Community centres in the region can apply for funding to help keep people warm this winter.
Community centres across Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Kent can apply for funding from Southern Water to help keep people warm this winter.
Southern Water is offering 30 grants, worth £1,000 each, to support hubs providing vital services across the region, with the cost of energy bills and essential running costs.
Now in its third year, the grants programme has already awarded funding to more than 40 community venues including social pantries, homeless drop-in spaces and arts centres, which provide hubs for events, support groups, classes, winter warmer spaces and befriender clubs.
Alex Willumsen, Community Partnerships and Programme Manager at Southern Water said: “We know community centres play a vital role in the lives of so many people across our region and especially during the winter, when as well as providing services for local residents, they also offer a safe space to keep warm. We are pleased to once again be able to offer these grants to help ensure they can keep their doors open and continue to support local communities.”
The MP for Tunbridge Wells, Mike Martin, has written to the Water Minister calling for Covid-style business continuity and recovery support for local businesses who've suffered through the town's water crisis.
Residents of Tunbridge Wells whose water supply has been disrupted since Sunday are still being told they must boil any water supply they get before drinking it.
South East Water is resuming water supplies to Tunbridge Wells despite continuing issues with purification, so it's now telling affected customers to boil their tap water, before it's consumed.
The Tunbridge Wells MP, Mike Martin, has called for the boss of South East Water to resign, as South East Water hit new snags in restoring fresh water supplies to the town.
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