Gentle gardening volunteering activities while creating a sensory garden. Targeting over 50’s for guided sessions, and anyone else for general site development.

Proposed Community Workshops & Gardens @ Holme Farm CWG@HF is a multi-facility approach to health, wellbeing and community, and will provide a therapeutic environment in which people within North Surrey can socialise, learn and thrive.  A place for individuals to find support and get involved in activities and programmes, to Read more [...]

Gateshead Older People’s Assembly works to ensure that all over 50s in our borough have opportunties to improve their physical and mental health and maintain their independence.  We were established in 2002. We create and support opportunities for older people to socialise, exercise, and learn in their communities.  We currently Read more [...]

StarGarAllot is a community gardening project that was set up in Spring 2018 to work together to improve an area behind our local community centre.  We soon realised we needed more space to realise the dreams of the volunteers to grow fruit and vegetables to provide local people with healthy Read more [...]

Together for Colwyn bay supports grass-roots community action with a focus on improving wellbeing, and investing in the future. We do this as a collective of residents, working together, sharing our skills and connections, and making decisions on the direction of the project and how project funding is spent. Anyone Read more [...]

We are a community hub that caters for lonely and isolated members for our local residence in Bridgend, South Wales. We distribute food for those in need. We offer support advice and guidance as well as signposting to other organizations.  We hold weekly social activities to combat loneliness. Tuesday’s are Read more [...]

Axewoods is a not-for-profit volunteer organisation that aims are to provide free woodland management to local charities, woodland owners, farmers and other organisations.  We address local fuel poverty by supplying, free of charge, wood fuel to those in need. The Log Bank is an initiative to make dry, seasoned logs Read more [...]

Our community group is dedicated to offering a varied and exciting programme of activities that encourage local folk into our park. We are very proud of our legions of volunteers who dedicate their time to support our efforts to look after the park landscape, improve and protect a very rich Read more [...]

We supporting older people in our community to stay healthy and independent during and beyond the current health crisis. Currently we are delivering hot meals to around 25 people daily.

Our small registered charity is based in NW London. The aim of our charity is to look after a green space for the use of the local community. We mainly depend on volunteers to maintain the green. We depend on public funds and donations to cover our running costs (mainly Read more [...]

We’re exploring and celebrating aspects of Unity by collecting personal creative responses from any community voices who wish to contribute. ‘Unity’ for this project covers social unity and diversity (nearby and at a distance), unity with nature and your environment, personal wellbeing and balance. Please join in! The Unity Book Read more [...]

An inclusive energetic multi-cultural older people’s self-help grassroots charity that believes older people should be placed at the very heart of a community and be seen as an important resource of knowledge and life as lived

Using community solutions- to support the council to deliver its outreach community support offer (food, collecting prescriptions etc). As a community centre we are keen to offer help and support the elderly and most vulnerable within our area and further afield if needs be.. At a time were residents rely Read more [...]

We are asking for £500 to use for care packages, shopping and specialist equipment for isolated people living with sight loss in Southampton. We have over 750 people living with sight loss registered on our database. People living with sight loss are often already isolated, lonely and depressed and it Read more [...]

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The Oasis Community Gardens is a project which has been developed on a 2 acre site in Worksop, Nottinghamshire by a group of volunteers.  The site now has over 30 areas including growing spaces, play areas, specialist planting beds and polytunnels, raised beds and a dome greenhouse.  It is now Read more [...]

DIG DEEP AND DONATE!  To Build a New Village Hall at the Heart of Debden!  For the past 20 years the village of Debden has planned and actively raised funding for a new village hall for the local community. Through sheer resilience we have raised £330,000, but, we need a further Read more [...]

We are a small but growing charity based in Leicester (East Midlands) that deals with the after effects of surgery for throat cancers & all the horrors of havin g no voice! 2020VoiceCancer.org was set up 5yrs ago by myself (Phil Johnson) after my surgeon pointed out all that was Read more [...]

