Making Local Life Better, reopens
Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation has relaunched its flagship Making Local Life Better grant programme, making it easier and faster for local charities, voluntary groups and community organisations…
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£100,000 Grant fund now open to help people into employment
Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation are working with the Efficiency East Midlands Foundation. Launching a £100,000 funding programme aimed at supporting people into employment. The fund will prioritise…
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Local artists receive grants as Lucy Phillips Arts Fund hits its initial target of £20,000
Artists and cultural organisations from across Leicester and Leicestershire have received over £4,000 funding from the Lucy Phillips Arts Fund (LPAF), set up in memory of the life…
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Football team gets much needed boost to facilities
The William Colton Youth Sports Fund provided Blaby District Spartans, an inclusive football club for players with pan-disability, with much needed funding to cover the costs of all-weather…
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Creative workshops for people with dementia
The Melton Building Society Charitable fund supported Rutland Community Ventures with a grant to provide weekly Lunchtime Creative Workshops, led by professional creatives trained and experienced in working…
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Basic essentials for families in temporary accommodation
The Gilmour Family Fund supported Action Homeless with much needed funding to purchase and provide starter packs to help people settle into temporary housing and permanent homes. The…
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Condor Fund supports disabled competitors in competitive sailing
Rutland Sailability received funding to support the costs of volunteers accompanying disabled Sailors to competition events. The grant contributed to the cost of volunteers assisting disabled people sailing…
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City of Leicester Education Fund supports school linking project
A grant from the City of Leicester Education Fund has contributed to staffing costs of running the St Phillip’s Centre School’s Linking Project, supporting interfaith relations in local…
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Green Gym continues with support from the Cambridge and Counties Bank Foundation
The “Green Gym” project in Eyres Monsell run by The Conservation Volunteers continues to make an enormous difference for those struggling with mental health and isolation. As a…
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PASIC continues to provide support to families with the help of grant from the Bill & Jean Richmond Foundation
With a grant from the Bill and Jean Richmond Foundation, PASIC were able to continue to provide support to families during difficult times. The grant contributed to the…
