A community group is celebrating securing a near £20,000 National Lottery grant to bolster its vital hub work.
Bungay Community Support received the funding from the National Lottery Community Fund to support running costs and enhance their work at Number 28 Community Hub.
This centre supports the people of Bungay and neighbouring villages within a six-mile radius.
The intent is to allocate the funds towards offering a wider range of activities and support for the community they serve.
Bungay Emergency Community Support, the group now runs with three part-time employees and 35 volunteers (Image: Submitted)
The group, established in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, sustains itself with three part-time staff and 35 volunteers.
Open from Tuesday to Thursday, the Community Hub showcases a Food Hall and runs sessions like Breakfast at Baby Basics and Tech Support.
The hub also hosts beneficial services from organisations such as Citizens Advice, East Suffolk Council, Job Centre Plus, and NHS Wellbeing provisioned by NSFT.
The assistance provided extends to shopping and medication delivery, their initial offerings.
Trustee Linda Bailey said: "We’re delighted that the National Lottery Community Fund recognised our work in this way.
"Thanks to National Lottery players, we can now go ahead with our plans to expand the range of opportunities available to Bungay residents.
"This is crucial as we see the need for our services every day, and with the extra funding, we will be able to continue and develop our work."
Based in Wingfield Street, Bungay Community Support will use the funds to provide more activities and support (Image: Submitted)
The UK’s largest community funder, The National Lottery Community Fund, recently launched its strategy It starts with community, propelling efforts to distribute £4 billion in National Lottery funding by 2030.
Supporting communities, promoting environmental sustainability, fostering children and youth wellbeing, and enabling people to live healthier lives are the funder’s four key goals.
National Lottery players help raise over £30 million weekly for good causes across the UK, and the fund distributed over £615.4 million in various funding to communities last year.
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