£1500 grants to help improve disability access and facilities
Two community organisations will benefit from a £1500 grant each to improve their disability access and facilities.
Broxburn Baptist Church and Linlithgow Rose Junior FC will receive the grant assistance from the West Lothian Access Fund.
Linlithgow Rose Juniors will use the money to help with the installation of a viewing shelter for disabled fans.
The £1500 will go towards a total of £13,545 that the club are spending on improving the gradient on existing ramps, installation of additional ramps and handrails at various points and changing the lock on the accessible toilet to a RADAR lock.
Broxburn Baptist Church will put their £1500 towards the installation of an accessible toilet for the congregation and the community.
The money will go towards the total £11, 270 fund to improve the toilet provision.
Lawrence Fitzpatrick, Leader of West Lothian Council, said:“We are committed to working with our partners such as West Lothian Disability to improve the quality of life for disabled people in the local area.
“One way to do this is through the West Lothian Access Fund which allocates vital funds to projects and institutions so that they can improve access and usability for disabled people. Both these projects are hubs of their local communities and are worthy recipients of funding.”
The West Lothian Access Fund is administered by West Lothian Council and supported by Disability West Lothian. It is available to charitable and voluntary organisations, who wish to improve access to and use of facilities for disabled people at premises in public use.
It is not available to private individuals or to businesses. Premises providing charitable and voluntary services to the public within West Lothian are eligible, except those owned and maintained by West Lothian Council.