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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK

Sixty social enterprises awarded prizes totalling £2m

Here are the winners from the South West:

• Bristol-based Aspire Community Enterprise, which provides work experience for long-term unemployed people through its painting and decorating, gardening and window cleaning enterprises, was awarded £50,000 to fund its business expansion

• Bristol's Arnos Vale Cemetery will fund an outdoor learning centre with its £50,000 award to provide lessons, workshops and an education programme focussing on the cemetery's diverse wildlife

Coexist CIC, based on Bristol's Stokes Croft, received £50,000 to fund a new community kitchen enterprise in Hamilton House, a place that hosts over a hundred tenants including artists, musicians, small businesses and social enterprises

• Bath-based Percy Community Centre, which provides room hire for parties, conferences and sports activities, will used its £30,000 award to fund improvements to the centre in New King Street including acoustic installation and new media systems

Shaftesbury & District Carers Association, an enterprise from Dorset which runs activities for people with learning disabilities and mental health illness, has won £30,000 to expand its gardening, baking and bike recycling enterprises

• Gloucestershire-based The Wiggly Worm, which uses food as a tool to reduce health inequalities, will use its £15,000 award to grow its Kitchen Challenge programme developing cooking skills and healthy eating practices

Azook CIC, a Pool-based social enterprise dedicated to connecting people with their cultural heritage, will fund the development of a new range of Cornish heritage audio-visual products with its £15,000 funding award

Find out more at www.santanderseda.co.uk
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