Dawlish Garden Trust gains from Teignbridge Community Fund

Dawlish Garden Trust is the latest community project to benefit from funding from the Teignbridge Strategic Partnership Making It Happen grant.

The trust got £1,000 to help buy a new Mule 4×4 vehicle for its work providing horticultural work experience, along with life skills training, for those with learning difficulties.

It is one of 14 organisations to benefit from the fund so far.

Established in July 2009, the fund is designed to support community groups in Teignbridge, helping them get new projects off the ground, continue existing schemes or undertake one-off improvements for the local community. It also aims to encourage more more people to be involved in their activities and assist them in creating a real sense of belonging within their communities.

Recipients of funding so far include the South Devon Aspergers Group (£500), Bosom Buddies mothers’ support group (£380), the disabled hoist fund at Bovey Tracey Swimming Pool (£1,000) and Tedburn St Mary Allotment Association (£500), among others.

Awards are currently being made following the first round of funding bids, and the Making It Happen fund is expecting to open the second round for new applications in late April.

The fund has a total of £28k to distribute over two years, making a real difference to communities across Teignbridge. Grants of up to £500 can be awarded to projects whose total cost is up to £5,000 and grants of up to £1,000 will be given to projects whose total coast is between £5,000 and £10,000.

If you’d like to learn more about Making It Happen can contact Gary Powell, Teignbridge Community Projects Officer, on 01626 215895 or Gary.Powell@teignbridge.gov.uk, or visit Teignbridge, Making It Happen.

The 14 recipients of first round Making It Happen funding are:

• South Devon Aspergers Group -  £500
• Kingskerswell Village Plan Steering Group – £500
• Bosom Buddies: Newton Abbot – £380
• Tedburn St Mary Allotment Association – £500
• Dance Devon: Dance this way: Kingsway West, Teignmouth – £500
• Inverteign Wildlife Area  Project: Inverteign School, Teignmouth – £1,000
• The Garden Project: Kingscare, Kingsteignton – £500
• Disabled Hoist Fund:  Bovey Tracey Swimming Pool – £1,000
• Let’s Cook Project: Home Start, Newton Abbot – £500
• Computerised Booking Project, Newton Abbot Community Transport – £1,000
• Stover Wildlife Group – Wildlife pond for Vickers Field, Newton Abbot – £500
• TRAIL – Provision of arts and craft workshops as part of the Dawlish TRAIL Project – £500
• “The Mule” transportation vehicle, Dawlish Gardens Trust – £1,000
• Starting a scout group, 1st Liverton Scouts – £1,000

(from a press release)

(Image: Cllr Alan Connett, Chair of the TSP, and Cllr Geoff Wills, Mayor of Dawlish, presented the Dawlish Garden Trust with £1,000. From left to right Bryony Guest – Dawlish Garden Trust; Cllr Alan Connett – Chair of Teignbridge Strategic Partnership & Leader of Teignbridge Council; June Collis – Dawlish Garden Trust; and Cllr Geoff Wills – Mayor of Dawlish)

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