Time is running out for voluntary and charitable groups to submit their applications to Sevenoaks District Council’s Community Grant Scheme.

Grants up to £5,000 are available from the council to help organisations which provide services, activities or projects for the benefit of residents, with the focus being to those in greatest of need.

A handful of grants have already been handed out to successful applicants.

Cllr Roddy Hogarth, the council’s cabinet member for community grants, said: “Volunteers and voluntary groups improve the lives of many of the district’s most vulnerable people.

"If they have not done so already, I would urge these groups to make their applications as soon as possible.”

The deadline for applications is Friday, November 28.

For more info visit: www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/communitygrants or e-mailing grants@sevenoaks.gov.uk

So far this year the council has awarded a total of £153,315 to 27 voluntary and community organisations across the district.