Brighton and Hove Speak Out
Brighton and Hove Speak Out
Back in February we awarded a funding contribution to Brighton & Hove Speak Out. This funding has been used to support fortnightly drop-in sessions. During the pandemic sessions were held online with participants attending via zoom. Sessions cautiously returned to face-to-face meetings at their central Brighton premises in November 2021.
Virtually cycling to a better life
Virtually cycling to a better life
Hertfordshire based Community Interest Company 'Active in the Community' were the recipients of a funding contribution from us in January this year. Their Forever Cycling East Herts project uses static floor bikes to get older adults more physically active. They project a route onto a screen for the users to follow. This means that older adults can virtually cycle around Paris or Sydney from the comfort of their own community centre.
Crafternoon sessions
Crafternoon sessions
Just before Christmas 2021 we awarded funding to Swansea based charity Your Voice Advocacy. They are a member led charity for people with learning disabilities living in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. They have 150 members, some with learning and complex physical disabilities. They support their members to socialise and have a say in their lives.
Activities to improve wellbeing
Activities to improve wellbeing
At the end of 2021 we made a funding contribution to The Churn Project. They are a charity
supporting vulnerable and marginalised people across Cirencester and surrounding villages. They aim to reduce isolation and improve wellbeing for those who are lonely, at a point of transition or crisis in their lives or experiencing mental health issues.
Gym and a swim
Gym and a swim
In December 2021, we awarded funding to a Coventry based charity called Involve Coventry. Our grant was used to help to continue their fitness for mental health project.
Special lunch event
Special lunch event
In December 2021 we awarded funding to Peterborough based charity, Crowland Cares. They provide care and practical support to people of all ages within the parish of Crowland.
They used the grant for a one-off special lunch event. Covid restrictions since March 2020 had prevented them from holding their annual calendar of events. This had such a negative impact on their beneficiaries' loneliness, isolation, mental health and wellbeing. It affected some of the most vulnerable people within their community.
Free tennis coaching sessions for the disabled
Free tennis coaching sessions for the disabled
Last July we awarded funding to Purley Bury Tennis Club towards the continuance of free professionally coached sessions for those with learning difficulties, autism, mental health conditions and wheelchair users - all looking to improve their tennis skills and mobility.
Cadbury World outing
Cadbury World outing
In September last year we awarded a funding contribution to 'Gelli Life for Living', a group set up to help reduce loneliness and isolation for those living with ill health or a disability in the Welsh valleys. On the 19th October, 33 members of the group went on a trip to Cadbury World .
Lake District adventures for partially sighted adults
Lake District adventures for partially sighted adults
Back in early 2020 Lake District based charity 'Vision of Adventure' was awarded a grant from our Jeanette Gill Special Awards fund. With the unfortunate delay in running residential courses in 2020 due to the pandemic, our funding has now been spent on activity courses in 2021.