Local Grant Funds Awarded

I am delighted to announce that two funding requests from the Councillor Community Budget scheme have been awarded to local organisations.  Cllr. Jenny Hannaby and myself have both been awarded £10,000 each to spend on community and/or voluntary projects in the Grove and Wantage division which we both share.  We decided to pool our funds to the following organisations who serve both communities.

The Independent Advice Centre (IAC) has been awarded a total of £4,995 towards their project 'Accommodating Our Community' which is to expand their premises to include the upper storey at 16 Market Place in Wantage.  This is to provide more space to operate all of their services which include their well respected Transport Admin team who provide voluntary drivers to enable elderly and vulnerable people to access hospital appointments and other necessary journeys.

Wantage 'not just' Betjeman Literary Festival has been awarded £3,000 towards funding children's, youth and other community-based events in the Festival, which is taking place from 28th October until November 4th 2012.  The Festival is now in its second year after a very successful start last year and it is hoped that this will become an annual event.  Some of the popular events are already sold out, but there are still tickets available if you check their website.

There are still some funds available if other groups wish to put their project forward.  Details are available on the County website here.