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Epping Forest - Grants for Sports, Arts, Leisure and Community Groups

 

The Grants for Sports, Arts, Leisure and Community Groups scheme is provided and administered by Epping Forest District Council. Under this programme, the Council offers the Major Grants and Three-year Revenue Grants.

Funding is intended to assist local voluntary and community groups and organisations that are providing services in line with the Council's objectives and targets.

The priority areas are as follows:

Cumberland Building Society Charitable Foundation

The Cumberland Building Society Charitable Foundation, a registered charity, was set up by Cumberland Building Society in November 1998. The Foundation offers grants to registered charities, charitable voluntary organisations, social enterprises, and self-help groups for projects that directly benefit local communities in Cumbria, Dumfriesshire, Lancaster, Preston and Haltwhistle.

Grants of between £250 to £750 are awarded. A grant of £1,000 may be awarded in exceptional circumstances.

Community Spirit

Adopt a Composer 2014, Michael Betteridge with the Cobweb Orchestra.

Book an emerging early music ensemble with a subsidy!

Making Music presents an exciting opportunity with Brighton Early Music Festival for our members to programme an early music ensemble and receive a substantial subsidy towards their fees

Extended intervals

In his first diary column for Classical Music, roving critic Michael White has mixed feelings as he reacquaints himself with the Albert Hall and goes from the sublime to the riotous during a musical sojourn in the south of France.

Friday Afternoons – sing with the kids?

Friday Afternoons is a project to get kids singing on the Friday nearest Britten’s birthday in November. New songs and free resources are provided each year.

A First Trip to Thame

I hope it is not too patronising to call Thame a quintessentially English market town.  Some of it is, after all, quite literally out of scenes fro