Students, residents and local businesses can now apply for a £500 grant from The University of Nottingham to make their community an even better place to live.
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University to invest in local community
8 May 2012
Following the re-launch of the Community Chest Fund, the University is again looking to help projects which will contribute to the safety, social harmony and environment of local neighbourhoods, while promoting social responsibility and community engagement among students and residents.
Off campus Student Affairs Manager Melanie Futer explained: “The University of Nottingham and its students have a shared commitment to the well being of local communities. Our students have been living off campus for decades, and the great majority respect their neighbourhoods, behave with consideration, and contribute with real enthusiasm to local life.
“Having a Community Chest Fund enables our students to work with local residents on a series of projects, which only help to increase this community cohesion. This year we are hoping to get more projects off the ground having seen the success of initiatives such as ‘The Dunkirk Tea Party’, ‘Grab a Bag’, ‘The Street Pastor Scheme’ and ‘Improvements to Radford Park’.”
Past recipients
• As a Community Chest Fund recipient, the ‘Dunkirk Tea Party’ has become an annual event at which residents, local organisations and the University work alongside one another to encourage community engagement between residents and students over a cup of tea.
• ‘Grab a Bag’, which has been running for four years has also benefited, helping The Lenton Centre to collect unwanted items from students and offer them to local residents.
• Money has also helped street pastor volunteers to work with police to make the city centre safer and assist those in need to get home on Friday and Saturday nights.
• And students working with a local school and the Muslim Women’s Centre planted 107 shrubs and added 1,500 litres of bark mulch to brighten up the Radford Park for all the community to enjoy.
With the re-launch of the Community Chest Fund projects like these and many more will be able to apply for funding. To find out more and fill out an application form, visit: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/currentstudents/yourcommunity/communitychestfund.aspx
Off campus Student Affairs Manager Melanie Futer explained: “The University of Nottingham and its students have a shared commitment to the well being of local communities. Our students have been living off campus for decades, and the great majority respect their neighbourhoods, behave with consideration, and contribute with real enthusiasm to local life.
“Having a Community Chest Fund enables our students to work with local residents on a series of projects, which only help to increase this community cohesion. This year we are hoping to get more projects off the ground having seen the success of initiatives such as ‘The Dunkirk Tea Party’, ‘Grab a Bag’, ‘The Street Pastor Scheme’ and ‘Improvements to Radford Park’.”
Past recipients
• As a Community Chest Fund recipient, the ‘Dunkirk Tea Party’ has become an annual event at which residents, local organisations and the University work alongside one another to encourage community engagement between residents and students over a cup of tea.
• ‘Grab a Bag’, which has been running for four years has also benefited, helping The Lenton Centre to collect unwanted items from students and offer them to local residents.
• Money has also helped street pastor volunteers to work with police to make the city centre safer and assist those in need to get home on Friday and Saturday nights.
• And students working with a local school and the Muslim Women’s Centre planted 107 shrubs and added 1,500 litres of bark mulch to brighten up the Radford Park for all the community to enjoy.
With the re-launch of the Community Chest Fund projects like these and many more will be able to apply for funding. To find out more and fill out an application form, visit: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/currentstudents/yourcommunity/communitychestfund.aspx
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