KINLOCHLEVEN Community Trust (KCT) has been awarded £1,000 from Tesco as part of its ‘Bags of Help’ initiative project.
The scheme, a partnership between the supermarket chain and environmental charity Groundwork, uses the money raised by the 5p bag charge to award outdoor community projects with funding grants. Local communities were asked to nominate projects to be in the running for the money. KCT was one of three shortlisted groups, which were then voted for in store using free tokens given out to every shopper.
The money will be used to help with the trust’s ‘Mission Compostable’ project which aims to train volunteers to run the compost site in Kinlochleven. The volunteers will be offered training in a range of skills, including chainsaw use, chipper use, composting and health and safety.