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Clydesdale Bank Recognises Community Spirit in Fife
Levenmouth Foodbank Community Support Project and Fife Young Carers have each received a funding boost of £5,000 through the Clydesdale Bank Spirit of the Community Awards to recognise the important role they play in the local community.
Clydesdale Bank announced the substantial donations to voluntary groups at an awards ceremony in Glasgow on 27 June 2017 to recognise the charities and not for profit organisations which are going the extra mile.
Fifteen community groups across Scotland were selected to share funding of £80,000 to make a real difference in their local area including Levenmouth Foodbank Community Support Project and Fife Young Carers based in Fife.
The Levenmouth Foodbank Community Support Project provides emergency food to the local community assists families with debt advice and healthy eating and supports more than 100 unemployed people in searching and applying for jobs. The £5,000 in funding will be used to provide money advice to users of the foodbank and the wider community.
Fife Young Carers (FYC) has been working for 18 years with and for young carers in Fife. The charity supports over 200 young carers per annum to cope with their role as carers of a family member who may have a long-term illness, mental health issues, a physical disability, a learning disability and/or drug or alcohol issues. FYC received £5,000 and the funding will be used to run a residential overnight programme during which young carers will be given employability training.
Now in its fifth year, the awards programme aims to recognise charities and not for profit organisations for the invaluable contributions they make to their local communities. Groups were invited to enter the awards programme under one of three categories; projects which help people to have a healthy relationship with money, projects which help people to improve their local environment and projects which help people into employment.
Debbie Crosbie, Group Chief Operating Officer at Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks and Chair of the Yorkshire and Clydesdale Bank Foundation, said: “Clydesdale Bank’s Spirit of the Community Awards aim to recognise and support the vital contribution that voluntary and charitable projects make to their local communities. This is our opportunity to say thank you to the incredible community groups across Scotland for the inspiring work they undertake.
“All of the successful organisations are extremely deserving winners which have been recognised for their role in their local communities with these awards from Clydesdale Bank.”
David Henderson, Trustee and the lead funder of Levenmouth Foodbank Community Support Project, said: “A big thank you to Clydesdale Bank for awarding us £5,000. We are very excited to be able to reach a wider community and offer money advice as well as a foodbank to those who are disadvantaged. We will also be able to offer support to those unemployed as well as helping local schoolchildren to buy and sort food and look after their money. We are optimistic that our support will help change and shape better lives for those living in deprivation.”
Nina Collins, Manager of Fife Young Carers, said: “We are so pleased to have been awarded the Spirit of the Community Award from Clysdesdale Bank. Young carers are such an important foundation of our society and this money will enable us to give something back to them through residential projects. The confidence building and self-esteem that are born of this will allow our brilliant young carers to overcome the limitations imposed by their circumstances and realise their potential. A big thank you to Clysdesdale Bank for helping us transform the lives of young people and offering them the possibility of a better future.”
The Clydesdale Bank Spirit of the Community Awards 2017 winners are:
Help people have a healthy relationship with money category:
- Edinburgh Young Carers Project
- Deaf Action
- Edinburgh Headway Group
- Levenmouth Foodbank Community Support Project
- Aberdeen Foyer
Help people into employment category:
- Scottish Waterways Trust
- Venture Scotland
- Fife Young Carers
- Young Enterprise Scotland
- Lothian Autistic Society
Help people improve their local environment category:
- Community of Arran Seabed Trust
- Impact Arts (Projects) Ltd
- Healthy n Happy Community Development Trust
- John Muir Trust
- Central Scotland Green Network Trust
Clydesdale Bank’s sister organisation, Yorkshire Bank, has also announced 15 successful recipients of £80,000 to support local projects in England as part of the Spirit of the Community Awards initiative. This brings the total funds awarded to community projects up and down the country to £160,000.
For further information about the Clydesdale Bank Foundation’s Spirit of the Community Awards, visit www.cbonline.co.uk/foundation