The trustees were delighted to make a donation to replace the Eastbourne Community First Responders defribilator in Hyde Gardens.
To find out more about the important work of the local Eastbourne Community First Responders please visit their website www.eastbourneresponders.co.uk
The trustees were delighted to be able to support the Friends of Eastbourne Seafront with the creation of a childrens cycle track on the old skateboard site near the Sovereign Centre
This is a painted ground level bike track on tarmac that has zebra crossings, roundabouts, bus stops, one-way signs and includes benches for supervising adults, and litter bins.
The Friends of Eastbourne Seafront commented “This is something for children and their families to enjoy!”
For more information on the Friends of Eastbourne Seafront please visit their website www.friendsofeastbourneseafront.org.uk/
The trustess were delighted to be able to support the Sovereign Harbour Community Centre with a grant to install changing facilities.
For more information on the Sovereign Harbour Community Centre please visit their website https://www.sporteastbourne.co.uk/sovereign-harbour-community-centre
The trustees were delighted to support Raystede with a grant towards the creation of an “avian flu-proof” enclosure to keep their geese safe this winter.
Raystede said “You can see from the attached video that the flock are now safely resident in their new home and are not only benefitting from year-round protection from avian flu but also enjoying the large pond which initially they were a bit wary of! We’re satisfied and pleased that their welfare needs are being fully met and can only thank the John Jackson Charitable Trust again for assisting us to make the new enclosure a reality.”
To find out more about Raystede and its work please visit their website www.raystede.org
The trustees were delighted to be able to support Eastbourne Swimming Club with a grant towards to a new laser printer.
Eastbourne Swimming club said “We used the printer at our recent Club Championships. The printer is connected to the Club’s laptop where we run our Meet Manager software and this generates the necessary paperwork to run the Gala. It is also connected to the Sovereign Centre’s Electronic Timing System and the results are printed off after each race for the Referees to check and then again printed off at the end of each event and posted on a wall for the parents to view the overall results.
Once again we thank you for the John Jackson Charitable Trust kind donation.”
To find out more about Eastbourne Swimming Club please visit their website www.eastbournesc.co.uk
The trustees were delighted to be able to help the Asthma Relief Charity with funding for nebulisers. The Respiritory Team at Eastbourne District General Hospital have put them to good use.
To find out more about the Asthma Relief charity please visit their website www.asthmarelief.org.uk
The trustees were delighted to be able support the Eastbourne Allotment and Garden Society in creating raised beds withn the Manor Road Allotment.
Louise Elms the allotment manager said
“Thank you so much for the donation to help us create raised beds on our Manor Road allotment site. These beds have now all been allocated to tenants and are growing well. The beds are for use by those who are unable to manage a traditional allotment, either due to their physical or mental health. One bed has been taken by a lovely man called Steve, who had a traditional plot for many years but his poor health meant he had to give up. He missed the social side of having an allotment so much he took on a raised bed and has become good friends with another raised bed holder. They now take it in turns to water each other’s plants. Another new tenant is a mother and son, Carol and Adam. Carol has mobility issues and Adam has Downs Syndrome. They wouldn’t be able to manage a large plot but love their raised beds. They even chose the colour and painted the new shed that I and a couple of volunteers erected one very hot, sunny July afternoon.”
To find out more about the Eastbourneallotments and Garden Society please visit their website
The trustees were delighted to be able to fund an educational trip for Ocklynge Junior School pupils.
The school reported back
“On Tuesday 28th June a group of budding artists from Ocklynge Junior School visited Berwick Church. During the morning the children sketched the church from the church ground thinking about perspective, then used charcoal as another medium.
We then went behind the church to look at the surrounding landscapes. The children then used watercolours to paint the landscape.
At the end of the morning, the children went into the church and found out all about the beautiful paintings.
We would like to thank JJCT for funding the transport for the trip.“
The trustees were delighted to be able to fund an Interpreptation Board for the Italian Gardens in Meads.
The Friends of Meads Parks and Gardens were grateful for the Interpreation Board which can be seen here.
To find out more about The Friends of Meads Parks and Gardens visit their website www.friendsofmeadsparksandgardens.co.uk
The trustees were delighted to provide a grant to the Family Support Work charity to assist with their work in Eastbourne.
The Family Support Work charity supports vulnerable families and children across Sussex.
To find out more out their work, visit their website www.familysupportwork.org
The trustees were delighted to be able to provide a grant to Hearing Dogs for Deaf People towards their work in supporting hearing dog partnerships throughout Eastbourne.
