This extension to the village hall will provide additional facilities for a youth club and other local organisations and will improve accessibility for disabled users. The grant, over one year, will contribute towards building costs.

This three year grant will pay for the costs of building a safe play area for young people and children living in a rurally isolated area.

St Mary's Church

Beaminster Museum Building

A project to commemorate the events leading up to the end of WW2 and the contribution of The Bevin Boys with the provision of a reunion and exhibition.

Imagined Village- National Tour

The group will take more than 40 members to make a visit to the Normandy beaches and cemeteries in 2007. This will be the first time the group has benefited from Lottery funding.

A project by this charity based in Beaminster, Dorset to replace and update their IT equipment in order to enhance the literacy, numeracy and IT training that they provide to the local community. The project will provide local people with key life skills

Hanging by a Thread: Our Flax and Hemp Heritage

This is a project by a charity in Dorset. The group will use the funding to provide a stimulating play area for rurally isolated older children in the community. This will increase community play facilities.

The group will use the funding to refurbish the village hall kitchen and toilets. This will improve the facilities in this rural location.

The group will use the funding to replace their life-expired play equipment with a new climbing frame. This will enable children to participate in more physical activity, benefiting their health and wellbeing.

This is a project by a charity in Beaminster, Dorset. The group will use the funding to purchase kitchen equipment and install flooring in their refurbished hall. This will provide an improved facilities to meet the need of service users.

This group will use funding to replace and install double glazed windows and doors in their village hall. This will make the building more energy efficient and allow more people to use the hall all year round.

This group in Beaminster, Dorset, will install safety surfacing at a children's area to enable the school children to play safely. The grant will contribute towards the cost of supply and installation of wet pour.

This is a project by a group in Mosterton, Dorset. The group will use the funding to refurbish the kitchen facilities and resurface the car park at the village hall to make it more accessbile to community groups.

A project by this group based in Axminster to enhance and expand the services it currently offers to cancer patients and their families. The project will provide complementary therapy sessions, engage speakers, expand the existing resource library, offer

A project by this charity based in Broadwindsor, Dorset, to expand the group's lunch club by making improvements to the kitchen facilities, including better access for disabled people.

The Comrades Hall

A project by this community group based in Drimpton, Somerset, to research, record and present the life of the village in the nineteenth century. The group will lead a team from within the community to research their ancestors, consolidate a current photo

This is a project by a charity in Broadwindsor, Dorset. The group will use the funding to install a stairlift for people with mobility issues and a hearing loop system for people with hearing impairment. This will provide improved inclusive facilities for

Beaminster Arts Festival

This group have been in consultation with local primary school children and have been funded for building a new play structure and play equipment.

This group plan to provide a playgroup and pre-school building for local children. They will use their award to help fund the second stage of their building project.

This Group Will Improve Access To The Pool By Installing Steps And Changing Rooms And Provide A Lifeguard Course For Volunteers.

This Group Will Improve The Village Hall By Providing A Disabled Toilet And Access To The Facilities.

The Group Will Upgrade Water Heating And Treatment Equipment. A Contribution Of -ú5k Towards Equipment Costs (Total -ú13k)

The Purchase Of Quality Lighting Equipment Will Enable This Drama Group In Dorset To Enhance Their Performances.

This group provides village hall facilities and a playing field. The award will provide items of children's play equipment and fencing of the play area.

This group manages and maintains a village hall for local residents. The project involves the building of a new annexe, and the award will provide some furniture and games equipment to be used in a new games and leisure room.

Beaminster s Big Day

This Group Aims To Offer Activities And Opportunities To Bring The Village Together. The Award Will Enable The Group To Record Local History And The Process Of Regeneration In Photographs, Paintings, Oral History And Music.

As part of the process of developing local recreational facilities, the award will help the group to explore and plan for improvements to the Memorial Playing Field.

This new group are setting up a youth group in a rural area with no other facilities for young people. They will use their award to purchase equipment that will appeal to young people and make a variety of new activities available to them.

