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Nov 2020
20 Harrogate district charities awarded £415,000
Twenty voluntary organisations in the Harrogate district have shared £415,000 from the government's Coronavirus Community Support Fund.
The fund enables small and medium sized not-for-profit organisations to help vulnerable groups during the pandemic.
A total of 8,250 organisations shared £200 million nationally.
The largest local beneficiaries were Community Catalysts, a social enterprise in Harrogate that helps people run community businesses, which received £69,000 and the Knaresborough community arts charity Orb, which was awarded £65,000.
Other major beneficiaries included Yorkshire Yoga & Therapy Centre in Knaresborough and Harrogate's Wesley Centre, which received £48,990 and £37,500 respectively.
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In a statement on his website, Andrew Jones, the Conservative MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, said:
The successful applicants were:
Community Catalysts £69,000
Orb £65,000
Yorkshire Yoga and Therapy Centre £48,990
Wesley Centre £37,500
Harrogate Mind £24,700
Open Country £24,212
Harrogate and District Community Action £23,346
Disability Action Yorkshire £21,893
Artizan International £19,465
Claro Enterprises £10,000
Resurrected Bites £10,000
Cliff House Community Support Services £10,000
Saint Michael's Hospice £9,107
Boroughbridge and District Community Care £9,000
Autism Angels £8,500
Harrogate Samaritans £8,000
Vision Support Harrogate District £7,056
New Beginnings peer support group £4,332
Happy Wanderers Ambulance Association £3,200
Harrogate and Knaresborough Toy Library £1,307
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