Sevenoaks Day Nursery was awarded a grant of £100,000 earlier this year towards the cost of rebuilding our nursery. The grant came from Sevenoaks District Council’s Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), which is a sort of tax collected from companies that are undertaking building projects in the District.
A lot of preparation went into our bid for this pot of money. We had to have the support of local Town and District Councillors, prepare a detailed bid showing the social and economic impact that the nursery has on our community and also a detailed financial report for the District Council’s Board. Hugh Kirby and Janet Davies, two of the Nursery’s trustees, presented to the Board, along with Councillor Merilyn Canet, a great supporter of the Nursery.
Many other projects were rejected along the way, and a number that reached the Board’s deliberations only received a percentage of the money they’d requested. So we were very pleased and relieved to received the full amount that we’d bid for.
Another step closer….
