Grants

Venue: APHS STEM SHED!

Meet – every Thursday after school 3-4.30pm during term time

We are an extra-curricular STEM Club — attended after-school by a group of enthusiastic students (from Y5 to Y11) passionate about science, technology, engineering, and maths. Our club focuses on hands-on learning and innovation through real-world engineering challenges, including building and racing electric cars as part of the Greenpower Education Trust project. Through these experiences, our members develop practical technical skills, teamwork, and creativity while exploring potential careers in STEM fields.  

The generous grant from Wells Carnival/Holkham Charitable Foundation was used to cover entry fees for our team to compete at the Greenpower International Final at Goodwood 2025, as well as to help with transport costs to the event. Your support made it possible for our students to take part in this exciting national competition and proudly represent the Wells community on an international stage. 

We would be delighted to welcome volunteers from the Wells community who share an interest in STEM—especially in engineering—to support our projects and mentor our students. Anyone with skills or enthusiasm in design, mechanics, electronics, or general problem-solving would be a valuable addition to our growing team!

To find out more: Mrs Amanda Moffat amoffat5rr6@nsix.org.uk

@MrsMoffatDT

www.aphsSTEM.org

The Carnival grant will help towards the cost of heating/rent/food etc – Providing warm meals – main/veggie/pudding and soup in the winter, to anyone who needs it.

In addition the lunch provides an opportunity for friendly table conversation and fellowship. We have a donation box but there is no pressure on anyone to donate.

We are grateful for all those who volunteer – cooks, kitchen staff, waiting crew & welcomers. Lunches are served In the Gordon Barrett Memorial Hall, Clubbs Lane in Wells – every Monday from 12 noon till 1.30pm.

For further information please contact Joolz Saunders 01328 711085 or email joolz.saunders@inthelight.uk.com

Venue: Mill Road, Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23 1RF

Times: – Open Monday to Friday

Day Care Center for Adults – We are always looking for more volunteers to join our team, whether its driving minibuses, assisting on the minibuses, delivering hot lunches, gardening or companionship…we would love to hear from you! The 2025 grant from Wells Carnival/Holkham Charitable Foundation will go towards a new security system for the Centre.

To find out more please contact: 01328 711333 Jodie Bond or Steve Cheshire

www.heritagehousecare.org.uk

Venue: adj Wells Primary & Nursery School, Polka Road, Wells, NR23 1JG

Times:  Term time, 9am – 3 pm plus holiday clubs

Little Gillies is a charitable Incorporated Organisation and is overseen by a team of Trustees, providing term time childcare from 9am till 3pm for babies & children, aged 3 months until the end of term after their 3rd birthday. In addition, we provide a number of clubs during the holidays.

The 2025 grant from Wells Carnival/Holkham Charitable Foundation will go towards SEN equipment and to help top up our craft supplies cupboard.

We are always in need of assistance at our various fundraising events so if you can spare an hour or two, we would love to hear from you – email: office@littlegillies.co.uk

If you are in need of childcare please contact our manager, Sarah: 07796 336772 or email: manager@littlegillies.co.uk

Open to all local 11-16yrs

The Lounge is a friendly and safe environment, with plenty on offer: pool, table hockey, table tennis, Nintendo Switch gaming and more. Refreshments also available (small charge made).

We also include a few specials, such as film nights (where you choose the films to watch in your own private screenings), participation workshops in arts, crafts and personal wellbeing, and more.

Sessions are supervised and run by Maltings staff and volunteers, together with external workshop leaders, all trained and DBS cleared.

Group sessions run once a week during term time, and schedules can be found on our website www.wellsmaltings.org.uk with details of any special activities planned. Details are also available on display at Wells Maltings, in the centre pages of The Quay magazine, and via our Facebook and Instagram feeds.

If you or someone you know may be interested in joining The Lounge next the Sea, or would just like to come along a take a look, we’d love to meet you. Also, if you are able to give time as a volunteer to help, or have a skill to share with young people that you feel would be of interest to them, contact Lounge project leader Katy Moore katy@wellsmaltings.org.uk 01328 711378. 

