Friday 25 February 2011

Grants for groups at Area Forum

At last night's Frome Vale Area Forum, the following groups that serve the Ladden-Frome area won grants:

Manor Day Centre - £300 towards the running costs for this volunteer-run day centre for the elderly
Village Action - £1140 for activities including archery and a multi-games wall and urban art wall for an interactive day for young people living in Coalpit Heath and Frampton Cotterell
Tytherington Village Shop Association - £600 towards running costs
St Saviour's Church - £200 towards servicing the clock
South Gloucestershire Mine's Research Group - £1400 towards training and tools for lime mortaring and moving earth at Serridge in Henfield
Wickwar Playing Fields Association - £1100 towards community field maintenance

Other grants awarded included £3000 towards training a vulnerable young person to work as a catering assisant in the Armadillo (Yate Youth Cafe), £2000 towards Shopmobility and £2000 for Survive, a charity supporting survivors of domestic abuse.

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