£3.1m of Lottery funding shared out

Community groups in Northumberland are getting a share of more than £3.1million in National Lottery funding.
Howick Church. Picture by Jane ColtmanHowick Church. Picture by Jane Coltman
Howick Church. Picture by Jane Coltman

Grants are going to 131 projects across the region.

They include £5,986 to Howick Parish Church, to hold two exhibitions at the church to record community life through paintings, photographs, embroidery and upholstery; £9,749 to Community Action Northumberland, to deliver a pilot project of fuel energy advice and support to vulnerable residents and families at risk of fuel poverty; and £10,000 to Hippotherapy Northumberland, to buy equipment to offer equine therapy sessions and take services further afield.

James Harcourt, England grant-making director at the Big Lottery Fund, said: “The projects we fund are an inspiration to others, showing what great things can be achieved when people work together to tackle the things that really matter to their community.”