We are grateful to those who generously support the Lounge next the Sea project.  In 2025 the grant from Wells Carnival will be used towards the cost of youth workshops

Venue: The Old Cottage Hospital in Wells

Meeting Times:  2pm on the first and third Thursday of the month, except in January and August when we only meet on the third Thursday of the month.  Transport may  be available.

We do lots of different things from listening to speakers and games afternoons to trips out, including for our annual Christmas Lunch.

The group was originally established under the auspices of the Red Cross over 50 years ago before becoming independent of the Red Cross at the beginning of 1975.

The 2025 grant will be spent on speakers for the group (our days out are funded from club funds).

Volunteers: We need a volunteer who can set up a website for us.  We also need one or more people who can help out with the teas and coffees at our meetings.  Also help with events.

Contact details to find out more: Sandra on 07775 424559 or Adrian 07990 026839, or e-mail: sandraphipps28@gmail.com

Venue: Alderman Peel High School and Field Dalling Villager’s Hall

Times: Tuesdays @ Field Dalling & Saxlingham Villagers Hall, Age @ 5-15 6pm, Age @ 16 + 7pm  AND Thursdays @ Alderman Peel High School,  Age 5-9 @ 5.30pm, Age 10-15 @ 6.30pm, Adults @ 7.30pm.

North Norfolk Judo Club is a not-for-profit community club run entirely by volunteers, dedicated to making judo accessible to everyone. Based in North Norfolk, the club welcomes children and adults of all abilities, and backgrounds including Ukrainian refugees and young people experiencing hardship. Through the sport of judo, members build confidence, respect, and resilience in a supportive and inclusive environment.

The club regularly takes part in local events, including the Wells Carnival, and relies on community support to fund essential equipment such as mats and training kits. North Norfolk Judo Club is proud to represent the spirit of teamwork and perseverance that defines our local community.

Our 2025 fundraising, including the grant from Wells Carnival/Holkham Charitable Foundation, will be ploughed into our Mat Fund, helping us to replace worn mats and maintain safe, high-quality facilities for all who train with us. Every penny raised goes directly back into the club — improving safety, supporting our young judoka, and sustaining the inclusive, community-driven ethos that defines North Norfolk Judo Club.  We remain deeply grateful to Wells Carnival, the Holkham Trust, and the wider community for their continued encouragement and support. Your generosity helps us keep judo open, affordable, and thriving in North Norfolk.

We are currently recruiting for a welfare officer, and will shortly be appointing a board of trustees, so we welcome volunteers to contact us if they have time to contribute.

For more information please contact: northnorfolkjudo@gmail.com or 07967418244

https://www.facebook.com/NorthNorfolkJudo/

Rescue Wooden Boats (charity no. 1144180)

Venues: Maritime Heritage Centre  (museum and event room) Greenway, Stiffkey, NR23 1QF

Lucy Lavers, Dunkirk Little Ship and former locally serving 1940 lifeboat giving heritage tours in Wells Harbour from Tugboat Yard, East Quay, Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23 1LD.

Opening Times:  The Maritime Heritage Centre is open between Easter and the end of October on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays between 11am and 4pm, entry free but donations welcomed.  Group visits can be arranged on weekdays.  Lucy Lavers heritage tours operate daily (weather permitting) between Easter and the end of October. (90 minute or 3 hr tours: individual party bookings or whole boat charters) bookable online  www.rescuewoodenboats.com

We are a small volunteer-run and donation-dependent local charity conserving the stories of our North Norfolk coastal maritime heritage of wooden fishing and lifeboats and the communities working with them.  We do this through our museum, through events, especially our annual Maritime Heritage Festival and Flotilla when we gather as many as possible of  the remaining local wooden fishing boats together for celebration and display in Wells-next-the-Sea, our oral history films on our website  – a “virtual museum” and through heritage tours on our flagship restoration project Dunkirk Little Ship and lifeboat Lucy Lavers. We welcome school and group visits to the Maritime Heritage Centre, and invitations to give talks about our work to groups.  Visits to the museum can include a guided viewing of the working boatyard next door,

We would love more volunteers to join our team running our maritime heritage centre, no experience needed.

