Replacing carpets in therapy rooms providing free services for cancer patients.

• Raglan Festival – Partial funding for local music festival to enable additional youth music events.

• Forest of Dean Age Concern – Finance for descaling the industrial water heating system used to prepare hot meals for elderly people across the Forest.

• Wildplay at Herefordshire Wildlife Trust – Funding for supervised outdoor play sessions in parks and green spaces.

• Madley Environmental Study Centre – Funding for a community event to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of WW2 at the old RAF Madley airfield, now a nature reserve.

• Caldicot Musical Theatre – Funding towards the 2015 youth theatre performance of Oliver.

• Homestart Monmouthshire – Refurbishment and redecoration of a room for confidential meetings with clients and volunteers.

• ART 360 – Construction of a raft to enable a group of young people to take part in the Hereford River Carnival.

• Hereford Society of Model Engineers – Funding for new metric measuring equipment for training new young members.

• Brampton Abbots Village Hall – New shed for securing gardening equipment.

• Chepstow Cricket Club – Funding towards new all-weather training area.

• Lydney Festival – Funding towards the Lydney music festival for musicians and a youth talent competition.

• Ledbury Poetry Festival – Funding towards the poetry festival including booking venues and publicity.

• Monmouthshire Meadow Group – Funding towards the purchase of a 9.5 acre site in Monmouthshire to protect the species rich grassland.

• Grande Royal Musical Theatre Group – Funding for the first public performance from this new musical theatre group including the purchase of a keyboard for practice sessions.

• Bosbury Parish Hall – Funding for installing a Hearing Loop in the main village hall.

February 2015