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community
groups have received a welcome cash boost from the Co-operative
Group.
Organizations including a transport project and food
charity have received awards of between £100 and
£850 from the Co-operative Partnerships scheme.
Cambridge Foodbank, which distributes donated food and
other items to the homeless and people on low incomes,
has been awarded £500.
Another £500 was awarded to the Garden Walk Tenants
Welfare Group for gardening equipment for an allotment
project, while Cambridge Dial-a-Ride received £100
towards a new minibus.
Co-operative Group membership officer Gill Boys said:
“The Co-op is delighted to help these worthy local
projects which help bring marginalized communities into
the mainstream and enable people who are socially excluded
to enjoy the opportunities in life that many of us take
for granted.”
Last year the Co-operative Partnerships granted a total
of £40,000 to 60 successful projects and since
its launch almost £200,000 has been awarded to
voluntary and community groups throughout England and
Wales.
The scheme will be replaced by the Co-operative Group’s
Community Dividend Fund this year.
This article was written by Laura
Matless.
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