Veterans In Crisis Sunderland (VICs) was set up by it’s founder, Ger Fowler in 2018. He used his own money, had a £10 pay as you go mobile phone and based himself in Greggs within Sunderland City Centre as a very makeshift office. Ger founded VICs as he was diagnosed Read more [...]
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Friends of Eastville Park Community Hub.
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 [...]
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Supreme Junior Club
Junior club for primary age children of Seacroft, Gipton and Harehills. Thanks to The Greggs Foundation #Greggs4life we are able to host this club for 5-11 year olds and their families. Mixed sessions held at various venues within LS8, LS9 and LS14 postcodes. By doing this we hope to reach Read more [...]
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Welcome Back CCG Volunteers in 2020
We will start the year with a session in Hampstead cemetery. The Green Gym® is natural exercise to make a difference! Fun and free outdoor community volunteering sessions to connect us with local green spaces. The Camden Green Gym® runs at different parks & public gardens across Camden. The Green Read more [...]
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Festive Celebration at Regent’s Park
TCV invites volunteers of the Camden Green Gym to join us for a festive end of year celebration at Regents Park. Meeting at the usual time of 10.45 we will have some reed clearance in the wetland area near Longbridge and the old cricket pen. Then at 12.30 join us Read more [...]
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Habitat Management at Waterlow Park
You’ll be joining us for our regular Session at Waterlow Park. For this session we will be working in the Upper Pond Nature area. In warmer weather, we strongly advise our volunteers to bring bottles of water with them, sun-cream and sun hats, as well as a rain proof jacket. Read more [...]
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Grow Raglan Project at Raglan Estate
This will be the last of three sessions for the Growing Raglan Project. In this session we will be continuing from where we got to last time and finish building woven hurdles. The Green Gym® is natural exercise to make a difference! Fun and free outdoor community volunteering sessions to Read more [...]
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Bulb Planting at Adelaide Nature Reserve
We have the Fantastic opportunity to return to Adelaide LNR. The tasks for the session is bulb planting and we will continue last sessions work. The Green Gym® is a unique way to get fit, transform the environment, meet new people and learn new skills. Each day starts with a Read more [...]
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Fruit Tree and Meadow Management at Talacre Gardens
We will be focusing on cutting the Wildflower areas as well as looking after the Orchard trees. The Green Gym® is a unique way to get fit, transform the environment, meet new people and learn new skills. Each day starts with a warm up and finishes with a cool down Read more [...]
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Woodland and Path Restoration at Hampstead Cemetery
We will be working on the paths at Hampstead cemetery. The Green Gym® is natural exercise to make a difference! Fun and free outdoor community volunteering sessions to connect us with local green spaces. The Camden Green Gym® runs at different parks & public gardens across Camden. The Green Gym® Read more [...]
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Cheltenham Nature Network
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 [...]
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The Earth Star Project
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 [...]
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Kennishead Community Hall
kennishead community hall provides community space for people living in and out with the local area. We provide a wide range of activities that suits the needs for all , no matter of age or ability. Our aim is to help reduce isolation and loneliness . A few of our Read more [...]
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Nature Path and Woodland Management at Spedan Close
As we return to Spedan close Conservation area, we will be working to maintain the paths and woodland area to improve access and enhance the wildlife diversity. The Green Gym® is a unique way to get fit, transform the environment, meet new people and learn new skills. Each day starts Read more [...]
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Adapted Cycling
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 [...]
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Farnworth Crown Green Bowling Clubs
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 [...]
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Women Like Me – A Place to Be + Garden Angels
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 [...]
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Stoke-on-Trent Area Network for Disability STAND
STAND is a voluntary group of people with an interest in access for people with disabilities. They are the experts in how to make changes to remove the barriers which make life difficult or impossible to be a functioning member of society. Rights enshined in the Equality Act 2010 are Read more [...]
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Equipment for more (wheelchair) users at weekly Assisted Swim Session
We meet on Tuesdays at the Egham Orbit Leisure Centre for our Assisted Swim session and have also recruited additional volunteers to help more wheelchair users. With the funding received from Greggs Foundation, we can now go ahead and purchase the equipment necessary to provide the extra changing room facilities Read more [...]
