Young musicians have become the first beneficiaries of a new annual £1000 Nailsworth community award.
The re-formed Training Band of the Nailsworth Silver Band will buy instruments and fund teaching with the generous donation from the town's Passage to India restaurant, its chairman, Tim Robbins, told a special awards lunch.
"The band almost folded within recent history", Mr Robbins told Passage to India proprietor Mohibur Rohman, his partners, staff and their families, and civic guests at the event.
"This (award) will safeguard the future of the Nailsworth Band" he said.
Mr Rohman, who began his business 22 years ago, told the ceremony the Passage to India was committed to serving Nailsworth in whatever way it could.
Over the years, the business has raised a lot of money for charity.
"We arrived here in 1985 when Nailsworth was a very quiet place," Mr Rohman said.
"Now it is a busy, thriving, vibrant town and our reputation has grown, all down to our customers and friends who have supported us through the years.
"The Passage India award is another way of saying 'thank you' to Nailsworth," he said.
Stroud MP David Drew thanked Mr Rohman for launching the award.
"He is putting something back into the community. I think it is a brilliant idea," Mr Drew said.
The Passage to India award was judged by an independent panel led by Nailsworth mayor Coun Norman Kay.
The other shortlisted organisations were the Nailsworth Woman's Institute local walks project, the Stroudwater Textile Trust's website development, Nailsworth Christingle's reindeer hire bid, the lighting and stage equipment fund of Nailsworth Dramatic Society, and a new Community Gardening project.