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Jul 2021

Last Updated: 28/07/2021

Community

Harrogate district charities receive £45,000 from Local Fund

by Suzannah Rogerson

| 28 Jul, 2021

Recipients include Boroughbridge and District Community Care, Harrogate District of Sanctuary, Resurrected Bites and Nidderdale and Pateley Bridge Men’s Shed.

Two Ridings Trustee, Venetia Wrigley, visiting Resurrected Bites, one of the community groups receiving funding

Nineteen not-for-profit organisations in the Harrogate district have been awarded a total of £45,000 to help restart their activities after covid from The Local Fund for the Harrogate District.

The fund, which is a partnership between Harrogate Borough Council, Harrogate and District Community Action and Two Ridings Community Foundation, was established in 2017 to provide grant funding to local voluntary organisations.

Successful applicants include Boroughbridge and District Community Care , which will use the grant to fund the running costs of providing a new minibus service to a farm shop and Nidderdale and Pateley Bridge Men's Shed, which will spend the money on power tools.

This was the third round of funding from the Local Fund.

Jan Garrill, chief executive of Two Ridings Community Foundation, said:

“All the projects funded are working so hard to help local people safely reconnect, get active and be social again, whatever their circumstances."

Sam Gibbs, chair of Harrogate Borough Council’s voluntary and community sector liaison group and a member of the Local Fund grants panel, said it had been an incredibly tough year for charities, adding:

“Now, more than ever, it is critical these charities receive vital funds to ensure they can restart their activities and continue supporting as many people as possible.”

Harrogate Clothes Bank set to reduce its services after losing permanent premises

Resurrected Bites to set up new community grocery shops

Full Circle Funerals contributed to the sum of funding awarded.

Those that received funding were:

Boroughbridge and District Community care - £3,000

Fitmums and friends - £2,510

Harrogate & District Community Action - £2,840

Harrogate District of Sanctuary - £3,000

Lifeline Harrogate Ltd - £1,300

Nidderdale & Pateley Bridge Men's Shed - £1,000

Open Country - £2,877

Supporting Older People - £2,913

Wellspring Therapy & Training - £3,000

Artizan International - £2,961

Autism Angels - £3,000

Blind Jack Explorer Scout Unit - £2,276

Dancing for Well Being - £2,002

Emerging Voices - £3,000

Resurrected Bites - £3,000

St. Andrew's Church, Burnt Yates - £1,171

Pannal Ash Junior Football Club - £3,000

Pannal Memorial Institute - £2,700

Pannal Sports Junior Football Club - £1,281

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