Mylander - Issue 89

From inside the community Support Grants As a Community Council, we have discretionary powers to award grants to local groups or organisations. This is for the purposes of bringing a direct benefit to the parish, or its residents, to support them, particularly as they assess the impact of the last 19 months due to Covid 19. Although these cannot be used towards overheads and expenses, we can consider any applications for capital expenditure. Recent successful applications include to Highwoods Country Park based Together We Grow towards a community bus for accessing projects and a container for storage , car park repairs at Myland Parish Hall and play equipment at New Braiswick Park school. Grants can be of any value and are subject to an application process ; the form is available on our website. Applications will be considered by the Committee and applicants are welcome to attend our meetings to make their case. We have available a budget of £5,000 for local Health and Well-being projects and £5,000 for community activities so please contact the Clerk or myself of further information and help with your application. Cllr Alison Jay, Resources, Policy & Strategy Committee Nayland Lodge Nayland Lodge is an 8-bedded mental health rehab unit, looking after people with diagnosed mental illnesses. We are situated on Nayland Road, in the heart of the Myland community. We would love to build stronger links with residents and the community around Nayland Lodge. Situated at the back of the Lodge is a large garden, which is currently overgrown and not used. We think this is a great opportunity to open up the garden to any aspiring gardeners who would like to help turn the garden into a lovely space for our service users, and in turn, give the community a place to have an allotment space and grow vegetables etc. We would welcome any ideas and are excited to start this project before winter really sets in. Any interested persons can call me on 07878285095 for further info. Sarah Reed, Manager 17