Announcing the organisations receiving funding from us this year…
Back in September, we opened the call to bids for our next round of our Greater Together Resilience Fund. This year’s £100,000 fund, distributed on a commissioning bases to various organisations working in our regions, is focused on building Healthy Communities. Hopeful organisations had to clearly demonstrate and evidence in the application process that they can support our customers with their health and wellbeing, with a particular emphasis on early intervention or prevention services, or community cohesion activities and projects.
More widely, our Community Investment Team, and regional Community Partnership Managers, who allocate the funding, were looking for applicants providing support with:
In total, 84 organisations applied for our funding. This included 23 in the North, 42 in the South, 13 in our Central region, and five in our East Region – as well as a London-based national organisation. Of these, 20 were successful, and the total fund has been split between the regions into:
The organisations are…
| Organisation | Region | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Stanleys | North | £5,000 |
| Maundy Relief | North | £5,000 |
| Blackpool FC Community Trust | North | £5,000 |
| Idle Women | North | £7,500 |
| Renaissance | North | £1,000 |
| Flourish | South | £6,500 |
| Citizens Advice | South | £5,750 |
| Cheshire East CVS | South | £3,500 |
| Salford Community Leisure | South | £4,750 |
| Access Sport | South | £4,000 |
| WETA | South | £4,000 |
| Boost Wellbeing CIC | South | £1,500 |
| Eat Well Get Well CIC | South | £4,000 |
| SnapBack Sounds | South | £4,000 |
| Health Watch | East | £10,000 |
| Sheffield Wednesday FC Community Partnership | East | £5,000 |
| Local Food First | Central | £3,000 |
| Full Circle | Central | £7,500 |
| Northern Lilly | Central | £5,000 |
| Spark | Central | £8,000 |
63 organisations were rejected ultimately, however, of these, nine had follow-up meetings with their regional Community Partnership Manager, and are now being given the opportunity to work with Daniel Mountford (Funding Partnership Lead) to discover other ways of working with Great Places and accessing external funds. These organisations are:
