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The vital roles played by Northern Ireland communities during World War II are being remembered thanks to grants being awarded by the Big Lottery Fund.
The largest of the National Lottery Good Cause Distributors has awarded grants totalling £211,427 to 30 projects across Northern Ireland under the Home Front Recall Programme.
The grants will be used to stage a variety of activities including a drama in which young people between 12 and 18 years of age will perform a play about the Belfast Blitz. People suffering from a muscle-wasting condition will visit war museums in Yorkshire and one Londonderry-based project will publish the fascinating daily diary of a local war hero who saw action in North Africa and Italy.
Big Lottery Fund NI Board Member Breidge Gadd, said:
Stagestruck, a drama project in County Down, was given a grant of £1,700 so that young people from the Banbridge area could stage a play about World War II, to be performed for the rest of the community.
Southern Area Fibromyalgia Support Group was given a grant of £11,513 for activities aimed at educating members of the project as well as helping to break down the social isolation of people with the condition. The grant will pay for a trip to visit some museums in Yorkshire.
The Northwest Archaeological and Historical Society has been awarded a grant of £8,650 under the Home Front Recall programme to publish the war diary of a local veteran in late November and stage an exhibition of memorabilia relating to the 9th Londonderry Heavy Anti-aircraft Regiment.
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