Environment Wins from UK Lottery

On the day that the government says it is still trying to tackle childhood obesity, one project in Birmingham has beaten them to it! Every time we buy a lottery ticket we are told that 28p of it goes to the good causes, of which some £18 billion has been raised since 1994. But it’s not just big projects that benefit, lots of small grants are available. Children in Birmingham are set to benefit from a £5,000 Big Lottery Fund grant, which will allow them to garden on local allotments. The initiative hopes to benefit the children and the local community by giving the children a garden space that many who live in flats do not have, as well as educating them about recycling and other environmentally friendly practices. Also in Birmingham a £5,000 grant has gone to the Walsall Arboretum, and pupils at Hob Green Primary School will soon have £1,250 to develop their fruit and veg allotment.

- 28/2/06