YOUNG people in Taunton Deane attending two youth clubs will be able to continue to benefit the experience, thanks to a grant from Somerset County Council.
The authority has boosted over a dozen youth clubs in Somerset, with a grant of £35,000 to be shared between them.
The county council grants are matched by over £81,000 in locally raised funding and hundreds of hours in volunteers’ time – all for the benefit of Somerset’s young people.
The two youth clubs in Taunton Deane who were awarded grants were EVENT Youth Club at Cotford St Luke and Blackdown Youth Club.
EVENT was awarded £3,500 to employ a youth worker for their Friday evening youth club and Blackdown was awarded £880 towards management, programme, premises and insurance costs for their volunteer-run Thursday evening club.
Cllr Frances Nicholson, Somerset County Council’s cabinet member for Children and Families, said: “I am pleased that we have been able to support our communities with these grants, which are a top-up to the funds they have already worked hard to raise locally.
“Many of these projects are heavily reliant on the generosity and dedication of volunteers. I’d like to thank them for everything they do, and I hope the grant funding helps ensure these projects continue benefitting the young people of Somerset in the future.”
Each of the projects bid for the grants and met certain criteria.
Each application was assessed by a grant panel against the criteria and the value for money offered by the proposal.
More information and application forms can be accessed at: somersetyouth.co.uk
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