Amendments to Christmas grants scheme

MOYLE Council has agreed to a number of amendments for their 'Christmas Event for Older People Grant Scheme'.
By The Newsroom
Published 30th Sep 2010, 14:09 BST
Updated 4th Oct 2010, 17:51 BST

A Council report said: ‘The scheme is somewhat a victim of its own success in that in 2009, Council received 27 applications for a total pot of 3,000, rendering the actual awards to individual groups rather small.’

The report said the guidelines emphasise that the intention of the grants scheme is to support those groups who wish to provide for older people at Christmas time and is not intended for the purposes of groups who wish to provide solely for their own members.

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The grants are up to 250 to assist community groups in organising a Christmas event which will benefit pensioners who are residents of Moyle and suitable events include Christmas lunch/dinner, tea dance, concert, carol service, season outing, etc, with the core aspect of the fund to go towards providing dinner/refreshments as part of an event.