300103 Lottery cash makes a difference in County Durham

30 January 2003

Lottery cash makes a difference in County Durham

A community centre in Shildon benefits today from an award of £100,000 from the Community Fund.

The Jubilee Fields Community Centre was built with lottery money from the Community Fund and opened in 2001. The grant announced today will pay for a full time member of staff who will work to encourage use of the building by all sections of the local community. Already, the centre provides space for parents and toddlers groups and is a focal point for the community.

Elsie Race, representing the Community Association, said "The money we have received from the Community Fund is going to allow us to develop the centre to its full potential. Without the award we would have been struggling."

The grant is one of 19 awarded today to groups in the North East region totalling over £2 million

Others to benefit include:

- Jubilee Fields Community Association (running a community centre in Shildon, County Durham).

- Acorns (based in North Tyneside working with children and young people living with the effects of domestic violence)

- Pennywell Youth Project (a Sunderland-based project with plans to build a new youth and community centre in the area)

- Age Concern, South Tyneside (to support their health promotion project)

- St Michael's After School and Holiday Care (SMASH) (which provides out of school session to children in the Stockton on Tees borough)

- Bangladeshi Community Centre (serving the community in the Hendon area of Sunderland)

- Durham Council for Voluntary Service (to support the Volunteer Bureau service)

The Chair of the Regional Awards Committee John Goddard said: "The grants we make continue to make a big difference to local people's lives. Young and old, black and white, disabled and able bodied all have benefited from the awards made today."

More information about the grants awarded today can be found in the 'What we've funded' section.

Notes to Editors

1. The Community Fund shares out money raised by the National Lottery to charities and to voluntary and community groups. Out of every £1 spent on the National Lottery, the Community Fund gets 4.7 pence. Since it began in 1995 it has awarded over £2.3 billion to more than 52,000 projects throughout the UK. For more information see the awards database.

2. In 2001-02. Across the UK the CF has given £351 million in 7,557 grants. In Research grants it has given £3,928,271 in 20 grants. Internationally it has given £21,639,301 in 75 grants. In Wales £20,237,978 in 522 grants. In Scotland £36,332,370 in 1,022 grants. In Northern Ireland £10,951,718 in 629 grants. In England £21,466,283 in 103 grants.

For more information contact Helen Attewell on 0191 2551127 or Derry Nugent on 0191 2551106

	30 January 2003 Lottery cash makes a difference in County Durham
	A community centre in Shildon benefits today from an award of £100,000 from the Community Fund. The Jubilee Fields Community Centre was built with lottery money from the Community Fund and opened in 2001. The grant announced today will pay for a full time member of staff who will work to encourage use of the building by all sections of the local community. Already, the centre provides space for parents and toddlers groups and is a focal point for the community. Elsie Race, representing the Community Association, said "The money we have received from the Community Fund is going to allow us to develop the centre to its full potential. Without the award we would have been struggling." The grant is one of 19 awarded today to groups in the North East region totalling over £2 million Others to benefit include: - Jubilee Fields Community Association (running a community centre in Shildon, County Durham). - Acorns (based in North Tyneside working with children and young people living with the effects of domestic violence) - Pennywell Youth Project (a Sunderland-based project with plans to build a new youth and community centre in the area) - Age Concern, South Tyneside (to support their health promotion project) - St Michael's After School and Holiday Care (SMASH) (which provides out of school session to children in the Stockton on Tees borough) - Bangladeshi Community Centre (serving the community in the Hendon area of Sunderland) - Durham Council for Voluntary Service (to support the Volunteer Bureau service) The Chair of the Regional Awards Committee John Goddard said: "The grants we make continue to make a big difference to local people's lives. Young and old, black and white, disabled and able bodied all have benefited from the awards made today." More information about the grants awarded today can be found in the 'What we've funded' section. Notes to Editors 1. The Community Fund shares out money raised by the National Lottery to charities and to voluntary and community groups. Out of every £1 spent on the National Lottery, the Community Fund gets 4.7 pence. Since it began in 1995 it has awarded over £2.3 billion to more than 52,000 projects throughout the UK. For more information see the awards database. 2. In 2001-02. Across the UK the CF has given £351 million in 7,557 grants. In Research grants it has given £3,928,271 in 20 grants. Internationally it has given £21,639,301 in 75 grants. In Wales £20,237,978 in 522 grants. In Scotland £36,332,370 in 1,022 grants. In Northern Ireland £10,951,718 in 629 grants. In England £21,466,283 in 103 grants.		For more information contact Helen Attewell on 0191 2551127 or Derry Nugent on 0191 2551106