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TWELVE small community groups are set to receive grants of up to £5,000 from the first round of a new-look funding scheme run by Shetland Charitable Trust.
Sandness-based vegetable-growing enterprise Transition Turriefield has secured £5,000 to assist with the first year of its Grow Shetland Project to help people grow their own food.
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Grants of £5,000 are also going to three local groups dedicated to providing hot meals or a weekly day care service to elderly and other vulnerable people throughout the South Mainland.
There are also grants for the Islesburgh Sixty-Plus Group, Whiteness and Weisdale Good Companions and Yell Senior Leisure Club.