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Government Unveils £100 Million Funding For Community Based Social Action Projects
The Government has announced funding of £100 Million to support community social action activism and projects aided by 5,000 fully trained community organisers.
A Community First website has been opened today which invites people to sign their community up to receive support. £80 Million in funding will be handed out by panels of local people so communities decide what’s important to them. The fund is divided into two strands. £30 million will be used to provide small grants. The remaining £50 million will be used to match private donations invested in community endowment funds which will pay out money for small grants well into the future.