Community grants handed out

Community groups in East Kilbride and Avondale received a cash boost when the latest round of grants were approved.

In a paper put before councillors at an East Kilbride area committee meeting, 15 organisations enjoyed a windfall totalling £3460 on top of £9580 previously allocated.

It means that out of the £25,000 available to community groups for 2017/18, there is still £11,960 left in the pot. The groups in East Kilbride and Avondale to be awarded grants last month were:

Strathaven Rainbow Social Club, £350 for specialist transport;

Claremont Rambling Club, £200 for outing;

Moncrieff Parish Church Guild, £200 for outing;

The Golden Girls Guild, £200 for outing; Calder Tower Residents’Association, £200 for outing;

Glassford Church Women’s Guild, £130 for outing;

Chapelton Silver Circle, £200 for outing; National Schizophrenia Fellowship, East Kilbride, £250 for outing and fees;

Friends of Langlands Moss Local Nature Reserve, £200 for equipment;

Our Lady of Lourdes Bowling Club, East Kilbride, £180 for outing;

East Kilbride Boys’Brigade, £200 for entrance fees;

‘Live it for Lee’, East Kilbride, £250 for outing and equipment;

Strathaven and District Probus Club, £200 for outing.