#Willdoes gets £2,000 grant from Swanage Town Council
Article by: By James Moules on 27 January 2021, 6:00 am
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Local good causes have been awarded grants by Swanage Town Council to help with their charitable work.
At the Swanage Town Council meeting on Monday 25th January 2021, the councillors considered five grant applications for money.
Three of the organisations – #Willdoes, Swanage and Purbeck Rotary and Life Education Wessex, all had their requests approved.
However larger funding requests from the Mowlem Institute Trust and Purbeck Coast FM radio station were not granted although the council pledged to work with the Swanage organisations to help get them the support they needed.
Approved grants
Councillors first considered smaller grant requests from various projects in the area – all of which were approved by members.
£550 is to be given to Life Education Wessex, a charity working across the West Country that helps relationships, health, wellbeing and drugs education to children all across the region.
The council’s grant panel noted:
“The charity has been particularly concerned for the mental health and wellbeing of children during the past few months, and the effect that isolation has had on their emotional wellbeing.
“It was noted that there has been a surge in domestic violence during the COVID-19 lockdown and that many children are more vulnerable than ever, particularly in pockets of the most deprived areas.”
A grant of £200 was made to Swanage and Purbeck Rotary to support its work including the festive stockings of food that were handed out to people alone at Christmas last year.
£2,000 was given to charity #Willdoes, which helps support young people who are struggling with daily life. The Swanage-based charity promotes education, health and social inclusion for those in need, and the grant will help the charity become more established.
This is great news for #Willdoes! Thank you to Swanage Town Council for their support and recognising a need and gap for facilities for young people in the area.
We are hoping that local businesses, other local councils, parishes and the local community will join Swanage Town Council in supporting #Willdoes and to help financially get the #Willdoes Community Bus Project to fruition as soon as possible.