Groups share in £12m to ease Covid fallout
Lottery funding for e-bike hub and sensory centre
Forth Valley groups, many of them based in or operating in Stirling and Clackmannanshire, are sharing in the latest round of lottery grants.
The National Lottery Community Fund has announced more than £12 million to 311 Scottish groups.
Alva Parklands Centre is receiving £2,769 to help cover running costs incurred during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Resilience Learning Partnership Ltd meanwhile, also based in the Wee County, gets £73,354 to deliver a resilience building programme aimed at people who have lived experience of trauma and the accompanying mental health issues.
The programme will equip participants with the skills necessary to take the first steps towards educational opportunities or give them the confidence to consider other positive destinations such as volunteering.
Forth Environment Link has been awarded £9,992 to increase their capacity to lend electric bikes to key workers during the Covid-19 crisis.
Forth Valley Sensory Centre, which provides a range of support for people with sensory loss or impairment, receives £7,939 to carry out improvements to their website, which supports service users needing to access up to date information relating to Covid-19, as well as allowing the group to provide emergency sensory support packs.
Fabb Scotland Limited received £8,480 to update furniture items in their youth hostel facility which is used to provide young people with disabilities and their families with short break accommodation. Raploch Community
Partnership SCIO was granted £7,724 to engage a project officer for a six month period in order to co-ordinate their volunteer response to the Covid-19 crisis.
A grant of £9,005 was awarded to Stirling School of English to part fund the salary of their volunteer manager.
The Froglife Trust based in Stirling receives £9,924 to undertake a rewilding project in three areas of Stirling. Armed services veterans will help to deliver the project.
A grant of £10,000 goes to Towards Transition Stirling SCIO to provide food parcels and ready-made meals to local people impacted by the Covid-19 crisis, while Why Not? Trust for Care Experienced Young People receives £9,600 to deliver a ‘train the trainer’ course to six sessional staff and six care experienced young people which will enable them to facilitate a training programme for young people transitioning from care.
National Lottery Community Fund’s Scotland chair Kate Still said: “These awards, made possible by National Lottery players, recognise the incredible work happening across Scotland to create stronger, more connected communities.
“I am delighted that some of this funding will be used to transform existing buildings into vibrant community hubs that will carry on the strong community spirit that has been so evident in recent times.”
National Lottery players raise £30 million every week for good causes in the UK. The National Lottery Community Fund in Scotland is currently focusing its funding on projects supporting organisations and communities to respond to the challenge of Covid-19. More information at www.TNLCommunityFund.org.uk
Awards recognise the incredible work happening to create stronger, more connected communities