People in Larne now have a place to keep warm and enjoy lunch thanks to community funding from Brighter Futures, supported by Kilwaughter Minerals.
Larne Community Development Project used money from the grant scheme to support its luncheon club enabling it to run the weekly event as a ‘warm space’ during colder weather.
The initiative, which returned this month to Linn Road Community Centre following a break for the summer, provides a welcoming environment and a hot meal for dozens of people every week.
Larne Community Development Project used money from the grant scheme to support its luncheon club enabling it to run the weekly event as a ‘warm space’ during colder weather.
The initiative, which returned this month to Linn Road Community Centre following a break for the summer, provides a welcoming environment and a hot meal for dozens of people every week.
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00:06 The Lauren Community Development Project was formed in 1997
00:10 and we support local community and voluntary groups throughout the borough.
00:14 We originally applied for a monthly luncheon club,
00:17 but we realised very quickly that people were very desperate to get out and reconnect more,
00:24 so we changed it to a weekly event.
00:26 It was about having that hot meal, that maybe that was the only hot meal they had in the day.
00:31 But it's also about coming together again after COVID and reconnecting with people,
00:36 people that they hadn't maybe seen for a couple of years or they'd lost touch with.
00:40 And we just really, really want to thank Brighter Futures, Kilwater Minerals, for the funding
00:46 because we just wouldn't be here without it.
00:48 [Music]
00:52 Partnering with Brighter Futures to support the Lauren Community Development Project
00:56 allows us to make a really positive impact on the people that rely on the services that they provide daily.
01:01 [Music]
01:04 By providing a meal and somewhere warm for people to gather together,
01:07 this initiative offers a really vital service to the people who come here and use it every week.
01:12 [Music]
01:17 It's just great to know you're somewhere to go on a Monday.
01:20 We came here within May, after we'd been on Wednesday, for about 12 weeks or so.
01:24 So we made up with different people that were out there. It's just lovely to keep in touch.
01:28 [Music]
01:30 It's nice to have that sense of community and getting together.
01:34 [Music]
01:39 Brighter Futures is the official charity of Lauren Football Club
01:42 and we're grateful for the support we receive from local businesses,
01:46 such as Quarter Minerals, and we're funding the funding programme for local community groups and initiatives.
01:53 And the Brighter Futures four initial pillars are sport and recreation, business enterprise, education and training and community needs.
02:02 And whilst most of our applications come from sports categories and recreation,
02:07 we would look to first of all out to the other categories.
02:10 The application process is very simple.
02:13 It used to be a two-step process, but we now just look for a special interest,
02:17 we've got a Brighter project and we really ask you to get those applications in.
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