CLCGB is the happy recipient of a grant from Allchurches Trust for a total of £1,250.

This will be used on Reaching New Digital Heights with the ability to purchase new laptops to be used at training sessions, DofE, Sports, Leaders Training etc.

The money raised from the 5p bag charge in Tesco stores in England, Wales and Scotland is being used to pay for a large number of local projects to improve green spaces in communities. Projects that will get the green light as a result of the funding will include building new pocket parks, sports facilities, woodland walks and community gardens.

Administration of the local funding is being managed by the community charity with a green heart, Groundwork, which specialises in transforming communities and the local environment for the better.

Projects that would typically receive funding include: 

• Parks, pocket parks and urban green spaces
• Green corridors – river and canals, cycle ways
• Formal and informal play areas
• Open access sports facilities within public parks and recreation grounds – eg football pitches, tennis courts and cricket pitches
• Informal outdoor recreation facilities; eg gym equipment, trim trails and woodland walks
• Nature reserves, community woodland, ponds and village greens
• Churchyards
• Seafront improvements
• Community allotments, community gardens, orchards and city farms
• Spaces in the grounds of hospices and day centres
• Allotments
• School grounds
• Community spaces on housing estates or residential areas

To find out more and how to apply click on the following external link: http://www.groundwork.org.uk/Sites/tescocommunityscheme/Pages/large-grants-tes 

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