51 local groups awarded Volunteering Small Grants

Communities Minister Paul Givan has announced 51 borough organisations have won Volunteering Small Grants.

Fifty-one organisations in the Mid & East Antrim Borough are among 727 groups province-wide sharing in Â£600k from the Volunteering Small Grants Programme

The programme provides grants to help organisations recruit and support volunteers.

Among the 51 local winners were - 1st Cullybackey Guides £744, 1st Cullybackey Senior Section £830, 2nd Ahoghill BB £700, All Saints ABC £960, Ballymena & District Carers’ Group £880, Ballymena Lions Club £640, Broughshane & District Community Association Limited £760, Broughshane Improvement Committee £957, Carniny Amateur Youth Football Club £944, Good Morning Ballymena £855, Portglenone Enterprise Group £1080, Rectory Residents Association £540, Good Morning Ballymena £855, Hillstown Rural Community Group £1,080, the Hope Centre £784,Kells & Connor Community Improvement Association £1,080, Kells & Connor Cougars £960,North Ballymena Community Cluster £877, Raglan Community Renovation Development Society £960, Seven Towers Community Association £960 and Broughshane Environment Waterfowl & Wildlife Trust £400.