The £1000 donation, from the Lovewell Blake
Community Fund, will be used to purchase adult and child-sized harnesses so
that the hall can offer access for more people to its renowned climbing wall,
opened in 2016 and one of the biggest in the county.
The wall is one of many sports and leisure
facilities at the hall which aims to offer its activities at an affordable rate
for everybody.
Corinna Pharaoh, chair of the Morley Village and
Sports Hall Trust, said that grants and donations are vital to enabling them to
make a range of sports and activities accessible.
“Our climbing wall is a unique community facility,
and is well used by people of all ages, from seven to 70,” said Mrs
Pharaoh. “Obviously having the right
safety equipment is key to being able to offer access, and this grant will
enable us to replace some of our older harnesses and buy more, so that more
people can come and use the wall safely.”
Dawn Bradford, a member of Lovewell Blake Community
Fund’s committee, added, “This grant was one of 18 we gave out in our most
recent grants round to community organisations across Norfolk, Suffolk and east
Cambridgeshire.
“Since the Fund was formed 15 years ago, we have
distributed more than £320,000 in grants, all of that money raised by staff and
partners at the firm.”
Lovewell Blake’s Community Fund is administered by
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Community Foundations. The next grants round will open in the
autumn.
