Improving physical and mental health
Improving physical and mental health
At the beginning of this year we awarded a grant to The Unity Centre. Established in September 2019, The Unity Centre is based in Lewes, East Sussex and provides wellbeing classes, workshops and therapies for the whole community - regardless of age, disability, financial situation or other barriers.
Sage Outdoor Event
Sage Outdoor Event
Back in June we awarded funding to Sage Sheffield, a small local mental health charity based in a deprived area of Sheffield. Their main activities are to provide staffed support through a weekly singing group and twice weekly horticultural therapy based on Grimesthorpe allotments.
Aishah Help really do help!
Aishah Help really do help!
In January this year we awarded funding to Aishah Help. They are a charity based in East London, whose mission is to give people hope and serve vulnerable communities in dignified ways. They reach out to those individuals who are in the greatest of need, suffering hardship, are disadvantaged or isolated from society and help them become independent.
Exercise sessions for a better quality of life
Exercise sessions for a better quality of life
At the beginning of this year we awarded funding to Caring Together in Woodhouse and Little London. They are a charity Neighbourhood Network Scheme based in Leeds. Our grant funded 46 sessions of exercise, which were Pilates and chair based exercises.
The sessions focused on the tendency for older people to become more isolated during the winter months. It addressed the important issue of maintaining older people’s activity levels during this period.
Friends of Temple Newsam Park
Friends of Temple Newsam Park
In June last year, we awarded funding to The Friends of Temple Newsam Park. They are a voluntary group that was formed in 1999. Over the last 22 years they have raised many tens of thousands of pounds to support projects in the park that have improved the facilities for visitors.
Cornerstone Benwell
Cornerstone Benwell
Cornerstone Benwell, a community charity based in Newcastle's West End, received funding from us for the purchase of art and cookery items for their friends at The Welcome Project.
Artful connections
Artful connections
Back in November last year, we awarded funding to Arts to Heal. They are an art-based mental health Charity founded in 2016 located on the outskirts of Blackburn.
We funded their "Artful Connections: Nurturing Wellbeing, Combating Loneliness" project. The twelve-week project provided a creative and supportive environment where, in phase one, twenty participants took part in an 8-week exploration of different art materials.
The Straw Patch Project - an array of activities
The Straw Patch Project - an array of activities
We recently awarded funding to the Straw Patch Project, a Community Interest Company based in Ilfracombe. The funding was used to meet the costs of a lead facilitator for their weekly group of young adults with learning disabilities, who also have profound disabilities that mean they will require care and support for the rest of their lives.
'Motion Unity' for Nuvo Wellbeing
'Motion Unity' for Nuvo Wellbeing
We awarded funding to Nuvo Wellbeing, a Community Interest Company based in Billingham, County Durham. The funds from the grant were allocated across various aspects crucial for the successful implementation of the "Motion Unity: Dancing for Equity" Dance and Wellbeing Sessions for Adults with Learning Disabilities project.
Curling & Boccia gets the chats going
Curling & Boccia gets the chats going
BU Group in Dinnington near Rotherham are very grateful for the new Curling and Boccia sets we recently helped them with.
The group began as a bereavement group, but quickly turned into a social group. They meet every Friday for coffee and a chat, as well as playing games like Curling, Boccia and Darts.