SPORT, art and community groups in Inverclyde have been awarded thousands of pounds by the council’s grants committee.

Councillors agreed the grants for voluntary organisations.

Full list of awards --

Ardgowan Football Development £1,500

Bagatelle Court Tenants’ Organisation  £500

Belleaire Football Club £500

Boglestone Community Association Playscheme -- £5,000

Branchton Over-55s Group £500

Bowling Clubs -- Gourock, Gourock Park, Grosvenor, Hillend, Inverkip, Parklea, Rankin Park, Wellingston Park, all £2000, and Fort Matilda £1,900

Caddlehill Allotment Gardens -- £1,000

Cats Protection Inverclyde  £1,250

Chapelton Tenants’ and Residents’ Association £2,000

Cowdenknowes Residents’ Association £500

Gourock Golf Club Junior Section £500

Gourock Horticultural Society £1,000

Greenock Light Opera Club £500

Hillend Art Club £500

Inverclyde Community Tennis Initiative £1,000

Inverclyde Dog Agility Club £700

Inverclyde Elderly Forum £2,000

Inverclyde Juvenile Pipe Band £500

Inverclyde Kidney Patients’ Association £500

Inverclyde Navy Club £3,000

Inverclyde Phoenix American Football £1,000

Inverclyde Youth for Christ £1,000

Inverkip Community Enterprise Playscheme -- £5,000

Kidston Kids £1,500

Kilmacolm Horticultural Society £250

Larkfield Fun Day £2,000

Macular Disease Society – Inverclyde Group £500

Newark Angling Club -- £500

Overton Tenants’ And Residents’ Association £2,000

Park Farm Tenants’ And Residents’ Association £2,000

Port Glasgow Old People’s Welfare Council £5,000

Prospecthill Community Focus £2,000

RIG Arts Ltd £500

Riverside Youth Band -- £500

Starter Packs Inverclyde £5,000

The Parish Players Of Old Gourock And Ashton £5,000

Upper Larkfield Community Hall £2,000

Weans’ World Parent/Carer Toddler Group £500

Wellington Allotment Gardens £1,000