Brookfield Park Shiers Family Trust

The Brookfield Park Shiers Family Trust was formed from a Deed of Gift of Brookfield House to the former Cheadle and Gatley Urban District Council in 1945 by Percy Hesketh Shiers. Money from the sale of Brookfield House has been used to set up an award scheme for the benefit of local community and voluntary groups in the former Cheadle and Gatley Urban District Council area. The area of benefit, as laid down in the objectives of the Trust, primarily covers the Cheadle West & Gatley, Cheadle East & Cheadle Hulme North, Cheadle Hulme South and Heald Green Wards. The map below shows the area of the former Cheadle and Gatley Urban District Council.

As Trustee for the council, members of the Brookfield Park Shiers Family Trust Sub Committee (a Sub Committee of the Cheadle Area Committee) make decisions about who receives awards. The Area Committee agreed to reserve monies from the Brookfield Park Shiers Family Trust to support projects from voluntary and community groups which aim to:-

• address the effects of loneliness of residents and the consequential effect on their health and wellbeing;
• support voluntary groups and sports groups for residents of all ages; and
• support increased accessibility in district and local centres.



The Area Committee has agreed the following guidelines for the distribution of monies from the Trust:-

• Invite applications for projects by voluntary and community groups in the area of the former Cheadle and Gatley Urban District Council, to include both enhancements of existing projects as well as new projects.
• There is an upper limit of £5,000 on the amount that may be applied for, and grant awards will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Groups are permitted to submit further applications once a project was more advanced.
• No more than one application from a group will be considered in any two-year period.
• There is an expectation that applications will include innovation, imagination and good presentations for proposed projects, and that proposed projects work for the good and betterment of the community.
• Applications should aim to benefit the wider community and not solely benefit a particular group and/or have a very limited number of beneficiaries.
• Attach a grant condition requiring the money to be spent on residents within the Trust's area, even if the organisation applying for the grant is located outside the area of benefit of the Trust.

You can download a copy of the application form below.

Application Form in PDF format (531kb)

Application form in a Microsoft Word format (531kb)

You can also view a map of the Trust's area here (3MB)