HERALD SMALL ADS Charity delivers largest loan amount in over 10 years!

• Two standing READING LAMPS, not much used, £15.00 each.

• CAMPING TOILET, used once, £20.00.

• ACOUSTIC GUITAR, free to good home, or donation to charity.

Tel: 01530 485799 (Markfield)

• Solid Rosewood DINING TABLE, seats 6, can extend to seat 8. Plus 6 chairs - not rosewood. Size 5’5”L x 3’3”W when not extended VGC.Can supply photo. Price: £200.00.

• Wood effect DISPLAY UNIT. Cupboards at the bottom and glass cupboards at the top. Size: 3’10 L x 1’5” W x5’11” H. Can supply photo. Price: £50.00.

Tel: 07790 734858 (Groby)

• 10 ENCYCLOPEDIA

BRITANNICA Children’s Editionvery good condition. £50.00 o.n.o.

Tel: 07504 801793 (Groby)

• SONY BRAVIA TV - 32inch, good condition. Price: £20.00

Tel. 07905558349 (Bagworth)

• KNITTING NEEDLES - FREE. Approximately 32 pairs of Mixture of steel and plastic - various sizes.

Tel: 0116 270 1825 (Glenfield)

• Phillips Hostess HEATED TROLLEY - very good condition.

Price: £10.00.

• GARDEN GREEN NETTING

- brand new, still in packaging, rotproof, 4m wide by 10m long. Price: £10.00.

Tel: 01530 245328 (Stantonunder-Bardon)

• Four-wheeled MOBILITY SCOOTER - in good condition. Price: £175.00.

Tel: 01530 249986 (Markfield)

• Black leather Rhino MOTORBIKER’S JACKET - size 40

- vgc. Price: £100 o.n.o.

• Black summer synthetic MOTORBIKER’S JACKET - size 40

- v.g.c. Price: £50.00 o.n.o.

Tel: 07587 528973 (Markfield)

• FAN / LIGHT (3 lights) in new condition. Retails around £180. Great in a conservatory. Selling only because conservatory insulating roof fitted.

Price: £75.

Tel: 07915 114630 or 01530 244493 (Markfield)

• DESK, brand new in unopened box. Price: £30.00.

Tel: 07966 253612. (Markfield)

THE SIR THOMAS White Loan Charity, which provides interest-free loans for business and education purposes, awards 16 loans totalling £182,500 in the second quarter of 2023.

The Sir Thomas White Loan Charity [STWLC] has awarded its largest quarterly loan amount in over 10 years, with £171,000 to be delivered in interest-free loans to 14 Leicestershire businesses, and £11,500 awarded in interest-free education loans to support postgraduate studies.

This represents the largest business loan total approved by the Charity in a single quarter in over a decade – and is also the largest overall total (£182,500) for a quarter in over 10 years.

Among the 14 Leicestershire businesses to receive interest-free loans this quarter are an optician, landscape gardener, creative agency, make-up artist and videographer.

Meanwhile, the two education loans will help individuals to study postgraduate courses in Camera, Sound & Vision Mixing in TV production and an MSC in Economics and Finance.

Established in 1542, STWLC hosts quarterly application windows each year in which people aged over 18 and under 45 can apply for unique interest-free loans of up to £20,000 to aid local businesses, or £10,000 to support students wishing to return to postgraduate education. The Charity’s loans are interest-free for nine years, and become repayable by equal instalments after three years.

Lucy Womack, Chair of STWLC, commented: “All I can say is, wow! To have approved our largest quarterly loan amount in over a decade is incredible news for the Charity and we’re absolutely thrilled to be expanding our support to so many across Leicestershire & Rutland.

“The number of applications we received was fantastic, but it was the high quality of these applications and business plans which was most pleasing to see, and this is the reason why we were able to approve such a large allocation.

“Our offer is unique, and it sometimes sounds too good to be true, but these businesses and individuals will be seeing first-hand how valuable an interest-free loan can be for a start-up, an existing business, or when returning to university.

“If you could benefit from an interest-free business loan up to £20,000, or an education loan up to £10,000 to support with tuition and living costs, please visit our website to find out more. The worst we can say is no, but the chances are, we’ll say yes!”

Application packs are available to download upon completion of a contact form on STWLC’s website – www. stwcharity.co.uk

THE NEXT DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 3.30PM ON MONDAY 3 JULY 2023.