LEONARD CHESHIRE DISABILITY 

All Age Disability Service grant from the Childrens & Adults Services department

All Age Disability Service grant from the Childrens & Adults Services department

The UK Community Renewal Fund aims to support people and communities most in need across the UK, creating opportunities to trial new approaches and innovative ideas at the local level

We would like to create an immersive cinema experience for our disabled residents using a Sony projector, screen and speakers.

We will transform our outside space to create new accessible opportunities for our disabled residents to garden. This will increase independence and an opportunity to invite the local community in too

We would like to personalise our resident’s bedroom doors with vinyl wrap and improve their communal spaces.

We would like to run cookery classes from our onsite inclusive kitchen so our residents and members of the local community can come together; helping all who attend to learn an essential life skill.

Residential and supported living services

Leonard Cheshire is led by disabled people and supports disabled people to live, learn and work as independently as they choose. This grant will support the Future Leaders programme, which gives ....more

Leonard Cheshire is led by disabled people and supports disabled people to live, learn and work as independently as they choose. This grant will support the Future Leaders programme, which gives young disabled leaders the opportunity to develop their advocacy skills, peer-mentoring skills and become citizen reporters tackling the injustices that disabled people experience.

YouthAbility: #ActuallyICan

WF Covid-19 Support Fund

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Funding under Sport England's Potentials Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Potentials Fund. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on ....more

Funding under Sport England's Potentials Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Potentials Fund. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.

The funding is for our Keep Safe, Keep Well (KSKW) project delivering fresh fruit and vegetables, food, and other essential items to 100 disabled people a week, facing self-isolation alone across ....more

The funding is for our Keep Safe, Keep Well (KSKW) project delivering fresh fruit and vegetables, food, and other essential items to 100 disabled people a week, facing self-isolation alone across Wandsworth. We will also provide emotional support through a telephone service to ensure no one is left feeling lonely.

This project will fund dance sessions for disabled children and young people. They will have more fun, have increased movement, and strengthen their self-belief.

Leonard Cheshire will use £9999 to support the physical and mental wellbeing of disabled people in Newport during COVID-19 pandemic by providing access to online befriending group activities virtual ....more

Leonard Cheshire will use £9999 to support the physical and mental wellbeing of disabled people in Newport during COVID-19 pandemic by providing access to online befriending group activities virtual contact with families and digital skills. Bydd Leonard Cheshire yn defnyddio £9999 i gefnogi lles corfforol a meddyliol pobl anabl yng Nghasnewydd yn ystod pandemig COVID-19 trwy ddarparu mynediad at gyfeillio ar-lein gweithgareddau grp cyswllt rhithiol â theuluoedd a sgiliau digidol.

This group purchase digital equipment to provide people with disabilities the opportunity to digitally converse with family and friends whilst isolation measures prevent face to face visits.

Hill House is a unique, purpose-built care facility based in Sandbach, Cheshire. Dedicated care staff provide personalised support for each resident, ensuring everyone can live as independently as ....more

Hill House is a unique, purpose-built care facility based in Sandbach, Cheshire. Dedicated care staff provide personalised support for each resident, ensuring everyone can live as independently as they choose. All 24 residents are in the ‘extremely vulnerable’ category. Over 4 weeks ago, Hill House closed its doors to residents’ friends and families to control the spread of Covid-19. This has had a profound impact on residents, who are struggling with the effects of isolation. Residents are following the conventions of social distancing within the already close confines of each residential room; due to the layout, residents self-isolate in their bedrooms if any symptoms are displayed. This means each resident must therefore spend a lot of time on their own, with communal eating no longer an option. Other than a handful of fellow residents in each lodge, the only face-to-face interaction residents have had since 23rd March is with our dedicated staff team. Our care staff at Hill House are on the frontline in the battle against coronavirus. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is desperately needed to protect our residents, staff and their loved ones at home from this deadly virus.

Funding toward the purchasing of PPE equipment for the staff of a Care Home, based in Godalming, which is run by a national charity, during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Empowering marginalised and excluded individuals and groups

Disability grants grant from the Childrens & Adults Services department

funding to selected disabilities charities for support in respect of COVID

Leonard Cheshire is led by disabled people and supports disabled people to live, learn and work as independently as they choose. This mini-grant supports the Future Leaders programme, which gives ....more

Leonard Cheshire is led by disabled people and supports disabled people to live, learn and work as independently as they choose. This mini-grant supports the Future Leaders programme, which gives young disabled leaders the opportunity to develop their advocacy skills, peer-mentoring skills and become citizen reporters tackling the injustices that disabled people experience.

