Shropshire Star Give Me Five Shortlist
By admin
Issued on behalf of the Principality Building Society
THREE special community projects have been shortlisted for the £5,000 Shropshire Star-Principality Give Me Five award.
They were among more than 40 projects from all over Mid Wales put forward for the cash award offered up by Wales’ largest building society.
The three shortlisted by the Principality judging panel are Shawbury Action Group in Shrewsbury, the Community Arts Rhayader & District charity and the Brecon-based Theatr Brycheiniog group.
Shawbury Action Group is looking for the £5,000 award to provide facilities for young people in the area in a bid to cut down on anti-social behaviour; while Theatr Brycheiniog is looking for funding for an outreach project all over Powys to run break dancing workshops and other related activities.
The Community Arts Rhayader & District project is supporting the creation of a community-built and managed museum, which aims to be a sustainable, inspirational community amenity and tourist attraction for the whole area.
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 Shropshire Star-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 Shropshire Star-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 Shropshire Star-Principality Give Me Five awards can be found on the Principality website at www.principality.co.uk/givemefive .
