Shed-loads of funding from Big Lottery Fund
Howard Lake | 15 June 2010 | News
The Big Lottery Fund has made grants to 39 organisations including Age Concern Cheshire to help it expands its ‘Men in Sheds’ project which brings older men together to learn practical and DIY skills in a supportive ‘sheds’ environment .
Over £7.3 million has been granted to organisations that aim to help those most in need and build stronger communities.
The Men in Sheds scheme is designed to give men over the age of 50 who have experienced life-changing events such as retirement, redundancy, ill-health and bereavement a unique chance to socialise and share and learn new skills together.
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Sanjay Dighe, Chair of the Big Lottery Fund England Committee said: “Men in Sheds is a great example of the many excellent organisations that BIG funds which provide innovative solutions to reach people and communities and support them at key times in their lives.”
Another beneficiary of today’s grants is the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust which receives £236,977 for an England-wide support service for adults and children with brain tumours, their families and carers plus health professionals.
Since the National Lottery began in 1994 over £24 billion has been raised and more than 330,000 grants awarded across arts, sport, heritage, charities, health, education and the environment.
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
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