Flintshire group awarded £10,000 grant to develop Lixwm Community Orchard

A Flintshire based independent community organisation which works to increase and strengthen the use of Welsh locally, has been awarded a £10,000 grant by the National Lottery Community Fund.

The group is one of 29 across Wales have been awarded grants from fund to make small improvements in their communities to tackle the climate emergency.

The grants are part of a pilot in Wales to support existing National Lottery projects to take action in their communities to tackle the climate emergency.

The work that will be undertaken by communities through the pilot will influence how The Fund works more broadly across the UK in the future.

Menter Iaith Fflint a Wrecsam will use £10,000 towards working with Lixwm Community Action Group to develop a community orchard with the aim of using it to hold activities which will encourage more sustainable and eco-friendly lifestyles.

Anna Prysor Jones of Menter Iaith Fflint a Wrecsam, said: “We are delighted to have received this addition which will enable us to include another element in the Symud Gyda Tedi project.

This new element will focus on working with the local community to support them to live more sustainably and environmentally friendly, and to protect and increase biodiversity.

“It’s great that the National Lottery is investing in the Welsh language by funding projects from organisations such as the Mentrau Iaith, that support and promote the Welsh language in our communities and is grateful to National Lottery players who enable such projects to be developed.”

Last year The National Lottery Community Fund announced that it is committing £100 million over 10 years to support communities across the UK to tackle climate change.