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People said “it is our aim to see a day where no deaf person feels alone, and it is thanks to the generosity of trusts and foundations such as the John Jackson Charitable Trust we can ensure that our recipients in Eastbourne will continue to receive the support they need to leave loneliness behind and reconnect with life“.
To find out more about their work please visit thier website www.hearingdogs.org.uk
The trustees were delighted to offer the Eastbourne foodbank a grant.
Howard Wardle the Chief Executive said “The grant funding will be used towards the salary for one of our Welfare Benefit Advisors. We have a very small team of advisors who try to assist the 500+ weekly clients who come to foodbank and require financial help. The demand for our assistance is growing and we expect this to increase towards the end of 2022“.
To find out more about the Eastbourne Foodbank please visit their website eastbourne.foodbank.org.uk
The trustees were delighted to be able assist with the costs to the Old Town Hub CIC of renovating the tennis courts.
Old Town Hub CIC is a non-profit community company and it aims to provide and maintain sustainable tennis facilities at Old Town Rec, Longland Road.
To find out more about please visit their facebookk page https://www.facebook.com/OldTownHub
The trustees were delighted to be able to support the Eastbourne Street Pastors with a donation towards the ongoing costs of the Safe Space vehicle.
Comprising a team of over 50 volunteers from 18 churches they go out on the Streets of Eastbourne on a Friday and Saturday night from 10pm until 3am and make themselves available to those who need some help.
You can find out more about the Safe Space vehicle by clicking here
Additional information about their work can be found on their website www.streetpastrors.org/location/eastbourne
The trustees were delighted to be able to support the Enthum Foundation with a donation.
The Enthum Foundation provides safe and sustainable homes for unaccompanied children aged 16-18 seeking asylum in the UK.
To find out more please visit their website www.enthumfoundation.org
The trustees were delighted to be able to support the Wayfinder Woman Trust with a donation.
Run by women, for women they help those who are feeling anxious and uncertain about themselves or their future. By building their self confidence and skills they then are able to challenge any barriers that face them in finding a better life.
To find out more please visit their website www.wayfinderwoman.comT
The trustees were delighted to be able to assist with a grant to upgrade the disabled failicites at the Willingdon Community Hub Library.
The trustees were delighted to be able to help Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare to buy some essential new equipment.
The Raystede Vet Dr Saskia Krawczynski said “thank you very much for your very generous grant that has enabled us to purchase new theatre lights and x-ray equipment. The light has made a huge difference when I perform sterile procedures in the theatre, such as bitch spays, eye operations and other surgical procedures. The former light was very poor, making it difficult to see what I am doing. . I am very grateful for the money being provided for this purchase, and this is an item I have asked to be bought for a long time. It makes all the difference to performing operations on all sort of species, from cats over dogs to rabbits, rats, small exotics and ultimately to deliver good animal welfare through surgical intervention”.
To find out more about Raystede and its work please visit their website www.raystede.org
The trustees were delighted to fund a coach to take pupils from Ocklynge School on an educational trip to Berwick Church and the surrounding area.
The trustees were delighted to be able to support this project by ‘Community Stuff’ assisting vulnerable local residents during the Covid-19 outbreak.
Clare Hackney-Ring – Director of Community Stuff CIC told us
“Community Stuff would like to thank the John Jackson Charitable Trust for the funding allotted to our Soup and Support project. We were able to deliver homemade soup and a roll plus extra support to 55 vulnerable Eastbourne residents 3 days a week this year. They all received an activity pack every Wednesday .
We also supported 15 of these vulnerable residents to get both vaccinations , as part of our support, taking them there and back again as well as being with them for the vaccinations, so it has truly made a great difference to them all in so many ways.”
If you would like to find out more about the work and projects or Community Stuff CIC please visit their website www.communitystuff.org.uk
The trustees were delighted to support the Wilder Life Wellbeing CIC with a further grant to fund the Family Nature Connection days for ISEND families (families with a child with special educational needs and/or a disability).
Helen Stringfellow and Penny Hotchkin of Wilder Lifer Wellbeing reported
“We are delighted to share with you that with the support of the John Jackson Charitable Trust, Wilder Life Wellbeing CIC was able to offer the precious opportunity for ISEND families to spend a day in the stunning Herstmonceux Castle Woods. This was to experience a range of natural crafts, bush craft and nature connection activities together as a family and to have the opportunity to spend time outside and immersed in nature in the warmer Spring weather, something they are rarely able to do. The funding enabled us to offer sessions for individual family bubbles, making them COVID safe and allowing us to follow government guidelines.”
