LOCAL good causes and organisations will benefit from a round of grant payouts from the purse of Ledbury Town Council.

The Marches Family Network, which organises play schemes, will get £300.

Ledbury Carnival Association, organiser of the annual August Bank Holiday town carnival, will get £556.

The town's Visually Impaired Group will be £250, towards the cost of trips out, and £300 will be given to the organisers of Ledbury Community Day, to cover the hire of a hall.

The Community Day, to celebrate the best of Ledbury, is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 7.