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26 March 2004
Voluntary sector groups in Waltham Forest to receive £250,000 in grants from Community Fund
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Two Waltham Forest groups are celebrating today after being awarded grants totalling £248,257 in the latest set of grants announcements from Community Fund. Both groups play an important role in community life, helping those at greatest disadvantage have the best possible access to a range of opportunities.
Based in a deprived area of the borough, Circle 33 Housing Trust will develop projects in partnership with local people and organisations, to help address problems in the community. Ultimately, it is hoped that local residents groups will be built into an organised force that will be able to initiate and develop their own projects in response to the needs of the area. Taking ownership in this way will lead to a more cohesive community whose residents take pride in the area where they live.
Gulsun Faik, Priory Court Centre Co-ordinator at Circle 33 Housing Trust, said, “We are delighted that our application has been successful. The Priory Court Community Development Project is highly valued by local people and can now continue to help tackle disadvantage and support the residents of the Priory Court Estate in Waltham Forest. We look forward to building on partnerships and successes to improve the community and make Priory Court an even better place to live.” African Children’s Club will use the grant of £60,000 to teach African youngsters about their heritage and culture through a variety of youth activities. Many of the children come from war-torn countries so an important part of their development is for them to understand the history of where they have come from and the traditions of their ancestors. The project will also raise the awareness of the richness of the African culture in the wider community, promoting a stronger sense of community cohesion through the acceptance and understanding of the values of other cultures. Debbie Pippard, London Regional Manager at Community Fund, said, “Voluntary and community groups in Waltham Forest consistently submit applications of a high standard and we congratulate Circle 33 and the African Children’s Club. We have made a lot of awards in Waltham Forest over the past couple of years, but are finding that smaller groups are not applying to us in the numbers we had hoped. We want to encourage community groups with an annual income of under £100,000 to check they are eligible to apply to us for funding and contact us if they have a project they would like funding for.“ The Boroughs that were successful at this meeting are: Barking & Dagenham - £59,066 - 1 award Bexley - £284,735 - 2 awards Brent - £536,931 - 3 awards Bromley - £161,628 - 1 award Camden - £164,031 - 2 awards Croydon - £141,916 - 1 award Ealing - £200,000 - 1 award Enfield - £446,960 - 2 awards Greenwich - £192,824 - 1 award H/smith & Fulham - £54,520 - 1 award Hillingdon - £171,402 - 1 award Lewisham - £236,530 - 2 awards Merton - £102,449 - 1 award Newham - £116,484 - 1 award Redbridge - £156,000 - 1 award Southwark - £597,651 - 4 awards Sutton - £169,805 - 2 awards Waltham Forest - £248,257 - 2 awards Wandsworth - £177,896 - 1 award Westminster, city of - £121,842 - 2 awards Overall, 27 large grants and 5 medium grants were awarded totalling £4,433,272. Ends – Notes to Editors:
Community Fund gives out money raised by the National Lottery to charities, voluntary and community groups. Out of every £1 spent on the National Lottery the Community Fund gets 4.7 pence. Since 1995 Community Fund has awarded over 60,000 grants worth more than £2.7 billion to UK charities and voluntary groups. The legal name of the Community Fund remains the National Lottery Charities Board. The National Lottery Charities Board was set up in 1994 and changed its operation name to Community Fund – Lottery money making a difference in April 2001. Next year the Community Fund is to merge with the New Opportunities Fund in advance of creating a new National Lottery distributor that will administer 50 per cent of all good cause funding. The merger will not affect current programmes, beneficiaries or applications. Further details on the new lottery distributor are expected to be available in Spring 2004. The New Opportunities Fund distributes National Lottery money to health, education and environment projects across the UK. We intend to support sustainable projects that will improve the quality of life of people throughout the UK, address the needs of those who are most disadvantaged in society, encourage community participation and complement relevant local and national strategies and programmes. (Funding for programmes is divided between England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales on the basis of population weighted to reflect levels of deprivation). | Contact - Jemma Ashman - 020 7587 6653 (work), 07808 473476 (mobile) or [email protected]
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