Purchase of IT equipment to support pupils at a special school in Salford, and young disabled adults, to develop IT skills

Leonard Cheshire Disability will expand the existing 'Can Do Wales' project, working with young disabled people in Wrexham, Swansea, Cardiff and Newport. They will provide a range of activities that ....more

Leonard Cheshire Disability will expand the existing 'Can Do Wales' project, working with young disabled people in Wrexham, Swansea, Cardiff and Newport. They will provide a range of activities that encourage young disabled people to gain skills to take up volunteering, training and employment opportunities. They will expand the opportunities available and work with more local groups and employers to increase confidence in being inclusive. The grant, £499,114 over three years, will cover salaries and project running costs.

We want to buy a LiteGait, to help people with acquired brain injuries to learn to stand, walk and live independently in their community.

Funding under Sport England's National Programme funding programme for a Revenue project titled All Active, All Together. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a ....more

Funding under Sport England's National Programme funding programme for a Revenue project titled All Active, All Together. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.

YouthAbility: LifeAbility

To support Changemakers , a peer-led youth disability campaigning and leadership programme.

The £50,000 grant is being used to provide furnishings and control systems for Leonard Cheshire's new specialist residential rehabilitation unit for people with Alcohol Related Brain Injury. The ....more

The £50,000 grant is being used to provide furnishings and control systems for Leonard Cheshire's new specialist residential rehabilitation unit for people with Alcohol Related Brain Injury. The unit will be based at Upper Knockbreda Road in south Belfast and is due to be completed by January 2020. Each resident will have a detailed rehabilitation and care plan in place to support them in their physical and mental rehabilitation.

Compliance audits for Leonard Cheshire's partners in Kampala

Digitising the Leonard Cheshire Sound Archive - preserving and raising awareness of Leonard Cheshire History

Y Lab - Innovate to Save programme grant to Leonard Cheshire Disability Grant Ref AC00865

Opening Doors Gloucestershire

The group are using the £9,977 grant to create a sensory community garden at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, where the local community can come together to learn about gardening and ....more

The group are using the £9,977 grant to create a sensory community garden at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, where the local community can come together to learn about gardening and cooking.

YOYP Can Do Sport Scotland

Project Summary :_x000D_ Leonard Cheshire Disability will use the grant to create a platform for disabled people across Swansea to become catalysts for change in their community._x000D_ What Money is ....more

Project Summary :_x000D_ Leonard Cheshire Disability will use the grant to create a platform for disabled people across Swansea to become catalysts for change in their community._x000D_ What Money is for :_x000D_ This grant for £9,990 will fund facilitator costs, travel, accommodation, event space and catering, guest speaker fees, workshop materials, marketing materials, and management costs.

YouthAbility: LifeAbility

Increasing access to waged-employment for persons with disabilities in

The project will support people who have disabilities by providing outreach services. This will improve levels of self-esteem and wellbeing, enabling people to challenge the issues that they face.

Funding under Sport England's Core Market Open Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Core Market Open Fund 1. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on ....more

Funding under Sport England's Core Market Open Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Core Market Open Fund 1. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.

Scoping waged employment for people with disabilities in Uganda

Funding under Sport England's Potentials Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Potentials Fund'. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on ....more

Funding under Sport England's Potentials Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Potentials Fund'. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.

Funding under Sport England's Potentials Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Potentials Fund. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on ....more

Funding under Sport England's Potentials Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Potentials Fund. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.

In Southampton, nearly a quarter of all children live in poverty. While volunteering can act as a catalyst for individual personal development, helping people to overcome challenges, many young ....more

In Southampton, nearly a quarter of all children live in poverty. While volunteering can act as a catalyst for individual personal development, helping people to overcome challenges, many young disabled people do not engage in any form of community social action.The Can Do Project in Southampton will enable around 220 disadvantaged & disabled young people (YDP) aged between 10 & 20 to participate in community-based volunteering activities, which will build their confidence, increase their skillset & improve networks between the YDP and their communities/peers.

