- Council considers new games area for young people in Ham
- ‘Drop in’ and find out more about your Village Plan
- Online one-stop-shop for Council services launched
- Keep busy this summer
- Take part in your own road race
- Be inspired by the Olympics
- Children’s centres open for summer
- Be a part of Orleans House Gallery’s Big 40
- Richmond Youth Council wants you
- Carers offered a well deserved break
- Mayor gets into the Olympic spirit
- Richmond overwhelmed by 120 Olympics volunteering applications
- Plans approved to consider integrated health and social care services
- Richmond outlines new priorities for community safety
- Council confirms £400,000 extra cash for new Community Road and Pavement Fund
- Stay Safe During The Games
- Residents asked about proposed changes to Council Tax benefit
- Cabinet agrees funding for Sixth Forms
- First Volunteering Richmond Roadshows
- School opens for summer
- Richmond's registration services go online
- Business start-ups offered ‘pop up’ shop in Richmond
- Council service delivery during the Olympics
- Crane Park scoops Green Flag Award
- Playbeach back for the summer
- Richmond in Bloom winners dazzle judges
- Over 500 primary school places approved for the borough
- Heathrow expansion no more viable today than in 2010
- Olympics museum display wins Civic Pride funding
- Youngsters capture spirit of Paralympics in poetry
- Deadline is looming to nominate for dignity in care locally
- Hampton carer to carry Olympic flame
- Last call for Olympic Volunteers
- It’s Showtime
- Summer events announced for new-look Twickenham Riverside
- Scholarship boost for aspiring students
- Community spirit at Heatham House
- Be a good neighbour during the Olympics
- Richmond Children’s Services Director gets new post
- Major plans to revitalise Twickenham take a step closer
- New facilities for children with SEN
- Complaints against parking services at an all time low
- Parking during the Olympic Games
- Hampton North set for regeneration boost
- Community spirit gets funding
- Take part in Summer Reading Challenge
- Team Richmond celebrate Games triumph
- All in One Village Plans to launch this week
Release Date: 06/07/2012
Community spirit gets funding
Local people can now apply for a grant of up to £1,000 to help make Richmond upon Thames a better place through the Council’s Civic Pride Fund for Individuals.
The fund, which was initially only available to constituted local organisations, will be rolled out to residents who want to make a difference in their community. Since it's launch in June last year, over £90,000 has been awarded to more than thirty different local community groups.
Organisations who have benefitted include the disability charity, Richmond Aid for their Richmond Spade Project which helps vulnerable residents to access their gardens and green spaces with ease; a replacement pitch roller for Ham and Petersham Cricket Club, and accessible renovations to a new community hall for St. Philip and St. James Church in Whitton.
Cllr Pamela Fleming, Strategic Cabinet Member for Community, Business and Culture said, “We’re giving local people the opportunity and the means to bring positive change to their community. Richmond upon Thames is already such a beautiful place but there is always room for improvement. The efforts of local people in our community bring real vibrancy to the borough, and we are pleased that this fund will help make these ideas a reality. If you have a local project that you feel will benefit the community and the area you live in, I would like to encourage you to apply for this grant and have your chance to really make a difference.”
The fund will be available to individuals, young people and groups with a common cause. For more information please visit the Civic Pride Fund page. Top priorities will be ensuring the borough remains a borough to be proud of, community areas stay in top shape and local parks and gardens remain some of the best in London.
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