We always like to catch up and hear how money rewarded from the Coastal Community Fund has helped make projects in to a reality. Recently we got to catch up with Exwick Tennis Club and hear how the money from the Community Fund has helped them bring lighting and fencing up to scratch. Exwick Tennis […]
Last week we caught up with Benny Myers one of the Coastal Recycling drivers to find out what a ‘normal’ day looks like and what makes the job. So Benny how long have you been working for Coastal Recycling? I’ve actually been here nearly 6 years, I started working in the yard at Kenbury Wood […]
Recently we caught up with Pat Grimwood-Taylor from St Giles Church to find out how the award of £17,400 from the Coastal Community Fund has been put to use. St Giles Church is situated in a small rural village and the church itself has received band aid maintenance for the last 100 years. With no […]
A unique off-shore recycling initiative supported by Exeter’s Coastal Recycling recently launched off the Salcombe coast. The boat belongs to an innovative off-shore recycling scheme and social enterprise, Till the Coast is Clear, which aims to reduce the impact of plastic waste on wildlife and the environment of the South West’s coastline. The Till the […]
Holy Trinity Church, Weare Gifford was beginning to fall in to a state of disrepair and with no money for up keep it was vital to secure funding. Robert Jefferson, Fundraising Chair knew a different approach to secure funds was needed so that the immediate work required could be undertaken and so that plans were […]
Each year Coastal Recycling award around £300,000 to local projects from its Community Fund. In the most recent round of funding 16 applications were received and reviewed with 11 being awarded funds. Projects approved in the most recent round include; Roborough Village Hall – Supply of audio visual equipment Exonia Bowling Club – Community Improvement […]
Ide Memorial Hall recently received £20,000 from the Coastal Community Fund to support the overall hall refurbishments. The hall was handed over to the village of Ide in 1950 and is now managed by trustees. Used by local groups the income has seen the hall maintained over the years but, with damp creeping in and […]
Withycombe Rugby Football Club recently received a Coastal Community Fund award of £13,000 towards the re-surfacing of the existing car park. The car park at the Club is not only used by both youth and adult rugby teams but also by the many other clubs using the facilities including dancers, musicians and a cow bell […]
In the most recent round of funding from the Coastal Community Fund The Plough Arts Centre received £11,631 towards the total amount required to fund a project to replace lighting equipment within the centre. The existing equipment had become very dated, the lighting desk was large and had started becoming incompatible with visiting shows who […]
Holy Trinity Church Hall in Westward Ho! received £7,000 in the most recent round of funding awards made from the Coastal Community Fund. The fund was awarded to support refurbishments to the church hall. With the hall originally being built in the 1930s it had remained largely untouched except for a kitchen refit which was undertaken […]
