Community groups benefit from grants of over £22,000

Community groups in the area are set to benefit from more than £22,000 funding from Dover District Council in the latest round of the Neighbourhood Forum Community Grants Scheme.

Over £22K was allocated by the Grants Appraisal Panel, which was made up of the District Councillors who chair the five Neighbourhood Forum areas, and was approved by Cabinet yesterday (7 November 2016). The grants have been allocated to 29 different community groups across the district.

Community groups were invited to apply for funding for projects that could show benefit to the local area. Grants were available for up to £1,000 in each of the five Neighbourhood Forum areas (Dover West, Sandwich Area, Dover North, Dover Town, and Deal & Walmer).

Successful groups were chosen from across the district, including the Deal Community Sports Football Club, Guston Village Hall Trust, Skillnet Group Community Interest Company (CIC), Dover Castle Archers, and the Sandwich Concert Band.

Grants awarded in Dover were:

Guston Village Hall Trust - £735
Guston Village Hall Refurbishment

KC’S Dance & Musical Theatre - £735
 
St. Margaret’s Cricket Club - £735
Operation sight screen
 
Aylesham Tea Rooms - £735
Aylesham Community Tearoom
 
Elvington Heritage Centre - £435
Mezzanine Floor Structural Calculations

Skillnet Group CIC - £965.90
Audiobox - working with the community
 
Dover Outreach Centre - £896.70
 
The Dover Film Festival Society - £477.90
2017 Dover Film Festival
 
Tower Hamlets Community Forum - £615.90
Halloween Party
 
The Channel Dash Memorial Trust - £965.90
75th Anniversary Memorial Service
 
Dover smART Project - £945.90
My Dementia
 
The Blackfish Academy of Performing Arts - £965.90
The Blackfish Microphone project - Can you hear me mother?
 
Tower Hamlets Forum - £465.90
Community Engagement Days

Dover Castle Archers - £1,000
Indoor shooting
 
River Methodist Church - £895
Inspire
 
Capel le Ferne Village Hall - £1,000
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