Carmarthen Journal Give Me Five Shortlist
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Issued on behalf of the Principality Building Society
THREE special community projects have been shortlisted for the £5,000 Carmarthen Journal-Principality Give Me Five award.
They were among more than 40 projects from the Carmarthen area put forward for the cash award offered up by Wales’ largest building society.
The three shortlisted by the Principality judging panel are Carmarthen Talking Newspapers for the Blind organisation, the Tardis Playbus Project in Swansea and the Vineyard Vale Community Group at Saundersfoot.
The Carmarthen Talking Newspapers for the Blind charity provides weekly news and a monthly magazine for blind and partially-sighted people in the region and is looking for the £5,000 award to help fund the switch from the use of cassettes to CDs.
The Tardis Playbus project aims to provide increased play opportunities in areas and communities that have limited or no play provision; while the Vineyard Vale Community Group is looking to refurbish a rundown community park to create a recreation area to benefit all the residents of the community.
The shortlisted three were among more than 150 applications received from all over Wales as part of a £25,000 Give Me Five giveaway to community organisations and charities in five separate regions to help celebrate Principality’s achievement in reaching the milestone of more than £5 billion in assets.
Designed to help community projects and charities make a real difference to the communities they serve, the Give Me Five treasure chest was offered by Principality to give groups the chance to kick-start, complete or continue the good work of a worthwhile project close to the needs of its community.
The three shortlisted for the Carmarthen Journal-Principality Give Me Five Award will now be considered by the judging panel, with the final winner of the £5,000 award announced by the end of November.
Principality chief executive Peter Griffiths said: The sheer volume and quality of applications we received is testament to the success of the Carmarthen Journal-Principality Give Me Five award.
“It proved difficult enough to narrow down the entries to the three we have now shortlisted. We now have the unenviable job of having to decide between those three for the final winner who will receive the £5,000 award.”
Details of the Carmarthen Journal-Principality Give Me Five awards can be found on the Principality website at www.principality.co.uk/givemefive .
