A SPORTS festival for south Durham primary schools will be the first project to be funded through a new community grants scheme.
Council house management company Dale & Valley Homes has given £500 to the Three Towns Partnership Community Games being held on Friday at the Spectrum Leisure Centre, in Willington.
Children from Crook, Willington and Tow Law are competing at sports such as basketball and new age kurling in an event with an Olympic theme.
The following Saturday people of all ages are being invited to sports taster sessions at the centre where a music event is also planned for August.
Funding is from Dale & Valley Homes’ Better Homes, Better Lives fund.
Peter Chaffer, the company’s chief executive, said: "As a company we try to improve people’s quality of life through their housing but this is a way we can have a really positive impact on a much wider group of people and give something back to the whole community."
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