A charity which tries to steer young people away from a life of crime is the latest beneficiary of Smile Fund cash.
The Smile Fund is a £10,000 pot of money put up by the Spalding and District Round Table.
For the last few months the Spalding Guardian has been inviting readers to apply for a slice of the cash for a project to benefit themselves, their group or community.
A panel from the Round Table has been sifting through hundreds of applications to find worthy causes to dish out donations to.
Recently Matt Clark, fundraising convenor for the group, handed over £250 to Mark LeSage, founder of the Rightside Trust.
The trust was set up in 1995 to educate young people about the grim reality of spending time locked up in prison for committing crime.
In 2009 the trust took possession of a mobile “prison cell”, which is used to give young people first-hand experience of what it is like to be locked up.
Next year it is hoping to roll out an initiative to teach young people about the effects on their health of getting involved in crime.
Mr Clark said: “Mark hosted the Spalding and District Round Table’s boxing night and kindly waived his fee, so instead we have made a contribution to the Rightside Trust.
“We believe it is an excellent charity, well worthy of our support, so I was delighted to hand over £200 to help Mark carry out his work.”
Mark added: “We are most grateful for the contribution.”
*Spalding and District Round Table has teamed up with the Spalding Guardian to offer £10,000 to help good causes in the community.
And the great news is that there are really very few limits to who can apply to the Smile fund. Applicants can be individuals (for themselves or on behalf of someone else), a group of people, a club, an organisation or maybe a school.
A panel, including Round Table members and a representative of the Spalding Guardian, will decide which applications will be backed with a donation of up to £500.
Requests for amounts over £500 will still be considered but will be put before all Round Table members for a decision.
So, fill in the application form in the Spalding Guardian every Thursday, or email tracey.sweetland@jpress.co.uk with all the same information which is requested on the form.