£25k-worth of grants to grab

Ian Bunting

Groups in Monklands could benefit from a community grant to the tune of £25,000.

Nominations are now being accepted for the OneFamily Community Awards which gives local community projects the opportunity to win a significant financial grant to support a special project or initiative that will benefit the cause.

There are five different categories: health; disability and social care; lifelong learning; active living; and community groups.

Each category will have eight winners with four projects receiving up to £ 5000, three projects winning up to £ 10,000 and one project scooping £25,000.

Par t of the OneFamily Foundation, the awards scheme was created to give customers the opportunity to support their local community and the good causes in their area that matter to them and their families.

Karl Elliott, customer strategy director at OneFamily, said: “The awards open today and we’re urging our customers across Lanarkshire to get involved and nominate a good cause that could benefit from a financial grant.

“As we are owned by our customers we want to do more than just provide great products.

“We want to help our customers, their families and the communities where they live in other ways, and our OneFamily Foundation enables us to do just that.

“The Community Awards are a big part of the Foundation’s work, and each year we give hundreds of thousands of pounds to projects close to our customers’ hearts.

“In 2016, we touched the lives of more than 100,000 people through the awards, and this year we want to help even more – giving even more people and communities the chance to get involved.”

Entries for the Community Awards will be accepted until Wednesday, July 19.

OneFamily customers can nominate their local project by visiting www.onefamily.com/yourfoundation/community-awards/.