A SINDLESHAM charity has been shortlisted for a grant to support future fruit tree planting projects.
Freely Fruity, a Sindlesham-based charity growing free produce for the community, has been chosen to receive a grant to help fund their work.
The Grants For Good Fund, created by the Matthew Good Foundation, shares £10,000 between five shortlisted projects every three months.
The chosen projects are ones that have positive impacts on communities, people and the environment.
Having received over 400 applications for the first round of Grants for Good, Freely Fruity has been chosen as one of the five finalists.
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The charity will be sharing the grant with Harry’s Hydrocephalus Awareness Trust, Khushi Kantha, Mind Moves Mentoring and Yorkshire Rewilding Network.
John Good Group employees will then vote for their favourite project.
The project that receives the most votes will receive £3,500, second place £2,500, third place £2,000 and fourth and fifth place will receive £1,000.
Matt Knight, one of the founders of Freely Fruity, said they are “really honoured” to have been shortlisted for Grants for Good.
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He said: “There are so many fantastic people doing fantastic things so for us to have been chosen as one of the top five charities is a real honour.
“The team over at the Good foundation have been brilliant and they really understand our charity’s ethos and are fully supportive of our work.
Mr Knight explained they will use the grant to purchase fruit tree supplies.
“With the grant we will be able to buy the initial fruit tree stock that will be used to propagate future trees from and these fruit trees will then be planted across the borough, into community areas.”
