A charity set up to help children and young people through bereavement will benefit from the latest round of funding from the Sutton Council's community fund.

In the latest round of funding the council has awarded £57,889 in total to nine voluntary projects.

Jigsaw4u, which works to support children and young people through bereavement, loss, trauma and abuse so that they can develop the tools to move forward in their lives, received £5,091.

The funding will be used towards the employment of a part-time disability support officer.

Michelle Mullarkey, children with disabilities participation co-ordinator at Jigsaw4U, said: "Our disability support officer has a disability himself and is a fantastic role model to the young people.

"Without the money we wouldn’t have been unable to fund this additional role and the young people would have missed out on invaluable support."

Another charity to receive funding is the Community Drugs Service (CDS) South London, which provides one-to-one counselling for alcohol and other drug users and their family and friends.

It will fund a youth outreach worker who will engage with young people who are not currently receiving treatment.

Managing director Franco Toma said: "Thanks to the funding we can also engage with other high-risk young people to inform them of the dangers of substance misuse."

The Sutton community fund is a £100,000 annual grants programme that supports projects that benefit Sutton residents.

Organisations can apply for up to £10,000 over two years.

Councillor Simon Wales, lead member for the voluntary sector, said: "As council budgets tighten even more, the voluntary sector has an increasingly significant role in supporting our communities.

"We’ll be working even more closely with them to deliver services and the community fund will help them to prepare for this challenge."

Other organisations that received funding were the Clockhouse Community Association, Gary Mason Rhythmical Empowerment Charitable Foundation, Soldiers, SSAFA, Springboard Project, Sutton Centre for the Voluntary Sector, Sutton Seniors Forum and Sutton Women’s Centre.