A £174,000 council grant has been awarded for advice and transport support in Wantage.

People needing independent advice and help with transport around the Wantage area will continue to receive support thanks to the grant for an advice centre from Vale of White Horse District Council.

The Wantage Independent Advice Centre (WIAC) offers advice and transport to people in and around Wantage, Grove and Faringdon.

The centre was founded in 1971 with a small group of volunteers providing an information service and advice from a small office in Falcon Court.

After a spell in Mill Street in the 1980s, WIAC moved to its current home in the Market Place in 1995 and now has about 110 volunteers.

Its good work has been supported by a three-year partnership grant of £58,000 per year from 2018/19 to 2020/21 by the council.

The grant was approved by the council leader Matthew Barber, who said: “I am delighted that once again we were able to contribute towards the advice centre, which has been part of the community for more than 36 years. The council is proud to continue to support organisations like the advice centre that do so much to help local people.”

Organisations interested in applying for council funding can find out more at whitehorsedc.gov.uk/grants