Winter Cost of Living Support Scheme

As part of Hart’s Cost of Living response, we are running a second winter support scheme aimed at local agencies providing help and support to individuals and families most in need.

This is in line with our corporate priorities. 

Please see our Cost of Living Support Scheme privacy notice.

Projects supported December 2024

• Yateley and District Lions – provision of Christmas food parcels, hygiene care packages, gifts for the elderly, activities and entertainment for those with dementia, cooking on a budget workshops, reducing food waste initiative, gardening projects / food vouchers during the school holidays.
  Awarded £5,000
   
• Citizens Advice Hart - providing emergency food parcels, poverty packs and printed information leaflets along with financial capability assessments.
  Awarded £4,722
   
• Darby Green Community Hub - extension of community warm space and providing six workshops for women aged 18-30 years from Yateley, Darby Green, Blackwater and surroundings. 
  Awarded £2,800
   
• Fleet Phoenix Open Door Project - providing support, welfare and hygiene products to those most in need.
  Awarded £5,000
   
• Hart Community Garden (Hart Voluntary Action) - providing a social and wellbeing space over the winter months to help people look after their mental health and wellbeing.
  Awarded £4,500
   
• Junction 5, Hook - budgeting and money management support to enable clients to make long-term changes to their spending habits and stay out of debt to ease the pressures of the cost of living over the winter months and beyond.
  Awarded £2,750
   
• St Mary’s Church, Eversley - build a recognised centre that nurtures and promotes the community by offering a safe, welcoming environment.
  Awarded £2,443.75
   
• St Peter’s Church Youth Cafe - providing a safe and warm space for young people to meet and receive support.
  Awarded £450
   
• The Friendship Group, Heckfield - providing a safe space to address isolation and improve wellbeing while supporting individuals with support from external agencies.
  Awarded £1,500
   
• Yateley Industries - extension of the warm space and community café, providing subsidised food and drink to pantry members over the winter months to ensure they have access to hot food and drink, and reduce isolation.
  Awarded £3,500

Scoring criteria

• impact – demonstrating how well the funding requested will be used to achieve the greatest outcomes. To also assess if expenditure is realistic for project size and location.
• benefit to the community – demonstrating increased standards of living and wellbeing for residents in the district.
• target demographic recipients - demonstrating the need within the Hart community and how funds will be used to benefit our residents

Projects supported from previous funding

The successful projects from the first funding round were:

• Young Carers
  'Cook & Eat' programme.  A project offering sessions in Hook and Farnborough for carers living across Hart.
  Awarded £3,697
   
• Fleet Phoenix Open Door Project
  A project providing help to residents in need of food, hygiene products, shoes, clothing and other day-to-day living support. Awarded £5,000
   
• Christians Against Poverty
  'Cook well for less'. A project for adults to learn essential life skills in a group, including how to cook nutritious, inexpensive meals. Runs in Fleet and Church Crookham.
  Awarded £1,000
   
• Yateley Industries
  Community pantry and warm space service. To ensure regular supplies for the constantly growing demand for support the pantry receives. 
  Awarded £5,000
   
• Darby Green Centre / St Barnabus Church
  Funding to provide equipment, complimentary drinks and supplies for their community hub. This also has other agencies attending to provide wellbeing support to the residents of Yateley, Blackwater and beyond.
  Awarded £1,400
   
• Over 55s Forum (Hartley Wintney)
  Funding to support social events. The Forum helps people remain independent in their own homes and provides opportunities for social contact.
  Awarded £1,000
   
• Hartley Wintney Women’s Institute
  A new cooker for the WI and other community groups to use.
  Awarded £1,000