Twenty grants of up to £15,000 have been awarded to groups and schemes that help people in the Mansfield district.

They were made through the Mansfield Community Grant Fund strand of Mansfield District Council’s allocation of UK Shared Prosperity Funding (UKSPF).

Further awards, of more than £15,000 each, are also set to be made through the Mansfield UKSPF Communities and Place part of the funding.

The Community Grant Fund was facilitated by Mansfield CVS, whose chief executive Vanessa Whitton said: “As Mansfield’s leading infrastructure organisation, supporting the local voluntary and community sector to obtain funding such as this is one of our core objectives.

“We are thrilled that so many local organisations have benefitted from the Shared Prosperity Funding.”

Mansfield mayor Andy Abrahams added: “We are delighted to be able to award grants from the council’s allocation of Shared Prosperity Funding to these exciting Mansfield-based projects.

“Many of the successful projects come from our community champions, who have been doing great work for years and really know what is needed to help their communities.

“Well done to all our successful applicants. However, we still have more great news to come with the shortlisting of our Communities and Place projects. I look forward to sharing a further announcement for these soon.”

Among the groups and projects to receive funding so far were:

St John’s Ambulance, Maun Refuge, Kingsway Hall, The Peaceful Trust, Friends of Bellamy, Friends of Manor Park, Salvation Army, Mansfield Mechanics Institute, St John’s Centre, Kool Kids, Cruse Bereavement Support, S.H.E. UK, Family Action, Ladybrook Enterprises Ltd, Homestart Mansfield, Let’s All Eat CIC, Friends of Ladybrook Park, Spectrum WASP, and Ten Fifty.