For more information about the work of Wilder Life Wellbeing CIC please visit their website www.wilderlifewellbeing.com
The trustees were delighted to be able to support the St Wilfrid’s Hospice, Learning Disability Project.
St Wilfred’s Hospice reported
“The hospice has been particularly busy in the last year and at the height of the pandemic our patient numbers were up 18%. We have continued to care for patients with Covid-19 until very recently and have procedures in place to care for further people with the illness if needed. We were delighted to receive £1,500 from the trust last year towards our Learning Disability Project. We are happy to update that this project began in February (after a slight delay due to Covid) with the recruitment of a Learning Disability Specialist Nurse. She has been working hard getting the project up and running and providing training for staff to ensure that patients and family members with learning disabilities receive the best care.”
To find out more about St Wilfrid’s Hospice click here.
The trustees were delighted to be able to assist the local charity People Matter to continue offering its services to people trying to find employment during the Covid-19 pandemic,
Ann Gillard CEO of People Matter said:
“Along with many charities and businesses, we moved to remote working in the middle of March 2020, because of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. A small team of advisers and support staff immediately began to work from home, initially using their own personal laptops and mobile phones, to support clients by telephone and email.
We very quickly saw a substantial increase in enquiries across all sectors but particularly from people in the local hospitality and tourism sectors, industries that have been hardest hit locally by furlough and redundancies. We sought funding to help us to service the growing demand in client numbers and the increasing workflow caused by remote working, alongside the need for increased digital security.
We are delighted that funding from The John Jackson Charitable Trust enabled us to service that demand and meet the continuing trend.”
To find out more about the work of People Matter please visit their website.
The trustees were delighted to be able to help a local community centre, Community Wise in Old Town with the funds to repair and renew their emergency lighting.
Community Wise said
” We are most grateful to the John Jackson Charitable Trust for their grant which has enabled this necessary work to take place while we are closed due to lockdown. The work was carried out efficiently and expertly by a most obliging and helpful local business. We are now ready to re-open our doors within the Government guidelines on Monday 12th April and restart our work in enabling and supporting community life in Eastbourne.”
To find out more about Community Wise please visit their website.
The trustess were delighted to be able to fund 24 new laptops for the school.
The trustees were delighted to support Chestnut Tree House Children’s Hospice Care.
Chestnut Tree House reported:
“More than ever before, the community services supported by the John Jackson Charitable Trust have been welcomed and appreciated by our vulnerable children and their families in the Eastbourne area.”
“Thanks to the ongoing support of the John Jackson Charitable Trust, we have been able to continue making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people in the Eastbourne area, even during these unprecedented times.”
To read the full report from Chestnut Tree House click here
To find out more out the work and how to support Chestnut Tree House click he
The trustees are delighted to have been able to fund two Family Nature Connection days for ISEND (Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability Service) families, including siblings. The two days funded 6 sessions for 6 ISEND family bubbles.
Wilder Life Wellbeing CIC was able to offer the ISEND families the precious opportunity to spend a day in the stunning Herstmonceux Castle Woods. This was to experience a range of natural crafts and bushcraft style activities together as a family and to have the opportunity to spend time outside and immersed in nature, something they had not been able to do (many of the families had been shielding for 4 months).
For more information about the work of Wilder Life Wellbeing CIC please visit their website www.wilderlifewellbeing.com
The trustees were delighted to be able to help St Michaels – Hub on the Hill with new and energy efficient electric radiators for their community centre building.
In the grounds of St. Michael’s Church, Willingdon Road, Eastbourne, the Hub on the Hill has recently been refurbished. The Hub has a large private secluded lawn area, suitable for picnics, bouncy castles & outdoor fun! as well as a large hall with a serving kitchen and disabled & baby changing facilities.
For more information on the Hub on the Hill please click this link
The trustees were delighted to be able to support the Willingdon Community Hub Library with funding to replace the front top windows, the facia and the front doors.
For more information on the Willingdon Community Hub Library please visit their website.
The trustees were delight to be able to provide funding for up to 20 supporting a “healthy exercise programme” for 12 months.
Amaze is a charity for families with disabled children and young people in Sussex
To find out more about Amaze and the work they do please visit their website www.amazesussex.org.uk
