CEREDIGION MP Ben Lake is encouraging good causes in the county to apply for a share of a funding pot worth over £3 million that has been raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery to support projects helping local people.

Awards of between £500 and £20,000 are available to both charities and community groups.

Applications for the funding are open until Wednesday, 15 August.

There are three trusts that groups can apply for funding through. Each trust focuses on a particular theme.

The Postcode Community Trust looks for applications on initiatives that will benefit communities through the delivery of grassroots health and wellbeing programmes.

The People’s Postcode Trust supports projects aimed at promoting human rights, employability and combating poverty.

And the Postcode Local Trust focuses on proposals that aim to improve biodiversity and outdoor spaces.

Mr Lake said: “There are so many brilliant community projects in Ceredigion that could benefit from this fantastic chance to secure funding, get an initiative off the ground or expand the reach of a service.

“Across the three trusts there is scope for such a wide variety of organisations to benefit, and I’d strongly encourage them to visit the website, find out where their project could fit and get an application in.”