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02/09/2005
West Belfast community group gets £40k funding
A west Belfast community group, set up to deal with so-called joyriding and other forms of anti-social behaviour, is to receive a £40,000 boost from the Government, it was revealed today.
The Glen Community Group, which provides counselling, education, training, childcare and amateur boxing to the residents of Lenadoon, is expected to use the money to help safeguard the manager's position at the centre.
Commenting on the funding, Minister for Social Development, David Hanson said: "One of the main goals of our Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy is to ensure that people living in areas such as Lenadoon have access to the best possible services and opportunities to improve their prospects.
"Glen Community Complex is a focal point for local people of all ages. It offers a wide range of programmes to help people get the skills they need to get on in life.
"I understand that it will also be home to the emerging Lenadoon Neighbourhood Partnership which will be working to develop a strategy, setting out the future for the area, identifying local priorities and the action that will be taken."
The Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy 'People and Place' was published in June 2003 to close the gap between the quality of life for people in the most deprived neighbourhoods and the rest of society.
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The Glen Community Group, which provides counselling, education, training, childcare and amateur boxing to the residents of Lenadoon, is expected to use the money to help safeguard the manager's position at the centre.
Commenting on the funding, Minister for Social Development, David Hanson said: "One of the main goals of our Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy is to ensure that people living in areas such as Lenadoon have access to the best possible services and opportunities to improve their prospects.
"Glen Community Complex is a focal point for local people of all ages. It offers a wide range of programmes to help people get the skills they need to get on in life.
"I understand that it will also be home to the emerging Lenadoon Neighbourhood Partnership which will be working to develop a strategy, setting out the future for the area, identifying local priorities and the action that will be taken."
The Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy 'People and Place' was published in June 2003 to close the gap between the quality of life for people in the most deprived neighbourhoods and the rest of society.
(MB/SP)
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