Projects share £215,000 Lotto cash

The money comes from the Big Lottery Fund’s Awards for All programme which offers grants between £300 and £10,000 to help groups, ranging from running bushcraft adventure clubs in Brigg (Back 2 Nature Outdoor Education and Training, £9,991) to recruiting advocates to give advice to Eastern European Romas in Sheffield (Pakistan Advice and Community Association, £7,200).

Others to benefit include Ilkley Film Festival, which will use £8,000 to buy a projector to use during the festival and for fortnightly films in a local theatre. In Bradford, £8,574 will be used to train 18 women from ethnic backgrounds to become “doulas”, who offer help, advice and emotional support to mothers before, during and after birth.

Husthwaite Village Hall, in North Yorkshire, will use £9,987 funding to install stage and light equipment, while Haworth Riding for the Disabled will launch an after-school riding club for special needs children. Voluntary and community groups, schools, and parish and town councils can all apply for grants.