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Warwickshire County Council’s Nuneaton and Bedworth Area Committee and Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council were amazed when they received 60 applications from local groups asking for a portion of the £100,000 Community Plan Fund.

If every one of the requests had been met, then the total would have reached £239,000, so a panel of representatives, consisting of adults and young people, had the hard job of choosing which groups would be given the money.

The panel, facilitated by officers from Warwickshire County Council’s Nuneaton and Bedworth Area Team and Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council, met at Stockingford Community Centre and debated for more than four hours to choose which projects should be funded, finally whittling it down to 32.

The lucky groups and organisations are:

• Bulkington Sports and Social Amateur Boxing Club - £5,000 for equipment and training.
• Ability Business Centre - £4,964 for running assistive technology road shows.
• Rainbow Sunshine Company - £4,300 to introduce music and movements from different backgrounds to people with learning and physical difficulties.
• Bedworth Arts Centre - £2,600 towards providing drama, dance and art classes for young people.
• Guideposts Trust - £3,550 towards a befriending scheme for carers.
• Weddington Primary School Gardening Club - £2,000 for developing the quad area.
• Bedworth Family Centre - £2,237 for refurbishing a community room.
• DIAL - £2,000 towards providing a simple guide to access in both town centres.
• Newdigate Road Allotments - £5,000 to create an ability garden and new car park area to assist the disabled.
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Healthy Living Network - £2,421 towards giving health MOTs to the community.
• St Joseph’s School Extended Service Group - £700 for creating a support group for parents who have children with special needs.
• Akai Hino Kai - £3,000 towards enabling volunteers to gain professional qualifications in coaching and health safety while encouraging new members.
• Bermuda Village Residents Association - £5,000 to upgrade paths and cycle access by Bermuda Balancing Lake.
• Bedworth and Bulkington Credit Union - £3,525 to upgrade computer equipment and office equipment.
• The Friendship Project for Children - £1,000 to pair disadvantaged children to older people to take part in weekly mutually enjoyable activities.
• St James Church - £5,000 towards converting the west end of the church.
• Nuneaton Credit Union - £1,970 towards setting up school based collection points.
• Hargreaves Narrow Boat Trust - £5,000 to replace the narrowboat engine.
• Galley Common Coffee Club - £1,000 towards expanding the group and providing a series of talks and visits to local places.
• LEMAC - £1,800 towards IT equipment and computer training.
• Good Friends - £720 to provide support to the frail and elderly.
• The Nuneaton Society - £3,550 to produce leaflets on six local communities focussing on their local heritage.
• Abbey Fields Nursery - £700 for lighting to the entrance of the building.
• The Salvation Army Bedworth - £2,400 towards providing information and support by delivering 12 themed sessions.
• Phantom Knights - £2,400 towards replacing two baritone bugles.
• Nuneaton Stroke Club - £4,300 for transporting housebound clients.
• 1st Bedworth Scouts - £5,000 towards the overall costs of a feasibility study to redevelop the Elizabeth Centre to a multi-purpose Community Centre.
• Crescent Youth Association - £3,870 for security enhancements at Edward Street Community Centre.
• Sahil Project - £4,996 to provide a befriending and counselling project for women from BME communities.
• Bedworth Churches Together - £1,350 got a group of volunteers to engage with young people in Bedworth.
• Nuneaton CTC - £4,000 towards raising the awareness of the club and encouraging new members to join.
• Citizens Advice Bureau - £3,315 to provide 50 community information boards that will be installed in community buildings.

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