Workspace Community Fund distributes grants
Projects supported included instructor costs for exercise classes, outdoor play equipment for children and healthy eating courses.
The Workspace Group, a social enterprise based in Draperstown, operates a range of commercial businesses including installing home insulation products, providing business start-up units and support, employability initiatives and recruitment and waste heat recovery, the surpluses from which are used for community benefit. Since its launch the Fund has allocated over £84,000 to 228 local community projects.
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Hide AdCatherine McCoy, Director, The Workspace Group, said: “Since 2009 we have distributed a percentage of our profits directly to community or voluntary groups to enable projects that otherwise just wouldn’t happen. This reflects what Workspace is about since it was founded – helping the local community in a practical way.”