Wilmslow Town Council has agreed to provide grants to support three organisations.
At this week's meeting councillors approved a grant of £1650 for Incredible Edible who meet once a month to tend community plots in the town. They also provide tours of the plots to local schools, creches, pre-schools and interested parties to encourage local people to join in.
The group of volunteers teamed up with Wilmslow Business Group and Wilmslow Town Council this year to enter the RHS In Bloom competition, which they picked up two awards from, and completed Wilmslow' s first Spring Clean this year.
The grant money will be spent on fruit bushes, herbs and vegetable seeds which will be planted at a number of locations in the town, including Wilmslow Station, Wilmslow Health Centre, Bank Square, Dean Drive and Wilmslow Library.
Cllr Ellie Brooks said "I think we all know the wonderful job Incredible Edible did this summer entering the North West in Bloom. They have put in for a very modest grant for plants, everything else is done on a voluntary basis."
She added "It will enable them to get on with their work rather than having to raise the money to do so."
Councillors also agreed to provide a grant of £22,100 to Lindow Common Advisory Group to enable them to provide new information boards, noticeboards and an information leaflet so more people can fully understand the common as a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
Money will also be spent on repairing perimeter fencing and resurfacing footpaths to improve access for walkers and those with pushchairs or wheelchairs.
Proposing that the application was approved, Cllr Keith Purdom said "I think we're incredibly lucky to have an SSSI site on our doorstep, I think we're incredibly lucky to have such a knowledgable and enthusiastic ranger as well.
"It's an SSSI because it is rare heathland, it's a Cheshire East funded facility but we are faced with a lack of funds, things not happening and we're faced with signage which is way out of date and falling apart.
"Some of the paths need renovation which is an expensive item because you have to worry about the acidity and alkaline of the soil. We got fencing issues and I also believe we can do much better in communicating with the local community about what this SSSI is and why it is so special."
A third grant was approved of £4060 for Great Places Housing Group which is a social housing group provider in the North West.
The money is to fund a project called Strong Mums which will provide sessions aimed at increasing the skills and confidence of 15 mums.
The course will run at the Oakenclough Children's Centre and involve three women from Great Places, three from the children's centre, three from Dean Oaks Primary School, three from Riverside Housing Association and three women who are currently in Styal Prison.
The Strong Mums course is designed to equip them with life skills, self-confidence, resilience and decision-making skills, to enable them to deal with their day to day lives and also to allow them to move on to further opportunities in education, training, voluntary roles or jobs.
Cllr Ruth McNulty strongly recommended the Council supported this application with the proviso that they ask for formal assessments of its achievements.
She told her fellow councillors "I like the idea and I am sufficiently confident that the design of the program will achieve its objectives. As you all you I am all for the general principle of helping people to help themselves.
"In this particular case the people are young women with children - what better group of which to run a programme of life skills and values which most of us take for granted. I was particularly impressed with the ripple effect of this programme.
"Evaluation demonstrates impact not only on the participants but on their children and peer group as well. I'm told that at the latest signpost meeting that every one of the 15 participants had gone on to either to take further education or to seek work - direct impact from a modest programme."
