- Area:
- North West England
- Programme:
- Awards for All England
- Release date:
- 21 8 2012
The Rochdale Hornets Rugby League club may have narrowly missed out on promotion this season but they still have reason to celebrate after winning a £9850 grant for the club’s Hornets Developing Positive Futures project.
The scheme aims to introduce young people who have offended or at risk of offending to sporting initiatives in rugby league including health and safety and wellbeing coaching but the club has ambitious plans to expand in the future.
Hornets Director Geoff Hurst, said: “We’re delighted to have received this money. We will use this money to reach out to the wider community, not just ex-offenders but people with disabilities as well as the gay, lesbian and Asian communities. We’re a family club and we look forward to getting a diverse mix of local people involved in the great sport of Rugby League.”
Elsewhere in the town, the Rochdale Society of Model and Experimental Engineers, one of the oldest societies in the country, will use their award of £3,300 to upgrade their clubhouse ready for the cold winter months.
These projects are just two in the latest wave of grants from the Big Lottery Fund’s popular small grants scheme, Awards for All. A total of 88 projects in the North West are today sharing £775,125 in the latest round of awards.
Helen Bullough, Big Lottery Fund Head of the North West region, said: “These projects are fantastic and are just a drop in the ocean of good causes that the Awards for All programme has supported. There’s plenty more funding to come and we want to hear from all community groups, charities and associations across the North West who may not realise just how quick and simple the application process is. The money is here so make sure you don’t miss out.”
BIG’s Awards for All programme offers grants of between £300 and £10,000 to social and environmental projects that will benefit local communities and make a difference to the lives of those most in need. Voluntary and community groups, schools, health organisations and parish and town councils can all apply.
See a full list of awards announced in the North West today
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