Funding

Bury Town Pastors are dependent on grants and donations in order to operate, providing a caring presence on the streets of Bury St Edmunds on Saturday nights.

We are very grateful for grants recently received from:
  • Crime and Disorder Reduction Grant from Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner
  • Suffolk Community Foundation through the Miller Trust Grantmaking Programme
  • The Tudwick Foundation
  • Bury St Edmunds Town Council
We are very grateful for donations recently received from:
  • Churches in Bury St Edmunds and surrounding area
  • Individuals, organisations and businesses
  • The Rotary Club of Bury St Edmunds
  • Bury St Edmunds Round Table (towards the cost of a projector)
  • Bury Abbey Rotary Club
Our thanks also go to:
  • Karooze Ltd (Flex, So Bar and The Gym) for emergency supplies of bottled water during Town Pastor shifts.
  • Verve Bar/Nightclub for emergency supplies of bottled water during Town Pastor shifts.

Bury Town Pastors are extremely grateful for grants and donations received from so many sources since 2008.

  • Churches in Bury St Edmunds and surrounding area
  • Suffolk Giving Fund through Suffolk Community Foundation
  • Suffolk Community Foundation through Hodge and Shallow Fund
  • Suffolk Community Foundation through Birketts Fund
  • ‘St Eds Runs – the Ensors Running Festival 2021’
  • Churches in Bury St Edmunds and surrounding area
  • Karooze Ltd (from fundraising on New Year’s Eve 2019)
  • Centre Parcs Community Fund, Elveden Forest, Brandon
  • St Eds Running Festival 2019 and sponsorship raised by an individual entrant
  • Karooze Ltd (from fundraising on New Year’s Eve 2018)
  • Locality Budget Grant from Cllr Jo Rayner and Cllr Andrew Speed
  • Bury St Edmunds Round Table
  • St Eds Unique Bars Running Festival 2017 and sponsorship raised by individual entrants
  • St Eds Running Festival 2018 and sponsorship raised by individual entrants
  • Donations in memory of the late Lilian Olive Markham
  • ASDA, Bury St Edmunds
  • The Mayor’s Budget (Councillor Julia Wakelam)
  • Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner
  • Suffolk Community Foundation through Harris Family Fund
  • Suffolk Community Foundation through The High Sheriff’s Fund
  • Suffolk Community Foundation through The Suffolk Giving Fund
  • Suffolk Community Foundation through The Shadwell Fund
  • Donations in memory of the late Donald Clarke
  • Suffolk Community Foundation through The Suffolk Fund
  • The Safer Suffolk Partnership Board
  • Suffolk Police
  • High Sheriff’s Organisation of the Year Award 2010
  • Councillor Mark Ereira – Locality Budget
  • Suffolk Foundation through The Safer Suffolk Foundation
  • Waitrose Community Matters Scheme
  • Suffolk Foundation through Suffolk Single Gateway
  • Suffolk Foundation through Grassroots Grants
  • The West Suffolk Community Safety Partnership

Our thanks also go to:

  • Individuals, organisations and businesses who have supported Bury Town Pastors financially.
  • Haversports for organising the ‘St Eds Runs – the Ensors Running Festival’, held in October 2021 and October 2022 to raise funds for Bury Town Pastors and to Ensors Chartered Accountants for sponsoring the event.
  • ‘Our Bury St Edmunds’ for providing a cross-cut shredder
  • Haversports for organising the St Eds Running Festival, held in October 2019 to raise funds for Bury Town Pastors; Abbeycroft Leisure, Knights Lowe and Taylor Wimpey for sponsoring individual races.
  • Haversports for organising the St Eds Running Festival, held in October 2018 to raise funds for Bury Town Pastors.
  • Haversports for organising the St Eds Running Festival, held in October 2017 to raise funds for Bury Town Pastors and My WiSH Charity; Unique Bars Ltd for sponsoring the event; Abbeycroft Leisure, Knights Lowe and Kent Blaxill for sponsoring individual races; Snackpax Distribution Ltd for providing provisions for the event.
  • ‘Our Bury St Edmunds’ for providing earpieces for Town Pastor radios.
  • ‘Our Bury St Edmunds’ for providing portable phone chargers for Town Pastors to carry while on patrol.
  • ‘Our Bury St Edmunds’ for providing a portable external hard drive.
  • Flex Nightclub for providing bottled water and Freddos.
  • Club Brazilia for providing Freddos.
  • Bid4Bury for providing uniforms for new Town Pastors.
  • Bid4Bury for providing Bury Town Pastors with a laptop computer.
  • Sainsbury’s, Bury St Edmunds for providing a month’s supply of bottled water and a year’s supply of small packets of tissues.