Written question asked by Brian Jenkins (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 June 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 19 June 2009. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour) on Monday, 29 June 2009 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Capacitybuilders: Tamworth

Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what funding Capacitybuilders has provided to charitable organisations active in Tamworth constituency in the last 12 months.

Answer: There have been no direct awards from Capacity builders to charitable organisations active in Tamworth in the last 12 months, however, Capacitybuilders have made two awards to the Staffordshire Consortium, one of whose members is the Tamworth Council for Voluntary Service, which will benefit from this funding. The first award was a Consortium Development grant of £52,000 in 2008-09. The second was a modernisation programme grant of £41,596 in 2008-09 to ensure common standards and access across the nine volunteer centres in the district, which is work being led by Tamworth CVS.

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