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5 July 2011 | PR 11/83
Community groups boosted by University funding
The work of 19 community groups from across Charnwood has been boosted thanks to funding from Loughborough University’s Community Donations Fund.
At the end of May the University award just under £5k from the Open Fund, one of four categories that make up the overall Community Donations Fund
The groups and the projects receiving support are:
Name of Organisation |
Project Funded |
|
1st Nanpantan Scout Group |
Purchase of multi use event shelter |
£260 |
4th Shepshed Scout Group |
Kitchen re-fit project |
£350 |
14th Loughborough Guides |
To set up hardship fund for guides in respect of the 2011 Jamboree. |
£400 |
Act One |
Contribution towards the costs of forthcoming show |
£500 |
Activestart |
To help with the costs of trips for children from Shelthorpe/Cobden schools |
£350 |
Amazons |
To fund outdoor promotional banner |
£160 |
Ashby Road Estate Green Fingers |
Flower bed project |
£500 |
Canvas |
To fund rehearsal space for stage production |
£200 |
Charnwood Group |
For the purchase of lightweight events shelter |
£246.91 |
Corum East Midlands |
Funding for training involving an educational psychologist |
£500 |
Friends of Ashmount School |
Materials for the building of a footpath |
£100 |
Haddon Way Residents Association |
To fund bulb planting day |
£250 |
Hathern Youth Club |
Contribution towards the costs of first aid training |
£250 |
Loughborough Cancer self help group |
To fund publicity materials |
£250 |
Loughborough Male voice choir |
For the purchase of recording equipment |
£265 |
Shepshed Dolphins Swimming Group |
Hire costs of equipment for project for people with disabilities |
£500 |
Possitive Opportunities Social Enterprise |
Contribution to the costs of running day sessions for young people with disabilities |
£500 |
SWAG group |
To fund the purchase of a new printer |
£200 |
ARECA |
To fund the purchase of shelving and storage equipment. |
£381.60 |
The community groups receiving awards were presented with their cheques by Caroline Walker, the University’s Interim Chief Operating Officer at an awards ceremony held at Loughborough Town Hall.
Jon Walker, Director of External Affairs at the University is Chair of the panel that considered the bids. He comments: “We have been able to help over 80 community groups since we launched the Donations Fund. The range of projects we have supported is staggering and indicates the huge amount of effort that takes place in community groups, often without acknowledgement. The University is delighted to help these groups in the work they do.”
Over the summer the University will be awarding a further £5k from the Donations Fund. This will be allocated specifically to community projects members of staff are involved in. Funding arrangements for the 2011/12 academic year will also be announced over the summer.
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For all media enquiries contact:
Alison Barlow
Community Relations Officer
Loughborough University
T: 01509 228696
E: A.J.Barlow@lboro.ac.uk
Notes for editors:
Loughborough is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.
It was awarded the coveted Sunday Times University of the Year 2008-09 title, and is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in national newspaper league tables. In the 2010 National Student Survey, Loughborough was voted one of the top universities in the UK, and has topped the Times Higher Education league for the UK’s Best Student Experience every year since the poll's inception in 2006. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, the University has been awarded six Queen's Anniversary Prizes.
Loughborough is also the UK’s premier university for sport. It has perhaps the best integrated sports development environment in the world and is home to some of the country’s leading coaches, sports scientists and support staff. It also has the country’s largest concentration of world-class training facilities across a wide range of sports.
It is a member of the 1994 Group of 19 leading research-intensive universities. The Group was established in 1994 to promote excellence in university research and teaching. Each member undertakes diverse and high-quality research, while ensuring excellent levels of teaching and student experience.