Funding is available to support the academic, sporting and musical achievements of schools and children in Ross-on-Wye.

More than 42 individual children, and a wide range of schools from across Herefordshire, have received funding from the Margaret Allen Foundation since 2009.

“Last year, the Margaret Allen Foundation awarded £11,145 in grants to seven schools and two individuals, generally to schools who had not previously received an award in the past,” said a fund spokesman.

Grants to individual children, aged between five and 11 years old living in Herefordshire, are available up to £400.

Grants to Herefordshire primary schools are available up to £2,000.

The deadline for all applications is March 8th and the grants will be awarded later that month.

Application forms are now available from The Clerk to the Margaret Allen Foundation, c/o Monmouth School for Girls, Hereford Road, Monmouth NP25 5XT, by telephoning 01600 711229, or by emailing [email protected]