ORGANISATIONS are invited to apply for the annual grants available from Alcester Town Council.

The council has £7,000 to dish out to local groups which is due to be paid in the next financial year, starting in April 2006.

Previous organisations to benefit include Alcester Flower and Vegetable Show, Alcester and Ragley Park Cricket Club, the Citizens Advice Bureau, Alcester Churches Together, and the Greig Centre.

Notices will go up around the town and groups can write to council clerk Derrick Ward to apply for an application form, which must be completed and returned no later than December 31 this year.

Applications are then considered by the council and grants paid in May 2006. Write to Mr Ward at Globe House, Priory Road, Alcester B49 5DZ.