Community cash on offer

COMMUNITY groups in Hinckley and Bosworth are encouraged to apply for their share of the borough’s parish and community initiative fund.

Groups can get up £12,000 to support up to to half of their project costs. The money will come from a £150,000 pot which has been made available for 2020/21 by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council

Among 42 individual projects funded last year were:

■ Community building improvements, new mower, footpaths and footpath improvements

■ Play area improvements, woodland improvements, outdoor gym and new seats and benches

■ New notice boards, lighting improvements, speed indicator signs and traffic calming measures

■ Community kitchen and catering improvements, emergency door and bathroom facility improvements

Applicants must be within a parished area of the council, with proposals to be submitted by any parish or town council or formally constituted community group with a bank account.

All projects should be completed and the funding claimed before February 28, 2021.

Projects must demonstrate that they meet the borough council’s corporate aims and that they are of a community benefit.

Completed projects must offer a photo and press release opportunity with the borough council’s executive member for parishes at the time of completion of the grant funded project.

Martin Cartwright executive member rural communities environment at the council.

He said: “As in previous years, I would like to see the grant money spread as widely as possible across the 24 parishes in Hinckley and Bosworth and a variety of different schemes, with special emphasis on the smaller organisations, charity groups as well parish councils.”

Applications are invited from now until the closing date of February 7, 2020.

Application packs will automatically be sent to parish and town councils.

Further copies are available by contacting the green spaces team on Hinckley 255707 or by emailing greenspaces@ hinckley-bosworth.gov. uk. as is for and borough