THE BRIDGE COMMUNITY PROJECT 

To contribute towards the salary of a Money Adviser (16 hours per week) to provide money advice and ongoing resilience building in West Lothian.

The group will use the funding to increase the capacity of their established Financial Wellbeing service to meet increased demand due to the cost-of-living crisis. The service provides one-to-one ....more

The group will use the funding to increase the capacity of their established Financial Wellbeing service to meet increased demand due to the cost-of-living crisis. The service provides one-to-one beneficiary-led bespoke support that is tailored to individual need. The service is aimed at individuals and families across West Lothian who are facing financial crisis. This project will benefit 90 people and work with 10 volunteers over 12 months.

We plan to provide a range of group courses that cover subjects such as mental wellbeing, bereavement support and skills for life.

To fund IT infrastructure updates.

The group will use funding to continue their Stepping Stones to Wellbeing programme providing practical community-based skills training and activities mental health support and bereavement support. ....more

The group will use funding to continue their Stepping Stones to Wellbeing programme providing practical community-based skills training and activities mental health support and bereavement support. The project will consist of 16 courses per year and will offer both group work and one-to-one sessions via online platforms and in-person.

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towards the Financial Wellbeing Service.

to contribute towards staffing costs, marketing and promotional materials, room hire, volunteer training and expenses.

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This group will deliver bereavement support courses activities around mental health and financial wellbeing to people in West Lothian who feel isolated or lonely.

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To fully fund the cost of adapting to new technologies and ways of remote working including chrome books, zoom subscriptions and increased mobile phone capacity.

To cover the cost of providing 400 individual client sessions over an 8-week period to 50 clients.

towards core costs during yearend December 2020

Towards the salary of the part-time Project Director.

Towards the salary of the part-time Project Director.

This group will run a pilot volunteer support service to help reduce feelings of isolation for vulnerable people across West Lothian.

towards the salary of the part-time Money Advice Co-ordinator

We currently operate out of one small room where we visit clients at their homes for money advice and book out a small community room for our counselling service. This has met our needs to date, ....more

We currently operate out of one small room where we visit clients at their homes for money advice and book out a small community room for our counselling service. This has met our needs to date, however we are now at the stage where we have outgrown our current office space and it is now impossible to run our services from our current location. We have identified a new location that would help us to ensure that we meet the growing demands of our services and help us to expand partnerships with others. The new space will ensure that we can have: • a bespoke client area: a safe environment for clients to attend appointments for either of our services and also a space which we will develop over time to include drop in sessions and befriending/listening. • Development of Partnership: we will reach out to current partners and look to work together in our new space to provide joined up client support • Development of volunteers: We place a great importance on the development of our volunteers and our new space will ensure we can offer bespoke training and support relevant to their position The grant investment will specifically be used to facilitate the reconfiguration of a bespoke client area. We will do this sensitively and creatively to ensure that the right environment is available for clients. The money advice service would be able to see clients on site, important for those who find a home environment difficult. We are a charity that works in partnership with others. Developing this space will ensure that we can run drop in sessions in partnership with other agencies, something that at present is simply not feasible.

towards the salary of the part-time Money Advice Manager to raise his hours from 7-14 hours per week.

the Costs of the Project Coordinator