Bedford charities get Christmas £154k cash boost thanks to Harpur Trust
Christmas has arrived early for seven groups and charities as The Harpur Trust announced its latest grant awards of almost £155,000.
The organisations receiving the Christmas gift include the Bedford & Northants MS Therapy Centre - with a payment towards the salaries of two part-time specialist Multiple Sclerosis nurses; Project 41 at Woodside Church - which has been awarded £39,500 for a befriending service for isolated and vulnerable people; and the YMCA’s Fun 4 young people project - which will receive nearly £55,810 over two years to enable them to expand their clubs to more areas.
Lucy Bardner, community programmes director at The Harpur Trust, said: “This is our third grants committee meeting of the financial year and with four more to go, we are on track yet again to award more than £1million to local projects under our three charitable objects of education, relief and recreation with a social welfare purpose.
“Anyone with a community project delivering real benefit to Bedford borough is very welcome to contact the Harpur Trust team for information and details are also available on our website.”
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Other grants were awarded to the National Literacy Trust for its Early Words family learning programme; Bedford and County Athletics Club to help with storage for wheelchair racers; and Country Days to help build a rain shelter for children to explore nature whatever the weather.
To find out more about applying for a grant from The Harpur Trust, visit here