The Hub garden is a small kitchen garden on the back of the Library at the Hub Community centre in Hounslow ,which is attended by local families using the community centre and sure start drop in Originally the garden was a resource for growing fresh vegetables for the community cafe Read more [...]

Fortnightly on Tuesdays from 11am-1pm, we host a veterans’ brunch club. Open to all, there is a selection of food available, free to veterans, and only £3.50 for any other attendees. We work with similar projects in our area, supporting each other and synchronising schedules to help boost attendance where Read more [...]

We love improving green space, project after project, here at Christchurch School Community Garden. We aim to create a beautiful space filled with colour and wildlife, one plant at a time. Since we started in October 2017, we have welcomed hundreds of visitors on our weekly Open Fridays and Weekend Read more [...]

Home from Hospital Care is a charity providing support to adults in Birmingham and Sandwell who have recently been discharged from hospital. We aim to make the transfer from hospital to home as positive and supported as possible, so that patients have the best chance of making a good recovery. Read more [...]

Current  Workshops April – Eltham / May- Kidbrooke /  June-Thamesmead 18 April – Eltham Park South  9.30-12.30 (times tbc) – HOSTED BY: Friends of Eltham Parks with Eltham Ecos “Wildflowers & pollinators for garden and meadows” workshop and walk with Ecologist Joe Beale – see Joe on twitter:  @joe_beale –  Read more [...]

This  “project” is a showcase for my work – as a Greenspace storyteller, outdoor educator, forest school trainer / practitioner working with schools, heritage sites and communities.   Have tapped out a bit of CV below with links to some previous or current work / partners.  

It is often difficult for d/Deaf and hard of hearing people to get out and enjoy the community they live in.  Communication can be difficult and many d/Deaf people suffer from isolation and depression.  Sign and Share Club organises a range of monthly trips and events to overcome these barriers. Read more [...]

Sign and Share Club launched two hard of hearing clubs in Pembrokeshire in 2018.  We are now working to establish a further 2 clubs across the county.  The clubs meet once a month and there is either a speaker or an interesting activity to take part in. The existing clubs Read more [...]

Sign and Share Club is working with local organisations and businesses to improve the level of access to services for d/Deaf and hard of hearing people.  We are asking volunteers to visit local organisations and to ask for assistance in some way.  After having done this they complete a simple Read more [...]

Community @NE66 was founded in January 2017  and is a Community and Youth Development Project based at  the Alnwick Community Centre in Alnwick Northumberland.  Our organisation recognises that both individual and community well being is underpinned by healthy relationships, whether these are with oneself, family members, partners, peers or the Read more [...]

We are a fully constituted community group, set up on an over 55’s independant living estate, the group consists of eleven residents. We have already established a gardening group within the estate grounds but involving participants from the wider community. This has kick started a togetherness for the residents, many Read more [...]

The garden works with nature to create a great place for people and wildlife to enjoy. The garden is about our community, whether in Scotswood and Benwell or the wider area, and we welcome people of all ages and backgrounds to get involved in our work. This can be as Read more [...]

Our aim is to reach out to the local community by offering people who are lonely or struggling to make ends meet or vulnerable and the disabled the chance to learn how our community hub operates and offer them the chance to take part in our future activities We would Read more [...]

We are a friendly group of volunteers in the East Greenwich Pleasaunce who… Celebrate and promote a local orchard and nature in and around our local park. Love that food and growing are such powerful ways to build community, friendships and a sense of place. Run volunteer days and share Read more [...]

This project is sort of crowdfunding idea but the difference is that it is local and funded by the people that attend the events. The aim is to bring people together on a community level and all become a pholanthropist in a micro way depending on how much a person Read more [...]

Rebound Community well being CIC promotes physical activities for all ages and abilities through dance and fitness and provides opportunities for local people in Knowsley to come together through coffee clubs and make new friends in their local area. Our aim is to reduce isolation for people feeling lonely or Read more [...]

