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Application Ref: 229/JWAAC 230/JDAC (office use only) You must complete all sections of the form and provide all requested documentation for your application to be accepted. Which County Local Committee are you applying to: Joint Western Committee and Joint Downland Committee Name of Organisation: Sussex Community Rail Partnership Charity/Company Number (if applicable): 6731176 Project Title: Bognor Regis and Barnham 150th Anniversary celebrations 1. Please provide a brief description of your organisation, including numbers of local volunteers and paid staff Sussex Community Rail Partnership works with the local community and partner organisations to strengthen links between the community and the railway and promote sustainable transport. The organisation has 4 paid staff and 8 volunteers. The organisation works on 5 lines in total across Sussex. The Bognor and Barnham line, which is the focus of the 150th celebrations is on the Arun Valley Line. 2. Please provide a brief description of the project for which you are applying for funding (including why it is needed and who will benefit) 1st June 2014 is the 150th anniversary of the opening of Bognor Regis and Barnham line and railway stations. It is an ideal opportunity to promote the value of local railway stations to the community, so they can benefit from the advantages of train travel, and learn how they can access local attractions by train for example South Downs National Park, the towns and attractions along the Arun Valley line as well as towns along the West Coastway. Provide information to the local community about sustainable travel, including the railway, buses, cycling and walking and encouraging them to use the car less, which benefits the environment by reducing pollution and increases fitness and general health of the local population. Sharing the history of the local railway and how it transformed Barnham and Bognor Regis, to raise awareness of the local heritage and the value of the railway. 3. How much money are you applying for: £2576, £1288 from JWAAC and JDAC 4. What is the specific purpose for which the grant will be used? Please see attached budget sheet. 1 Priority is given to applications that are committed to providing match funding 5. Are you asking the committee to fund the total cost of this project? YES NO x If you answered yes to question 5 Please explain why you are unable to contribute or obtain other funding: If you answered no to question 5 How are you raising the rest of the money? Match funding will be provided by Southern in the form of posters in the stations. Bognor Town Council are providing tables and chairs for stall holders at Bognor station and bunting outside Bognor Regis station, and volunteers on the day. We will be applying to Acorp for £1000 costs for additional printing of booklets of poems for the Poems on the Railway project from the schools and other costs that will arise such as marquee hire. 6. The Committee may decide to award only a percentage of the funding that you have requested. Please give details of which elements (if any) of your project that could still be carried out if this happened Amount Given Aspects of the project which could continue 75% Everything but not the musicians 50% The publicity and vintage buses would still continue. The publicity would continue but nothing else. 25% 7. Which of the three objectives does your project specifically support? You can find further information regarding the objectives on page two of the Community Initiative Funding Policy Document 2 This community event will be promoted along the whole length of the Arun Valley line from Three Bridges to Littlehampton, Bognor and Chichester, and from Brighton to Portsmouth and Southampton, as well as in all of the Tourist Information Points. Various places across the whole of West Sussex will be included through the local press and media. This will raise the profile of both Bognor and Barnham and will attract visitors to both towns from the whole of Sussex and further afield Bringing the community together will encompass the Mosaic workshop at Bognor station, which will encourage everyone to contribute to the mosaic on the day, which will be displayed at the station after the event. The involvement of the schools will also greatly contribute to bringing the community together. The community is leading this event through deciding for themselves how they are contributing. Exhibitions promoting local walks and cycle rides as well as the promotion of South Downs National Park encourages protection of the environment through sustainable travel and leisure opportunities. 8. Are any other local groups/organisations involved in your project? If so, please indicate who and the nature of their involvement Barnham Primary School – will be creating a pop up museum and promotional posters and poems. St Philip Howard School - will be doing a media project, interviewing local people involved in the event and from the local community, will be filmed by South Today Schools report. They will also be designing publicity, and contributing poetry to Poetry on the Railway. South Bersted primary school, Bognor will be involved, meeting to be held to decide their contribution Bognor museum will be having a railway exhibition Bognor Town Council will be supporting the event by providing tables and chairs for stall holders, publicity, decorating the outside of the station with bunting, and volunteer help on the day. Sylvia Endecott – local history project for Bognor Regis. Derek Wittington – display about local walks and cycle rides around Barnham More community input to be confirmed. 9. Is your local County Councillor supportive of your application? YES x NO HAVEN’T CONTACTED 10. You must attach a copy of your accounts/financial statement to the application. If you are unable to do so, please explain why: Please see attached 11. How will you measure the success of your project? By recording numbers of attendees at various times during the day at both stations Asking attendees to fill in evaluation forms Recording the number of passengers on the vintage buses Asking stall holders how busy they have been Photographic evidence Assessing how busy the trains between Barnham and Bognor Regis are. 3 12. People who work with children or other vulnerable members of society, whether they are volunteers or paid staff, must be vetted to ensure they are suitable to do so Please confirm that all relevant staff and volunteers have received the appropriate Criminal Records Bureau clearance: YES x NO Please provide an explanation as to why any relevant staff and volunteers have not received clearance: 13. Please indicate whether planning permission is required for your project: YES NO x If so, has this been granted? YES NO Awaiting Outcome 14. Document Checklist x Quotes and/or estimates covering all specific elements of the total application sum. x Current Financial Position Statement x Governing document (written constitution, memorandum/articles of association) x Copies of Insurance Documents Children/ Young People/ Vulnerable Adults policy and procedure details (where appropriate) 4 .

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