- Area:
- Wales
- Programme:
- Village SOS
- Release date:
- 23 8 2012
Three weeks left for communities in Wales to apply to Village SOS Lottery funding scheme for projects to buck rural decline
A village community in Wales has today been offered a Lottery grant of £48,179 to help breathe new life into their area.
The funding for the Tyn y Capel in Minera, Clwyd, will support the running of a restaurant in their newly acquired village pub. The project will provide work opportunities for local people and profits will be used to benefit other groups in the area.
The money comes from Big Lottery Fund’s Village SOS scheme, which is supporting rural communities across the UK to come together to improve facilities, services and opportunities for local people.
Gale Taylor, chair of Tyn y Capel, said: “The Friends of the Tyn Y Capel are seeking to re-open the pub and restaurant which has been sadly missed by the local community for over a year. This grant award will go towards the running costs of the business and will take us one step closer to achieving our goal for the benefit of the local community.”
Big Lottery Fund is urging other rural communities with populations of less than 3,000 across Wales to make the most of the funding scheme before it closes on 12 September. Grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 are available for enterprising projects from community-run shops and pubs to energy or transport schemes, and craft or food projects. For more information visit: www.villagesos.org.uk
John Rose, Wales’ Director of the Big Lottery Fund, said: “This is a unique opportunity for funding for community-run social enterprises so I would urge more rural communities in Wales to apply.”
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Notes to Editors
- The Big Lottery Fund (BIG), the largest distributor of National Lottery good cause funding, is responsible for giving out 40% of the money raised for good causes by the National Lottery.
- BIG is committed to bringing real improvements to communities and the lives of people most in need and has been rolling out grants to health, education, environment and charitable causes across the UK. Since June 2004 BIG has awarded over £4.4bn.
- The Fund was formally established by Parliament on 1 December 2006.
- Since the National Lottery began in 1994, 28p from every pound spent by the public has gone to good causes. As a result, over £28 billion has now been raised and more than 383,000 grants awarded across arts, sport, heritage, charities, health, education and the environment.
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