Cheshire Community Action is excited to announce the launch of the Welcoming Spaces Grant Fund for the year 2023-24, aimed at creating warm, inclusive spaces for residents facing cost-of-living challenges.
UPDATE FEBRUARY 2024: NOW CLOSED FOR APPLICATIONS.
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Cheshire Community Action is funded by the Cheshire West & Chester Shared Prosperity Fund to provide free online training to volunteers running community buildings and spaces. Click on the links below to book your place:
Fundraising – What Trustees need to know
This workshop will provide participants with the knowledge and tools to support and enable their organisation to fundraise effectively, legally and sustainably, and take an active role in supporting their organisation to do so.
Who is it for: Charity Trustees
Length: 1.5 hours
Writing Successful Funding Bids
Your time is precious and good funding opportunities few, so make sure every application is as strong as possible with this course aimed at everyone – from the complete beginner, to someone wanting a bit of a refresher.
Who is it for: Anyone involved in writing funding applications or bids
Length: 1.5 hours
Are you involved in a community growing or gardening project? Have you got ideas for a community growing or gardening project in your area? Do you know of any land that could be used for a community growing or gardening project?
We’re holding a number of events across the Borough for anyone with an interest in community growing or gardening. These events will be looking at how a wider and more diverse range of growing spaces can be created in Cheshire West and Chester to enable more people to get involved in community growing and gardening and to get easier access to locally grown food. The findings from these events will be taken forward into a growing together action plan for the Borough.
Click on the links below to book on any of the following engagements events:
13th November 1.00 – 4.00 – The Parade Enterprise Centre, Blacon, Chester
16th November 10.00 – 1.00 – Ellesmere Port Civic Hall
21st November 10.00 – 1.00 – Wharton Library, Winsford
For more information contact growingtogether@cheshireaction.org.uk
Cheshire Community Action (CCA) has launched a feasibility study for Cheshire West and Chester Council to look at current community growing and gardening provision. The study will look at how a greater range of community growing and gardening projects could be developed within the borough to enable more people to get involved and to improve access to locally grown food.
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Cheshire Community Action is inviting community buildings, community groups and parish councils across Cheshire West to apply for funding to develop their buildings and spaces with projects that align with The Government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund priorities.
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Last winter we were proud to work with CWaC and CWVA to administer, promote and distribute the Warm Welcoming Spaces Fund to community organisations across the borough and our evaluation report shows highlights some of the Fund major achievements. We are currently working with CWaC to set up a new Warm Spaces Fund in Cheshire West this winter so watch this space for further announcements…
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This winter has brought a unique set of challenges as a perfect storm of rising energy prices and inflation has resulted in a cost-of-living crisis affecting household bills significantly. As some face the dilemma of eating or heating, one way we’ve been playing our part to help people get by is by administering Cheshire West and Chester’s Warm, Welcoming Spaces Fund for the local council. Here’s how one grassroots charity has made the most of its grant…
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