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£17 million of National Lottery funding propels Scottish sustainability projects

Community groups across Scotland are sharing a bumper £17 million package of National Lottery grants announced today (WEDNESDAY 17th July).

Selkirk Regeneration

Selkirk Regeneration

Over 500 community projects will benefit from the cash from The National Lottery Community Fund, totalling £17,341,549 (a full list of projects is attached [PDF; 0.5MB]). Not only are these projects bringing their communities together many are also spear-heading initiatives to help local people live more sustainably.

Sustaining Dunbar receives £86,970 to run their environmental project ‘Fixing for a Future’. The group, who campaign against fast fashion, run clothing repair cafes and textile workshops across East Lothian. They also have a bike repair café as well as a tool library in East Linton, where people can borrow tools to help them mend things in order to reduce waste.

50-year-old Dan Waters from Dunbar, who volunteers as a bike repairer at the Repair Café, recently took part in a series of sewing workshops run by the group along with his 17-year-old daughter Anna.

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Original article link: https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/news/press-releases/2024-07-17/17-million-of-national-lottery-funding-propels-scottish-sustainability-projects

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