Solarcentury Community Fund Grants Awarded
DERBYSHIRE
The Aston House Solar Farm, located within the Parish of Sudbury in Derbyshire, provided £38,000 for the following community projects:
Sudbury Gasworks Restoration Trust – £5,000
Conserve, restore and extend the disused 1874 building into a community centre for Sudbury Parish
Sudbury Parish Church – All Saints Church – £11,500
Towards the cost of the roof restoration project
Sudbury Parish Council – £10,440
Towards a wooden bus shelter, planting shrubs and plants in community spaces, a replacement mower for the playfield sports centre and a donation to the bowls club for essential repairs and running costs
Sudbury Juniors F.C. – £2,060
Towards a new generator
Sudbury Primary School – £9,000
To build and resource an outdoor classroom on the existing school site
Hampshire
The Grove Solar Farm, located within the Romsey Extra Parish in Hampshire, provided £10,000 for the following community projects:
Romsey Riverwalk Restoration – £4,045
Towards the reinstatement of the eroded riverbank to create a vehicle and pedestrian passing place
Hampshire Art and Craft CIC – £1,305
Prescription Arts – a small pilot project which provides art and singing classes to patients of Romsey general practitioners
10th Romsey Scout Group – £650
Towards Scout HQ improvements to access for persons of limited mobility
Abbotswood Community Association – £4,000
To provide a remote heating system for the new community centre
Lincolnshire
The Folly Lane Solar Farm, located between Stickney and New Bolingbroke near Boston, provided £9,239 for the following community projects:
West Keal & Keal Cotes Parish Council – £1,139
Towards the purchase and installation of a defibrillator in the village of Keal Cotes
Stickney Parish Council – £3,700
- Towards the purchase and installation of a defibrillator in Stickney – £1,500
- a notice board for West Fen – £1,250
- birds of prey nesting box scheme – £950
Stickney Primary School – £4,400
To contribute towards the Science Lab and storage at the school
Norfolk
The Bunn’s Hill & Frog’s Loke Solar Farm, located within the Parish of Worstead in Norfolk, provided £19,978 for the following community projects:
Worstead Parent, Toddler & Baby Group – £747
For sensory play equipment
Worstead Pre-school – £3,431
To provide Forest School Learning
Worstead Parish Council – £2,000
To provide sheltered seating
Rainbow Children’s Nursery Ltd – £5,000
To revamp the outside play space
Worstead Parish Council – £8,800
To make significant improvements at Worstead Station: Gateway to the Village
The Oulton Airfield Solar Farm, located within the Parish of Oulton in Norfolk, provided £10,000 for the following community projects:
Cawston Parish Council – £500
Towards the Grow, Make and Bake Show
Cawston Bowls Club – £3,000
Towards a new heating and hot water system
Oulton Parish Council – £,4,919
- Oulton Parish Noticeboards – £2,930
- Improvement of playing field facilities – £1,989
Cawston Church of England Primary Academy – £1,581
Playground improvements including fire escape from bus
The Rookery Business Park Solar Farm near to Wymondham in Norfolk provided £9,478 for the following community projects:
Young Enterprise – £550
Global Life Primary Programme
Wymondham Town Archive – £1,000
Archive Move
Greening Wymondham – £880
Saving the Tiffey Valley Walk from Closure
Wymondham Town Football Club Limited – £3,048
Football Pitch Maintenance Equipment and Storage
Home-Start Norfolk – £4,000
Home-Start in Wymondham
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
The Hazel Gap Solar Farm near Carburton in Nottinghamshire provided £28,800 for the following community projects:
The Battle of Hatfield Investigation Society – £4,000
Towards a scientific analysis of skeletal remains discovered in mass graves at St. Mary’s Cuckney in 1950/51 and adjoining area
Norton and Cuckney Parish Council – £16,125
- Repair and improve the old water troughs on Baker Lane Cuckney – £7,490
- Create a ‘permissive footpath’ around Mill Hill, Cuckney, and provide a park type bench – £1,900
- Restore the historic railings at the head of Cuckney Dam – £2,845
- A community garden wall restoration project – £3,890
Carburton Parish Meeting – £3,375
Provide general village improvements including 3 grit boxes, new village signs, village benches and the creation of wildflower areas
St Giles Church (through the Carburton Parish Meeting) – £5,300
Provide cutlery and crockery for village events/entertainment, bigscreen noticeboards and physical improvements to the church
The Hunciecroft Solar Farm provided £14,400 for community projects located within the Parish of Holbeck.
In early 2016, the community were asked, through a consultation process, how they would like to see the money spent, or any local projects they felt would benefit from this Fund.
The feedback was unanimous – to provide a community broadband scheme for the benefit of everyone in the Parish. This idea has now been approved by the Parish Council and they are developing a plan to deliver the scheme.
The Morton Solar Farm in the Parish of Babworth and Ranby in Nottinghamshire provided £49,650 for the following community projects:
Ranby Village Hall – £26,000
Towards repairs to the roof and installation of a new heating/cooling system
Ranby Fun Field – £9,254
Towards the provision of seating, bins, a sand pit and toys, new pathways, tree planting, hedge cutting, purchase of mowing equipment, goal post installations and a basket ball hoop
Ranby Fun Club PTFA – £14,396
Trim Trail Project
