Yorkshire Coast Sight Support in Scarborough has received funding from train operator Northern to create a sensory "garden".
The grant of £450 will allow the charity to purchase plants and gardening equipment for the new space, which is designed to be accessible for people with visual impairments.
The funding is part of a wider initiative by Northern to support local causes across the North of England. In total, 21 community groups and projects received a share of £10,000, following nominations from Northern employees.
Carolyn Watson, director of stakeholder and community engagement at Northern, said:
“These grants were all about supporting local causes across the North of England– and who better to advise us on the groups and projects that can really make a difference than our own employees, who live and work right across the length and breadth of our network. Worth a combined £10,000, these grants will help small, local groups deliver work in their communities that will have a real impact.”
The train operator asked its 7,000 employees to nominate charitable causes in their local communities to receive a slice of the £10,000 that was up for grabs.
£500 grants to support on-going activity have been awarded to:
- Activity Den in Tanfield Lea and Stanley, County Durham
- Asylum Link in Liverpool, Merseyside
- Children’s Book Project in Leeds, West Yorkshire
- Dad Social North East in Durham, County Durham
- Deysbrook Village Centre in Liverpool, Merseyside
- Encephalitis International in Manchester, Greater Manchester and Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
- Friends of Millhouse School in Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Greenbank Giants Boccia Club in Liverpool, Merseyside
- Hygiene Bank in York, North Yorkshire
- Lancaster Civic Society in Lancaster, Lancashire
- Maverick Lab in Rochdale, Greater Manchester
- Pelton Youth Project in Chester-Le-Street, County Durham
- Positility in Harrogate, North Yorkshire
- Street Treats in Manchester, Greater Manchester
- Thrivin’ Together in Leeds, West Yorkshire
- Walbottle Village Primary School in Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
- Youth Practitioner Service across County Durham
Individual project grants were also awarded to:
- New Horizons in Marple, Greater Manchester (£150) – to support maintenance of an accessible canal barge used by disabled groups to enjoy the countryside
- Space4Autism in Macclesfield, Cheshire (£408) – to enable a group of 25 young people to visit an art gallery as part of an art project they have been working towards
- Snape Men's Shed in Snape, North Yorkshire (£492) – to purchase tools for woodwork craft lessons designed to combat social isolation
- Yorkshire Coast Sight Support in Scarborough, North Yorkshire (£450) – to purchase plants and gardening equipment for a new sensory ‘yarden’ (a garden without grass)
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