Rookery South Community Trust Fund Grants Awarded
The following projects have been supported through the Fund. Grant amounts are shown as the total amount awarded at the time the grant offer was made. All awards made are subject to contract.
2026
Round 1
1st Ampthill Rainbows, Resources for Rainbows Group – £489
Alameda Middle School, Resurfacing School Playground – £10,000
Ampthill & District Choral Society, 80 Years and Beyond – £1,200
Ampthill Army Cadet Detachment, Fieldcraft Kit – £2,389
Ampthill Cultural Events, ACE Creative Art Workshops 26-27 (Ampthill Methodist Church) – £2,640
Bedford Blues Foundation, Tackle Life Primary – Rugby Based Learning/Mentoring – £7,500
Holywell School, The Sustainable SEND Library Project – £620
Link to Change, Choice: SpeakSafe – £6,294
Russell Lower School, Sensory Garden – £10,000
Zonita Community Cinema, Parkside Hall Projector Upgrade – £1,000
2025
Round 2
Ampthill Bowls Club, Ampthill Bowls Club Youth Academy: Phase 1 – £1,647
Ampthill Scout Group, Ampthill Scout Hut Cesspit Replacement Project – £10,000
Autism Bedfordshire, Social Groups for Autistic Adults in Ampthill and Marston Moretaine – £3,000
Boxing Saves Lives CIC, Another Way – £7,620
Full House Theatre, Sensory Adventures – £3,000
Stewartby And Kempston Hardwick Parish Council, Playground Equipment – £5,905
Stewartby Water Sports Club Ltd, Stewartby Water Sports Club Changing Room Refurbishment/Energy Saving Additions – £8,000
Willow Grove Primary School, Waste Management Provision to Improve School and Local Community Environment – £2,358
Round 1
Ampthill Bowls Club, Ampthill Bowls Club Youth Academy: Phase 1 – £1,647
Ampthill Scout Group, Ampthill Scout Hut Cesspit Replacement Project – £10,000
Autism Bedfordshire, Social Groups for Autistic Adults in Ampthill and Marston Moretaine – £3,000
Boxing Saves Lives CIC, Another Way – £7,620
Full House Theatre, Sensory Adventures – £3,000
Stewartby And Kempston Hardwick Parish Council, Playground Equipment – £5,905
Stewartby Water Sports Club Ltd, Stewartby Water Sports Club Changing Room Refurbishment/Energy Saving Additions – £8,000
Willow Grove Primary School, Waste Management Provision to Improve School and Local Community Environment – £2,358
2024
Round 2
5th Ampthill and Woburn (Thriftvale) Scout Group, Grounds Improvement – 9,644
Alameda Middle School, Installation of Solar PV Panels – 10,000
Ampthill & District Preservation Society, Ampthill Past Memories Meet-Ups: Celebrating our Ampthill Interviewees – 1,615
Ampthill Concert Orchestra, Music Library Development – 1,460
Ampthill Town Cricket Club, New Kitchen for the Redeveloped Pavilion Building – 10,000
Bizzy Bees Pre-School CIO, New Outdoor Space – 10,000
Lidlington Parish Council, Lidlington LED Street Lighting Project – 7,000
Maulden Play Group, Funding for Running Costs – 2,020
Music24, Singing Café, Ampthill – 9,500
Parkside Community Hall, Access Door from Kitchen into Main Hall, Resurface Hall Floor – 5,760
Safety Centre (Hazard Alley) Ltd, Safer Environment Project – 9,994
Thermal Drone Support Bedfordshire, A New Drone That Can Search in Poor Weather Conditions – 5,000
Round 1
Ampthill & District Preservation Society, Ampthill Past Memories Project (Phase 2) £1,721
Buddies of Broadmead, Broadmead Lower School Wellbeing Area – £1,356
CHUMS Charity, Delivering Recreational Therapeutic Programmes in Holywell and Wootton Lower Schools – £5,500
Cranfield Parish Church, Security and Energy Saving Door on the Ringing Chamber – £2,500
Greensand Community Methodist Church, Community Garden for Wildlife & Wellbeing – £2,000
Maulden Parish Council, Tree Planting and Verge Wilding – £2,500
Redborne Upper School & Community College, North School Sports Hall Floor Replacement – £10,000
Russell Lower School, Resurfacing of the Foundation Stage Trim Trail and KS1 Playground – £10,000
Stewartby Striders, Club Development – £1,914
Stewartby Sunflowers Toddler Group, Outside Area – £1,599
2023
Round 2
Ampthill & District Choral Society, Purchase of Carols for Choir Books – £809
Ampthill Town Band, Senior Band Training Workshops – £3,420
Ampthill Town Council, Sustainability Plan : Council Offices Solar Panels – £10,000
Autism Bedfordshire, Social Groups for Autistic Adults in Ampthill and Marston Moreteyne – £3,683
Cranfield Parish Council, Broad Green Play Park, Cranfield – £10,000
Round 1
Ampthill Scout Group, Scout Hut Refurbishment Project: Main Hall Floor Replacement – £10,000
Marston Moreteyne Allotment Society, Compostable Toilet for Users of Marston Moreteyne Allotments – £9,851
Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership, Lidlington Youth Engagement (Phase Two) – £10,000
The Wildlife Trust BCN Limited, Cut-Throat Pond, Ampthill: Perimeter Fence – £9,333
2022
Round 2
Ampthill & District Choral Society, Post Pandemic Recovery and Keyboard Purchase – £2,459
Carers in Bedfordshire, Young Carer School Holiday Activities – £2,835
Cranfield Church of England Academy, Forest School Development with Ponds – £3,840
Cranfield Community Centre, Solar Energy Install – £20,000
Forest of Marston Vale Trust, Millennium Country Park Sensory Wildlife Garden – £18,000
Stewartby Water Sports Club (Sailing Section), New Safety Boat and Equipment – £6,379
The Heart of Marston, Marston Moreteyne VC School Forest End Site: Outside Classroom – £5,708
The Jigsaw Club, Replacement of Oldest Ambulance – £28,000
Wootton Rangers Youth Football Club, Goals, Equipment and Storage Solutions – £7,762
Round 1
Ampthill Town Band, Post-COVID Recovery Project – £10,000
Ampthill Town Cricket Club, Pavilion Extension – £19,587
Autism Bedfordshire, Social Groups for Autistic Adults in Ampthill and Marston Moreteyne – £3,599
Houghton Conquest Parish Council, Pavilion Kitchen and Patio Improvement Project – £7,612
Marston Moreteyne Playing Field Committee, Upgrade Facility to Today’s Standard – £8,690
Marston Moreteyne VC School, The Haven (Forest End Site) Sensory Area, Play Area & Nurture Space – £5,000
Millbrook Parish Meeting, Alfred Everitt Playing Field : New Play Equipment – £11,955
St Andrew’s Parish Church (Ampthill), Chapter House Community Upgrade Project – £15,047