THREE projects in South Somerset have been given a total of £35,000. The Community Grants were awarded at a South Somerset District Council (SSDC) Area North Committee to South Petherton Arts, South Petherton Bowls Club and Kirkham Street Field Community Trust. At the meeting held on Wednesday, March 24, three Community Grants were all unanimously approved by members of the committee. South Petherton Arts were awarded £9,992 towards the cost of replacing the roof on the St David Hall. The hall is used for a variety of activities including drama, mime, ballet, dance, music, singing, playwriting, literature and visual arts, sculpting and painting, film nights, acoustic jam sessions, quiz nights, summer and half term schools and weekly coffee mornings.
South Somerset District Council gives grant to Kirkham Street Field Community Trust
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South Somerset District Council gives grant to Kirkham Street Field Community Trust
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Members of Somerset County Council (SCC) voted unanimously to approve the plans. King Ina Academy currently uses the playing field, but will no longer have use for it once the new school is finished. The school has been leasing the field from Somerset County Council, who are planning to sell the it to raise money towards the new school. However, residents in Somerton asked Somerton Town Council if anything could be done to save the field, as there are not many green spaces in the town. So Margaret Chambers, who is now chair of the Kirkham Street Field Community Trust, held a public meeting in March 2019, during which around 500 people agreed to save the field.