A FURNITURE shop which provides a valuable service for people on low incomes has been given a £100,000 boost.
York Community Furniture Store is one of 36 groups to receive the National Lottery Community Fund grants.
The grant of £107,536, which will be given to the shop over three years, will pay for the full-time salaries of an administrator, a driver and a warehouse worker. The group's manager, Keith Hicks, said: "We cannot begin to express the elation we all felt when we received the news of the successful application for a community fund grant.
"This grant will now enable the Community Furniture Store to use its resources more efficiently and help more low income families and individuals. Our funding will be used to expand the area we can serve, both in collections and clients who desperately need our services who at the present time have no access to the service that we provide." For information on the Community Fund, phone the inquiries officer on 0113 2245301
Updated: 10:19 Thursday, March 13, 2003
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