WRG and WREN announce Communities Challenge shortlist
Howard Lake | 1 November 2007 | News
WREN and WRG have announced the shortlist of eight community groups in line to win a share of £1 million in the WRG Communities Challenge.
This year the Challenge attracted 170 entries, so the odds of success for applicants were very good.
The challenge is open to all charity and not-for-profit organisations within 10 miles of a WRG landfill site who are organising capital projects that will improve the quality of life in the local community. Finalists this year range from village halls, to skate facilities and community parks.
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Unlike the grant funding WREN provides as an environmental distributive body, recipients of the Communities Challenge awards do not have to find match funding and can apply for 100% of their project cost, up to a total of £250,000.
Mike Snell, General Manager of External Affairs at WRG, said: The Communities Challenge offers those who may have struggled to secure grant funding a chance to make their project happen. Throughout the judging process we consult with local authorities and WREN’s local advisory panels to ensure that we pick winners that will bring about lasting improvements to local communities.”
The award ceremony will take place at the House of Commons on 29 November when the finalists will learn which groups have been successful in gaining a share of the prize fund.
The shortlisted organisations and projects are:
* Little Eaton Parish Council, Derbyshire – for a planned village hall
* Kirkintilloch Skatepark Initiative, Glasgow
* North East Lincolnshire District Council in partnership with The Friends of The Freshnay – for a planned redevelopment of the Duke of York Gardens
* Chapel St Leonards Action Group, Lincolnshire – for the creation of a new park and play area
* The Friends of St Ives, West Yorkshire – For improvement of parkland
* Manton Community Alliance, Nottinghamshire – For the creation of a play park
* Friends of Locke Park, South Yorkshire – For the creation of a new play area
* The MEB, Birmingham – for the regeneration of an inner city playing field
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