Healthy cookery courses, support for teenage mothers and outdoor play are some of the projects that will share £111,191 from the Communities and Families Fund, supported by the Scottish government and the Big Lottery Fund.
The Scottish Wildlife Trust will use its grant of £9,400 to develop outdoor learning opportunities at Grangemouth’s Jupiter Urban Wildlife Centre for the Wild Woods programme to encourage more local children to attend the centre.
Rosie Black, a Jupiter ranger from the Scottish Wildlife Trust, said the centre provides a crucial greenspace where local children can learn and play. Around 1,500 local school children attended educational sessions with the trust last year.
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