Community Chest

Rotary Club of Sittingbourne Invicta Awards 13 Community Chest Grants For 2025

The Club has given 13 community organisations in Swale grants of up to £250 each, a total of £3,123 has been distributed. The organisations benefiting from these grants:

Bexon Lane Scout Campsite

The Autism Apprentice CIC

Citizens Advice Swale

Friendly Faces of Kent

Befriending - Swale CVS

Sittingbourne & District Carnival Association

Kemsley Short Mat Bowls Club

Historical Research Group of Sittingbourne

Phoenix ESU Sittingbourne

1st Hornhill Guide and Ranger Unit

Faversham Counselling Service Bridging Minds - The Steps to Strength 

Crossroads Young Carers

The Oaks Infant School PTFA

Rotary Club of Sittingbourne Invicta Community Chest 2025 -  Open for Business Now

The Rotary Club of Sittingbourne Invicta Community Chest 2025 scheme is now open for applications. If you are a local community group or small local charity you can apply for grants to help fund a specific purchase, project, or activity.  

Last year £3,000 was distributed to 12 groups and since it started in 2012 over £47,500 has been donated through the scheme. The maximum Community Chest grant this year will be up to £250 with the opportunity for 12 applications to be approved.

The 2025 scheme will close on 31st March with award presentations to be made in May.

All applications will be considered and decisions taken on merit. We will not exclude groups we have helped in the past. To qualify a group must be based in Sittingbourne or the immediately surrounding area and be a not-for-profit organisation. The scheme is not for commercial organisations or individuals, and you must also have a bank account in the name of your club or group. To obtain an application form contact the Club by emaiil at communitychest@invictarotary.org or download one by Clicking Here.

Rotary Club of Sittingbourne Invicta Awards 12 Community Chest Grants For 2024

The Club has given 12 community organisations in Swale a grant of £250 each, a total of £3,000 has been distributed. The organisations benefiting from these grants:

Child's Vision

The Oaks Infant School PTFA

Swale CVS Befriending Service

Teynham Community Preschool

The Poppy Club

Swale Seniors Forum

Avenue Theatre

Medway Puzzles

MS Swale

Milsted & Fulston Utd FC

Milton Regis Society

Lynsted Community Kitchen Garden

Rotary Club of Sittingbourne Invicta Community Chest 2024 - Open for Business

The Rotary Club of Sittingbourne Invicta Community Chest 2024 scheme is now open for applications. If you are a local community group or small local charity you can apply for grants to help fund a specific purchase, project, or activity. Last year £3,500 was distributed to 14 groups and since it started in 2012 over £44,500 has been donated through the scheme. The maximum Community Chest grant this year will be up to £250 with the opportunity for 12 applications to be approved. The 2024 scheme will close on 31st May with award presentations to be made in June.

All applications will be considered and decisions taken on merit. We will not exclude groups we have helped in the past. To qualify a group must be based in Sittingbourne or the immediate surrounding area and be a not-for-profit organisation. The scheme is not for commercial organisations or individuals and you must also have a bank account in the name of your club or group.

To obtain an application form contact the Club by email at: communitychest@invictarotary.org or download a form by clicking here.

Rotary Club of Sittingbourne Invicta Awards 14 Community Chest Grants For 2023

The Club has given 14 community organisations in Swale a grant of £250 each, a total of £3,500 has been distributed. The organisations benefiting from these grants:

Child's Vision

1st Sittingbourne (S.A.) Scout Group

Swale CVS Befriending Service

The Poppy Club

The Harmony Therapy Trust

Milton Regis Trust

Historical Research Group of Sittingbourne

Parkinson's UK Sittingbourne and Sheppey Branch

Imago Community - Adult and Young Adult Young Carers

1st Milton Regis Scout Group

Sittingbourne Ladies 1sts

Swale Indoor Bowls Club

SATEDA

Swale Cats Protection

Rotary Club of Sittingbourne Invicta 2023 Community Chest: Open for Business Now

The Rotary Club of Sittingbourne Invicta 2023 Community Chest scheme is now open for applications. If you are a local community group or small local charity you can apply for grants to help fund a specific purchase, project or activity.  

Last year £2,991 was distributed to 15 groups and since it started in 2012 over £41,000 has been donated through the scheme. 

The maximum Community Chest grant this year will be up to £250 with the opportunity for 12 applications to be approved.

The 2023 scheme will close on 31st May with award presentations to be made in June.

All applications will be considered and decisions taken on merit. We will not exclude groups we have helped in the past. To qualify a group must be based in Sittingbourne or the immediately surrounding area and be a not-for-profit organisation. The scheme is not for commercial organisations or individuals and you must also have a bank account in the name of your club or group.

To download an application form click on the button below.

2022 Community Chest Awards

Each year the Club invites applications for grants from local organisations. This year the club received applications from 15 organisations. They asked for grants for up to £200. All applications were successful and the Club awarded a total of £2,991.

The organisations which applied were:

Child's Vision

Supporting Children through domestic abuse.

New marketing/advertising literature.

1st Sittingbourne (S.A.) Scout Group

A new 4 person tent - to replace equipment damaged to value of £5K during the pandemic.

Sittingbourne Community First Responders

CFRs are trained by the ambulance service to attend life threatening emergencies.

Training resources, aids and materials, including in particular a "choking" training vest

SATEDA

Accredited domestic abuse service in Swale. 

To pay for a year's mobile phone costs for the Counselling Coordinator who triages these families.

Swale CVS 

Provides support for the voluntary and communiity sector. Also operate a community transport scheme.

To pay for advertising to widen awareness  of the community transport scheme recruit new drivers due to 50% fall in numbers due to pandemic - 

The Poppy Club

Social club for retired and semi-retired (mostly widows on a limited budget). 

To provide an afternoon tea at the August meeting with a 40s theme, which will also be their jubilee celebration

Imago Community - Kent Young Carers

Supports children aged caring for a family member with a disability, long term health condition, mental health or a substance misuse issue. 

Funding to provide a a picnic lunch with themed crafts and games to play for families struggling financially.

Friendly Faces of Kent

To support adults who are isolated and lonely 

To fund Sittingbourne book club project to buy paperbacks and ebooks for house bound members. 

Milton and Fulston Utd FC

Community based football club 

Need to buy clothing to keep the new under 7s team warm and dry in winter - rain jackets and/or tracksuit tops.

4th Milton & Regis (St Mary's) Scout Group

Scout Group with Beavers, Cubs and Scouts (100 young people) 

Recently relocated to new premises and require secure outside storage for the equipment used at weekly meetings.

Companionship at Christmas

Provides a Christmas dinner and companionship for residents in Swale who would  be alone at Christmas

The grant would pay for letters to their clients personally and explain that this year Companionship will be happening, to be printed and sent out, plus gifts for the clients and volunteers that attend.

Swale Gloves Amateur Boxing Club

To help fund a defibrillator to be kept available during sessions.

Swale Pride

Support and champion the LGBTQ+ community of all the Swale area

Towards annual Pride event. Swale Pride running costs i.e. annual accounts filing via accountants support

Sittingbourne Ladies 1sts

Give opportunity for young girls and ladies to play competitive football throughout Kent and London

Grant towards 1st aid kit and supplies and new match balls.

Historical Research Group of Sittingbourne

Champions research into the town's heritage and manages the volunteer stewards in the Heritage Hub in the Forum. 

Would like to again purchase professional Zoom to enable sharing documents/presentations during online meetings and breakout sessions, enabling hybrid meetings for those who wish to remain at home.