| Extra help and advice for people looking for lottery funds is paying off in Scotland! Six groups have benefited from grants announced today, all of them taking advantage of the Community Fund’s new way of providing pre-application support.
Instead, people looking for lottery funds from the Community Fund simply submit a short outline proposal and get detailed feedback and advice on the likely chances of success. Only if the project looks likely to be funded do they go on to give more detail – and they will hear the outcome sooner than before.
The first six organisations to benefit from the new system include the Financial Fitness Resource Team in Greenock, Alcohol and Drugs Support South West Scotland, serving Dumfries and Galloway, Drumchapel Citizens Advice Bureau in Glasgow, the Drugs Initiative Group in Forfar, Stepping Stones in
Clydebank and Skye and Lochalsh Community Care Forum. The total value of the grants package announced today is £690,187.
Stepping Stones which works with people who have mental ill health concerns, received a grant of £211,210 Morag Petrie of Stepping Stones said the group had found the new process user friendly and helpful. “The forms are much easier to understand and complete with all the relevant information. The whole process has been streamlined, being much faster, and there is help every step of the way. This grant will enable us to develop a much needed Advocacy Service, empowering its users, and benefiting the local community.”
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| For more information contact Lorna McNiven, on 0141 223 8600 or 07810 218125
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