Recent recipients

To December 2020, The Geoffrey Watling Charity has distributed £8,276,655 across a total of 1,554 grants.

Recipients of grants approved in the past 6 months include:

• 2nd Dereham (Toftwood) Scout Group   Upgrade the Scouthaven WCs, showers and kitchen for community use
• 45th St Cuthbert's Scout Group   To replace the ride on mower & improvements to the site and toilet block
• ACCESS - supporting migrants in East Anglia   Grant assistance during the Covid-19 pandemic to provide service delivery
• Asthma Relief   To provide needed Asthma nebulisers throughout Norfolk and Waveney
• Aylsham & District Care Trust   To continue the essential Community Response service to those in need
• Billingford Parochial Church Council   Works to retile part of St Leonard church roof to combat dampness
• Connects & Co   Core costs for a Young Carers Project Worker to support young carers
• Dersingham Parish Council   The provision of a concrete skatepark in the Dersingham Recreation Ground
• Elsing PCC   Urgent Church window repairs to buckled windows in danger of falling out
• Home-Start - Norfolk   Donation agreed by the Trustees in December 2020
• Matthew Project   Donation pledge for the Big Give Christmas Challenge - December 2020
• Museum of the Broads Trust   Preserve the Museum's collections and create a new display area.
• Nancy Oldfield Trust   To purchase a new Dad's Pedal Boat for small group social distancing
• National Centre for Writing   City of Literature for Young People Programme
• Norfolk & Norwich Festival Trust   The Lost and Found Films of Norfolk project for disadvantaged young people
• Norfolk & Waveney Foodbanks   8 Seasonal donations agreed by Trustees in December 2020
• North Walsham Vikings Swimming Club   To facilitate the teaching of swimming and train for competitions
• Norwich Cathedral   Bursaries for Boy and Girl Choristers at Norwich Cathedral
• Norwich Open Christmas   Seasonal donation agreed by the Trustees in December 2020
• Rural Coffee Caravan   Reaching out to 3 remote villages in the Waveney Area to reduce loneliness
• Salvation Army Norwich Citadel   Seasonal Donation agreed by the Trustees in December 2020
• Shouldham Community Orchard Group   To plant 40 native fruit trees and fence them in the community orchard
• Silver Road Community Centre   Seasonal donation agreed by the Trustees in December 2020
• St Elizabeth Hospice Suffolk   Additional Clinical Nurse Specialist at Beccles Hospital
• St Lawrence Church Harpley   To restore the fabric of the church to expand its presence in the community
• St Margaret's Church Fleggburgh   External self composting toilet near the church with mains water connection
• St Martins   Seasonal donation agreed by the trustees in December 2020
• St Peter and St Pauls Church Brockdish   Repairing the stained glass windows and the interior Chancel wall
• Suffolk Wildlife Trust   To create Scrapes and Foot Drains at Carlton Marshes for wading birds
• Supporting Wounded Veterans Ltd   Employment programme offering a bespoke service to 4 Norfolk Veterans.
• The Benjamin Foundation   Two Watton Youth Groups to tackle loneliness and improve mental health
• The Country Trust   Food Discovery Programme for School Children in Norwich
• The Excelsior Trust   Survival costs to keep the Excelsior ready to sail and to be experienced
• The Pear Tree Fund   Funds towards the free self referral Counselling Services
• Volunteering Matters   Match and Mentor project transport costs, gardening and DIY tools
• Woodton All Saints PCC   Urgent minor repairs to All Saints church Woodton
• YESU   Project leader and youth worker salary costs for twelve weeks
• Acle Parochial Church Council  To replace the thatch on the northside of St Edmunds Church, Acle
• All Saints Church Mendham  To build an external toilet extension to All Saints church, Mendham
• Assist Trust  Ongoing running costs for the Independence Support Scheme
• Attleborough Health, Care & Well-being Trust  Research project to establish the Attleborough health and social care needs
• Barnham Broom and Upper Yare Benefice  To make Runhall All Saints water-tight, tackle cracking and drainage issues
• Bungay Honeypot Centre Ltd  To provide fittings and furnishings for the new community centre
• Cancer Campaign in Suffolk  To deliver ten workshops on cancer awareness for an early diagnosis
• Childhood First - Institute Integrated Systemic Therapy  Replace septic tank and resurfacing of the Merrywood House driveway
• Food Cycle  To provide regular three course meals to Norwich people in need
• Forward Day Centre Ltd  To create quiet rooms, a sensory area and an accessible toilet
• Norfolk Accident Rescue Service  Grant due to Covid-19 to support operational costs for medical needs
• Norwich International Youth Project  Sailing day on Coastal Exploration whelk boat to build young people's resilience
• Rollesby Village Hall  Re-roofing and modernising the village hall to increase its versatility
• Saxlingham Nethergate Village Hall  Re-ridging the unique and special village hall thatched roof
• SeaChange Trust - SeaChange Arts  Capital works to the Drill House to build social enterprise activity
• St George's Church Gooderstone  To replace lead sheets stolen from the Church roof
• St Mary's Church Tittleshall PCC  Repairs to nave floor, pews and improving the church heating system
• St Michael & All Angels Ruin Trust  Feasibility study to apply to funders to enhance this community facility
• Student Life  Mental Health Ambassador training course for 12 young people
• Surrey Chapel  To maintain the work of debt counselling and job club to relieve poverty
• Ted Ellis Trust  To replace 170 metres of Boardwalk at Wheatfen Nature Reserve SSSI
• The Common Lot  How's Your Father? creating a theatre show about men's lives as fathers
• The Norfolk Charitable Trust (& The Wheelyboat Trust)  A V20 Wheelyboat to provide disabled people with access to the Norfolk sea
• The Norwich Diocesan Board of Finance Limited  Filling the Gap - food hampers for 100 vulnerable families for 6 weeks