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Avon River Bank Maintenance


Organisation: Avon River Bank Maintenance
Town/City: Sandford
Postcode: ML10 6PB
Description: The Avon Angling Club manage all 14 miles of the river - we maintain the River, its tributaries and its banks. We provide affordable angling for the local community. We run a hatchery project and provide free tuition to local kids. We plant wildflowers and saplings when we can.
South Lanarkshire
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Ross-shire Waste Free Refuse Collection Vehicle


Organisation: RoWAN
Description: Ross-shire Waste Action Network Limited (RoWAN) was set up in 2001. By raising awareness, offering support, involving local people and organisations and promoting good practice, it aims to improve waste management across the Ross-shire area.
Highland
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Expansion of HomeAid Furniture Centre


Organisation: HomeAid West Lothian
Description: HomeAid West Lothian has been operating since 1987. It is a registered charity with the objective of relieving poverty by providing recycled furniture, clothing and household items to people on low income or in receipt of benefits. HomeAid West Lothian applied to the TWS Grant Scheme to refurbish its premises to enable it to expand the scale of its operation and generate a new income stream from the sale of goods.
West Lothian

Spruce Carpets, Glasgow


Organisation: Spruce Carpets
Town/City: Glasgow
Description: Spruce Carpets is a new organisation which was established to meet a specific market niche. It grew from the recognition by furniture reuse projects that there is a need for low-cost carpets and the observation that a significant quantity of good quality carpet is landfilled or fly-tipped each year
City of Glasgow
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Transform: Processing of White Goods, Highlands


Organisation: ILM Highland
Description: ILM Highland was set up in 1994, led by the then Ross & Cromarty District Council. It is now a fully independent not-for-profit company with charitable status.
ILM Highland has managed intermediate labour market (ILM) programmes including landscaping, insulation, and handyperson services for over 12 years. The Transform project allowed the organisation to expand into waste management, working closely with Highland Council to develop a facility for the processing of white goods.
Highland
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09 January 2009 11:42