Aldwick Parish Council are pleased to announce that the period for applying for a 2025/2026 Discretionary Grant is now open and will close on the 30th September 2025.

Requirements and Conditions for awarding Discretionary Grants.

Applications for discretionary grants are available for voluntary and charitable organisations local to Aldwick Parish.

• be non profit making

• submit a fully completed application form

• understand that retrospective grants cannot be awarded

• identify how the grant will benefit the residents of the parish and the number who will benefit

• agree to provide receipts for transactions made with the grant to the Parish within 28 days if requested

• agree to acknowledge the contribution made by the Council in any publicity

• be aware that all recipients of Parish Council grants may be subject to a visit by a small group of Councillors to see how the grant has been spent

• be aware that provision of a grant does not authorise the activity to be undertaken. The applicant is responsible for all legal permissions and insurances

• be aware that the Council will pursue repayment of the grant and costs if any criteria have not been adhered to.

• The completed application must; be accompanied by the most recent annual accounts or a certified income and expenditure account together with a copy of the chairman’s or secretary’s report

• state the names of any other organisations to which an application has been made and understand that where the project is dependent on the receipt of these, the grant is conditional on those other sources being made available

• indicate that the grant is exclusive of any VAT should the applicant be able to reclaim it.

Application forms can be downloaded from our website by following this link - Form

clerk@aldwickparishcouncil.gov.uk or collected from the Office, Aldwick Parish

Council, 88 Pryors Lane, Aldwick. Tel; 01243 263330.