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Children In Need gives out grants in Wales
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Children In Need in Wales has given grants totalling £1.25
million to 73 schemes which help make life better for children across
Wales.
From
the smallest grant of £712, which will help start up an after-school
club in the isolated community of Llwyngwril in Merionethshire,
to the largest sum of £90,637, which will pay to fund a child-worker
in a Women's Aid refuge in Aberystwyth, the money will make a great
deal of difference to children's lives.
Last
year's ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Children In Need appeal raised a record £600,000
in Wales, after a glittering night of fun with celebrities including
Rosie Ribbons, Steve Balsamo and a host of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Wales presenters
led by Rhodri Williams, Owen Money and Kevin Hughes.
The
£1.25 million is the first allocation of cash which will go
to Wales. A further 100 applications are being considered with the
results to be announced in August.
"This
first allocation of grants for 2003 is a testimony to the ingenuity
and commitment of voluntary organisations the length and breadth
of Wales who are combating disadvantage," said Marc Phillips,
national co-ordinator for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Children In need in Wales.
"From
projects helping children cope with the trauma of domestic violence,
to creative musical projects for children with disabilities, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
Children In Need remains one of Wales's principal grant-givers.
"Such
positive action by the charity is only possible because of the hugely
generous way the people of Wales supported the appeal in November
last year."
Grants
for all-Wales groups include:
- £17,550
to Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin to fund nursery places for impoverished
children.
- £16,200
for Cruse Cymru to train counsellors who will help bereaved children.
- £2,000
for the Welsh Kidney Patients Association to fund 20 children to
compete in the 2003 British Transplant Games.
- £5,474
for Welsh National Opera to run community workshops across Wales
for children with special needs.
- £11,300
for Live Music Now! Wales to enable professional musicians to work
with children in communities across Wales.
- £22,686
for Voices of Care to help young people who are leaving or have
left care homes receive counselling, recognition of their rights
and other support.
Notes
to Editors
1. This distribution
of over £1.25 million represents 60% of the money available
in Wales this year. A further 100 applications for funding are currently
being assessed, and the results of that round will be announced
in August.
2.
The next ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Children in Need Appeal takes place on Friday 21 November
2003.
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