Cheshire East libraries including Nantwich are to benefit from a government grant of £10,000 to help combat social isolation among the area’s readers.
The Reading Friends project is a national scheme, overseen by the Department for Media, Culture and Sport and run by the Reading Agency.
Cheshire East Council is inviting applications to its Green Homes Grant scheme.
The council has been awarded Government funding in a bid to support Cheshire East residents to make energy efficiency improvements to their homes.
A decision on how this year’s Nantwich Food Festival will be run is likely to be made by Easter, said councillors and organisers.
The popular three-day festival brings tens of thousands of visitors to the town in early September.
Green-fingered primary school pupils in Nantwich have created a vegetable garden thanks to a £1,250 grant.
Year 6 youngsters at Millfields Primary have worked their site manager Mr Cornes to create the garden.
The £90 million emergency business funding from Government to Cheshire East Council was the 15th largest in England, says the authority.
The authority says the amount demonstrates the “significant contribution” local businesses make to the economy.
An ultra-runner from Shavington is among the first round of recipients to earn funding from the Everybody Foundation.
Nicola Bruce has been awarded £182 to support her involvement in the GB ultras 50 mile Grand Slam.
A cheese firm near Nantwich has secured a £400,000 grant towards its £1.5 million expansion plan to create new jobs.
JS Bailey Cheese, based in Calveley, says the project will help create 15 new jobs and build new production facilities.
Pupils at St Oswald’s C.E. Primary School in Worleston, Nantwich are bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative.
Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch its community funding scheme.
Nantwich business Direct Access Consultancy is one of the winners Heathrow’s World of Opportunity grant programme.
For the second year, Heathrow has partnered with the Department for International Trade “Exporting is GREAT Campaign” to fund 20 SMEs and their exporting ambitions.
The Roundabouts Day Nursery in Shavington is to enjoy a garden revamp after receiving a community donation from homebuilder Taylor Wimpey Manchester.
The nursery, which turns three-years-old this year, has been given £500 to build higher fencing and a new gate, to ensure the safety of the children, as well as to provide more plants and outdoor covering.
Families in Church Minshull near Nantwich are to benefit from a £10,146 grant to improve the inside of their village hall.
The money, awarded by WREN’s FCC Community Action Fund, will be used to upgrade the hot water systems and refurbish the walls and ceiling,
including improved electrical services in the Village Hall on Cross Street.
Schools in and around Nantwich will benefit from an extra £1 million buildings grant awarded to Cheshire East Council.
Nineteen schools and children centres have been successful in securing extra funding, including Millfields Primary, Audlem St James, Malbank High and Nantwich and Rural Children’s Centre.
Wistaston Sports and Leisure Association has been awarded a £8,200 grant to boost its bid to widen involvement in the local community.
The Cheshire East Council grant will support WSLA’s application for £75,000 from environmental body Wren to help pay for a pavilion extension.
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