A COMPANY has announced it will provide £36,000 to community groups in the last six months.

The Co-operative Group will donate funds to 17 different organisations in Leigh and the surrounding areas after giving a percentage of money to them from their own-brand food products and funeral care services as well as the proceeds of carrier bag charges.

Projects set to benefit from the donations include Leigh Caring Kitchen, the Willow Project in Atherton, and the Rotary Club of Tyldesley with Atherton.