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Bristol green capital grant winners named
More than 20 groups across Bristol to be given cash from the company running Bristol’s year as European Green Capital have been named today.
Bristol 2015 Ltd announced the first 23 organisations to benefit from its Small Grants Fund, with groups getting a share of nearly £150,000 to support new and existing projects in Bristol and the region.
One of the grants has been awarded to Life Cycle UK, a charity that aims to change people’s lives through cycling. The funding will support a year-long, nature-themed cycle project aimed at getting the over-55s and individuals experiencing mental health issues into Bristol’s green spaces.
Due to the large number of applications for the first round of funding, a deadline for the second and final round of funding has been extended to February 27, 2015.
The Small Grants Fund is one of three programmes launched by Bristol 2015. The Neighbourhood Partnerships Fund, launched in June 2014, was created to support projects at a neighbourhood level while the Strategic Grants Fund will provide grants of between £25,000 and £50,000 for not-for-profit organisations.
The applicants of the Strategic Grants Fund will find out if they have been successful on Christmas Eve.
The successful Small Grants Fund applicants named today:
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Talking Money
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African Voices Forum
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Ambition Lawrence Weston
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Easton Energy Group
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Bristol Community FM
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Trinity Community Arts
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Bristol Friends of the Earth
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Bristol Hospitality Network
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Dame Emily Park Project
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Edible Futures CIC
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Friends of Hannah More
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Beebristol
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Bristol Naturalists Society
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Lockleaze Voice
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Friends of Badock’s Wood
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Life Cycle UK
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LitterARTI
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Ecomedia Collective CIC
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Travelling Light Theatre Company
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The Schumacher Institute
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Imayla
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Victoria Park Action Group
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Avonmouth Community Centre Association
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