Supporting Charities across Sussex Weald

Charities

Our charities are playing a crucial role in our communities, supporting those who are most in need. In a year of unprecedented disruption, we relied upon our charities more than ever. I'm the patron of Hospice in the Weald and have previously worked with many local charities, including the following organisations:

I am also working in partnership with Rotherfield St Martin charity and Wealden Dementia Action Alliance to raise awareness about dementia and leading the way in making our communities dementia friendly. I have proudly signed up to the Dementia Charter and I hope many businesses and organisations will follow suit.

🎗️Securing funding for our charities

Sixteen charities in Wealden received funding from the £200m Coronavirus Community Support Fund in November 2020, totalling £237,956. The funding is aimed at supporting those who need to continue providing their services as part of the national coronavirus response.

Recipients of the grant are:

  • ENGage
  • The Sussex Association For Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
  • East Sussex Association of Blind and Partially Sighted People
  • Children's Respite Trust
  • Hailsham Festival of Arts & Culture
  • Mayfield & Five Ashes Community Services (MAFACS)
  • Mediation+
  • Outward Housing
  • Singing Mamas Choir CIC
  • The KEYS Project
  • Uckfield Volunteer Centre
  • Rites for Girls CIC
  • The Sandcastle Trust
  • Rotherfield St Martin
  • Eastbourne Bird Aid CIO
  • The Bowles Rocks Trust Ltd

News

Nusrat Ghani MP celebrates Mayfield volunteers

Nusrat Ghani, MP for Wealden, joined the MAYFACS Community Open Morning to meet its Trustees, celebrate local volunteers and hear about all the activities taking place in Mayfield and Five Ashes. MAYFACS is community-based support service for the residents of Mayfield and Five Ashes and the surroun

Nusrat Ghani MP meets with Sense UK charity

Nusrat Ghani, MP for Wealden, has met with representatives from Sense UK charity at the Conservative party Conference in Birmingham to discuss their work in Wealden and cross the country. Sense, is the national disability charity with key belief that everyone should be able to take part in life, no

Nusrat Ghani MP meets with Alzheimer's Society

Nusrat Ghani, MP for Wealden, has met with representatives from Alzheimer's Society at the Conservative party Conference in Birmingham to discuss social care, support for people with dementia and support for carers across Wealden who look after loved one’s suffering from Alzheimer’s. Nusrat ha

Nusrat Ghani MP meets with Cancer Research UK

Nusrat Ghani, MP for Wealden, has met with representatives from Cancer Research UK at the Conservative party Conference in Birmingham. Smoking is still the biggest cause of cancer and death in the UK. It continues to pull our most disadvantaged communities further into poverty by costing

Nusrat Ghani supports Uckfield Men's Shed

Nusrat Ghani, MP for Wealden, has visited Uckfield Men’s Shed to meet some of its members and learn more about their work and projects in the community. Men’s Sheds (or Sheds) are a nationwide organisation that aim to tackle social isolation of men, especially those who have retired, by providing a

Nusrat Ghani meets with The Menopause School

Nusrat Ghani, MP for Wealden, has met with Wealden resident and The Menopause School Representative Sally Kitchen, to learn more about their work and projects. It is estimated that there are around 13 million women who are currently perimenopausal or menopausal in the UK.