More than £3,000 has been awarded to community organisations to help put on a programme of exciting events in the city this summer.

Oxford City Council awards £5,232 from its small community grants programme every year and so far it has allocated £3,650 in the first funding round.

Projects that have recevied money this year are:

• Oxford Polish Association: £800 awarded to contribute towards a community event taking place on 16 June

• Oxford Hindu Temple & Community Centre Project: £1,000 awarded to contribute towards the Summer Mela, which took place on 21 May

• West Oxford Community Association: £500 awarded to contribute towards the West Oxford Fun Day, which takes place on 9 July

• Churches Together in Headington: £150 awarded to contribute towards promoting their 2016 Summer fun day

• Oxfordshire Play Association: £1,000 awarded to contribute towards Barton Play & Activity day, which takes place on 11 June

• Young Peoples Puppet Theatre: £300 awarded to help with transporting staging, scenery and puppets to the Story Museum for Orchard Meadow school children to give a performance there in July.

Councillor Christine Simm, member for culture and communities, said: “It is a great feeling, knowing that these grants will help bring happiness and life to the city by allowing a series of fantastic community events to take place this summer.”

The city council also provides £1.5m of grants to community and voluntary organisations every year and is committed to maintain the funding until at least April 2018.

Community and voluntary organisations can still apply to receive grants of between £100 and £1,000 from the small community grants programme.

The deadline to apply for the second round of funding is 16 June.

For more information visit: oxford.gov.uk/grants.