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A Flax Corn Dolly on Blockhouse Park 2023
08 February, 2023
Last year we delivered a Flax Corn Dolly on Blockhouse Park. We’d like to do this again in April, building on the success of last year’s event, with a...
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Stoke JarSquad
08 February, 2023
JarSquad’s goal: grow a solidarity economy whilst making communal preserves (and more!) as a squad. In collectively cooking up our shared abundance (of...
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Affordable Youth Residential's
07 February, 2023
We have a passion to transform the lives of young people by giving them an opportunity to make memories and challenging them to see their full potential....
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Feeding the community
07 February, 2023
Our project is specifically for those who are vulnerable in our society, including the elderly, families and disabled. There are children and adults in...
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"Click here to apply"
07 February, 2023
We created a free resource assisting families in identifying possible extra funding (grants for Equipment, Essential items, Educational aids, Day trips...
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The Knowledge Book Initiative
07 February, 2023
Our evidence reveals that levels of financial capability in the UK are low. Therefore, by providing enhanced financial capability skills, awareness of...
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Motherland seed
05 February, 2023
Individuals from the disperse background have been meeting and sharing the experience of growing edible plants and herbs of their origins either in grow...
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Daily Cause to Pause @ Care Nest
03 February, 2023
Supported by Global Plymouth, Care Nest (at its new premises in Millbay) aims to run Daily Cause to Pause sessions in which local adults (20 max) can rest...
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We Count Too
03 February, 2023
Our aim is to facilitate a safe space where young people known in the local area, particularly young males can meet once weekly to develop a network where...
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Marine Edibles
03 February, 2023
We aim to enable shore communities focusing on those living in social housing and in an area of multiple deprivation to consume more of the free, healthy...
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Home Economics - Core Skills for home, life and work!
02 February, 2023
6 core activities - open to everyone, participants can join weekly workshops to address any of the challenges they face during the cost of living crisis. Budgeting Cooking, DIY Sewing Parental...
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£4 Budget Cinema Ticket for Unwaged or Low Income
01 February, 2023
The best way to watch a film is to make it an event and see it on the big screen, with an audience. We don’t want people to break the habit of coming to...
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Community drop in @Turnchapel
29 January, 2023
The aim of this project is for people to come together in a central warm space, chat and develop a sense of belonging within the community. This idea,...
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The Kit Bag Project - Is five a day all we need?
21 January, 2023
Funds acquired will be used to implement our new innovative program which is underpinned by nourishing and educating children and families about the importance...
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Practical ways to save money
20 January, 2023
We would like to deliver a range of practical activities on a weekly basis that not only support people to save money but also support the reduction of...
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Community Roadshow 2023
19 January, 2023
Livewell Southwest's Wellbeing Team and Food is Fun CIC to coordinate and facilitate a series of community engagement events to support local communities...
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Genie Gym; exercise classes with childcare attached
19 January, 2023
Improving access to a healthier lifestyle and improving the wellbeing of individuals by providing childcare during exercise classes to remove barriers...
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Get Crafty
19 January, 2023
Our current popular weekly craft day offers a safe, warm space for people to meet, share stories, develop friendships and connect through art and craft....
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Feast of Fun
18 January, 2023
TPT seeks funding for this year’s Feast of Fun programme. Benefitting children are known to churches and identified at risk of hunger without this provision....
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“Not on my own"
18 January, 2023
Homelessness is a devastating, isolating, lonely experience linked to physical and mental ill-health, poverty and occupational deprivation. Building upon...
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Simply Counselling Cost of Living Crisis
16 January, 2023
At Simply Counselling we want to address our waiting list for funded places from very distressed people who cannot afford to heat and eat as well as accessing...
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The Village Hub Club
16 January, 2023
Our need is working with people not for them and to ensure support is proportionate. We have found the following useful: Having an Emergency Fund...
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Mindful Art Club Cost Of Living
14 January, 2023
My idea is to hold a group once a week and will be alligned to health inequalities, lonliness and isolation. Our vision is to develop the emotional literacy...
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Energy advisor helping GREETS cohort
13 January, 2023
I would like to merge my experience with people "Getting Ready for Employment Education and Training (GREETS)" and as a trained energy advisor to help...
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"The Kind Shop" (Plymouth Scrapstore)
11 January, 2023
We want to continue to provide an affordable, accessible, welcoming, thriving and creative resource centre and workshop space -a connecting place - for...
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Home Springs Eternal
11 January, 2023
There is an identified need in our community for essentials that help families and individuals to feel settled at home. As we head into Spring, we want...
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Onward community drop in activities
10 January, 2023
We currently run a weekly food aid drop in session that has also gown in to a social gathering opportunity. Apart from supporting people with food items...
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English4Equity
10 January, 2023
Not having enough English language to seek to access entitlements and seek their rights with dignity places asylum seekers & refugees at the lower...
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Giggles Crisis Support
10 January, 2023
We’ll offer a space where our community can get help with forms, phone calls & signposting to food/warm banks. Whilst here they can join in with our...
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A Warm Welcome
10 January, 2023
Finding would enable us to offer a 'Warm Welcome' to a new group of adult members who have both mental and physical health issues. They come to the club...
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CityPlym Coummunity SUpport Hub
10 January, 2023
Our current initiative was launched in December 2019, in response to the needs of our student community. A group of Access to Higher Education students...
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Y's Group
09 January, 2023
Social isolation can have an enormous impact on people’s health and wellbeing including: high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, a weakened immune...
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Cost of Living Workshops
09 January, 2023
We would like to deliver free cost of living workshops within a variety of Plymouth organisations (e.g. wellbeing hubs and CICs) for 4 weeks in order to...
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