Following the success of last year’s funding round, SOCA launched the Community Chest for 2009/10 on September 17th.
SOCA is allocating £30,000 this year (£15,000 for Smethwick and £15,000 for Oldbury) to encourage and develop health improvement activities. Grants will be for the year ending March 2010 and the maximum amount that can be awarded to each application is £2,000.
Last year’s Community Chest saw a “healthy” number of submissions from local voluntary and community groups tackling a variety of issues from alcohol consumption in young people, physical activity levels in both …