Recent recipients

To January 2025, The Geoffrey Watling Charity has distributed £10,330,280 across a total of 2,032 grants.

Recipients of grants approved in the past 6 months include:

• St Peter's Church, Bramerton  Chancel roof and masonry repairs; replacement of some rainwater goods and below ground drainage.
• SOS Bus Norwich  Funding for the SOS Bus Norwich which has been a vital service in Norwich for over 23 years.
• Total Ensemble  Total Ensemble's outreach workshops provide for young adults from mainstream education and background to learn alongside other young adults from an 'additional needs' context in the Gorleston and Grea
• Open Road West Norfolk Trust  We seek funding towards our construction lessons and the workshop space that they utilise. This course costs £25,928.71 to run
• St Edmunds Parochial Church Council  To carry out extensive restoration and essential repairs to our historic 1857 Holdich organ
• Finnbars Force  Family Support Centre
• Norwich Mens Shed  Relocation and set-up workshop at new premises with improved accessibility and long-term prospects.
• Read for Good  Read for Good's Books and Storytelling Programme at Jenny Lind Children's Hospital, Norwich.
• The Benjamin Foundation  Town Tots Garden Revamp: for children with Special Education Needs and pre-schoolers under 5.
• The Friends of Great Witchingham Primary School  Funding for new playground equipment
• Felmingham Village Hall  Replacement of main community kitchen that was originally installed in the mid 70's.
• The Whitlingham Charitable Trust  Installation of a ground solar array to improve sustainability and reduce energy outgoings.
• Headway Norfolk and Waveney  Specialist rehabilitation and activities bursaries for people with brain injury in financial need.
• All Saints Church Hethel  Replace the timber in the tower to allow safe roof access and bring the bell back into service.
• Weybourne Parish Council  Inspiring Little Imaginations
• Massingham Historical Society  Create and produce a Village Heritage Trail booklet with illustrated historical information.
• Norfolk Camerata  Financial support to assist with concert costs which are normally around 1000.00 GBP above income.
• The Pear Tree Fund  Counselling and complementary therapy for families facing life-changing diagnoses
• ClearCompany CIC  A range of inclusive activities for families and community groups to connect and access support
• The Pulhams Men's Shed  Support Phase 1 of project to provide suitable building to house Men's Shed activities/meetings
• Acle Methodist church  Replacement heating boiler and fan
• Bressingham and Fersfield Village Hall  Existing play equipment has been condemned and needs refurbishing/replacing to reach H&S standards.
• Star Throwers CIO  To provide free cancer support at any stage of a cancer diagnosis.
• 1st Alpington Guiding  Funding towards helping three members attend Girlguiding International Opportunities Events in 2025.
• All Saints Church Sharrington  Funds required to support works in 2024/5 to make church fabric
• Snettisham Memorial Pavilion Fund  Sympathetically restoring our rare and unique pavilion to meet modern standards and requirements.
• Wymondham Baptist Church  Title- Creating a place for everyone- Extending our building for community use
• The Seagull Lowestoft CIC  Heating for upper rooms to allow us to expand our work and be more ecologically sustainable
• Shrublands Youth and Adult Centre Charitable Trust  Shrublands Community Foodclub
• The Autumn Festival of Norfolk 2025 (was Hostry Festival)  We seeking support to enable us to deliver our programme in 2025, with specific focus on our community projects.
• Swardeston Village Hall  safety, access and refurbishment of 1920's village hall to benefit both elderly and young local folk
• ArtatWork CIC  Funding for core funding costs such as insurance, accounting and website maintenance.
• Hall for All  Play Area Refurbishment at Hall for All, Weston Longville
• Access Community Trust  Sunrise Film Festival & Our Creative Futures Programme - Continued support for young people.
• All Saints Toftrees  All Saints Toftrees Restoration
• St Margarets, Herringfleet  St Margaret's East Window appeal
• The Free School Norwich  Transforming our playground into an inclusive, engaging, and fun space for play and socialising.
• Seething & Mundham Village Hall  We are raising funds to replace our village hall roof, it is showing signs of severe deterioration.
• NCH & C Charitable Fund  To provide resources for patients with mental health conditions to deliver enhanced health benefits.
• Sprowston Junior School  Addressing the imbalance in Arts Education.
• The Hygiene Bank  Providing hygiene essentials to community partners in Waveney
• Blind Veterans UK  This project focuses on the provision of specialist equipment for blind veterans living in Norfolk
• Catalyst Counselling CIC  To help cover expenses incurred in the necessary relocation of our business to new premises.
• Norfolk Community Arts  Sistema Norwich orchestral programme, championing the growth of children through music.
• Norfolk Wildlife Trust  Norfolk Wildlife Trust's Sweet Briar Marshes - facilitating access to nature for all.
• Ringstead Parochial Church Council  Funds required for repairs to church roof, guttering and soakaways.
• Suffolk County Football Association  Regeneration of Barnards Meadow Football Centre to a community hub for health & wellbeing.
• Blesma, British Limbless Ex-Servicmens Association  Supporting injured veterans and their widow/widowers in Norfolk.
• Norfolk Museums Development Foundation  This project will promote youth voice & generate organisational change in Norfolk's heritage sector.
• St Peter's Church Billingford  Continue project of restoring church windows
• LITTLELIFTS  Supporting breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy treatment in Norfolk.
• The Forum Trust Ltd  Educational live scientific animal dissection with expert scientists at Norwich Science Festival