Dogs Against Drugs has been awarded a total of £25,000 by most of the local community councils for its educational work and the Classic Car Show has received £4,600 towards it costs.
The South Mainland Community Association got a grant of £500 towards its new picnic tables at the Dunrossness Playing Field and Pavilion while the South Mainland Amateur Swimming Club was awarded £1,500 towards its covid recovery wellbeing programme.
Among other grants awarded are £1,250 to the Hillswick Public Hall for new PA equipment, £1,500 for Sandwick youth and Community Centre to carry out a survey of their building.
Two grants were awarded to help look after local war memorials. The Quarff War Memorial will be repositioned with the help of a £4,760 grant and the Burra War Memorial will see maintenance work carried out thanks to a £2,520 grant.
The community benefit fund’s grant scheme will remain open until 2024 and local community councils recently received an additional allocation of £340,000 for projects that they support.
For more information see www.scbf.org.uk/ags