Exeter charity wins £6,000 award (From Mid Devon Star)
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Exeter charity wins £6,000 award
2:00pm Saturday 11th February 2012 in News
Dream-A-Way staff with their cheque
EXETER charity Dream–A-Way has been awarded a £6,000 NatWest CommunityForce award thanks to an enthusiastic voting campaign by their supporters.
Dream-A-Way provides holidays and outings to people of all ages who have disabilities.
In July 2011 NatWest launched CommunityForce, a new initiative to help support local charities, organisations and groups to raise publicity for their work and attract volunteers.
The programme also provided the opportunity for three groups in each of the 158 CommunityForce areas to win awards of £6,000 each. Organisations and charities applied for awards during the summer and an on-line public vote then took place to decide which three organisations in each area would receive the awards. Around 7000 eligible charities and community projects in the UK applied to take part in CommunityForce and over 450,000 votes were cast.
