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Local voluntary, community and social enterprise groups were invited to apply for a share of the funding in February, as part of our allocation from the government's UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
More than 50 applications were received and 17 organisations have now been given funding.
The chosen projects will strengthen social fabric within North Somerset and help foster a sense of local belonging and community cohesion, while also helping to build resilient neighbourhoods and increase life chances for residents.
Projects encompass local arts, cultural heritage and creative activities, social action projects, infrastructure support, community engagement, and local regeneration.
The successful organisations and their projects are:
• Clevedon Town Association Football Club - Seasiders 150 Years Heritage Mural Project
• Curzon Clevedon Community Centre for the Arts - Creative Events for Inter-generational Cohesion
• Friends of Grove Park - Friends of Grove Park Volunteer Engagement and Development
• Groundwork South Trust Ltd - Getting Back to Nature at Goblin Combe
• Home Start North Somerset - Side by Side
• North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together (NSPCWT) CIC - NSPCWT capacity building / staff training project
• Pill Community Foundation - Power to Pill
• Race Equality North Somerset - Working Well
• Read Easy North Somerset - Read Easy Service in North Somerset
• Refugees Welcome North Somerset - Welcome Meals
• SEND and you - Community Ambassador Project
• Somerset Storyfest - ONE TREE Many Branches Refugee Project
• Theatre Orchard Projects - Weston Encounters
• Vision North Somerset - Seeing Friends
• Wellspring Counselling - Training and retaining volunteer counsellors
• West of England Rural Network - Tea and Tell Us, Tea and Try It: developing activities in rural community hubs
• Weston and District Community Transport – Future, Feasibility, Space and Design.
All projects will be completed by next April. More information about how to get involved with the projects will be shared over the coming year.
A second round of community grants funding will open early next year so look out for details.
This money is coming from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, a central pillar of the government’s Levelling Up agenda which is providing £2.6bn for local investment by March 2025
The fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK by investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills.