Woodley Town Council Mayor presents Community Grants to recipients

 At the Full Council meeting held on 11 November at the Oakwood Centre, Woodley Town Mayor, Sam Rahmouni, presented community grants to several charities and individuals.

The community grant recipients included seven community organisations and two individuals.

• Berkshire Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre received a grant to help fund a range of treatments.
• Home-Start Wokingham District received a grant to help towards the cost of running a 10-week training course for at least 12 new volunteers.
• Sue Ryder Duchess of Kent Hospice received a grant towards the cost of providing palliative care either at the hospice or at the patient’s home.
• Wokingham Job Support Centre received a grant towards the cost of providing internet access, training and support on how to find and apply for jobs.
• Wokingham Volunteer Centre received a grant for its ‘Green n’ Tidy’ gardening service, which tends the gardens of 26 vulnerable elderly Woodley residents, as well as finding volunteers for several local charities.
• Woodley Adopt A Street Project (WASP) received a grant to purchase equipment for the volunteers to use.
• Woodley and North Earley Community Forum received a grant towards the cost of producing and distributing information leaflets, particularly aimed at local vulnerable and elderly residents.

The individual grants were awarded to two Woodley-based young gymnasts.

• William Cowen, a gymnast in the GB Tumbling Squad, received a grant to help purchase a GB kit and fund travel and accommodation costs for the World Championships in Russia.
• Rosie Cowen, tumbling gymnast, received a grant to help the cost of attending regional training through the year and the cost of squad kit.

(L-R TOP): vice-chair Mike Evans and chair, Mary Bather, of Woodley and North Earley Community Forum, Shelagh Flower from WASP and Emma Roberts from Home-Start (L-R BOTTOM): Rosie Cowen, Steven Polak from Wokingham Job Centre, Woodley Town Mayor, Sam Rahmouni, Laura Kell from Sue Ryder Duchess of Kent Hospice and William Cowen