Activities Grant
What are Activity Grants for?
- To have local activities for children and young people
- Groups to work with Children and Young People letting them decide what they want to do
- For Community and Voluntary groups
- To bring the community together
- Gives volunteers pride to run projects
Gives groups confidence to apply for other fundingGroups working together running joint events
How do we make decision what should be funded?
- By having a panel of people to make decisions, this will be children, young people and a couple of community representatives
- Have a limit on the amount of funding that groups can apply for
- Following the guidelines set for approving funding
- Scoring the projects
- Groups that are based or work with children and young people from the New Deal area
What if I want to be on the panel, what is in it for me?
- Enjoyable fun interactive training sessions
- Learn about being part of a team
- Chairing skills
- Monthly sessions
- Rewards
- Ensuring the funding is spent on activities that can benefit the children and young people in your area
If you want to be a panel member please contact Sandra Young on 0161 607 8546
£58,000 has been spent so far this year on activities throughout the area. Groups that have benefited from the project have been
- Amber Project
- Big Steps Playgroup
- Broughton Angler Juniors
- Charlestown and Lower Kersal Breastmates
- Duchy Youth Project
- Kersal Families Club
- Lower Kersal Young Peoples Groups
- Little Einstein’s parent & toddler group
- Little Steps parent & toddler group
- Oliver’s Gym, Oliver’s Youth Club
- Space Cadets
- St Thomas Church
- St Georges Residents Group
- Whit Lane Residents Group
- Yogurt Pots
Activities that have run have included
- A joint trip to Blackpool with over 200 children from the Whit Lane Estate and Kersal estate
- Money towards Party in the Park
- Orienteering, mountain climbing and camping
- Trips to Bowling, Crocky Trail, Lowry, Chill Factor, Chester Zoo
- Holiday schemes with activities and trips out
- Setting up a new playgroup
- Fishing sessions taught by professional coaches
In total over 1000 children have benefited from the activities on offer throughout the area
If you would like to apply for funding please click on the link to the application form and apply.
This page was last updated on 11 November 2008
