A COMMUNITY-RUN solar farm near Whitchurch is making available £20,000 from its Community Benefit Fund to help local initiatives offering support during the coronavirus emergency.
Twemlows Solar Farm has teamed up with Shropshire Rural Communities Charity (RCC) to distribute the money to groups across Shropshire affected by the crisis.
The two organisations have previously worked together to give out grants for community initiatives in North Shropshire focussed on environmental improvements or community participation.
Julia Baron, from Shropshire RCC, said: “We are incredibly grateful to Twemlows Solar Farm for offering £20,000 to support groups across the county that are either helping to tackle the coronavirus emergency or are immobilised by the current restrictions.
“A lot is uncertain at the moment but what we do know is that our communities will need to support each other more than ever as we recover from this pandemic, and it is heartening to see local organisations like Twemlows play a big part in that support.”
Groups interested in applying for the funding can make an initial enquiry at www.shropshire-rcc.org.uk/grants
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