Wandsworth council have pledged cash to community schemes as part of their grant fund.

Projects helping older and vulnerable people get online and support for new parents are among those sharing £62,610 from the Wandsworth Grant Fund’s eighth round of funding.

The grant supports a range of not-for profit activities in categories such as arts and culture, children and young people and citizenship engagement.

A total of £319,500 has been earmarked by the council in the 2018/19 financial year to give out in various waves of the Wandsworth Grant Fund, with £20k being allocated to fund the 2018 Wandsworth Arts Fringe.

Cllr Melanie Hampton, grants committee chairman said: “Since the Wandsworth Grant Fund was launched in 2015 we have handed out hundreds of thousands of pounds to local charities and groups running projects that have benefited our residents.

“The recipients of round eight of the grant include some really interesting and innovative projects to help isolated, vulnerable and difficult-to-reach groups of people fulfil their potential. I look forward to seeing how they progress.”

Projects receiving funding include:

• An IT project at the Abyssinia Residents Association. The money will be used to buy a laptop and television that can be used to help residents of the sheltered housing scheme get online and to run a regular communal film night.

• Baby Reign craft workshops to help isolated young mums and dads make friends

• An expansion of the BACTA Fun Day celebrating sustainable living and further involving other faith and ethnic communities

• The Summerstown 182 Stripes of Peace Project. This is the conclusion of a community history project celebrating servicemen inscribed on the memorial of St May’s Church in Summerstown.

• Fight for Future Tooting will use mixed martial arts to help young people achieve their potential.

• The ZRF Soccer School will deliver a weekly two-hour community sports and youth development programme.

Application deadlines for the next two rounds are Tuesday, August 21 and Monday, December 17. There will be Meet the Funder events in Roehampton on July 24, Balham on Wednesday, August 1 and Battersea on Thursday, August 2.