OSWESTRY COMMUNITY ACTION 

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Qube Wellbeing and Friendship
£276,485	26/01/2023	This funding will be used to provide a range of social support and advice activities for the local community of Oswestry in north Shropshire. It will allow the group to expand and further develop ....more This funding will be used to provide a range of social support and advice activities for the local community of Oswestry in north Shropshire. It will allow the group to expand and further develop their services including social and friendship groups a buddy system hot meal delivery and an advice service to support local people to maximise income cut costs and budget better.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Qube
£1,070	23/10/2021	We would like to start a lunch club for our members in which we visit a local cafe or restaurant once a month, encouraging new friendships and reducing social isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Qube Communities at Home 2
£29,479	18/03/2021 5	The group will use its funding over a 6 month period to continue its COVID-19 support to local people in the community. The group aims to reduce isolation and improve mental health by offering ....more The group will use its funding over a 6 month period to continue its COVID-19 support to local people in the community. The group aims to reduce isolation and improve mental health by offering transport social groups and other activities to improve community interaction in the local area.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£65,395	17/07/2020	"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."
Youth Music - Oswestry Youth Music Collective
£29,353	02/07/2020	Oswestry Youth Music Collective
DCMS - Recovery support for Qube Arts
£30,515	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	24/07/2019	Qube Arts Application
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£65,700	07/06/2019	Grant to contribute to the expansion of the charity's Friends for Life project, providing services to combat loneliness in Oswestry and rural areas where isolation is widespread but hidden.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Oswestry Community Action
£29,700	12/03/2018	Oswestry's Home Front Heroines
Youth Music - The Wizards of Oz (westry) (This is a working title and participants will be included in decision-making on the final project title)
£24,593	09/03/2018	The Wizards of Oz (westry) (This is a working title and participants will be included in decision-making on the final project title)
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Oswestry Community Action, Qube
£3,316	04/08/2017	The project reduces isolation for older people attending a weekly social group, allowing them to make friends and join in the community.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Oswestry Community Action
£29,900	20/02/2017	Oswestry Heritage Comics
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - ''Ow-Bist Arts" Project ("How Are You" - a Shropshire greeting)
£35,570	14/12/2015 24	The project will deliver an integrated programme of participatory and collaborative art, craft and dance activities to tackle rural isolation by offering activities in low key community venues.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Oswestry Community Action
£29,900	30/11/2015	The Men on the Gates
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Oswestry Community Action
£25,800	31/07/2012	the salary costs of the Youth Volunteering Support Worker including management and office costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Gobowen, St Martins and Weston Rhyn
£10,000	07/01/2011 12	The money will support a range of community involvement activities to better prepare this Big Local Trust neighbourhood for when the Trust becomes operational.

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Trustees (4)

Legal constitution

• Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/07/1997, number: 1063319
• Registered at Companies House on 20/06/1997, number: 03390138

Gift Aid

• Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Filing Record

Main office

Oswestry Community Action
The Qube Centre
Oswald Road
Oswestry
SY11 1RB

Objectives

(I) THE RELIEF OF THOSE PERSONS IN THE BOROUGH OF OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE; THE COUNTY OF SHROPSHIRE, THE COUNTY OF POWYS AND WREXHAM COUNTY BOROUGH. IN PARTICULAR THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE ELDERLY, INFIRM AND THOSE WHO HAVE PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL DISABILITIES IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY BASED TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND THE PROVISION OF CARE SERVICES. (II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION CONCERNING THE NEEDS OF SICK AND DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE AND FOR THOSE VOLUNTEERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CARE BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF OSWESTRY MONTGOMERYSHIRE, WREXHAM COUNTY BOROUGH, NORTH SHROPSHIRE