Larkfleet Homes makes a splash at Eye School

One thing we pride ourselves on at Larkfleet Homes is helping the communities where we have new housing developments. When we heard that Eye Church of England Primary School, in the village of Eye, near Peterborough, was refurbishing its swimming pool we stepped in to help.

Not stepped into the pool - just the fundraising. To get the school on its way with the project we donated £5,000.

Head teacher Jason Webster said the school was very grateful for the grant from the Larkfleet Community Fund.

“We have had a pool at the school for some time, but it is now starting to look tired.

“It is the school’s intention to get more closely involved in the community – for example we currently provide facilities for Eye Juniors Football Team and Eye Amateur Pantomime Society. Opening the pool to community users on evenings, weekends and holidays is part of that process.

“We need to renovate the pool to fulfil that ambition. We are close to reaching our target of £47,000 thanks to the donation from the Larkfleet Community Fund. Work on the refurbishment is due to begin in January and will take about six weeks to complete.”

The donation is the first major grant from our Larkfleet Community Fund, managed by the Cambridgeshire Community Foundation, since it was recently reorganised.

The Larkfleet Community Fund was established in 2013 to support the integration of our housing developments within their local setting and help to create sustainable communities. It offered easily accessible cash to support local charitable projects.

Each housing development had its own ‘pot’ of money within the overall fund and the process of receiving applications and making grants was handed over to an independent local community foundation.

We have now decided to change the way in which we operate and administer the fund. There is now a single central fund which will make grants to any community organisation or charitable cause that operates close to a current Larkfleet Homes or Allison Homes development.

The new arrangements will help us to administer and give out grants more quickly and across a wider area, directly benefiting more worthy causes and local people.

If you have a community project or good cause that you think could benefit from our Larkfleet Community Fund, please get in touch.

Our photo shows Larkfleet director Mark Mann (left) handing over our cheque at the school.