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 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.

Nusrat Ghani meets Headway Sussex charity representatives

Nusrat Ghani, MP for Wealden has met with Headway Sussex Trustee and Wealden resident Michele Fleming, to learn more about the charity’s work in East Sussex. Every 90 seconds someone is admitted to hospital with an acquired brain injury.

Wealden MP visits Horam Day Club

Nusrat Ghani MP and Horam Councillors Susan Stedman and Bob Bowdler with Age We Care Horam Day Club members. Wealden MP Nusrat Ghani, has visited the Age We Care Horam Day Club to meet their members, volunteers and staff and to learn more about the work they do in Wealden.

Nusrat Ghani visits Age We Care Horam Day Club

Nusrat Ghani, MP for Wealden, visited Age We Care Horam Day Club together with Wealden District Councillors for Horam & Punnetts Town, Susan Stedman and Bob Bowdler, to meet their members, volunteers and staff and to learn more about the work they do in Wealden.