Tags: Grants
Colourful art brightens streets
The Kettering Civic Society, in collaboration with Kettering Town Council, has embarked on an innovative street art project, transforming three BT Openreach boxes into vibrant artworks by local talents Daisy Farrar-Hayton, Mark James, and Sally Leach. This initiative, funded by a grant from the Kettering Town Council and supported by community discussions and feedback, aims to celebrate the town's... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 16:13 by Emma Dezelu
Cultural cash boost for town projects
A project bringing alive the Roman history of Kettering, a record attempt and a drive to get more youngsters reading have been given a funding boost.
Kettering Cultural Consortium has agreed to fund a variety of projects to boost the cultural activity in the town.
The money has come from Kettering Town Council, which earmarked £10,000 for arts activities across the year. KettFest is getting £6,000... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 11:34 by Emma Dezelu
Winning entries in wildlife competition
The winning projects in a competition to boost wildlife in Kettering have been announced.
Kettering Town councillors had a total of £3,000 to award to local community groups to fund ideas to boost biodiversity.
Two schools scooped the top £1,000 prize – Kettering Science Academy with their project to teach children how to grow vegetables – and Park Junior School PTFA to set up... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 11:00 by Emma Dezelu
Children’s mental health boost with lottery grant
Theatre workshops are being funded by a council grant to help improve children's mental health in schools.
The sessions are being run by Big Bubble Theatre Company after they secured funding from Kettering Town Council.
The council had a pot of cash raised from the Kettering Community Lottery to award to projects which supported health and wellbeing in the town.
The grant of £1,000 will go towards... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 09:30 by Emma Dezelu
Chance to win funding to help wildlife
Projects that help boost wildlife in Kettering can have a chance to win some council funding.
Kettering Town Council is running the Love Wildlife competition to help boost biodiversity in the town.
The council is now asking for local organisations and groups to get in touch with their ideas – to be in with a chance of winning the overall £1,000 prize as well as 10 prizes of £200.
The... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 3 Jan 2024 09:30 by Emma Dezelu
Charity fuel grants to help elderly in Kettering
Fuel grants are being paid out to elderly people in Kettering to help with heating bills this winter.
There were 258 successful applications for the fuel payments which are now being made by Kettering Town Council, totalling just over £17,500.
Successful applicants will receive a payment of £68 each with the funding coming from Kettering Charities for the Poor, which can trace its history... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 15:05 by Emma Dezelu
Funding support attracts volunteers to advice service
Grant money given to a local advice service has gone to support a vital campaign to recruit volunteers.
The money was handed to Citizen's Advice Corby and Kettering's to help them overhaul their volunteer recruitment post-covid.
Lockdown had meant the service was forced to do everything remotely but this proved challenging for many new volunteer recruits, who felt isolated during the extensive training... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 6 Oct 2023 12:50 by Emma Dezelu
Elderly can get help with winter fuel bills
Grants to help with winter fuel bills are being offered to elderly people living alone this winter.
The money is available to residents in the town of Kettering and Barton Seagrave who fit with the charity's criteria.
Applicants must not have more than £300 income per week, excluding benefits, they must be over the statutory retirement age of 66 and live alone.
The funding comes from Kettering Charities... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:11 by Emma Dezelu
Grants available for town groups
Funding is available for local groups to apply for thanks to a local lottery.
The Council has a total of £2,000 available from funds raised from the Kettering Community Lottery to give to projects which support health and wellbeing.
Local groups, not for profit organisations and charities would be eligible to apply for the grants of up to £1,000.
Cllr Mark Rowley, chair of Kettering Town Council's... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 11:25 by Emma Dezelu
Council invites grants applications for its 2023 round
Kettering Town Council is inviting applications for its 2023 grants programme between now and the 25th September. It has a total fund of £20,000 and the themes for grant aid this year are
- Measures which help address the cost of living pressures on local residents
- Measures which improve the local environment and help combat climate change
- Measures which improve mental health and wellbeing
- Measures... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 10:57 by Martin Hammond