Y Lab - Innovate to Save programme grant to Leonard Cheshire Disability Grant Ref AC00677

The group will create new and enhanced opportunities for people with disabilities to enjoy gardening and cooking alongside establishing a wildlife watch network and strengthening their care home ....more

The group will create new and enhanced opportunities for people with disabilities to enjoy gardening and cooking alongside establishing a wildlife watch network and strengthening their care home network. Activities will reduce social isolation and give people better opportunities to learn more about their local environment. £50,000 will fund sessional co-ordinator fees, wildlife sessional worker costs, project support workers, groundwork and landscaping, travel expenses, and gardening and plant equipment.

User-led community-based activities for young people with disabilities.

Neighbourhoods Fund: Dulwich grant from the Housing & Modernisation department

Refurbishment of life skills centre in Cumbria

YouthAbility Cumbria offers focussed youth activities for 116, 5 to 18 year olds with a physical, sensory or learning disability from rural parts of Cumbria. The project aims to build essential life ....more

YouthAbility Cumbria offers focussed youth activities for 116, 5 to 18 year olds with a physical, sensory or learning disability from rural parts of Cumbria. The project aims to build essential life skills, increase confidence and improve well-being.

Children with disabilities are arguably the largest & hardest to reach group of marginalised children. They are also some of the most vulnerable. The project is designed to ensure the inclusion ....more

Children with disabilities are arguably the largest & hardest to reach group of marginalised children. They are also some of the most vulnerable. The project is designed to ensure the inclusion of children with disabilities within mainstream education. Whole school health & learning assessments will take place to ensure those with hidden, mild, or misdiagnosed disabilities are identified & the appropriate educational or infrastructure support is put in place. 1000 children with disabilities will be enrolled in school & communities & district education staff supported to better provide support structures and manage schools for future inclusion of all children in school.

The five year Access for Success project is using the £595,804 grant to support young disabled people aged 18-25 in Omagh and Derry/Londonderry to take ownership of their lives to improve their ....more

The five year Access for Success project is using the £595,804 grant to support young disabled people aged 18-25 in Omagh and Derry/Londonderry to take ownership of their lives to improve their well-being and become more involved in their community. After a 12 week programme to learn problem solving, assertiveness and decision making, they choose their next steps, eg, building community connections; accredited volunteer training; or learning to influence others to improve services for young disabled people.

Can Do Wales

National Youth Social Action Fund: Can do_x000D_

This organisation is a major health and welfare charity. It provides a range of support services to people with disabilities. This group will use the funding for an outdoor community garden.

The aim of the project is to create a bespoke, comprehensive programme designed to enable and empower disabled people to live more independently, increase their confidence, gain new life skills and ....more

The aim of the project is to create a bespoke, comprehensive programme designed to enable and empower disabled people to live more independently, increase their confidence, gain new life skills and live an overall healthier lifestyle. The project will also target people with newly acquired disabilities to maintain and/or increase the choice and control in their everyday lives.

There are about 16,000 people with disabilities in Moyo District, N. Uganda needing specific assistance to have a chance of getting a job or setting up a new enterprise in a rural area recovering ....more

There are about 16,000 people with disabilities in Moyo District, N. Uganda needing specific assistance to have a chance of getting a job or setting up a new enterprise in a rural area recovering from a long period of armed conflict.This project will start to work with 1,000 people with disabilities to provide rehabilitation support, training, career counselling, and acquire locally relevant vocational skills. Some 600 will get group support, loans, or intensive training to take up formal jobs or set up new businesses for themselves. Traditional attitudes to disability are harsh however, so there will be outreach and awareness raising to reduce barriers and social stigma and find partners.

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£147,000 over three years (£69,000; £39,000; £39,000) towards salary and project costs of the Enablement and Healthy Living Project for disabled people.

