FROME Youth Club has been given £7,000 from Somerset County Council as part of a grant boost, sharing more than £105,000 to youth clubs across the area.
The grants, for 34 youth clubs in total, will support projects across the county, to help run popular sessions. They are matched by over £287,000 in locally-raised funding and hundreds of hours in volunteers’ time – all for the benefit of Somerset’s young people.
County council cabinet member for children and young people, cllr Frances Nicholson said, “Provision for our young people is incredibly important, so I am really pleased we are able to provide these grants, which, combined with money raised by local communities, ensure the clubs are sustainable.
“Central of course to ensuring there is good support for young people is the dedicated hard work of the volunteers – without whom there would be no youth clubs.”
