The Autistic Way - Smart Kids OK
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A grant of £1,120 provided first
aid training for staff and promotional materials.
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Victim Support Norfolk on behalf of
King's Lynn Witness Service
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A grant of £500 supported the
Witness Service at the Coroner's Court.
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Mancroft Advice Project (MAP)
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A grant of £500 helped with core
costs of the organisation
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Holt Youth Project
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£500 assisted the organisation
with core costs.
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Filby Youth Club
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A £500 grant went towards core
costs of the organisation.
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Benjamin Foundation
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£1,500 helped to take members
of the Special Needs Youth Club on a residential activity weekend.
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Southgates Medical & Surgical Centre
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A grant of £1,725 funded for a
writing group for individuals with mental health problems who would
like to write but do not know how to start. The aim of the project
is to help these individuals develop self-confidence and overcome
feelings of helplessness.
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Age Concern Norwich
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£10,075 will provide funding to
begin a program in the Nelson Unit of HMP Norwich wherein volunteers
will spend time with individuals or groups of prisoners in an attempt
to improve their mental health and increase socialisation within
the unit.
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Sing Your Heart Out
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£7,000 will help to continue this
a series of singing workshops for users of mental health services,
carers, friends & family, support workers and staff.
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Julian Housing
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A grant of £25,200 will help to
expand the Discovery Quest, a walking based therapy project for
individuals with mental health problems, to Norfolk's rural areas.
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Community Music East
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£10,000 provided funding to work
with young people who have mental health and behavioral issues to
create an educational DVD which will then be shown to staff at schools
as well as other children and young people who may have similar
problems.
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King's Lynn Leisure Group
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£460 will provide service users
with drumming workshops in association with Norfolk Music Works
and a healthy eating workshop.
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Spirit of Carnival
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£1,990 will fund community carnival
art workshops and materials for Dragon Fest, which will offer 12
disadvantaged community groups the opportunity to work with professional
artists to build carnival structures.
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Norwich Lads Amateur Boxing Club
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A grant of £4550 allowed the group
to purchase a competition ring to allow the club to hold boxing
shows. This will save the club £3,000 pa and the income from
these shows will help the club to cover core costs in the future.
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Harling and District Social Support
Group
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A grant of £1,800 provided funding
for a monthly relaxation and therapeutic arts session with a tutor
willing to travel to their venue. Costs include room hire, tutor
& transportation.
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Benjamin Foundation
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Awarded a grant of £998 towards
the Resettlement Service which supports former homeless young people
into independent living.
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North Walsham Multisports
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Awarded a grant of £3,500 for
coaching staff, equipment and hire of van and facilities to start
a thrid group in Stalham.
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Norwich International Youth Project
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A grant of £2,000 contributed
to core costs of the youth project, which include weekly activities
such as football, outings and holidays, salaries and overheads.
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Twins Triplets and More
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£500 provided funding for various
start up costs including venue hire, baby toys, changing mats and
refreshments.
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Back on Track
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Awarded £500 for subsidised activities
and travel.
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Norwich Diocesan Playvan
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£5,000 were awarded towards core
costs of the project.
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Heartsease Community Project
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£2,000 allowed the organisation
to continue the social support group for people experiencing mental
distress or social isolation (Lifelines at the Community Café).
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Transparent
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A grant of £1,398 was awarded
towards running costs of the group, including venue, insurance,
new toys and a self defence course for the parents.
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Cruse Bereavement Care
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£2,000 allowed the organisation
to rent a new counselling room, as past clients have mentioned that
the current rooms at URC are unwellcoming and intimidating, and
therefore not conducive to relaxation.
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MOVE ON East
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£1,000 contributed towards funding
to provide a basic woodwork programme to clients of MOVE ON east
to teach participants a variety of new skills including measurement,
working with wood, using hand tools, and following instruction.
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North Norfolk Different Strokes
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£1,250 helped with core costs
of running the support group for young stroke survivors and carers.
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Marlpit Community Centre
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£800 provided funding for a weekly
group session for recent immigrants to the area to come together
and meet new people. The group will also offer informal English
language classes and children's play.
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The Chermond Trust
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A grant of £930 allowed the group
to purchase a new gymnastics mat.
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Sprowston Day Centre
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A grant of £2,000 provided for
hire of a tail lift ambulance to enable wheelchair and frame users
to get to the day centre on Fridays.
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Hope and Smile Club
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An award of £1,000 provided funding
for sessional tutors and therapies as well as other core cost expenses
for the group.
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Surviving Together
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A grant of £1,000 will help to
pay for activities, training and life enhancing skills for members
as well as venue hire, hospitality, stationery, insurance and similar
costs of this childhood sexual abuse support group.
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Benjamin Foundation
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A grant of £500 will allow the
organisation to take members of the Special Needs Youth Club on
a residential activity weekend.
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Heartsease Community Project
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Requesting funding to continue the social
support group for people experiencing mental distress or social
isolation (Lifelines at the Community Café).
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Costessey Carers Support Group
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£2,000 will contribute towards
a weekend trip to a specialty hotel in Blackpool which caters to
groups that require care and offers carers respite.
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Lowestoft Shopmobility
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Awarded a grant of £500 towards
core costs of the organisation.
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The Autistic Way - Smart Kids OK
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£500 awarded for a sitting service
for parents of autistic children and young people.
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Football in the Community
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£2,000 awarded to work with Congolese
refugee children, including sports coaching and literacy/IT lessons.
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Tilney All Saints Local History Group
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£500 will allow the group to publish
a book written by the group about the village.
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North Lynn Community Association
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£500 will help to fund a community
carnival
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Coltishall Village Hall & Recreation
Ground
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Awarded £166 for an afternoon
tea dance for the older people of the community.
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Community Action Norwich
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Awarded £1,500 for an ongoing
Befriending Programme for people who have left/ involved in prostitution.
The programme offers clients social engagement, positive changes
in attitude, taking responsibility, helping others & making
healthier life choices.
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Loose Ends
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A grant of £1,630 provided funding
for chairs and tables for the group to use during their meetings.
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Sing Your Heart Out
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An award of £1,870 provided funding
to move existing workshops to areas which have all the facilities
required, start new SYHO workshops in North Norfolk and to publish
and disseminate the results of investigations to benefits of SYHO
for everyone involved.
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Canary Five A Side
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A grant of £500 provided funding
to enable young people and children the opportunity to socially
and physically interact and compete in five a side football competitions,
gaining all round confidence regardless of their abilities whilst
doing something they enjoy.
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Sewell Park Centenary Celebration
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A grant of £480 will help fund
a celebration to mark the 100th year of Sewell Park.
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