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Renew old cabling and lighting
The Bowls Club extended the Club Room in order to maximise usage for 12 months of the year. Being an outdoor bowls club the Club Room was used very little in the winter months. Since the extension was completed, the usage has increased to include yoga, fitness, bridge classes, short Read more [...]
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Exim Dance Company CIC
Who we are: Formed in 2011, Exim Dance Company is an established vibrant, exciting and inclusive company creating professional Dance Theatre in the South West of England that tours nationally & internationally. We have taken on our own Office Space and Dance Studio – Exim Dance Space in the deprived Read more [...]
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Communities Together
Exim Dance Company will be delivering five weekly 1.5 hour dance sessions for young people aged between 11-16 years in the following areas: North Prospect, Stonehouse, Ernesettle, Devonport and Keyham. Each of the five sessions will involve: * A variety of dance techniques/styles * Creative practice * Working towards community & Read more [...]
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@ the grange Blackpool
The Grange Park estate in Blackpool is one of the largest and most deprived social housing estates in the country where statistics for poor health, low attainment, isolation, crime, unemployment, self harm etc are some of the highest in the country. The estate was built in 1948 and used to Read more [...]
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Birmingham wheelchair basketball
The aim of this project is to promote disability/ inclusion sport and awareness in Birmingham and The West Midlands. We have now been going for 2 years now and constantly run sessions, plan and organise events which support people with a disability to become more active and engaged in sport Read more [...]
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Rooting Hip Hop Theatre in Wales
Creating opportunities for Hip Hop artists and learners to come together to build more opportunities to watch, participate and create Hip Hop Theatre in their community.
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Friends of Sandringham Park
We work to enhance the area and improve the chances for pollinators to thrive, we also ensure the land is clean, tidy and that no peat, pesticides or other contamination enters the land. We put on events each year for the community and fundraising for more plants to go into Read more [...]
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The Conservative Volunteers Camden Green Gym
The Green Gym® is natural exercise to make a difference! Fun and free outdoor community volunteering sessions to connect us with local green spaces. The Camden Green Gym® runs at different parks & public gardens across Camden. The Green Gym® is a unique way to get fit, transform the environment, Read more [...]
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Buddy Bicycles
An adapted cycling scheme in the grounds of Osterley Park in west London. Enabling those with learning disabilities, or autism, or restricted mobility to experience the freedom of cycling. This micro social enterprise provides work experience opportunities for young people with autism or learning disability.
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Better Action for Families (BAFF)
The organisation supports families in the local area of South Leeds to promote an inclusive service leading to a better quality of life. This is run by a Board of Trustees with representatives of parent/carers, people with learning disabilities and representatives of supportive local statutory and voluntary services. Each week Read more [...]
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Sporting Memories
Sporting Memories Foundation was established in 2013 alongside our community interest company, The Sporting Memories Network (founded 2011). Through both organisations we develop and deliver reminiscence, social and inclusive physical activities that improve the mental and physical well-being of older people 50+ who maybe socially isolated, do not take part in other activities, spend days Read more [...]
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We are all the same ….. but different
The Motivation hub offers day opportunities to vulnerable adults across the Walsall Borough and surrounding areas. We currently have 75 placements per week (mon to Friday) Our aim is the make each day meaningful to our clients. Supporting in a wide variety of in-house and community activities. Helping to improve Read more [...]
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Confidence Club
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/confidence-club In this day and age there are so many moulds that young people try to fit themselves into, and so many pressures on them to meet expectations it really ought not to come as no surprise that we’re seeing such distressing rises in anxiety and mental health. Compounding the Read more [...]
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Aspire Wrestling Alliance Ltd
We use the art of Professional Wrestling to create opportunity for people to grow and maximise their personal potential. We also work in Schools in direct partnership with the Police supporting Primary School Age Children to take The Right Road in life. We in addition work with many disadvantaged young Read more [...]
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Action Youth Boxing Intervention
Action Youth Boxing Intervention (AYBI) is based in Somers Town, Camden. The project aims to engage with young people who might be at risk of involvement with gangs, or who are already involved, to help change their ways of thinking/belief systems, self worth and empowerment. The Action Youth Boxing Intervention is Read more [...]
