MORE than £420,000 has been handed to 14 worthy causes in Renfrewshire by the National Lottery Community Fund.

Accord Hospice, in Paisley, will use its £199,872 to sustain their service which enables individuals to die in their own homes or preferred place of care.

This model includes clinical, social, psychological and general wellbeing support, alongside support for carers and families to ensure people are cared for in the place they wish to end their lives.

Kibble Education and Care Centre, based in Paisley, has been given £123,532 to create more opportunities for volunteering and collaborative work with the wider community. 

They will also provide family and sports activities for children aged five to 12 years of age at their facility in Renfrewshire, serving children across Scotland.

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An award of £10,000 goes to School of African Cultures (SoAC), based in Linwood, to deliver cookery and sewing workshops to minority ethnic women where they will be supported to gain the skills needed to reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation.

A separate grant of £7,815 has also been awarded to SoAC to fund a multi-cultural band project bringing together children and young people from the African community and native young people.

Elsewhere, Paisley-based Own Yer Bike has been handed £10,000 to contract a sessional bike mechanic for 20 weeks to help with their bicycle upcycling work.

And members of Scottish Afro Caribbean Arts Association get an identical sum to families from the African community in Renfrewshire, who are struggling financially with the cost-of-living crisis.

There is also a £9,960 grant for Youth Interventions, which will use the funding to deliver a summer programme of activities for children and young people from the Linwood area.

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Renfrew Development Trust has been given £9,800 to continue their Foody Bags project, providing bags containing ingredients to cook a balanced meal at home for free.

Ralston Community Council will use its £8,400 to run a programme of exercise and wellbeing classes for adults in the area to address isolation and improve physical and mental health.

Erskine Church of the Nazarene has received £7,100 to fund a monthly community meal.

Other good causes in the local area to receive Lottery cash include Fablevision, Friends of Knockhill Park, Foxbar Elderly Forum, Renfrew Baths Amateur Swim Club and Spateston Community Development Trust.

Kate Still, Scotland chair of the National Lottery Community Fund, said: "I am delighted to see over £11 million of National Lottery funding going to projects where connections and community action are central to happier healthier lives."