Local projects receive share of £15k community fund

TOP OF THE CROPS: Pizza and Potatoes was
one of 11 projects to receive funding

ELEVEN projects in North Solihull will share a £15,000 community fund.
The new owners of Chelmsley Wood Shopping Centre had invited applications for grants from local community groups and received almost 40 bids.
The winners, announced last month, are: Let's Decorate Chelmsley Wood, Moor Involved, BeSeen BeHeard BeCreative, The Wellbeing Community Choir, The Charitable Guitar Workshop, SOH Young Rangers, Three Trees Community Centre, Pizza and Potatoes, Recovery Garden Restoration, Children's Clothing Scheme, and Northern Star Community Arts.
The judging panel had a very difficult task whittling down the shortlist, having heard pitches from the people behind each venture.
Neil Griffin, the centre manager, said: "We hope that in the coming months many of these groups will take the opportunity to put on modest displays and presentations at the Chelmsley Wood Centre so all our shoppers can share the positive way they are helping shape our society."
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