The National Lottery has announced awards to several organisations in Edinburgh today from a pool of awards totalling £1 million.
The awards are for relatively small amounts but they will make a huge difference to the people involved.
They are as follows :
Children’s Holiday Venture – £3,200 – for a 12 month activity programme for socially disadvantaged young people, allowing them to develop new skills and help build confidence.
Christmas in Kirkliston – £4,000 – Free switch on event with food and drink and a gift for every child.
Community Alliance Trust Limited – £9,900 – to manage a 3 G sports pitch in Craigmillar.
Drum Riding for the Disabled – £7,202 – two six week family equine therapy and learning programmes for families with multiple needs.
Fab SCOTLAND Limited – £8,800 – after school activities for disabled children. Final week trip to a local attraction
Greendykes Early Years Centre – £1,307 – to develop a Forest school project in Hawkhill Woods.
Inch View Home Welfare Fund – £7,200 – to buy a trishaw for the Care Home residents. Volunteers will then do weekly trips out to the park and quieter roads.
Loch End Community Growing Project – £8,415 – to renew paths around Lochend Secret Garden
Mentor – £8,670 – to establish a new kinship care group targeting male carers in association with Livingston FC.
Queensferry Churches Care in the Community – £3,200 – to extend volunteering opportunities in north west Edinburgh and tackle isolation and social exclusion.
Scotland Zambia Association – £6,000 – to encourage more young people from ethnic minority community to volunteer in Edinburgh
Tollcross Community Action Network – £9,768 – to develop the Tollcross Community Hub.
A National Lottery Awards for All spokesperson said: “This is National Lottery money making a real impact helping bring people and communities together across Scotland. Many of these projects will give people who feel lonely and cut off from the outside world a chance to re-connect and make new friends. All the projects receiving funding today are fantastic examples of small amounts of money making a big difference.”
National Lottery Awards for All Scotland is now more straightforward to apply to and faster to get funding from. Applications are received on a rolling basis and can be received at any time. To find out what National Lottery Awards for All Scotland could do for your community visit our website www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/awardsforallscotland or phone 0300 123 7110.
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