Issue - decisions

Community Pride Fund 2025 grant allocations

To allocate £31,975 in Community Pride grants as follows:

1. Multicultural Community Heritage Association

Eid Reunion 2026: £1500

2. Chinese Culture Connection

Chinese New Year: A Celebration for All Communities: £1000

3. Art for All Mental Health

Nature Journalling in Pittville Park for Mental Health: £2000

4. Friends of Leckhampton Hill & Charlton Kings Common (‘FOLK’)

Training Our People: £600

5. Be a Good Neighbour

Thursday Tea After-School Club: £1100

6. Pride in Gloucestershire

Pride in Cheltenham: £2000

7. Fresh Hope – The Armoury Gym

The Armoury exercise classes for those with disabilities: £1100

8. Parish of West Cheltenham Parochial Church Council

Re-landscaping St Aidan’s Garden: £1500

9. Cheltenham Paint Festival 2026

Cheltenham Paint Festival 2026: £2000

10. Friends of Sandford Parks (FOSP)

Renovation of Gottingen Garden: £1100

11. Public Hearts Defibrillator Campaign

Public Hearts Defibrillator installation with bleed control kit: £1840

12. Springbank Community Group CIC

Gardening for Wellbeing: £1100

13. Cheltenham Welcomes Refugees

Connecting Communities Through Film: £1385

14. Brizen Young People’s Centre

Summer Holiday Youth Activity Scheme: £2000

15. Cheltenham Education Partnership

CEP Activity Programme: Skills Builders and Changemakers themes: £1950

16. Read With Me

Every child reading – Cheltenham: £2000

17. St Michael’s Cornerstone Trust

Play Trail: £1500

18. The Greenwoods Foundation CIC

The Moors Forest School Club: £1050

19. Monkscroft Pastoral Care Project

Family Planting and Water Fun Group: £1750

20. KAM Performing Arts Academy CIC

West Cheltenham Arts Community Choir: £1400

21. Fairview Community Association (FCA)

Rebuilding and relaunching our Digital Community Hub: £600

22. The Rock

Primary Club: £1500