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Over £2.5 million of Lottery grants for Home-Start
Nine Home-Starts from across England have been successful in securing funding from the latest round of Big Lottery's 'Reaching Communities' programme. Between them they have secured in excess of £2.5 million.
Reaching Communities is an extremely popular Big Lottery programme in England and competion for its funds is really fierce.
The fact that nine Home-Starts received funding from this pot of money highlights the important role they play in their local communities, supporting some of the most disadvantaged people.
Home-Start grants ranged from £155,456 to £485,767. The successful Home-Starts were:
Home-Start Boston
Home-Start Haringey
Home-Start Havering
Home-Start Kingstanding
Home-Start Newham
Home-Start Nottingham
Home-Start Sheffield
Home-Start Kernow
Home-Start Vale Royal
Shadna Miah, senior coordinator at Home-Start Newham said: "We have been supporting families for 20 years and this money has come as a life line as we were under threat of closure and although it is fantastic news, Home-starts across UK are always trying to secure further funding to provide the early intervention support that so many vulnerable families need"
Lynne Richards, Director of England for Home-Start UK said: "Whilst this is fantastic news and hugely deserved for the nine successful Home-Starts, we have to remember that many local Home-Starts are facing huge fundraising difficulties at this time.They have to dedicate a lot of their time to applying for extra sources of income and external funding in a very difficult financial climate."
