£13.5m National Lottery funding programme for rural Wales welcomed
A £13.5 million National Lottery funding programme for rural Wales has been welcomed by Carmarthenshire County Council. The Big Lottery Fund is inviting groups to help tackle poverty in Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Powys, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Monmouthshire. Grants of between £10,000 and £350,000are available and their work must benefit a community with a population of 10,000 or less. Although types of activities that could be funded are not being prescribed, applications would need to show how groups are doing any of the following to address poverty: improving well-being, raising aspirations, enhancing skills available in the community or helping people deal with tough circumstances. This could include themes like employment and income, transport and access to services, poor broadband and digital exclusion, housing and fuel poverty and demand for welfare and advice services. Big Lottery Fund Wales’ director John Rose said: “The beauty of rural are...