Much-loved facilities in Central Bedfordshire benefit from grants worth £240,000, supporting communities in the area for years to come.
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£240K Boost for Central Bedfordshire Communities
Much-loved facilities in Central Bedfordshire benefit from council grants worth £240,000, supporting communities in the area for years to come.
Town and parish councils, community and voluntary groups have been allocated to 12 organisations across the Central Bedfordshire area to invest in their facilities, improving access, reducing running costs, and creating better spaces for the benefit of their respective communities.
The grants are fully funded by the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF).
Projects to be completed between now and the end of March include: improvements to a building used to help unemployed young people develop new skills; community and sensory gardens; new play equipment; and improvements to accessibility for people using wheelchairs or pushing buggies. They will support communities in Dunstable, Flitwick, and Leighton Buzzard, along with Shefford, Sandy, Caddington, Potton, Woburn and Barton le Clay.
Through an application process, we received 50 expressions of interest from groups across Central Bedfordshire, which are all doing great work in their communities, all of which were evaluated to a strict set of criteria set out by the Government.
A total of £240,589 has been awarded by Central Bedfordshire Council to the following local projects which will have a big impact on local people and will go a long way to improving the health and well-being of our communities.
*Volunteer It Yourself CIC, Dunstable South, £25k: *Improvements to a community building used to support disadvantaged, unemployed young people to develop new vocational skills.
*Barton le Clay Parish Council, £19.5k: *Creating a new community garden, improving a sense of community, and supporting mental wellbeing and local biodiversity.
*Friends of Warden Abbey Vineyard, Sandy, £6k: *New grounds maintenance equipment to help maintain a community area.
*The Zoological Society of London at Whipsnade, Caddington, £25k: *A new sensory garden for Community Access Scheme beneficiaries and other visitors
*Flitwick Scout Group, £11k: *Security fencing and replacement doors for safety, and installation of a disabled access ramp.
*Leighton-Linslade Town Council, £40k: *Various improvements improving accessibility, security, and kitchen facilities for evening hirers at Pages Park Pavilion, Leighton Buzzard.
*Dunstable Town Council, £40k: *To provide and install several pieces of inclusive play equipment in the Grove House Gardens Play Area.
*BRCC, Dunstable Central, £10k: *Replacement of an old, inefficient oiled-fired heating system, with a modern and efficient air source heat pump
*Potton Hall for All, £29k: *To purchase a heat pump, an exterior storage base and the material needed for an approach road.
*Woburn Sands Bowls Club, £19.5k: *Solar panels to help lower the running costs of a well-used community facility.
*Dunton Community Garden, Potton, £8.5k: *Improving security and accessibility for all and refurbish the kitchen to enable greater use by local community-based groups.
Bellcote Meadow car park - Before
*Bellcote Meadow Millennium Green Trust, Shefford, £7.5k:*To provide a hard surface area for parking and access and improving accessibility to those with mobility issues (including wheelchair users) and people pushing prams/buggies.
Image shows the car park before the works.
This project was co-funded with a grant from Central Bedfordshire Council's Community Asset Grant which has enabled the works to be done and is already benefiting visitors to the green .
The newly resurfaced car park can be seen in the image.
Bellcote Meadow care park - After
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