The Fife Health and Social Care Partnership’s Small Sparks fund was launched in North East Fife in 2017 and then expanded across the Kingdom during the pandemic.
At that time the grant was also increased to a maximum of £500 per project.
A total of 26 projects will be supported, including several in the West Fife area.
This includes the Inverkeithing Friary Knitting Group, which knits for charity and premature babies.
They hope the money will allow them to expand into knitting teddies for children living in womens’ refuges as a result of domestic abuse.
Also benefitting will be Valleyfield’s Sunday Tea Party, which holds events for around 25 over 75s who were hard hit by the pandemic and have lost their confidence in socialising.
The Chill and Chat Cafe in North Queensferry has also been given a grant.
The community cafe provides for around 20 people and runs for two hours, three days a week.
It provides transport for older people and those with disabilities and is run by a team of four volunteers.
The Scottish Story Telling Ceilidh at That Place in the Bay received funding to put on an evening of Folklore takes, literature and inspirational stories.
There will free soup provided and its hoped that the event will bring together children and adults from across the area.
Finally, a newly launched Dunfermline group named Feel Good Friday is being supported to help its 16 members get to know each other through a team building day at Lochore Meadows.
Fiona McKay, head of Strategic Planning, Performance and Commissioning, at the Fife Health and Social Care Partnership, said: “There have been some amazing ideas brought to life with Small Sparks.
“And it was fantastic that some of the projects to benefit got the chance to network and to share their stories with each other.
“The events were joyful and inspiring, with a tangible buzz in the room and new ideas being generated.
“The Small Sparks fund really highlights the strengths, assets, and wealth of unleashed potential in local communities across Fife and the Partnership is delighted to be able to support that.”
Funding for Small Sparks comes from the Self-Directed Support (SDS) fund, provided to Health and Social Care Partnerships by the Scottish Government.
Small Sparks is Fife Health and Social Care Partnership’s contribution to the early support and intervention element of SDS.
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