Green recovery grant for New Forest
The New Forest National Park Authority receives £539,200 from the Government’s £40 million second round of the Green Recovery Challenge Fund.
The New Forest National Park Authority receives £539,200 from the Government’s £40 million second round of the Green Recovery Challenge Fund.
BCP Council has provided £50,000 to a fund which will tackle poverty and isolation to improve health and wellbeing in Dorset.
A school in Hampshire has been successful in securing £2.8 million of grants under the government’s CIF programme.
Several local youth organisations are to receive grants to enable them to recover following pandemic lockdowns.
The areas to benefit are Hengistbury Head, Tuckton, Pokesdown, Boscombe, Southbourne, East Cliff, Pier Approach, West Cliff and Westbourne.
Many organisations in Dorset have been unable to operate during the pandemic and this is the chance to obtain some funding.
This week a number of projects in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are to receive a share of £700,000 funding.
The deadline is 31 May, so small voluntary organisations in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole need to hurry to put in their applications.
A total of 21 schools in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area are to receive grants to encourage pupils to walk or cycle to school.
Applications can be made online for sums between £1,000 and £5,000 with the deadline being Friday 11 June.