Southern Water has awarded Community Energy Grants across the region to support community centres, and the Island’s winner is Music Craft CIC – a Newport-based charity that gives everyone the chance to learn to play an instrument.
Since the scheme was launched in October, Southern Water has been inundated with applications for support with energy bills from community centres and spaces including social pantries, homeless drop-in spaces and arts centres – which provide a home to a wide range of events, support groups, classes, winter warmer spaces and befriender clubs.
Based on Newport High Street, the charity offers private music tuition, has an on-site instrument technician, monthly live music, and and arts event programme.
1 lucky centre will also be selected to receive a comprehensive water audit of their building and advice about how to reduce their water costs in Spring 2023. 4 grants, each with a total of £1,000, are being awarded in each of our five counties – offering a total of £20,000 funding.
This support will go towards energy costs, helping relieve the pressure that community spaces face staying open during winter months.
The centres that have been awarded the community grant this week are:
Southern Water’s Community Partnerships and Programme Manager, Alex Willumsen said:
“We know that times are hard for many customers now, in the face of a cost-of-living crisis, so we are determined to do what we can to build resilience and support for those facing challenges in our community. Through our grants scheme, which aims to support both customers experiencing hardship and our communities, we are providing funding support to enable community spaces to continue to operate over winter months and support the work of those supporting young people in our communities to thrive.”
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Further grants under the Community Grant Scheme will be launched in the coming months, to find out more, click here or email [email protected].
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