NEESIE is a grassroots organisation providing a platform for Single Mothers and their children to grow independently and better their lives.  We facilitate prosperity through our dedicated support mechanisms and extensive partnership working with local communities, school and public and private sector organisations. NEESIE connects with individual from a broad Read more [...]

Painting Our World In Silver is a registered charity offering monthly craft events to older people. Our events help to combat social isolation and loneliness through crafting. We offer a supportive and friendly environment which encourages creativity, conversation and friendship. We offer fun and interesting crafts for all abilities – take Read more [...]

Friendship at Home’s New Age Kurling class on a Monday morning is a popular club, with teams often taking part in competitions organised by our local Older People’s Collaborative. This increases social participation and is a lot of fun for our members! Our Shibashi class on a Tuesday morning is a gentle method of Read more [...]

These weekly social clubs are held in central locations for people aged 60 plus, and offer access to information, advice, support and social activities. The key function of the clubs is to give our members somewhere to meet where they feel safe and valued, and also gives them the opportunity to meet new Read more [...]

St Hugh’s Dementia Project Friendship at Home currently have two members of staff (Mandy and Clare) who support people with memory concerns (including those diagnosed with Dementia) and their families/carers in North East Lincolnshire. This ongoing service provides one to one practical, emotional advice and information on many things including: Read more [...]

Cheltenham needs nature! We promote and provide nature and wildlife-based events around the Cheltenham area to reconnect people with the land that surrounds them. We’re nestled in an area of outstanding natural beauty, with ancient beech woodland, chalklands, and wide open fields. We’re particularly interested in bringing nature back into Read more [...]

Mission statement-To create a holistic refuge specifically designated to immerse our local community and nature in union to establish a sustainability centre/hub. Through environmental remediation practices we aim to effectively restore ecological systems and remove biological pollutants from industrial waste and misuse. In distinction to this, our design allows for Read more [...]

A fun packed day with a variety of exercises and activities.  An opportunity for people of all abilities to get together, make friends and have fun over a hot drink and cakes.

CROP is an all inclusive CIC set up to spread the therapeutic qualities of ponies and other animals to those that would not otherwise benefit. The company’s activities will provide benefit to our youth community and adults alike to access the benefits horses and ponies can provide. We are committed Read more [...]

CYCALL runs adapted cycling sessions for disabled adults and children, people with learning difficulties and people living with Dementia.  We have 5 trikes for children, a 4 seater trike and wheelchair transporter bike. We run our adapted cycling sessions at Brooklands Park, Worthing.  We are raising funds to expand our Read more [...]

We have launched a lunch club for our rural village to help reduce the isolation that many of the elderly in our community suffer from especially during the winter months. We have no public transport so a chance for these individuals to get together for a hot 2 course lunch, Read more [...]

The project aims to secure and improve the prospects of two Crown Green Bowling Clubs in the deprived area of Farnworth, Bolton. The Clubs are based in Farnworth Central Park and Doe Hey Park. Both Clubs have open age and veterans teams, with age ranges from from 30 to 85, Read more [...]

Disability First Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) has been supporting people since 1992, through the specialist provision of services across Lancashire and Cumbria. We celebrated our 25th Anniversary last year. We were awarded the Most Outstanding Blackpool Charity in 2018 in recognition of the charity which has made the most difference Read more [...]

We aim to help make Women feel they have something to give, to show them someone does care and together help create a Women’s movement where we can all learn to laugh and grow together. We’ve worked hard to create a Voluntary organisation to engage with Women to become part Read more [...]

A green and usable outdoor area for all members of the local community, especially the elderly, at the Kalos Centre (owned by Balham Community Church). Free weekly gardening classes focusing on growing herbs and making soup with what we grow. We emphasise increased awareness of the environment, the benefits of Read more [...]

Maidenhead Festival is the biggest, regularly organised, free, public event in Maidenhead and has many benefits for our community, including building community spirit and goodwill. It helps to strengthen the charities and other organisations which take part by providing a platform for publicity, fund raising and recruitment. We also aim Read more [...]