Council awards £100k in community support grants

The Community Support Fund was established by councillors in 2023

A Kent council has awarded community support funding totalling £100,000 to organisations.

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council said organisations providing support for those still feeling the after effects of the Covid-19 pandemic could apply.

To be eligible, groups need to be working towards specific projects, expanding existing services or have new needs that have been identified.

The Community Support Fund was set up in 2023 in response to the impact of the cost of living crisis on the most vulnerable households in the borough.

A cross-party committee of councillors has agreed five grants of £20,000 each for Nourish Community Foodbank, Home-Start South West Kent, West Kent Mind, Tunbridge Wells Counselling Centre/YMCA and church parish larders.

Astra Birch, cabinet member for housing and communities, said: "I am so pleased that we have been able to support five fantastic charities with the Community Support Fund grants.

"The awards are all going to organisations that do amazing work across the borough at a time when so many are still facing financial or other hardship."