Council approves funding for community projects
A HOST of local projects have benefited from a cash injection after the latest recipients of the Vale of Glamorgan Council’s Strong Communities Grant Fund were revealed.
The fund offers grants to community groups, voluntary organisations and Town and Community Councils.
Money can be put towards the cost of initiatives within the Vale that help to support the Council’s vision of ‘Strong Communities with a bright future’.
The aim is to improve the resilience of organisations and their activities by helping to finance projects that add value to existing work.
Applications must demonstrate longer-term sustainability to reduce the reliance on grants in the future.
In 2020, the Council’s Cabinet agreed nearly £850,000 was to be allocated over the next five years through the String Community Grant Fund, with £25,000 the maximum amount available per project.
In total, more than £150,000 worth of funding has been approved for 21 projects following the most recent round of applications.
Among those to benefit are Motion Control Dance, a community dance club based in Barry YMCA, who received more than £10,000 to pay for a new tutor.
Running in parallel to the main fund is the Small Grant Fund, which awards up to £3,000 for smaller-scale schemes.
A total of 11 applications were successful in accessing monies through this route, including Barry Athletic Football Club, who were awarded close to the maximum amount to pay for a shipping container to store equipment.
Cllr Bronwen Brooks, Vale of Glamorgan Council Cabinet Member for Sustainable Places, said: “The Council is committed to building Strong Communities with a Bright Future and we hope this funding will do exactly that.
“It will be used towards financing project that will enrich the local area and the people that live there.
“Across both funding streams, a total of 33 applications have been successful and I can’t wait to see the difference this money makes.”