Ellingham Community Trust

Ellingham Community Trust’s Financial Assistance Scheme continues to help permanent residents of the parish. Click here for the application form.

Trustees have received numerous applications for the Financial Assistance Scheme, here is just one of the responses from a successful applicant.

Please pass on my thanks & appreciation to the Trustees for the recent grant issued to me. I have decided to restart my business & begin working again for the time being (ie we don’t get stopped again), however, the past 6 weeks with no income has left me with a steep hill to climb to get out of debt. Your grant has helped stop the decline and given me a tremendous boost towards overcoming that.

Ellingham Community Trust’s Financial Assistance Scheme continues. Click here for further details and the application form.

If you are considering a change of career, or learning a new skill, take a look at Ellingham Community Trust’s Personal Development Grant Scheme here.

Ellingham Community Trust have launched a Financial Assistance Scheme. Permanent residents can apply for £500. The application form and further information is available here.

Ellingham Community Trust will consider the provision of possible financial assistance for permanent residents of the parish suffering demonstrable hardship through loss of income from the current Covid-19 situation. The grant provides an initial payment of £500, with the possibility of a further payment of £500 depending upon circumstances. Application will be through the completion of a form, and assessed by Trustees. All applications will be dealt with confidentially and on an individual basis.

The latest community update is here. Please be aware of Covid-19 scammers, both physical and digital.

Ellingham Community Trust has been made aware of scams including Nintendo account hacks and fake HMRC communications. Further information is available on the website for North East Regional Special Operations Unit. If you have been affected by a scam please contact Action Fraud.

Latest update is here. In brief, there is an updated list of local contacts and note that there will be a weekly virtual wine and cheese or quiz night on a Sunday at 8pm.

This is the second in a series of updates. This includes local contacts, volunteers obtaining essential items and other useful information.

Please click here to open the update.

We know it’s difficult at the moment. Ellingham Community Trust is developing a range of activities to support members of the parish. We are aware that the national guidance is constantly changing and the Trust will alter this as necessary. 

Click here for further information.

Did you apply for solid fuel in the 2019 scheme? If so, you can buy some extra heat logs.

Ellingham Community Trust has a small number of spare heat log pallets this year. If you would like to purchase half a pallet of heat logs at £100 (cost price to Ellingham Community Trust) please email before 16th Feb.

If Ellingham Community Trust receives more requests than half pallets available, names will be drawn from a hat.

 

Are you planning something new for the winter? A new career? A extra qualification? Another string to your bow?

If so, don’t forget that Ellingham Community Trust has a Personal Development Scheme to help you achieve your goals.

Elllingham Community Trust’s Personal Development Scheme is open to all parishioners. It offers up to £400 to support study, for full time education or a training course at a higher or further education establishment. Costs to attend such courses, equipment required for the course, and uniform not provided by employers can also be applied for. For further information and an application form click here.

The hard wood logs will arrive at the end of the month. As with the heat logs, the hard wood pallets will arrive with local farmers who kindly volunteer their time to distribute to all those who have applied for hard wood logs.

Any queries should be emailed to ellinghamcommunitytrust@gmail.com.