Reed Welcomes Latest Round of Big Lottery Funding Successes in Loughborough

Loughborough MP Andy Reed has welcomed the news that Big Lottery funding is benefiting more groups in Loughborough. The Big Lottery Fund in the East Midlands has announced that two further groups have become the latest ones to receive a significant grant from the latest round of awards.

First, Charnwood Independent Youth Association (CIYA) has been awarded £9810 for an Access to Information Technology Project. CIYA based in Loughborough will provide IT facilities for the homeless and vulnerable young people that they work with. The project will enable them to build up important skills and help those trying to re-enter education. The project will also improve confidence and access to jobs.

Second, Gorse Covert Community Association (GCCA) has been awarded £10000 for an initiative called “Furnish it!”. This project run by the charity in GCCA in Loughborough will provide new and replacement furnishings for its centre. The project will improve facilities at the centre and encourage greater use by the wider community.

Reed stated “both awards are fully deserved in my opinion, and will do a lot to help provide both skills for Loughborough people and also regenerate communities”. He added “for the volunteers associated with the club who do work behind the scenes and are often unnoticed, in particular this funding rewards them for their time and efforts”.
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Notes for editors:
Over the past few years Reed has been instrumental in promoting the availability of Big Lottery Funding in and around Loughborough. In turn this has benefited a wide range of groups and organisations in the Loughborough parliamentary constituency including; Hind Leys pre School Playgroup in Shepshed, Charnwood Voluntary Service, St Gregory’s Roman Catholic Parish Church in Sileby, Loughborough SUGA (a self help group set up to help people with drug and addiction problems), Loughborough U3a (a voluntary organisation offering learning opportunities for those that have retired and are not in full time employment), Quorn Old People’s Fellowship, Shepshed Camera Club, Hathern Youth Club, Charnwood Racial Equality Council, Barrow Town Cricket Club, Sileby Photographic Society and Homefield College.

More information on Big Lottery Funding is available from Mick McGrath Head of Big Lottery Fund, East Midlands, 0115 8722950 http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/