Yelvertoft Wind Farm Fund
February 2024
Crick Community Sports Centre - £19,588
To fund the installation of a Solar PV System
November 2023
Yelvertoft Parish Council - £16,249.03
To support the King George's and Allotment Fields - Soft landscape proposals
Crick Allotment Society Ltd - £3,308
To provide solar and cordless power gardening equipment to members
Crick Woodlands - £1,300
To replace the flail of their tractor to keep the Crick Woodlands accessible
June 2023
Crick Community Sports Centre - £5,500
The grant will be used to improve the playing surfaces of the grass football pitches by purchasing sand dressing
Yelvertoft Pre-School - £2,500
The grant will be used to purchase an Interactive Whiteboard and installing it in their Pre-school room at the Village Hall to support the 'Little Wandle' phonics programme
Crick Scarecrow Festival Committee - £2000
The grant will be used to support the Crick Scarecrow and Music Festival 2023
Yelvertoft Village Hall - £15,588
The grant will be used to instal solar panels to reduce their energy bills
The Crick Old School - £11,710.39
The grant will be used for a heating and insulation upgrade
February 2023
Clubs for Young People Northamptonshire - £6,900
The grant will be used to establish a fortnightly youth club in the Crick area
Crick & West Haddon Scout Group - £5,000
The grant will be used to fund a storage container
Yelvertoft Educational Charity - £13,692
The grant will be used to replace the glazing windows
November 2022
Crick Allotment Society Ltd - £1,500
The grant will be used to fund an allotment water expansion project
Yelvertoft Parish Council - £17,898
The grant will be used to renew an entrance gate and restore a second historic entrance enabling easier access to the allotment field where a new, secure dog exercise area will be provided
Yelvertoft Parish Council - £381
The grant will be used to get a defibrillator
June 2022
Yelvertoft Pre-School - £1,350
The grant will be used to upgrade the old and worn bikes and trike at pre-school with new ones specifically designed for pre-school children that help with early years development
Crick Community Sports Centre - £5,000
The grant will be used to fund sand dressing two football pitches
Yelvertoft Indepenent Chapel - £7,000
The grant will be used to fund essential repairs to the Grade 2 listed community building
Crick Scarecrow Festival Committee - £2,000
The grant will be used to support the Crick Scarecrow and Music Festival
January 2022
Yelvertoft School Association - £7,000
The grant will be used to fund a sensory garden
December 2021
Lilbourne Village Hall - £7,000
The grant will be used to fund vital repairs and enhance to benefit visitors.
Yelvertoft Village Hall Management Committee - £11,708
The grant will be used to fund improvements to the heating sytem nd insulation of the village hall.
Crick Pre-School - £4,500
The grant will be used to improve the school's outside play area.
September 2021
Crick Lions Cricket Club - £7,000
The grant will be used to fund an all weather cricket wicket and to purchase a mobile batting cage.
October 2018
Crick Community Sports Centre - £5,823
The grant will be used to install sports shelters and dugouts.
Friends of Yelvertoft Bridleway - £6,500
The grant will be used to continue resurfacing the bridleway
Yelvertoft Ladies Choir - £2,500
The grant will fund the purchase of new equipment, to employ an accompanist and a musical director and to pay for the hire of a practice venue.
February 2018
Crick Scarecrow Festival Committee - £1,000
The grant will cover the costs of purchasing a 24 channel mixing console for the Crick Music Festival.
January 2018
Yelvertoft Cricket Club - £4,150
The grant will be used to purchase a new gang mower for the Yelvertoft playing field.
The Wheels on Debussy - £12,962
The funding will enable the group to launch a project called Creative Crick, which aims to bring inspiring, exceptional art and cross- generational community experiences to the community of Crick.
Crick Parish Council - £20,000
The grant will support the continued use of the Crick allotment gardens which will enable 50 allotment holders to continue enjoying the allotments and bring fresh produce to their dinner tables.
October 2017
Wriggle Dance Theatre – £7,000 from Yelvertoft Community Wind Farm Fund
The funding will be used to provide a 5-week programme of dance sessions to children from Crick and Yelvertoft Primary schools and devise a performance to be shown to members of the local community.
Friends of Yelvertoft bridleway - £6,500 from Yelvertoft Community Wind Farm Fund
The group will use their grant to resurface the bridleway in Yelvertoft.
September 2017
Crick Athletic Football club - £6,307.1
The club will use their grant to purchase and install a permanent respect barrier to make their football matches safer and to tackle unacceptable behaviour in football.
April 2017
Yelvertoft Bowling Club - £5,000
The club will use their grant to replace their Roll-up machine.
September 2016
Drama in Yelvertoft – £5,565
The grant will be used to install a digital projection facility for the benefit of all residents of the village.
March 2016
Yelvertoft Village Hall Management Committee - £6,250
The grant will be used to renovate the Yelvertoft Village hall.