SPEAKING UP SPEAKING OUT

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We have details on the following 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 - Cost of Living Crisis - Helping learning disabled adults to survive and thrive
£10,000	05/05/2023	The funding will support people with learning difficulties experiencing increased living costs through weekly support sessions with the aim of improving access to essential items and improving skills and knowledge.
Cheshire Community Foundation - TOGETHER AGAIN
£9,867	10/06/2022	TOGETHER AGAIN
National Lottery Community Fund - TOGETHER AGAIN Project for people with learning disabilities
£9,997	04/02/2022	The funding will be used to deliver creative workshops for adults with multiple learning needs that have found the pandemic difficult. The project aims to reduce isolation and enable this community to support one another to address issues at the ....more The funding will be used to deliver creative workshops for adults with multiple learning needs that have found the pandemic difficult. The project aims to reduce isolation and enable this community to support one another to address issues at the earliest stage.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Well Being for people with learning disabilities in Macclesfield
£7,000	25/06/2021	SUSO will deliver a Well-being Project for people with learning disabilities in Macclesfield, which will encourage a healthy and fulfilled lifestyle for beneficiaries. Benefits will include improved confidence and self esteem, improved physical ....more SUSO will deliver a Well-being Project for people with learning disabilities in Macclesfield, which will encourage a healthy and fulfilled lifestyle for beneficiaries. Benefits will include improved confidence and self esteem, improved physical & mental well-being, and reduced isolation for people with learning disabilities by creating opportunities to meet together. A grant will pay for staff costs to deliver weekly activities based on five ways to wellbeing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£15,000	26/03/2021	Improving the lives of people with learning disabilities in Macclesfield
Cheshire Community Foundation - Getting Through the Lockdown
£2,500	02/03/2021	Speaking Up Speaking Out (SUSO) supports people with learning disabilities in Macclesfield. The Lockdown Project will reach out to our vulnerable beneficiaries to provide support remotely online and on the phone during lockdown. Grant funding will ....more Speaking Up Speaking Out (SUSO) supports people with learning disabilities in Macclesfield. The Lockdown Project will reach out to our vulnerable beneficiaries to provide support remotely online and on the phone during lockdown. Grant funding will go towards the costs of small items of equipment or materials to support activities. The people SUSO supports already experience social exclusion and poor mental health. The Coronavirus has made this worse. The 30 regular ‘dropper-inners’ who have learning disabilities and/ or additional needs are vulnerable. Some live alone and are very isolated. Others have communication difficulties, including speech and language difficulties which make this strange period of isolation even more difficult for them to understand. This grant will make it possible for SUSO to continue to reach out and support people with learning disabilities in Macclesfield now and in the future.
National Lottery Community Fund - Digital Access for people with learning disabilities
£9,944	18/12/2020 12	The funding will be used to provide free creative activities for people with learning disabilities across Macclesfield. It will build on the work developed during the pandemic to create new opportunities for people to enjoy being creative and ....more The funding will be used to provide free creative activities for people with learning disabilities across Macclesfield. It will build on the work developed during the pandemic to create new opportunities for people to enjoy being creative and improve their well-being. The project aims to help this vulnerable group feel less isolated and more involved in the community.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,999	03/08/2020	"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....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."
Cheshire Community Foundation - Getting Through the Lockdown
£4,000	04/05/2020	Speaking Up Speaking Out (SUSO) supports people with learning disabilities in Macclesfield. Our Lockdown Project will reach out to our vulnerable beneficiaries to provide support remotely online and on the phone during lockdown. We need to make sure ....more Speaking Up Speaking Out (SUSO) supports people with learning disabilities in Macclesfield. Our Lockdown Project will reach out to our vulnerable beneficiaries to provide support remotely online and on the phone during lockdown. We need to make sure that they’re ok, especially people who live alone independently. Closing due to lockdown has resulted in loss of income of £600 each month. We need to replace this to keep going. We will use the grant funding to cover salary costs and core costs including rent. IMPACT ON PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES The people we support already experience social exclusion and poor mental health. The Coronavirus has made this worse. Our 30 regular ‘dropper-inners’ who have learning disabilities and/ or additional needs are vulnerable. Some live alone and are very isolated. Others have communication difficulties, including speech and language difficulties which make this strange period of isolation even more difficult for them to understand. This grant will make it possible for us to continue to reach out and support people with learning disabilities in Macclesfield now and in the future.
National Lottery Community Fund - Learning Disability Arts Project
£9,919	06/12/2019 11	The project will run creative art activities for people with learning disabilities. This will enable participants to feel less isolated and more involved in the community through reducing barriers.
National Lottery Community Fund - SUSO - No More Barriers
£127,922	25/03/2019 36	The aim of the project is to improve the wellbeing and reduce the isolation of people with learning difficulties in the community. The funding will be used to expand the work of the organisation and cover staff costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Parachute
£192,328	29/07/2015 36	The aim of the project is to support people with learning disabilities who have issues such as isolation, discrimination, low confidence, poor independence and self-worth and lack of employment and volunteering opportunities to develop their skills. ....more The aim of the project is to support people with learning disabilities who have issues such as isolation, discrimination, low confidence, poor independence and self-worth and lack of employment and volunteering opportunities to develop their skills. Activities include assertiveness workshops, committee skills, art and leisure activities such as bowling, theatre, meals, walks.
National Lottery Community Fund - Parachute
£189,762	09/11/2011 36	This new project will provide adults with learning disabilities within a 10 mile radius of Macclesfield, with the ability to develop social skills so they can access rights and opportunities, make informed choices and develop self-confidence. The ....more This new project will provide adults with learning disabilities within a 10 mile radius of Macclesfield, with the ability to develop social skills so they can access rights and opportunities, make informed choices and develop self-confidence. The project will encourage community integration in the immediate and surrounding area. Computers will be available and short courses in telephone skills, money matters, keeping safe, men's/women's health and preparing for work.

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Legal constitution

• Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/05/2015, number: 1161691

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• Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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Main office

Speaking Up Speaking Out
First Floor
The Heritage Centre
Roe Street
Macclesfield
Cheshire

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:-THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR LEARNING DISABILITY. THIS IS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND PRIMARILY IN THE CHESHIRE EAST AREA.THE CIO WILL DO THIS BY:-1) PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ENABLE ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL, SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE, AND TO LIVE AS INDEPENDENTLY AS POSSIBLE WITHIN SOCIETY.2) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO SOCIAL EXCLUSION.3) PROVIDING EDUCATION, OPPORTUNITIES AND INFORMATION TO SUPPORT SELF-ADVOCACY AND TO DEVELOP SKILLS.4) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES.