The application process in the Staffordshire Moorlands

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BN1

Biddulph District Guides has 165 members aged between 5 and 14, 11 young leaders and 22 adult members all meeting in their own units.  They would like to meet as a District during November and are asking for cash to hold a Christmas craft workshop.

BN2

Biddulph Youth Theatre Experience wants to stage a pantomime at the end of January 2009 that will involve 40 young people.  They are asking for cash towards the production costs.

BN3

Home-Start offers a unique service, recruiting and training parent volunteers to visit families with at least one child under five.  Referrals for the scheme from the Biddulph area are closed because of a lack of funds.  A grant would help fund six months work in the Biddulph area.

BN4

Oxhey First School have a two phase project to set up an outdoor learning environment and grow vegetables.  Funding for phase one of the project is to provide free standing planters, a greenhouse, tables, tools, books and vegetable seeds.

BN5

Knypersley Cricket Club wants funding to buy a new lawnmower to cut and prepare their cricket wickets on the square.  They have junior teams from under 9's to under 17's and four senior teams.  They also have a new girls/ladies team.

BN6

St. Lawrence Church Pre-school plans to build a safe play and garden area at the rear of the Church Hall.  They need cash towards grassing and fencing the area to make it safe for the toddler and youth groups using the hall on a regular basis.

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BN7

Biddulph Moor Evergreen Club are a group of people aged 60 - 92 who has 85 members.  They are asking for cash to give their members a harvest tea and Christmas Party with entertainment.

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BN8

St. Lawrence Church runs a week long Summer children's holiday club called Vibes for 140 local children ages 4 - 13. They want to expand this work and offer additional events starting with an alternative to Halloween. They need cash towards setting up.

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BN9

Biddulph Citizens' Advice Bureau uses IT and Internet based systems as a resource for gathering information, welfare benefit calculation and for recording client details.  They need cash to buy a laptop, Microsoft Office 2007 software and licenses which would  improve efficiency.

BN10

Biddulph in Bloom are going to lose all their storage space in February 2009.  They need cash to buy a large garden shed which will be erected in a locked compound to store tools and equipment.

BN11

Biddulph Moor Parish Church needs cash to buy a double electric oven with a separate hob to replace the cooker that hasn't worked for two years.  The hall is used by guides, brownies, rainbows and for funeral teas, church social activities and a breakfast club.

BN12

Biddulph Moor Village Hall wants cash to buy 45 new chairs.  Their current chairs are old and need replacing.

BN13

Park Lane Allotments has very poor access which means that all materials have to be brought onto the allotments by hand.  There is a path going across the allotments which is in need of repair.  They want cash to remove the waste and infill the path.

BN14

The Victoria Centre provides meeting rooms for voluntary and community groups.  They provide a range of office facilities to users which include a computer, printer and photocopier.  They want cash to replace their laserjet printer.

BN15

Woodhouse Middle School wants cash to create a wildlife area at the school.  There is a large overgrown wooded area and pond.  They are planning to rejuvenate the area for use as a resource to support the curriculum and directly benefit the community and environment.

BN16

Brown Lees Residents' Association are trying to raise their profile in the community. They need cash towards administration costs, hire of a meeting room, a noticeboard, village signs, fundraising events and village plantings.

BN17

Biddulph Park Residents' Association wants to adopt a BT telephone kiosk on the corner of Biddulph Park Road and Newtown Road.  The box would be adopted to preserve the general appearance of the area and be used to provide an information point for travellers and local residents.