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'Where would there be a safe place without The Lowdown?': Why borough council grants are so important for Northampton charities


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Every year Northampton Borough Council offers grants of between £3-15,000 to charities in the town.

The Partnership Grant Funding has previously benefited groups ranging from The Good Loaf and The Hope Centre to Northampton Men's Sheds and the street pastors.

Charities have until noon on Friday (February 21) to apply for the grants.

Two other charities who've received money are Re:Store, which supports vulnerable people in the town, and The Lowdown, which offers counselling to 11 to 25-year-olds.

I went to visit both, firstly catching up with The Lowdown's Sophie Turner...

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