The National Lottery Community Fund has awarded almost £150,000 to community groups in the Causeway Coast & Glens Council area.
The money awarded to these community groups was funded to help the response to the current COVID-19 crisis, helping to ‘support people who are at high risk from COVID-19’, ‘supporting communities most likely to face challenges because of the COVID-19 lockdown measures’ and to have the ‘resources, connections, expertise or knowledge’, so that these communities are able to get through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some of the projects have included meals on wheels, the purchase of goods for food parcels and support for mental health services, to name a just a few.
CEO The National Lottery Community Fund, Dawn Austwick, said: “As the largest funder of community activity in the UK, we know community life and connections can help to build bonds of support during difficult times. Being kind, offering support and thinking of one another makes neighbourhoods and communities stronger together. This is particularly important for those who are more vulnerable and isolated. At The National Lottery Community Fund we support communities to thrive, this is why we’re pledging our support for this call to action in the coming weeks and months.”
The following is a full list of the community groups and organisations who received funding in the Causeway Coast & Glens area:
| 25th Derry (Limavady) Scouting Ireland | £10,000 |
| 3 C’s Snooker Club | £9,820 |
| Agivey LOL 361 | £10.000 |
| Ballinlea Community Group | £2.150 |
| Bovalley Community Association | £9.950 |
| Bushmills District Lodge 21 | £5.130 |
| Cloughmills Community Action Team | £2.780 |
| Dalriada Training Services C.I.C | £4.800 |
| Garvagh and District Diamond Club | £7.505 |
| Glebeside Community Association Limited | £2,700 |
| Greysteel Community Enterprises | £6,000 |
| Home-Start Causeway | £10,000 |
| Killowen Community Association | £10,000 |
| Killowen LOL 930 | £2,250 |
| Limavady Volunteer Centre | £3,000 |
| Millburn Community Association | £8,680 |
| Rasharkin Community Playgroup | £5.575 |
| St Patrick’s Camogie Club Dungiven | £2,700 |
| Stendhal Festival Ltd | £9,710 |
| The Dry Arch Children’s Centres Ltd | £10,000 |
| The Open Door Ballymoney | £1,000 |
| Triangle Judo Club CIC | £4,212 |
| Vineyard Compassion | £10,000 |
