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8 April 2004

Linconshire Lottery Luck


A Lincoln charity has been thrown a lottery lifeline for by the Community Fund in the second round of grants it has given to the region in 2004.

The Community Fund has awarded £111,016 to Lincoln Area Dial-A-Ride to save it from going into decline. The grant given to the community transport is one of six, totalling £520, 507 that have recently been awarded to the county.

The five additional groups that will share in the lottery windfall include:

National Children’s Home & Orphanage, Lincoln £128,958
Kesteven Blind Society - £81,943
Linkage Community Trust, Spilsby - £88,858
Alford Youth Advice Centre, East Lindsey -  £49,736
The Birchwood Access and Training Centre -  £59,996
 
Jim Thomas, General Manager of the Dial-A-Ride service, said: “We are very relieved. If the Community Fund grant application had not been successful, the existing vehicles could not have coped with the demand.”

The grant will enable the community transport service to upgrade the ageing vehicles, which carry more than 13,700 elderly and disabled passengers a year.

The Community Fund money given to Lincolnshire is from a total of £1,872,689 distributed amongst 19 groups, across six counties, in the East Midlands. The grants were awarded in March, making them the second round of grants the Community Fund has given to the East Midlands in 2004.



For further information on how to apply for a Community Fund grant please call 0115 934 9300 or log onto www.community-fund.org.uk.