Deadline for applications to the rural support payment is this Sunday.

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Following the success of last year’s roll out which saw over 50% participation, once again all households in the ward are now eligible for a small payment. This payment is administrated by Garvald and Morham Community Council with Crystal Rig Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund in recognition of the limited choices available when selecting services to rural homes, including fuel bills, transport and broadband options.
The 2025 amount will be £150 per households.

Please note that the GMCC support is available to homes in Garvald and Morham Ward only and applications will be checked against the Ward address list provided to us by East Lothian Council. 

If you did not apply last year, you will need to attach a photo of the address panel of your 2025-6 Council Tax letter, clearly showing your address. If you sent this last year we do not need to see it again.

Please note your data will be held as per Garvald and Morham Community Council Data Protection Policy. Data requested for Rural Support Payments will be the minimum required in order to process the application, used only for this purpose, and deleted after the project is completed. Our reports to funders will not include any personal data.  If you are not happy for us to collect and store your data in this way but wish to claim the fund, please do not complete this form but contact us at secgmcc@gmail.com so we can help you.

Only one payment can be claimed per household so please confer with others before completing this form.

Deadline for applications is 30th November 2025

This project is run by Garvald and Morham Community Council. We can be contacted at secgmcc@gmail.com for any queries or to receive a printable copy to be returned by post.

How to claim

Complete the online form here
or
Print the paper form here – GMCC support Funds 2025

We are HEAVY on desserts so if anybody is swithering and not yet handed in their RSVP, please could you select the salad option.

And if one or two people would care to switch, I think our waistbands (and our dentists) might appreciate it – please let any of the committee know:-

Caroline McG, Chiara B, Chiara V, Trudi, Elaine McM, Gemma, Becca, Laura E and Ena

If you can try and send them in THIS WEEK that would be fabulous – by the 30th November please.

And don’t forget, if you have a teenager hanging around who wants to earn some Christmas cash washing dishes, get in touch with Caroline at the Old Schoolhouse or Trudi up at Carfrae Farm shop. We already have our two lovely helpers from last year but the more the merrier.

125 of our households have claimed, that’s over 60%. Don’t miss out!

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Following the success of last year’s roll out which saw over 50% participation, once again all households in the ward are now eligible for a small payment. This payment is administrated by Garvald and Morham Community Council with Crystal Rig Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund in recognition of the limited choices available when selecting services to rural homes, including fuel bills, transport and broadband options.
The 2025 amount will be £150 per households.

Please note that the GMCC support is available to homes in Garvald and Morham Ward only and applications will be checked against the Ward address list provided to us by East Lothian Council. 

If you did not apply last year, you will need to attach a photo of the address panel of your 2025-6 Council Tax letter, clearly showing your address. If you sent this last year we do not need to see it again.

Please note your data will be held as per Garvald and Morham Community Council Data Protection Policy. Data requested for Rural Support Payments will be the minimum required in order to process the application, used only for this purpose, and deleted after the project is completed. Our reports to funders will not include any personal data.  If you are not happy for us to collect and store your data in this way but wish to claim the fund, please do not complete this form but contact us at secgmcc@gmail.com so we can help you.

Only one payment can be claimed per household so please confer with others before completing this form.

Deadline for applications is 30th November 2025

This project is run by Garvald and Morham Community Council. We can be contacted at secgmcc@gmail.com for any queries or to receive a printable copy to be returned by post.

How to claim

Complete the online form here
or
Print the paper form here – GMCC support Funds 2025