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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
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Feeding The Troops
£2,673	22/03/2023	To purchase kitchen equipment and food to allow them to prepare food for those attending the group as a warm hub struggling with the cost of living
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Dig In North West
£3,272	23/10/2021	We will work in our local community to provide new and upgraded seating and garden areas in neglected communal spaces, with our service users being fully involved in creating the seating and gardens.
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing the Garden
£9,205	17/09/2021	The funding will be used to create additional growing space and a social area at the site providing existing and new members of all abilities from the community with the opportunity to grow their own ....more The funding will be used to create additional growing space and a social area at the site providing existing and new members of all abilities from the community with the opportunity to grow their own consumable produce whist socialising with their peers with the aim of reducing loneliness and isolation and promoting positive wellbeing.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£24,140	03/09/2021	For existing charitable projects to help charities to sustain activities and services that people from Armed Forces communities use and value.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£35,000	12/02/2021	Address social isolation by targeting specific groups within the Armed Forces community who are traditionally harder to reach.
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - COVID IMPACT FUND
£21,769	25/06/2020	Funding allowed the group to adapt its ways of working to continue providing the service that is so vital to their beneficiaries
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£27,140	25/06/2020	"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."
Ministry of Defence - Covid-19 Impact Fund
£21,769	15/06/2020	To maintain services and activities where organisations' finances had been impacted by Covid
People's Health Trust - Bug Out
£22,709	28/02/2019	This two-year project in Preston, Lancashire, delivered three-day-long carpentry sessions per week to military veterans and workers from the emergency services who have experienced trauma in their ....more This two-year project in Preston, Lancashire, delivered three-day-long carpentry sessions per week to military veterans and workers from the emergency services who have experienced trauma in their working lives. The organisation’s former service users delivered the drop-in sessions, and participants also took part in workshops such as wood carving. The support was provided in an informal atmosphere with peers who have gone through similar experiences providing a distraction from uninvited thoughts and memories and helped combat isolation. An ad hoc ‘buddy scheme’ was provided, where existing team members met with potential beneficiaries who were too anxious to access the scheme directly.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Potting Shed
£9,800	03/05/2018 12	A building will be revitalised to offer a wider range of activities, including arts, crafts and relaxation activities, for people who have served in the armed forces or the emergency services and are ....more A building will be revitalised to offer a wider range of activities, including arts, crafts and relaxation activities, for people who have served in the armed forces or the emergency services and are experiencing service-related mental health issues. This will support people to improve their wellbeing and rebuild their lives as well as learn new skills.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

Trustees (4)

Legal constitution

• Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/05/2018, number: 1178322

Gift Aid

• Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Filing Record

Main office

DIG IN
ASHTON PARK WALLED GARDEN
PEDDERS LANE
PRESTON
LANCASHIRE
PR2 1HR

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF MILITARY VETERANS, EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL AND PRISONERS AND EX-OFFENDERS FROM TRAUMA RELATED CONDITIONS BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING RURAL AND CRAFT SKILLS AND TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF REHABILITATIONS AS A RESULT OF SUCH CONDITIONS.(2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG VETERANS OF THE ARMED FORCES, EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PRISONERS AND EX-OFFENDERS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN WHICH THEY CAN MEET JOINTLY OR INDIVIDUALLY TO UNDERTAKE CREATIVE, PHYSICAL OR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, LEARN OR PASS ON SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER SOCIALLY.