Councillors only too happy to provide cash support for the homeless (birds and bugs) of Grimsby

                                                                       

A donation by councillors in Grimsby is helping young people to create homes for wildlife. Park ward representatives  Daniel Westcott and Paul Silvester and Marian Boyd (all pictured, left to right) have chipped in with  £500 to the  Youth Justice Service to cover the cost of materials. Young people working with the service will use these materials to make bird boxes and bug hotels which will then be distributed in parks and open spaces. The monies do not come out of the councillors' pockets but from ward funding - a pot of public money that councillors can award to organisations and community groups to support projects locally. Says Cllr Westcott: "Not only is there an obvious environmental  aspect to this project, but the young people involved are acquiring valuable new skills, creating something they can be proud of and  giving back to the community."