Festive-themed events to take place in Borders town after funding bid backed

FESTIVE cheer is on the agenda after councillors approved funding support to Melrose Rotary Club. The registered charity was granted £675 from Scottish Borders Council’s William Hill Trust Sub-Committee, which met on Tuesday (December 10). The funds are to be used for a Christmas parade, a night of entertainment for those in sheltered accommodation, providing items needed at the district hospital, carol singing, school arts competitions and on a Santa’s grotto.

It is part of the rotary club’s remit to work to enhance the lives of those in the town, with all activities free to prevent anyone that is disadvantaged from exclusion..