Greenham Common Trust awards £170,000 to local causes

The latest cash injection from its Spring Reactive Grants programme, which was on top of more than £45,000 of grants distributed through the Local Strategic Partnership, brings the total of funding delivered through its online grant application system (www.findmeagrant.org) to £683,395 in just over six months.
Some of the projects which received funding included:
• West Berkshire Citizen’s Advice Bureau: £10,000 to help deliver a local carers’ advice service
• 14:21 youth counselling service: £8,000 for continued support for the project
• Relate Berkshire: £7,500 to create a family counselling service
• Loose Ends: £6,000 towards kitchen refurbishments
• Bishops Green Community Association: £5,080 to build a new skate park
• Naomi House children’s hospice: £5,000 for emergency respite care and care in the home
• Welford Parish Plan: £5,000 Welford and Wickham Community Play Area Project
• Age Concern Hampshire: £3,991 for a tea and company roadshow
• Greenham Community Association: £3,688 balance required to fund a student youth worker in Greenham
Greenham Common Trust chief executive, Stuart Tagg, said: “We are delighted that www.findmeagrant.org has already distributed nearly £700,000 to support good causes.
"I think local people are realising that they can quickly and easily raise the funds they require for their projects through www.findmeagrant.org”