The 2025 grant from Wells Carnival/Holkham Charitable Foundation will be spent on Lucy Lavers annual maintenance, when we clean, sand, varnish. and paint and repair her as needed.

To find out more: please email info@rescuewoodenboats.com

www.rescuewoodenboats.com 

Facebook page and group rescuewoodenboats

Instagram @rescuewoodenboats X @rescuewoodboats

T.S. Eliza Adams S.C.C.

Venue: Wells Sea Cadets, Alderman Peel High School, Market Lane, NR23 1RB

Times: Junior Sea Cadets 10 – 12 yrs Wednesday 6.45pm – 9pm; Sea Cadets 12 – 17 yrs Wednesday 6.45pm – 9pm and 1 x Saturday or Sunday per month 9.45am – 3pm

Sea Cadets inspires young people to achieve their potential through challenge and nautical adventure guided by the customs and traditions of today’s Royal Navy and having fun at the same time. Wells Sea Cadet Unit is a community Unit open to all young people over 10 yrs of age. We offer a variety activities, both on and off the water, for young people in Wells-next-the-Sea and the surrounding towns and villages.

The 2025 grant from Wells Carnival/Holkham Charitable Foundation is much appreciated and has been used to purchase a portable power bank which will be used in our training support van to provide heat, hot food and drinks whilst boating and during other outdoor adventurous activities.

We are currently recruiting Junior Sea Cadets age 10 to 12 and Sea Cadets (over 12 yrs). Get in touch to find out more and come along for a chat and look round https://www.sea-cadets.org/apply

Are you over 18? We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our dedicated team of volunteer instructors. Sea Cadets promote flexible volunteering so we will always try and work round your availability. Previous military service is advantageous but not essential as training is available. Subjects offered to our Cadets include RYA Sailing and powerboating, Paddle UK paddlesports, Rowing, Catering, engineering, seamanship, Info & communications systems, adventurous training, physical training and much, much more.

If you are over 18 and have skills and / or experience that you think may be of benefit, please do get in touch to find out more about becoming an adult volunteer. https://www.sea-cadets.org/wells/get-in-touch

Contact details for anyone interested in finding out more about Wells Sea Cadets is: Email – Info@Seacadetswells.onmicrosoft.com, phone – 07858 440182

Website/social media address: https://www.sea-cadets.org/Wells

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wellsseacadets

Venue: Home of Janet Kellett Two Furlong Hill, Wells-next-the-sea

Times: Approx every three months plus one month prior to an event.  Normally a Tuesday evening at 7.00pm

Wells Christmas Tide Festival is organised and run entirely by volunteers and relies on sponsorship & donations from businesses & individuals plus raises funds by holding various events throughout the year to raise funds to provide our Lights & Trees and create a festive atmosphere around our Town during the Christmas Period.

We are always looking for volunteers to put the lights & trees up in the Town and assist in running the events.

To find out more contact: Mel Catton, Phone: 01328 710637 Mobile: 07881 876158

Email: mel@wellschristmastidefestival.co.uk

www.wellschristmastidefestival.co.uk

Venue/Times:  We meet twice a year normally in October and then in April to discuss what we are going to plant and sort out dates to do this. We usually meet in Nelson’s over a coffee or at Moira’s house. 

The aim of our group, all of which are volunteers, is to keep the town looking bright all year by planting up pots, barrels, troughs and boats all around the town. We have three boats, two at the turning circle, and one at the town sign. Then two pots at Maryland, two at Tugboat Yard, four at the library, a trough in Station Road, a pot outside the Present House, a tub behind the Crown, two troughs by Spaldings and we plant around the town sign too. In summer we also provide hanging baskets around the town to those shops that request them. 

We rely on grants and the generosity of the town to keep us going. 