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Carling & JD Wetherspoon: Your Pint Can Help the Community 2018
Your Pint Can is back for it’s second year, with Carling and Wetherspoon teaming up again to support local community projects across the UK. All you need to do is buy a pint of Carling from your local Wetherspoon pub, then nominate a local project before the 31st August and Read more [...]
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Refugees and Asylum Seekers Support Association ( RASSA) Gardening Project
Our aim is to grow fresh and healthy vegetables in our community garden to complement our healthy living project, we will be growing these vegetables, cook in our community kitchen and eat in our community centre, we will also be using this to teach gardening and other skills to our users enabling them Read more [...]
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Community gardening for All
We have a gardening club we wish to further advertise it to spread it to all the community. We will be using an expert gardener to offer professional advice and tips, we will use him as session worker on a monthly basis to go through giving us tips and advice Read more [...]
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Cultivation Street
I work for a not for profit organisation called Cultivation Street, the founder being the Love your Garden gardener David Domoney. Cultivation Street was set up to primarily support community gardens – whether that be a community groups, school garden or even individual projects. Although the main attraction to Cultivation Read more [...]
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Edible Rotherhithe
Edible Rotherhithe will transform an vacant area of land at the rear of a social housing estate into a thriving new community space in Rotherhithe, SE16. The project will feature a well being garden, food growing, a carpentry workshop, arts and crafts and, skills development opportunities run by ourselves and Read more [...]
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Greenholm Primary School Farm
We have been allowed to take ownership of a field behind the school, which is landlocked and owned by the local authority. It is 5.2 acres and we plan to develop a school farm, and an area for the children to do PE.
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Carling & JD Wetherspoon: Your Pint Can Help The Community
In May 2017 Carling launched Your Pint Can Help The Community, a nationwide campaign in partnership with J.D. Wetherspoon to improve local communities and make a difference across the UK. The aim is to create a pot of money to which Carling and JDW consumers can nominate worthy local and Read more [...]
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Bodmin Junior parkrun
Bodmin Junior parkrun A FREE 2K run for 4-14 year olds, every Sunday at 9am, in the heart of Bodmin. Bodmin wants to bring a Junior parkrun to the start of the Camel Trail, in the heart of Bodmin, so that our 4-14 year olds have the opportunity to run 2K every Sunday, in Read more [...]
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Arches Local (Big Local)
As part of the Big Local programme, an area in central Chatham which has been locally named Arches Local was awarded £1million in the spring of 2012. The partnership was endorsed in June 2015, and is led by residents, and supported by local organisations. From the varied consultations with Arches Read more [...]
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Pendeen Partnership
Pendeen is a special place a strong vibrant community set within stunning wild countryside. But like many rural communities, it (and its people) face challenges. Pendeen has an activity community with a number of diverse groups, organisations and committed people working to ensure it is a place people love Read more [...]
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Woodland volunteers
Komaru outdoor adventure , are a community based outdoor/ bushcraft project . Komaru aims to involve everybody in the community in activities, shelter building, fire lighting, wood carving, primitive living. What are we are looking for? Komaru is looking community minded people who are happy to do a bit of woodland work, Read more [...]
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St. Peters Community Wellbeing Projects – Women’s Drop-in Exercise Club
St. Peters Community Wellbeing Projects Women’s Drop-In Exercise Club provides culturally-sensitive exercise and gym facilities for BME women , who are not likely to attend mainstream services due to cultural, age-related, financial and language barriers. The Club enabled elderly BME women to comfortably and confidently participate in stretch-based exercise, Read more [...]
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Life in the Garden – Wellbeing & Gardening
Life in the Garden is a series of free ongoing sessions to run throughout 2017, with a focus on wellness through contact with nature and garden activities. The sessions will offer free talks, workshops and social events for community members and other friends of the garden.
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Camden Green Gym at Ingestre Woods
The Conservation Volunteers will be carrying out some woodland management in addition to habitat management. Ingestre Wood: From Tufnell Park tube , cross to take Dartmouth Park Hill, then first left then right onto Ingestre Road, first left and right to the end: meet Community Centre (NW5 1UX) We strongly Read more [...]