A community group which provides support for vulnerable families in Dumfries is celebrating a cash windfall that will enable it to continue its work in helping people out of poverty.
LIFT D&G has been awarded £75,737 from The National Lottery Community Fund which will go towards delivering a three-year programme of community events, social trips and volunteering opportunities.
The organisation - Lochside Is Families Together - was launched in 2016 and when co-founder Angie Gilmour said: “The area is deprived and some of us might not have much, but what we do have, we share with each other.
“It’s time we brought the people of Lochside together and learned to be a community again. We’re taking back our area and we’re going to shout about how great it is.”
Delighted Angie, now LIFT’s director of the operation, welcomed the National Lottery grant yesterday.
She said: “We are absolutely over the moon with this National Lottery funding as we will be able to help many people from all walks of life.
“The amount we have been given means we can put on events, trips and workshops for the young to the old in our community.”
The National Lottery Community Fund’s Kate Still said: “In these uncertain times our priority is to ensure that National Lottery money continues to flow to charities, voluntary sector organisations and grassroots groups.
“I would like to congratulate LIFT D&G on their award, theirs is an important project and will support people now and in the future when they can physically come back together to make great things happen in their community.”
Boreland equine therapy project, Chariots of Fire, received £9,800 from the fund towards running costs.
“They will be able to get out and about, breathe the fresh air and enjoy a special connection with our ponies.”
