Community chest grants allocated

Harrogate Borough Council Seventeen voluntary and community organisations in the Harrogate district are to receive grants worth £29,000.

This is the sixth round of grants awarded since Harrogate Borough Council set up this funding stream 2007.

Council Leader, Councillor Anthony Alton says that the purpose of this grant fund is to strengthen small voluntary organisations, charities and community groups in the district. He added: “We want to provide support for activities and projects that will benefit local communities within the whole district.

Councillor Anthony Alton said:

The grant fund was initially set up in response to feedback from voluntary and community sector organisations who told the council that a small grants fund would be valuable to them. These groups bring so much benefit to the district’s residents and as usual we have had some very interesting applications. These seventeen projects stood out and I am particularly pleased that we have been able to support a number of sports clubs who we feel have had a particularly difficult year.

The full list of grants is as follows:

£3,000 Baldersby Children’s Play Area Fund