There is no definition on the DCMS lottery grants database of village halls. Information on the database records that the following organisations in Braintree constituency benefited from these lottery grants related to buildings with shared community use in the relevant years:
Organisation Lottery grant (£) 2005 White Colne Village Hall Management Committee 3,228 Stisted Village Hall 4,280 Rayne Village Hall and Public Playing Fields 63,023 2006 White Colne Village Hall Management Committee 1,770 Earls Colne Parish Council 2,865 Great Bardfield Town Hall Management Committee 9,932
There are no grants recorded as meeting these criteria in 1997 or 2007. The Department's lottery grants database is searchable at www.lottery.culture.gov.uk and uses information supplied by the lottery distributors.
The Community Fund has awarded 48 grants with a total award value of £2,292,497 to the Braintree constituency. The Community Fund merged with the New Opportunities Fund to become the Big Lottery Fund in June 2004. The Big Lottery Fund became fully functional on 1 December 2006.
Details of individual grants awarded by the Community Fund are listed in the table.
Recipient Award date Award amount First Stop Centre 19 December 1995 54,756 Foley House Trust 19 December 1995 250,000 Halstead Day Centre 17 December 1996 314,750 Tabor Centre For Physically Handicapped Adults 17 December 1996 41,092 Great Bardfield Pre School 18 September 1997 123,206 Witham Citizen Advocacy 30 September 1998 7,583 Feering Good Companions Club 27 October 1998 3,092 Braintee Physically Handicapped Club 7 January 1999 1,500 Essex Coalition of Disabled People 3 March 1999 177,682 The Gower Trust 4 March 1999 578 1st Witham Guides Company 20 April 1999 3,160 Kelvedon Good Companions Club 29 April 1999 3,000 Wethersfield Village Hall 29 April 1999 4,500 Finchingfield Almshouse Trust 29 April 1999 5,000 Blackmore End Village Hall 29 April 1999 5,000 Braintree Friday Circle Over 60's Club 18 August 1999 1,000 1st Finchingfield Scout Group 20 October 1999 4,925 Braintree and Uttlesford District Special Needs Playscheme 25 November 1999 4,765 4th Braintree Scout Group 10 December 1999 3,678 Kelvedon Community Association 9 February 2000 5,000 Kelvedon Good Companions Club 12 April 2000 1,000 3rd Bocking Guides 12 April 2000 1,320 Braintee Physically Handicapped Club 14 June 2000 1,500 Braintree and District Social Club for the Blind 14 June 2000 1,560 Arthritis Care—Braintree Branch 14 June 2000 1,320 Braintree District Voluntary Support Agency (BDVSA) 4 July 2000 209,015 Great Bardfield Pre-School 19 October 2000 2,600 Great Bardfield Town Hall Management Committee 19 October 2000 2,500 Tabor Centre For Physically Handicapped Adults 1 March 2001 462,825 Kelvedon Good Companions Club 8 June 2001 750 Braintree Friday Circle Over 60's Club 8 June 2001 710 158 Braintree and District Air Training Corps 25 July 2001 1,505 Rayne Village Hall and Public Playing Fields 26 July 2001 17,500 Essex Coalition of Disabled People 5 December 2001 16,583 Feering Good Companions Club 21 January 2002 897 Braintee Physically Handicapped Club 20 March 2002 2,000 Braintree and District Social Club for the Blind 20 March 2002 2,091 Essex Coalition of Disabled People 23 May 2002 200,717 Braintree and District Citizens Advice Bureau 24 May 2002 72,678 Shalford Village Hall 18 July 2002 33,565 Feering Good Companions Club 26 September 2002 6,570 Braintree and Bocking Community Association 1 August 2003 18,095 Tabor Centre 12 August 2004 17,067 Witham Citizen Advocacy 6 October 2004 44,693 Tabor Centre 9 December 2004 18,000 Braintree, Halstead and Witham Citizens Advice Bureau 9 December 2004 52,556 Witham Housing Association 8 June 2005 25,590 Rayne Village Hall and Public Playing Fields 14 December 2005 63,023
The information is location specific. That is the list includes only grants that are specific to locations in the constituency and excludes grants that might have gone to addresses in the constituency, to headquarters offices for example, but are not otherwise related to it. The Department's Lottery Grants Database is searchable at:
www.lottery.culture.gov.uk
and uses information supplied by the lottery distributors.