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Leonard Cheshire Disability will ensure the inclusion of people with disabilities in celebrations of the 2014 Games. They will run two workshops in two locations, the first being a series of arts ....more

Leonard Cheshire Disability will ensure the inclusion of people with disabilities in celebrations of the 2014 Games. They will run two workshops in two locations, the first being a series of arts workshops in Edinburgh on the diversity of the Commonwealth and Scottish pride. The second set will be in Inverness over eight weeks offering football, athletics and lawn bowling. Mobility aids for wheelchair users will enable them to take part, and both programmes will end in celebration events._x000B_

Rewind - 7 Decades of Stories from Leonard Cheshire Disability

The project aims to address social isolation and overcome barriers experienced by the residents of Ty Cwm Care Home by providing independent, accessible, flexible and reliable transport and ....more

The project aims to address social isolation and overcome barriers experienced by the residents of Ty Cwm Care Home by providing independent, accessible, flexible and reliable transport and one-to-one volunteer support. The project will enable severely disabled people to take part in various activities and experience improved quality of life. The grant will pay for the purchase of a wheelchair, accessible vehicle and the employment of a full-time driver, volunteer expenses and training of staff.

The grant will be used to support young people aged 14-19 with a physical, mental health or learning disability in the Omagh Enniskillen, Strabane, & L/Derry areas. The project will support young ....more

The grant will be used to support young people aged 14-19 with a physical, mental health or learning disability in the Omagh Enniskillen, Strabane, & L/Derry areas. The project will support young disabled people not in education, employement or training in gaining greater independenc, increasing their opportunities for education, employment, volunteering, mentoring & personal development.Activities will also be planned, including social activities, team building exercises & volunteering opportunities.

This project aims to enhance the independence of severely disabled people living at Seven Rivers (a home for people with physical disabilities) and increase their participation in the community. A ....more

This project aims to enhance the independence of severely disabled people living at Seven Rivers (a home for people with physical disabilities) and increase their participation in the community. A new minibus will be purchased and a new driver employed. This will provide independent, accessible, flexible transport with one-to-one support to enable disabled service users to take part in a range of day-to-day activities, improving their independence and social integration.

This project will enhance the independence of people living in Wharfedale House, who have severe physical and sensory disabilities, and increase their participation in the community through providing ....more

This project will enhance the independence of people living in Wharfedale House, who have severe physical and sensory disabilities, and increase their participation in the community through providing independent, accessible and reliable transport and one-to-one support. This will enable disabled service users to take part in a range of social, educational, cultural and leisure activities and attend healthcare appointments, college courses, training and volunteering or work placements.

This is a continuation of an existing project by Leonard Cheshire Disability (LCD) in Banbury, Oxfordshire, that aims to increase the independence of people living at Agnes Court - a home for people ....more

This is a continuation of an existing project by Leonard Cheshire Disability (LCD) in Banbury, Oxfordshire, that aims to increase the independence of people living at Agnes Court - a home for people with physical disabilities. The majority of the grant will be spent on a new minibus with a salaried driver and activities organiser. The project will provide accessible, flexible transport to enable service users to participate in a range of day to day activities - from social and cultural to medical.

This continuation of an existing project will provide a transport service to adults with physical disabilities currently living in Gloucestershire House - a home for disabled people operated by ....more

This continuation of an existing project will provide a transport service to adults with physical disabilities currently living in Gloucestershire House - a home for disabled people operated by Leonard Cheshire Disability. The project will operate a fleet of accessible minibuses which will be available to transport residents to social events, educational and training opportunities, and family visits.

This new project will deliver healthy eating and cooking skills sessions for adults with learning disabilities throughout Surrey & Hampshire. It will be based at the group's Bells Piece site in ....more

This new project will deliver healthy eating and cooking skills sessions for adults with learning disabilities throughout Surrey & Hampshire. It will be based at the group's Bells Piece site in Farnham. The group will refurbish their kitchen and will teach adults about the importance of healthy eating, how to enjoy cooking and eating for themselves and others. The aim is that overall, people will be healthier, learn new skills, gain confidence and feel more positive about interacting with others.

Funding under Sport England's Innovation funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'YES I CAN - FITNESS & FUN'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a ....more

Funding under Sport England's Innovation funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'YES I CAN - FITNESS & FUN'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.

The project will fund the organisation to provide Assistive Technology devices to its residents who suffer from disabilities such as Aquired Brain Injury, MS and Spina Bifida. These include ....more

The project will fund the organisation to provide Assistive Technology devices to its residents who suffer from disabilities such as Aquired Brain Injury, MS and Spina Bifida. These include communication aids and environment controls. The grant, over one year, will fund the purchase of Assistive Technology Equipment