Cheshire East Council has approved the third round of community grants for 2016/17, with awards totalling £47,387 have been allocated to voluntary and community organisations which meet the criteria approved by Cheshire East Council.
Amongst the successful applicants are Lindow Singers who perform four concerts a year. They requested £500 towards the purchase of music and advertising, in order to increase attendance at their concerts and encourage new members to join. The group are contributing £100 from their own fundraising and have expected income from ticket sales to cover their annual costs. They were awarded £500.
Alderley and Wilmslow Musical Theatre Society were also successful in obtaining a community grant to go towards the production costs of 'White Christmas'. They requested £1000 towards the total cost of the project of £32,897 but were awarded a grant of £500 on the condition that they secure the remaining project costs and supply the monitoring information from their previous grant.
The grant will supplement income generated from a number of other sources including tickets sales, fundraising and other grants.
Photo: Lindow Singers.
