Springfields Festival Gardens, Moulton Mill, Long Sutton Cinder Ash Pre-School and Crowland Leisure Centre to receive share of £140k funding

Thirteen groups across South Holland will be getting a share of more than £140,000.

Springfields Festival Gardens, Moulton Windmill and Crowland Leisure Centre are among the groups getting a portion of the £142,305 awarded by the Lincolnshire Community Foundation’s GRASSroots Grants.

The fund, which has been funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Rural England Prosperity Fund, has already awarded grants to more than 150 projects across South & East Lincolnshire since it began in July 2023.

Coun Paul Redgate, portfolio holder for finance at South Holland District Council, said: “I am so pleased that we have been able to support even more projects across the district through this UKSPF funded scheme.

“Throughout this first phase of UKSPF, which began in 2023, we have been able to ensure funding has reached areas of South Holland which, historically, have been left behind, meaning every community has a chance to thrive.

“Having seen the results of the many projects LCF GRASSroots has already supported with grants, I know what can be achieved when such projects are given the helping hand that they need to grow and I’m looking forward to seeing what comes next.”

This latest round of awards has been made possible through efficiency savings realised in the management of current UKSPF/REPF contracts.

Springfields Horticultural Society will get £10,000 to install stronger and taller fencing at the festival gardens in a bid to reduce vandalism, graffiti and damage to the planting along with benches and sculptures.

While Moulton Windmill will be able to buy new windows for this important building along with new heaters and a replacement coffee machine thanks to a £5,840 grant.

Tonic Health will be encouraging more people to get active by purchasing an interactive projector-based exercise system to be used across community facilities in rural South Holland. They received £24,999.

Sutton Bridge Parish Council received £23,373 to refurbish a multi-play unit and seesaw at the village’s Memorial Park while Cinder Ash Pre-School, Long Sutton, has been awarded £22,944 for a septic tank and bathroom works.

Other projects which will be receiving money are:

- Gedney Hill Parish Council will receive £7,882.43 to fund the installation of park benches and football goal posts.

- Moulton Community Association has been given £3,012.50 to fund the replacement of flooring and storage cupboards

- CASL (Citizens Advice Service Lincolnshire – Spalding) will upgrade its IT infrastructure thanks to the £8,685 grant

- Whaplode Village Hall will spend £2,254 for new chairs

- Gedney Hill & District Memorial Hall will purchase and installation of a projector, screen and fixtures after receiving £6,000

- Crowland Leisure Centre is to upgrade and expand the equipment in the gym using the £11,849.63 grant

- Gosberton Youth Club will use £7,172 to install disabled toilets

- Crowland Parish Council will get 20 new bins for the conservation area of Crowland thanks to the £8,294.

The total investment, including match funding, that has been made in parish councils, village halls and small community projects across all communities in South Holland has now exceeded, in total, £1million.