Grants bonanza (From Oxford Mail)

Grants bonanza

12:00pm Thursday 2nd February 2012 in News

Witney town council has given out £3,630 in grants to 13 organisations this year.

The grants are given to bodies judged to have contributed constructively to the life of the town.

The grants include £650 to youth club Base 33 for project work, £100 to West Witney WI for a cabinet to store the WI banner, £600 towards Witney Woodland Volunteers’ Deer Park Community Woodland, £500 towards Witney Town Band’s running costs and instruments, £325 for the Witney unit of St John Ambulance, £250 for the running costs of Witney-based charity Volunteer Linkup, £300 for the Silver Threads’ annual Christmas lunch, £200 towards Witney Music Society’s 2012 artists’ fees, £300 towards equipment and uniforms for the 2nd Witney Guides, £155 towards Witney Music Festival’s expenses and £250 towards equipment for video news station Witney TV.

Witney Rotary Club was also given free use of Langdale Hall for a charity dinner and Oxfordshire Play Association was given free use of The Leys for its Play Day.