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Over £300,000 invested in community projects by Stockport Local Fund this year Last updated
23 February 2021
Over £300,000 invested in community projects by Stockport Local Fund this year
Stockport Council has awarded a total of £307,000 since the start of the year to 68 projects, through the Stockport Local Fund.
We’ve received applications for funding for a wide range of ideas, including those responding to the impact of COVID-19 and others offering wider long-reaching support for the most vulnerable in our borough.
We have funded projects that are tackling digital exclusion, offering befriending, providing coaching for the unemployed and addressing mental health. We are supporting projects for victims of domestic abuse, refugees, bereaved families, people with special educational needs or disabilities and young people at risk of being drawn into crime and violence. We are helping to fund new orchards and green spaces, sensory spaces and creativ