GRANTS totalling £13,500 were handed out to more than 30 community groups and charities by a Hampshire council.
The money was given out by Lymington Town Council.
Among the biggest grants given were £4,000 for New Forest Citizens Advice Bureau, £2,000 to Lymington Community Association and £1,000 to Oakhaven Hospice.
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