The 社区福利基金 awards local communities across the BOB官方网站 District with grant funding for community-based and environmental projects.
The fund originated with the installation of the University's wind turbine in 2012. The wind turbine produces around 15% of the overall energy demand on campus each year and the 社区福利基金 uses some of that benefit to engage with the local community and promote sustainable projects.
每年, 该基金最多拨款20英镑,000 to BOB官方网站 District-based not-for-profit organisations, 慈善机构, 信托基金, community groups or voluntary organisations to support sustainable projects, 大大小小的. The funding really makes a difference to the local area, whether that's through funding new charging points for electric vehicles or contributing towards refurbishment projects to improve energy efficiency, the projects we fund vary in complexity and value.
以前的受助人
每年 great projects receive funding to help improve lives and the environment within the local community. Here's a look at some of the success stories over the years.
城市中心项目
£5000 was awarded to St Thomas Church in BOB官方网站 towards replacing the existing church hall. 2英镑的一部分.5M城市中心项目, the application was well received by the 社区福利基金 Steering Group and was the highest value awarded to a single applicant in round seven of applications.
The contribution saw the former hall replaced with a new, 77m2 multi-use community building with up graded lighting and heating to make the facilities more energy efficient. The new space also created two part-time posts and around 30 voluntary roles.
感官花园项目
部分1英镑,000 grant enabled Piccadilly Garden to raise sufficient funds to purchase materials to construct a path, raised beds and seating areas as part of the sensory path project. Piccadilly Gardens provides a day support service for those with learning difficulties and mental health issues and plants (as well as operating as a garden centre and providing jobs for users). The sensory path was identified as having a range of benefits for users from a mental health perspective as well as a learning resource and ecological benefit in its own right.
Ellel多用途路径开发
£6,800 awarded to Ellel Parish Council to deliver this project. Creating a new combined permissive footpath/cycle path linking the A6 opposite Hazelrigg lane with Highland Brow (road). The link enables pedestrians and cyclists to avoid using the busy A6 when travelling from the University towards Galgate.
点亮项目
BOB官方网站的男孩 & Girls Club was awarded a grant of £1,947.9 to install replacement energy efficient LED lighting in the club offices and reception area. The installation reduced electricity consumption by 35% and increased bulb life by 30%.
当地俱乐部会所的太阳能电池板
The community Benefit Fund provided a grant of £4,850 to enable solar PV panels to be installed on the roof of Quernmore Recreation Club. The 16Kw system generates approximately 3,000千瓦时/年的电力, significantly reducing club carbon emissions and enabling the club to offer use of the facility free to the local primary school.
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BOB官方网站 BID was awarded £2,500 to help deliver a dinosaur themed fun day in BOB官方网站 City Centre. The day included giant animatronic dinosaurs and other themed activities for the local community and was designed to encourage the local community to visit and appreciate BOB官方网站 City Centre. The project engaged with local partners such as the museum and library and highlighted the city’s link with the famous local palaeontologist Sir Richard Owen.
越来越成功
1英镑的补助金,000 (in addition to funding from other providers) enabled the Claver Hill Group to implement a project install an additional poly tunnel and compost tunnel at the site. The Claver Hill site is a community food growing site located adjacent to relatively deprived parts of east BOB官方网站 and the facility provides access to affordable local fruit and veg and provides education and training opportunities for local people and schools.
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The Hedge laying project enabled 20 volunteers on two days to learn the skills required to lay hedges. Two local trainers instructed the volunteers with guidance from LCC Countryside service. 拨款831英镑.64人支付了培训师和设备的费用.
