An overall lottery funding exceeding £1 billion is to be redirected to over 150 community groups in Scotland. The funding totalling £1,116,821 is to be distributed by the local National Lottery Awards for All, which has revealed the list with organisations which are to be granted with up to £10,000 to back various causes.
The National Lottery makes contributions varying from £300 to £10,000 to a great number of community groups and charities in the country.
According to the announcement made, contributions of the National Lottery cash are to be made to a total of 154 community groups, providing the latter with the opportunity to fund a variety of projects. As shared by a spokesman of the National Lottery funding body, Scottish communities are to be given the chance to really make a difference for their residents, by getting money from the National Lottery.
Over 150 Community Groups to Get Funding
The list of organisations that are to get money for good causes in Scotland includes The Not Forgotten Association, which plans to have 10 concerts especially for veterans residing in institutions providing accommodation and care on the territory of Scotland delivered. The Association is to be given an amount of £8,200 by the National Lottery Awards for All Scotland. Renfrewshire-based Snow-Camp that is set to offer life skills and snow sports training especially for young people is to receive the largest monetary funding portion of £10,000.
Edinburgh Limb Loss Association (ELLA) which offers support to Edinburgh-based residents who have lost a limb, would be given the chance to offer its weekly swimming session in the city thanks to the £3,850 funding that is to be granted by the National Lottery. The Vice Chair of ELLA, Sally Sorrie, explained that the Association’s initiative of providing weekly private swimming session is pretty important for the local community, especially considering the fact that it comes to a project aimed to amputees.
There are also other voluntary and community groups that are to receive financial help by the National Lottery Awards for All Scotland. For example, Fife’s Action on Elder Abuse – an organisation that is aimed at helping abused elderly people – is to be granted with funding of £9,100. Fife projects has always been among the ones which are highly-valued by the National Lottery, with funding of over £4.9 million being invested in them in 2017 alone, according to new research.
A maximum monetary funding portion of £10,000 is also to be granted to the Dundee-situated Factory Skatepark. The latter runs a closed centre for wheel sports and is to now use the money to develop a special room in the centre, with the project being especially aimed at children suffering from sensory deprivation affecting their nerve system.
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Olivia Cole
