The charities and their projects are as follows:
Name of charity |
Project |
Barrow Town Cricket Club |
Funding towards the installation of a defibrillator |
Loughborough Phoenix FC |
The purchase of new equipment |
Seagrave Village PTA |
The purchase of a new iPad to teach children about internet safety |
The Mountsorrel and Rothley Community Heritage Centre |
Building a new foot crossing for the old Granite Quarry site |
John Storer Charnwood |
The purchase of a lawnmower for their THYME project |
Thorpe Acre Community Association |
The replacement of posts on their nature and arts trail |
Barrow Upon Soar pre-school group |
The creation of a nature inspired book corner |
Shepshed Wellbeing Café |
The purchase of craft activities for the group |
SRK Community Project |
The purchase of tables and chairs for their pre-school group |
Jon Walker, Chair of the University’s Donations Fund added: “The University is always pleased to be able to provide support for local community groups that play such an important role. We especially hope that these grants will help enable them to be part of the process of recovery after the worst impacts of the Covid-19 emergency have passed.”