Fundraising & Grants
We are so grateful for the generosity of so many organisations and individuals who have kindly donated funds to enable us to carry out the improvements to our village hall and it's facilities. Over the past two years we've managed to raise funds to completely refurbish all our toilets, modernise our entranceway, carry out stage and sound equipment improvements, redecorate and refit our meeting room, replace our crockery and cutlery, and start to replace all of our chairs. In addition, through grants and active fundraising, we are accumulating funds to relocate and replace our outdoor children's play area (our biggest ever project!), refurbish our small hall, and, several other much needed improvements. Below are several of the grant awards we have successfully received.

The National Lottery donated £20,000 towards our fantastic toilet upgrade.

£5,000 was kindly donated by the WSC Thriving Communities Fund.

The Bernard Sunley Foundation kindly donated towards our toilet upgrade.
Details to follow...

The Tudwick Foundation kindly awarded monies for our much needed stage improvements at RVH.

Garfirld Weston kindly donated towards our toilet refurishment.

We were awarded £3,000 towards our stage improvements by the Suffolk Community Foundation. We were also awarded £1,000 donated from the Birkett's Charitable Grant Making Programme - towards our new crockery and replacement chairs.

The Belstead Ganzoni Foundation awarded funding towards our toilet refurbishment.

Through West Suffolk Council, we were awarded funding towards further hall improvements originating from the Rural England Prosperity Fund.
Fundraising - Shopping Online
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RVH Lucky Lotto Prize Scheme
Continuing to Raise Funds Towards Improvements
Through our 2025 Lucky Lotto scheme, your generosity and sense of community spirit helped contribute over £1,200 towards Risby Village Hall funds, in turn helping to finance the refurbishment of our toilets. We have now shifted focus towards refurbishment of our children's play area, our biggest ever project.
The cost to take part will be the same, £72 per person per annum across 12 monthly draws.
From January 2026 to November there will again be 3 prizes 1 x £50 and 2 x £25
In December 2026 there will now be 6 prizes 5 x £50 and 1 x £25
How to Get Involved:
Contact Dave Edwards via email or phone for further details of how to enter:
David.A.Edwards64@btinternet.com Phone or text (07843051425) or in person from Dave Edwards @ Thornwood, South Street, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6QU (opposite the Crown and Castle).
