GRANTS were dished out with the cucumber sandwiches at a garden party in Stratford.
The Municipal Charities Annual Garden Party was held at Guild Cottages, saw £5,000 from Relief in Need handed out to worthy causes.
A cheque for £2,500 was presented to the Stratford Youth Collective and a further £2,500 to the Friendship Project.
Stratford mayor Jason Fotjik, the High Sheriff of Warwickshire Rajvinder Kaur Gill and new Stratford MP Manuela Perteghella all attended the garden party.
Relief in Need committee chair John Dodge said: “We are delighted to be able to give these two organisations funding to help them in their work. The grant to the Stratford
Youth Collective will support their Holiday Activities and Food Fund programme which provides healthy meals, enriching activities, and free childcare places to children from low-income families, benefiting their health, wellbeing and learning during the summer.
“The grant to the Friendship Project will enable them to provide volunteers to offer one to one support to disadvantaged children in Stratford who by virtue of their family circumstances are withdrawn and lacking in confidence or suffering from low self esteem.”
