§ John BarrettTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the ventures in the Edinburgh, West constituency that have benefited from lottery money within the last 12 months. [32155]
§ Dr. HowellsThere have been 25 lottery awards made to the Edinburgh, West constituency, amounting to £4,628,512.00 over the past 12 months. A list of these awards is set out in the following table.
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£ Distributing body Recipient Project title Award date Award amount Community Fund Partners in Advocacy This project will expand the number of volunteers recruited and trained to advocate for people with learning disabilities and support them in self advocacy in Dundee, Glasgow and West Lothian, establish a new base in West Lothian and create strong publicity. 23 March 2001 247,505 Heritage Lottery Fund Scottish Wildlife Trust Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserves 27 March 2001 3,691,000 Community Fund Corstorphine Village Playgroup This group provides pre-school education and play opportunities for children. The grant will allow the group to purchase chairs. 5 April 2001 760 Scottish Arts Council Edinburgh College of Piping Trust This group provides opportunities for people to practice and perform piping. The grant will be used to purchase musical instruments including practice chanters, pipes, drum and maintenance supplies. 5 April 2001 4,975 Community Fund 17 Platoon Royal Scots ACF This group provides growth and personal development opportunities for young people. The grant will be used to purchase equipment and fund training and publicity material. 8 June 2001 5,000 Community Fund Kids Around The World This group provides opportunities for children to experience cultural diversity through summer educational programmes. The grant will be used to purchase equipment and materials and fund sessional workers, transport, entrance fees and venue hire. 8 June 2001 5,000 Community Fund Invisible Disability Group This group provides social and recreational opportunities for young adults with invisible disabilities. The grant will be used to fund social activities, group work support, training and publicity. 8 June 2001 5,000 Scottish Arts Council Common Ground Arts This group provides opportunities for people of all ages to participate in a wide range of arts, working particularly with people with disabilities and mental illness. The grant will be used to purchase computer equipment, art materials and equipment and fund refurbishment of shop space and workshop space, publicity, administration and exhibition costs. 8 June 2001 4,950 Scottish Arts Council Edinburgh Chinese Dance and Culture Youth Group This group provides opportunities for education, tuition and participation in Chinese dance and arts. The grant will be used to fund venue hire, tutor's fees, transport, accommodation and costumes. 8 June 2001 3,100 Scottish Arts Council The Castle Concert Orchestra This group provides opportunities for people to participate in orchestral music. The grant will be used to fund fees for musicians, conductor and soloist, material and equipment hire, music/score hire, venue hire, publicity, promotion and administration. 8 June 2001 3,285 Heritage Lottery Fund Queensferry History Group This group seeks to stimulate interest in local history and to research and record the history of the local area. The grant will be used to fund the production of a 'Guided Walk' booklet. 8 June 2001 5,000 Community Fund 134 Merchiston Scout Group This one year grant will fund the purchase of tents, cooking utensils, table and benches, navigation and orienteering equipment, emergency cards, ropes and stopwatches, a parachute and football strips. This project will enable the group to purchase new equipment to host a special 50th anniversary camp involving members and other community groups in a range of social and physical activities aimed at improving young peoples confidence and leadership skills. The new equipment will also allow greater diversity. 6 July 2001 4,997 Community Fund Drylaw/Telford Community Association This project aims to develop the centre's volunteer programme, increase the level of community participation in the centre by extending the number of times the cafe operates weekly and increase the capacity of the organisation to support volunteers and three existing and three new groups in their group development to develop their ideas further and identify where they can find the resources to take these ideas forward. 20 July 2001 100,198 Community Fund Black Community This project will support black and minority ethnic people 20 July 2001 152,141
£ Distributing body Recipient Project title Award date Award amount Development Project in Greater Pilton, especially women, to overcome poverty, gain independent access to key resources (employment, training, services) and participate more fully in the community. Sport Scotland Baseball Scotland This group promote develops and administer baseball in Scotland The grant will be used to purchase team strips and caps, bats and balls for coaching clinics and to fund stadium rental, promotion costs, travel and accommodation for competitors. 9 August 2001 5,000 Scottish Arts Council North Edinburgh Arts Towards the cost of the Oyster project to provide opportunities for leisure and learning in the context of a festival 6 September 2001 68,964 Scottish Arts Council Aspects Art Project This group enables people from the local area to participate in a public arts project in order to design and install art works in a new community building. The grant will be used to fund sessional art workers and professional fees. 4 October 2001 5,000 Community Fund 21 st South Queensferry (City of Edinburgh) Scout Group The project aims to build a new scout hall on land leased from Edinburgh city council. This will give larger and more flexible accommodation as well as full disabled access. 23 November 2001 70,000 Community Fund Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution This project will allow the organisation to employ additional welfare staff to assess increased applications for support from farmers and their families in Dumfries and Galloway who have been affected by the foot and mouth outbreak. 23 November 2001 130,765 Community Fund Hamari Pechaan This group seeks to promote the well being of young Asian women, providing information and advice and organising cultural and social activities. The grant will be used to purchase computer equipment, and to fund fees for sessional tutors and workshop facilitators, administration, volunteer expenses, cultural outings and transport. 6 December 2001 5,000 Community Fund Ratho Community Centre Association This group provides a varied programme of social and recreational activities in the local community centre. The grant will be used to purchase a bouncy castle and disco equipment. 6 December 2001 3,779