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Awards for all projects celebrate Scottish tradition
A talented author with a Shetlandic story to share and a Big Burns Supper festival with a contemporary twist are amongst the latest projects sharing in over £1 million from Awards For All Scotland.
Across Scotland, 140 community groups are today sharing National Lottery funding worth£1,010,732. Find out where funding has gone in your area.
A new storybook written by a talented author in his native language will finally go to print, thanks to a grant of £9,976. Hansel Press Association will be able to print and distribute Bjorn Sandison’s book free of charge to all children in Shetland aged between 7 and 12. Shetlandic lessons will also be delivered to complement the project.
Christine De Luca, Hansel Press Association, said: “We are absolutely thrilled to receive this award. Voluntary effort can only go so far. This grant makes it possible to bring the work of a new, young writer to an audience of Shetland children of primary school age; and to put an exciting storybook – written in their own mother tongue – into their hands.”
Speaking in Shetlandic, Author and Air Ambulance Captain, Bjorn Sandison added: “I hoop da bairns hae as muckle enjoyment readin hit as I did writin hit. Da Shetland dialect is jöst incredible.”
The Big Burns Supper, based in Dumfries, organise and deliver a contemporary Burns Night celebration through their Winter Fringe Festival. An award of £10,000 will allow the group to deliver a series of lantern building workshops for their Burns Night Carnival Project. The group hope to involve more young men in the project as a gateway to encourage further engagement in the arts and wider festival programme.
Artistic Director, Graham Main said: "It’s great to receive this award - and it makes a real difference. It's something that helps us produce a shift in attitude about who takes part in the arts in Dumfries and Galloway. Most importantly it means we are able to bring our work to an entirely new audience and to communities all across our area. It is helping us create a massive community celebration which promotes equality of opportunity and access to the arts for all."
Also receiving funding today is Arran Theatre and Arts Trust which will use its £7,494 award to provide opportunities for local school children to engage in creative workshops celebrating ‘scots vocabulary’. Meanwhile an award of £5,508 will enable Ayr Ex-Services Club to host three social events to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe and Victory in Japan day.
Awards for All Scotland gives out grants of between £500 and £10,000 to projects that bring communities together to enjoy a range of activities.
An Awards for All spokesperson, said: “Today we are announcing over £1 million that will help communities from across Scotland set up and develop projects run for and by local people. What is clear is the smallest amount of funding can often make the biggest difference to people’s lives. All of these grants are a great way to show the variety of projects that can be funded through Awards for All.”
Awards for All Scotland is a partnership by sportscotland and Big Lottery Fund. The programme re-opened to applications on 4 August with a new and improved simpler application form. Groups can download this form herewww.biglotteryfund.org.uk/awardsforallscotland.
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Notes to editors
- Awards for All is a joint awards programme from the Big Lottery Fund and sportscotland.
- Awards for All makes grants to help people take part in arts, sport, social, environmental, health related, educational and other community activities.
- Awards for All re-opened to applications on 4 August with a simpler applications process and a renewed focus on funding smaller organisations with an annual turnover of less than £250k (except for schools)
