Find out who got the cash in Ottery’s �3,000 giveaway

See the full list of organisations who received cash from Ottery Town Council’s �3,000 windfall.

As reported in the Herald the constructors for Sainsbury’s new store in Ottery, Kier Western, had given �3,000 to the council to be spent on local projects. After a whole raft of applications, the Town Council’s ‘Finance & General Purpose Committee’ decided on who got a slice of the money. The full list and the amount they received is below:

Applicant Amount (�)

Tipton St John Primary School (150)

Coleridge Pre-School Playgroup (50)

OSM (Ottery St Mary) Help Scheme (150)

OSM Parish Church Recycling Exhibition (50)

OSM Scout Group (150)

Vision OM (150)

Dance Action for Youth (100)

Tipton Players & Pantomime Society (TIPPS) (100)

Ottery in Bloom (160)

OSM Football Club (300)

Ottery & District Men’s Forum (50)

OSM Cricket Club (300)

OSM & District Later Life Forum (140)

Coleridge Literary Weekend (150)

The Institute (150)

West Hill Church (100)

Tipton St John Scouts (300)

1st OSM Brownies (300)

TOTAL �2,850

Ottery Taiko Troupe will receive �150 if the group can prove by Friday it has a bank account for the organisation. If not, then OSM Twinning Association, Ottregians Over 60s and OSM Short Mat Bowls will each receive �50.

Unsuccessful applicants were: Ottery St Mary Brass Class, Millennium Green Dog Poo Fairies, Stroke Recovery Class and Tipton St John Residents’ Association.