A NUMBER of West Fife projects have been given a national lottery cash boost.

The funding will help local groups adapt and recover from the impact of COVID-19.

The Yes-U-Are-Partnership in Dunfermline has been given £2,330 to upgrade their current premises at the Erskine Building in the centre of town. The money will also sustain project staffing and progress project evaluation.

Dunfermline District Radio Car Club has benefitted from £10,000 of funding to purchase and lay an astroturf radio control car track.

Fife Centre for Equalities has received the biggest landfall, totalling £80,441.

It will go towards providing a range of services for minority ethnic older people, helping them make their voices heard.

Explaining the ethos behind the project, Nina Munday, chief executive of Fife Centre for Equalities, said: “During the start of the pandemic, we identified that information and support were not reaching minority ethnic older people living in Fife.

“This was because the volunteers-led lunch clubs could not be held due to restrictions.

“Fortunately, the National Lottery Community Fund awarded us a small grant to enable us to recruit three multi-lingual staff who distributed culturally-sensitive food parcels, as well as providing the latest COVID-19 information to the older people in their own language.

“Now, with this new National Lottery funding, the older people will have more confidence in accessing mainstream services.

“We also hope to see mainstream services being better equipped in meeting the needs of the minority ethnic older people by listening to their concerns and suggestions.”

Fife 4x4 response group will use £5,977 of funding to ensure they are able to sanitise their vehicles and equipment to be able to transport people and be used by local services.

They will also kit out new members and promote themselves to build up use of their services.