Under Section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972, the Parish Council is allowed to make donations to organisations working for the benefit of people living in the village. Generally, the council will consider requests once a year, with requests considered at other times of the year exceptionally. Below is a list of grants awarded in recent years. You can click on most of the organisations below to visit their own website or Facebook page. Please note, not all organisations collect the grants they have been awarded, so the sum alongside the date may not always have been paid out in full.
Grant Aid 2024
4SIGHT Sussex - £385
Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex - £300
Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice Bureau - £100
Arun Counselling Service - £300
Baytree Community Lunch Club - £750
Deco 8 (Manor Road Garage) - £400
East Preston & Kingston Village Hall Foundation - £10,000
East Preston Cricket Club - £850
East Preston Junior School Family Support - £500
East Preston Men in Sheds - £15,000
East Preston Yarnbombers - £375
Friends of Oak Grove College - £254.92
Friends of St Mary the Virgin Church - £190
Home Start Arun, Worthing & Adur - £1,000
South Strand Community Toilets - £255
St Barnabas House - £460
Tyler's Trust - £300
Victim Support Sussex - £200
Vikings Explorer Scout Unit - £200
WADARS - £500
Grant Aid 2023
1st East Preston Scouts - £400
4SIGHT Sussex - £350
Angmering-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club - £10,000 (Greener Buildings Fund)
Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice Bureau - £250
Chichester Diocesan Association (Family Support Work) - £250
East Preston & Kingston Bowls Club - £1,000
East Preston Stoolball Club - £100
East Preston Yarnbombers - £200
Friends of East Preston Infant School - £750
Friends of Oak Grove College - £150
Home Start Arun, Worthing & Adur - £500
Patient Link - £250
St Barnabas House - £350
St Mary the Virgin Church - £175
Tyler's Trust - £200
Victim Support Sussex - £200
WADARS - £500
Grant Aid 2022 - £4,653.79 (to date)
4SIGHT Sussex - £250
East Preston Football Club Juniors - £311
East Preston Men in Sheds - £750
East Preston Sports and Social Club - £750
Friends of East Preston Infant School - £500
Home Start Arun - £500
KEPT - Keep East Preston Tidy - £250
Littlehampton Sea Cadets - £250
St Barnabas House - £350
St Mary the Virgin Church - £342.79
Victim Support Sussex - £200
West Sussex Mediation Service - £200
Grant Aid 2021 - £4,725
1st East Preston Scouts - £248
4SIGHT Sussex - £245
Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex - £300
Arun Community Transport - £175
Fare Divide - Littlehampton Community Fridge - £100
Friends of St Mary's Church - £825
KEPT - Keep East Preston Tidy - £250
St Barnabas House - £350
St Mary the Virgin Church - £250
Victim Support Sussex - £200
Waves Music Therapy - £280
West Sussex Mediation Service - £200
Worthing and District Community Responders - £1302
Grant Aid 2020 - £4,108.75
4SIGHT Sussex - £152
Angmering School Smallholding - £1,720
Arun Basic Essential Transport (ABET) - £250
Arun Community Transport - £350
East Preston & Kingston Village Hall Foundation - £1,195
East Preston Village Branch - Healthy Walks In Arun - £50
St Barnabas House - £341.75
Victim Support Sussex - £200
West Sussex Mediation Service - £200
Grant Aid 2019 - £4,610
4SIGHT Sussex - £180
Alzheimer's Society - £100
Arun Basic Essential Transport (ABET) - £500
East Preston & Kingston Village Hall Foundation - £2,000
East Preston Village Branch - Healthy Walks In Arun - £180
Friends of St Mary's Church - £250
Home Start Arun - £300
KEPT - Keep East Preston Tidy - £200 (not all claimed)
Seventeen Manor Road, Deco 8 - £400
St Barnabas House - £300
Victim Support Sussex - £200
Grant Aid 2018 - £3,100
1st East Preston Scouts - £200
4SIGHT Sussex - £200
Arun Basic Essential Transport (ABET) - £500
Arun & Chichester Citizens' Advice - £100
Baytree Lunch Club - £200
Cruse West Sussex Area - £200
East Preston Conservative Hall - £500
Friends of East Preston Infant School - £200
Home Start Arun - £200
St Barnabas House - £200
Sussex Forest Activities - £200
Victim Support Sussex - £200
West Sussex Mediation Service - £200
Grant Aid 2017 - £2,050
Arun & Chichester Citizens' Advice - £100
Girlguiding East Preston & Angmering District - £200
Home Start Arun - £500
Littlehampton Foodbank - £500
New Beginnings - £100
St Barnabas House - £250
Victim Support Sussex - £200
West Sussex Mediation Service - £200
Grant Aid 2016 - £4,210
1st East Preston Scouts - £310
Arun & Chichester Citizens' Advice - £100
Arun Co-ordinated Community Transport - £500
Baytree Lunch Club - £200
Cruse West Sussex Area - £200
East Preston Cricket Club Colts - £250
East Preston Film Society - £300
Friends of East Preston Junior School - £500
Friends of Langmeads - £500
Littlehampton & District Foodbank - £250
New Beginnings - £100
SENCAT - £500
St Barnabas House - £150
Victim Support Sussex - £150
West Sussex Mediation Service - £200
Grant Aid 2015 - £3,750
Angmering-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club - £250
Arun Co-ordinated Community Transport - £500
Baytree Lunch Club - £250
East Preston Cricket Club Colts - £400
East Preston Twinning Association - £320
Friends of East Preston Infant School - £300
Friends of East Preston Junior School - £500
SENCAT - £300
Victim Support Sussex - £150
Waves Music Therapy - £330
West Sussex Mediation Service - £200