Local Counselling service wins award

12.00.00am GMT Thu 22nd Nov 2007

David Heath, MP for Somerton and Frome, has congratulated Wessex Counselling Service on being awarded £10,000 by the Awards for All Programme, which is supported by the Arts Council England, the Big Lottery Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England. Grants of between £300 and £10,000 are awarded 'for people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, and projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community.'

The Wessex Counselling Service will use the grant to provide a counseling service to adults from a deprived area of Frome and will also make a creche available for local children.

Commenting David said:

"It is great to see the valuable work and services offered by the Wessex Counselling Service have been rewarded with this grant. The money will ensure that in future people from all age groups, from the very young in the creche, to adults across Frome who will now be able to receive vital counseling services.

It is vital that we have schemes in place to assist those in the community in need of support and advice, who often have nowhere to turn to. I congratulate the service on the grant, and I have no doubt that it will be a huge success."