TATWORTH’S Community Youth Club is among a host of groups to have bagged a share of a £58,000 grant pot to help run popular sessions.

In all, 21 youth clubs and organisations across Somerset will receive a share of the grants from Somerset County Council.

Youngsters in Tatworth will benefit to the tune of £2,260 which will go towards the cost of a professional worker for the Friday evening youth club.

The grants from Somerset Youth and Community Service will support new and existing projects that benefit young people across the county.

These projects have been further boosted by more than £90,000 in locally raised funding and hundreds of hours given by volunteers.

Cllr Frances Nicholson, cabinet member for children and families, said: “I am pleased that we have been able to support our communities with these grants, which are a ‘topup’ to the funds they have already worked hard to raise locally.

“Many of these projects are heavily reliant on the generosity and dedication of volunteers.

I’d like to thank them for everything they do and I hope the grant funding helps ensure these projects continue benefiting the young people of Somerset in the future.”

Other projects across the district to have benefited from the grant include West Coker Youth Club, which received £1,110 towards utilities, insurance and premises costs for its Friday evening youth club and Project Zero, which was given £1,350 to support the delivery of under-18s nightclub sessions during school holidays in Yeovil. The popular evenings promote healthy lifestyles to youngsters.

Each of the projects bid for the grants and met certain criteria.

Each application was assessed by a grant panel against the criteria and the value for money the proposal offered.

More information and application forms can be accessed at somersetyouth.co.uk/ club_pages/youth_and_community_group_grants/9/144