This year the 2025 grant money from Wells Carnival/Holkham Charitable Foundation will go towards the winter planting, as well as compost and feed for the plants. 

We are very grateful to the library, Ele and Me, the Crown and the present house for watering the pots outside their establishments. With the summers getting hotter it has been difficult to keep on top of the watering. 

As I said we are all volunteers with a love of gardening, but none of us are getting any younger and would dearly love some more volunteers to come forward so would love it if you could promote us please.To find out more please contact: Co-ordinator Moira Wright on 01328 712158 or moirawright5@gmail.com. Contact details can also be found in the Quay magazine under Wells in Bloom. Pam Underwood is our secretary. 

Venue:  Wells RNLI Boathouse, Beach Road,Wells-next-the-sea, NR23 1DR

Times: The shop is open 11am-3pm Fridays-Mondays usually, please check our social media for changes to these times. 

Our summer shop opening times are longer at 10-4pm. 

The Fundraising Guild meet monthly, and our chair is Sandra King. The guild run the fundraising stalls at fetes and other fund-raising events. They bucket collect at the summer lifeboat service amongst other events.

The shop crew is run by Jenny Parr, and we would welcome any new prospective volunteers. Please pop into the shop on the above days to chat with one of our friendly volunteers who would be pleased to talk to you. 

The visits crew is run by Glenda Foster, who also are short of volunteers. The visits team welcome visitors to the station and organise tours around the boathouse through the email wellsvisits@rnli.org.uk. If anyone is interested in coming down with a small group of people, visits are free and we would be very happy to organise a tour for you.

Our social media is Wells RNLI and we are on instagram and on Facebook. Jess Curtis is our press officer and can be contacted on 07483 488243.

We will spend our generous grant on hosting a one crew social event next summer. Due to the nature of how the four crews operate, it does mean we don’t meet or mix often. A yearly social event is a great opportunity to team build and bond with each other. Everyone is a valuable volunteer, and each role is crucial to the smooth running of a lifesaving organisation. 

If anyone is interested in joining our crew, we are short on boat and shore crew. The minimum age to volunteer is 18 years old. Full training is given and the crew practice on Thursday evenings from 6.30pm. 

The club plays on the excellent green at the junction of Clubb’s Lane and Mill Road and is open to all comers. Beginners and visitors are especially welcome at the Wednesday afternoon sessions when tuition can be given.

The Wells Carnival grant is going towards the cost of deep scarifying, over seeding and surface dressing lawn
For anyone wishing to join or find out more please email Chris: cg.holmes@gmail.com – ref WTBC

Wells Town FC Beach Road, Saturday and Tuesday. Provide football for training and matches, social club and bar area. For further information please contact Steve Finch (Chairman) stevefinch226@gmail.com 07470386565
The Wells Carnival grant will go towards the purchase of a new oven.

We are a charity that exists to support the elderly, the young and those experiencing issues relating to ill health, in our community. We give grants to help the elderly with fuel bills and to young people to help with transport cost etc as they transition to further education. In addition, we give annual grants to local groups meeting needs in the community.

The grant received from Wells Carnival/Holkham Charitable foundation will be spent on the above.

For further information please contact: clerk@wellsunitedcharities.org.uk

Website: wellsunitedcharities.org.uk

Huge thanks to the Wells-next-the-Sea Men’s Shed for their support this year –
They are local men, mostly retired, from a range of backgrounds that seek to enjoy the art of creating something in the company of like minded individuals. To work on individual projects and come together to work on community based projects and share our skills over a brew. The Shed is slowly being equipped with tools and resources and we are now creating and making a range of ‘rustic’ products.

Woodwork, wood turning, carving, metal work, modelling, furniture restoration, computing, repairing and of course bodging are just some of the activities planned.

Anyone over the age of 18. Although the title suggests the Shed is aimed at men, ladies are most welcome and eligible too. We aim to be inclusive. If you’d like more information please visit us at:  http://wellsnexttheseamensshed.weebly.com/, phone us on 07486 524603 or email us at mensshedwells@gmail.com