Councillor Community Budget Available

Readers of this blog will know that last year I had a budget of £10,000 to spend on voluntary and community projects in Grove and Wantage. Many local organisations benefitted from this including the Independent Advice Centre, Grove Challengers, Grovelands Playgroup, Sweatbox, Wantage Air Training Corps, The Vale and Downland Museum, Wilts and Berks Canal Sackhouse project, Friends of Grove Library toddler computer, South and Vale young carers and the Wantage Betjeman Literary Festival.

I now have another £10,000 to allocate this year and I would like to take this opportunity of raising this possibility again.  So far, I have given a small grant to the Oasis project which ran a fun day for local autistic children at the Sweatbox in July. The photo above shows the displays on offer for the 'Bright Sparks' hands-on science part of the afternoon, where I went along to see the event in progress. It was a great success and I would like to ensure that any organisation working locally to support our community is aware that funding is available to help make things happen. 

To apply, you can do so online at this link  http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/councillor-community-budgets or otherwise you can contact me at zoe.patrick@oxfordshire.gov.uk to find out more.