The Award Will Provide Surfacing And Play Equipment For An Outdoor Activity Area Which Will Be Used By The Children Out Of School And During School Time By Children From The Preschool Based At The Site

This is a project by a community group in Broadwindsor, Dorset. The group will use the funding to bring the community together to gather information which will be used to produce a parish plan aimed at improving community life and cohesion in this rural a

A New False Ceiling And Electrical Improvements Will Be Carried Out To Improve The Lighting And Heating In The Building, Which Is A Well Used Community Resource.

This Group Runs A Local Museum And Organises Exhibitions, Concerts, Lectures And Other Cultural Activities. They Will Use Their Award To Stage A Procession And A Living Exhibition Of Life In The Seventeenth Century.

The Heater Cover Will Be Replaced And 20 New Volunteer Lifeguards Will Be Trained At This Community Run Swimming Pool.

Organisation providing practical support and advice to playgroups in the rural areas of West Dorset. The grant is for a photocopier, cabinet, and office sundries.

This group runs a local museum and organises exhibitions, concerts, lectures and other cultural activities. They will be using their award to stage a procession and a living exhibition of life as it was in the year 1000.

The Award Will Pay For Start-Up Costs For This New Table Tennis Club.

The Scout Group Will Increase Their Camping Equipment In Line With Their Increase In Scout Members.

Parent and toddler group in a rural area. The grant is for a new shed, tables and chairs, a climbing frame and safety matting, a book display, a baby playring and tumble mats.

The grant, over one year, is for the purchase of tools and sewing equipment. The grant, over one year, is for the purchase of tools and sewing equipment.

Their Project Is To Install A Sound Enhancement System At South Perrott Village Hall To Improve Their Service For The Hard Of Hearing.

The Group Will Use The Award To Increase Their Promotion Of The 2007 Festival Which Will Feature A Mix Of 40 Events.

A project by this camera club in Beaminster, Dorset, to purchase digital equipment to upgrade facilities for members.

The project is to take members of the scout group from Beaminster, West Dorset, to Dorset Centenary Camp 2007. The camp will allow the members of the scour group to undertake various outdoor activities including canoeing, hill walking and sailing. The gra

The playgroup will use the grant to replace the flooring and to provide a comfortable area for reading.

This is a project by a community group in Bridport, Dorset. The group will use the funding to provide projection equipment and set up a website for their service users. This will enable the group to organise more efficient learning sessions and increase t

The Award Will Be Used To Buy Short Mat Bowls And Boules. Short Mat Bowls -ú900, Boules -ú640

This Group Promotes Interest In The Visual Arts. The Award Will Help Fund A Number Of Projects, Including Painting Workshops, The Creation Of A Millennium Collage, And A Christmas Exhibition.

One Second World War veteran from Beaminster has been awarded a grant towards travel costs for a commemorative visit to France in July of this year. Funding has been provided for one Second World War veteran, one spouse and one carer.

The Purchase Of Digital Projection Equipment Will Enable This Group To Carry Out Lectures, Exhibitions And Events At The Museum And Improve Resources To Cope With Visiting Speakers.

A Second World War Veteran from Dorset has been awarded a grant towards travel costs for a commemorative visit to France in July of this year. Funding has also been provided for a spouse and a carer to travel with the Veteran

A Second World War Veteran from Beaminster has been awarded a grant towards travel costs for a commemorative visit to Holland in September of this year. Funding has also been provided for a spouse and a carer to travel with the Veteran.

A Second World War Veteran from Dorset has been awarded a grant towards travel costs for a commemorative visit to France in July of this year. Funding has also been provided for a spouse and a carer to travel with the Veteran.

A Second World War Veteran from Beaminster has been awarded a grant towards travel costs for a commemorative visit to Holland in September of last year. Funding has also been provided for a spouse and a carer to travel with the Veteran.

A group providing pre-school education for a rural area. The grant will pay for storage facilities and play equipment.

The Beaminster Museum Trust have been awarded a grant that will allow them to produce a Home Front Exhibition. This will cover the contribution of local people who lived and worked in Beaminster and various groups such as the Home Guard, Farming and the

A Second World War Veteran from Dorset has been awarded a grant towards travel costs for a commemorative visit to Italy in May of this year.