Nottinghamshire groups and charities to benefit from £1.2m worth of grants

Improvements to park facilities, upgrades to community centres, help and support to help reduce isolation are among the many projects around Nottinghashire which are due to be on the receiving end of Nottinghamshire County Council grants.

More than 80 groups across the county have been awarded cash boosts thanks to the new-look Nottinghamshire County County’s Local Communities Fund.

Coun Jody Stoll, Cabinet Member for Communities and Public Health. said: “We want to encourage healthy and sustainable communities by financially supporting community groups and charities via this new two-year programme.

“All applications have been vigorously assessed to ensure the criteria is met and each project demonstrates its community impact and long-term benefit to residents.”

Groups were asked to provide evidence that their projects will make a difference in their communities.

Eligible community groups who provide a wide range of resilience and prevention services were able to apply for a range of grants, including a one-off capital grant of up to £20,000 to help improve local facilities and two-year large revenue grants, of up to £50,000, to help towards running costs such as bills or staffing costs.

Successful groups were able to demonstrate financial stability during the two-year funding period and also that they would remain financial resilient would after the funding ends.