Keswick Rugby Club’s Big Build project has taken another step towards getting over the line after receiving a handsome grant from the town council.
The club is to get a £5,000 cash injection towards its ambitious £1.91m scheme for a new, flood-free and fit-for-purpose clubhouse at Davidson Park
Grants amounting to almost £19,000 have been handed out by Keswick Town Council with the largest grant of £5,776 going to Keswick Youth Centre Services towards rent for the next financial year, insurance costs and some activity funding.
The youth centre has made a successful transition to a large, exclusive space in the Rawnsley Centre and holds a three year lease with Keswick Ministries. It was agreed that the town council makes a representation to Keswick Ministries about the amount of rent that is being charged.
Theatre by the Lake is to receive £2,000 to continue supporting its work with the community, specifically young people and voluntary groups. The 1st Keswick Scouts Group is to get a £1,000 grant to help pay for asbestos removal that has closed its meeting hall since the summer term with the scouts and guides having to pay for alternative accommodation. The group is also to get £1,500 to pay for insurance and equipment.
Keswick Area Food Share will receive £1,000 to help fund the weekly provision of basic food/domestic consumables while Keswick Senior Citizens Club (The Drop In) will get £1,000 towards the cost of installing a hearing loop system together with a new suite of equipment to enable good visual presentations and improved sound.
A contribution of £150 is to be made to the Keswick & District Fair Trade group towards the installation of a permanent slate sign at the Fair Trade flower bed in Lake Road close to Fine Design.
St Herbert’s Primary School will get £300 to cover the cost of 40 litter pickers and 40 pairs of safety gloves so pupils and staff can undertake clean-ups in the local area but a request for £1,340 to fund a senior teaching assistant to run the playgroup so it would be free for any children and parents to attend was refused. Councillors felt it was unreasonable for a town council to fund a teacher’s salary. And Two’s Company has been successful in applying for £750 to cover miscellaneous expenses.
It was agreed that a £6,425 grant towards the annual running costs of the Keswick Community Emergency Recovery Partnership and £3,000 to support the Keswick Community Housing Trust in buying in property management services be paid yearly through the general fund.
