Trafford Housing Trust Social Investment

Who they support

PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOUSING AND SUPPORT SERVICES

  • The average annual spending of grantees has been £6 million
  • The average age of charities supported has been 13 years.

Analysis of Grants Made
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In this period 179 donations have been made totalling £4,917,700 to 126 organisations

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Growth in Spending
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Main Overlaps with other Grant Makers ?
By ValueBy Number
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport 29% 19%
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 25% 13%
The National Lottery Community Fund 20% 18%
Co-operative Group 9% 9%
Garfield Weston Foundation 9% 9%
Forever Manchester 8% 7%
BBC Children in Need 8% 6%
Cheshire Community Foundation 7% 4%
Masonic Charitable Foundation 7% 6%
Sport England 6% 7%
Sole supporter: 59% by number, 45% by value.
Grants made
When Amount Annual
Spending
Grantee To be used for
22/09/2022 £60,000 £68,836 THE TOY HOUSE We want to consolidate our work to create a local hub community based hub, providing person centred, holistic advice, information and support to residents in the local area and beyond. We want to extend our reach into areas where our impact has been limited e.g THT tenants living in the Woodsend area; THT tenants in sheltered housing and older people living in THT managed properties in the M41 area.
22/09/2022 £38,000 £217,319 OUT THERE THT funding (at medium grant level) has enabled Out There to successfully pilot a new service helping children deal with the emotional impact of imprisonment. The organisation now wishes to embed this service, to be delivered by a team of staff and volunteer led by a dedicated Children and Young Peoples Co-ordinator. The investment sought will create the first region-wide community support service for children impacted by the imprisonment of a loved one.
12/08/2022 £5,000 TRAFFORD MALAYALEE ASSOCIATION event in September to enhance community cohesion, to transfer family values of moral standards and discipline and to develop social responsibility among adults and children.
29/07/2022 £24,887 ACTION CHESHIRE CIC (FORMALLY SPORTS WORKS) For funding to continue to run Swim and play sessions at Partington Sports Village, for children with disabilities and their families. Age criteria is 4-25 years. Sport Works currently runs a weekly 2 hour session, on a Saturday afternoon. 20 families attend weekly and a further 10 families attend more occasionally.
29/07/2022 £49,920 TRAFFORD VETERANS To open a full-time veterans and emergency services hub at Sale United FC; which will be accessible, close to good transport links and offer peer support activities, run courses, events and information, advice and guidance.
29/07/2022 £69,930 STRING OF HEARTS CIC To increase their scope to be able to support 1000+ older adults at risk of social isolation.
01/07/2022 £4,870 AIM 4 HOPE to supply a Summer sports camp for young people in the Broomwood area of Trafford. The core cost will fund for the role of 2 Sports Coaches as well as for equipment and lunch provisions for staff and students.
29/06/2022 £24,910 £4,943 FIRSWOOD & DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION To support the installation of a new kitchen and repaint of the community centre.
09/06/2022 £3,000 £21,623 SHARON YOUTH ASSOCIATION To replace two hot air blowers in the main hall of the centre following two failing and being beyond repair.
09/06/2022 £3,889 OUR SALE WEST / FIRS COMMUNITY BENEFIT SOCIETY Enable the society to employ a local resident to assist with this work for a period of 1 year as we prepare our application for planning permission and firm up our funding and business plan to start construction of the new community building.
09/06/2022 £10,086 PICTOR ACADEMY The provision of outdoor toilets is the next step in the school’s development plan to improve our outdoor facilities and make them available to more people, for longer periods of time. Part of Pictor Academy’s five year development plan is to 'take the classroom' outdoors.
19/05/2022 £50,000 £721,711 GORSE HILL STUDIOS Purchase up-to-date equipment that is more suited to the styles of music our young people want to create and is useable for children with disabilities learning difficulties. Create a larger, more covid safe, fit for purpose space which is accessible for wheelchair users. Increase our music sessions (particularly) for girls, young people with disabilities and LGBTQ young people as we are currently oversubscribed by young people who identify as CIS boys. Create a digital hub accessible to the local community, which will address issues of digital poverty in the local area. For example, job clubs, training courses etc.
18/05/2022 £25,000 £173,446 N-GAGE supporting children and young people at risk of educational exclusion. This includes both fixed and permanent exclusion.
12/05/2022 £85,700 TRAFFORD PARENTS FORUM The team want to work specifically with parents and improve their wellbeing to in-turn support them in their role as a parent carer.
29/04/2022 £50,000 CALM CONNECTIONS to offer families who are struggling with poor mental health support to build confidence and resilience as they emerge from a year of lockdown. We currently plan to offer five courses each focusing on different aspects of wellbeing, calm and positive relationships with locations and timings based on the preferences of each cohort.
22/04/2022 £4,946 £58,722 TOUCHDOWN DANCE Equine assisted art therapy sessions for vulnerable young people or adults
19/04/2022 £25,000 BEAT BAZAAR PROJECTS a structured training programme for budding young musicians and creatives aged 16-30 from around the borough of Trafford who wish to develop their career in the music and creative industries. The project will provide group workshops as well as one to one sessions, and will be tailored to the needs of the participants.
11/04/2022 £63,894 £10,580,000 HENSHAWS SOCIETY FOR BLIND PEOPLE This project would be delivered by specialist staff and volunteers and aims to give visually impaired people the knowledge, skills, confidence and support to improve their levels of wellbeing and create social connections. We want to use this funding to meet the needs of those who are newly diagnosed and struggling to adapt to their diagnosis but also to support those who have been living with sight loss for a long time but feel the pandemic has set them back.
07/04/2022 £98,010 £410,762 CITIZENS ADVICE TRAFFORD Two-year project will deliver energy advice to 900 beneficiaries affected by fuel poverty in the Trafford area. Project interventions will be holistic and integrated with existing services. We will target our efforts on those living in the coldest homes and on low incomes and, following NICE guidelines, those with exacerbating health conditions and therefore experiencing fuel poverty. We will also provide guidance to reduce fuel usage, leading to lasting behaviour change, and support individuals to access grants to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, in partnership with other agncies and referral partners.
05/04/2022 £10,010 OUR SALE WEST Working in partnership with Sharks Community Trust, to provide fun sporting activities during the Easter, Summer and Christmas school holidays for 45 primary school children
04/04/2022 £24,850 SEVENWAYS METHODIST CHURCH “Get Together, Get Connected” will work with mothers of children under 12 months of age who live within Trafford. During the pandemic, through the absence of face to face parent & baby groups, many mums have missed out on the experience of connecting with others, building friendships and forming support groups with their peers. This project will focus specifically on the mental health and well-being of mothers, who will be attending sessions with their babies.
04/04/2022 £10,111 WELLFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL teaches children how to grow their own food and basic cookery skills to support their life skills. The project also works with families who access Free School Meals.
04/04/2022 £24,249 £70,713 BRIDGING THE GAP The provision of School holiday food parcels for Trafford residents experiencing food poverty and holiday hunger. The provision of School Uniform items to alleviate financial pressures within families and ensure all children remain in education, enabling them to develop their skills, knowledge and attitudes to thrive, fulfilling their potential.
04/04/2022 £4,820 MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL ROOTS ORCHESTRA (MIRO) bring together 20+ diverse, creative residents from Old Trafford over 10 sessions (May-August 2022), to collaboratively create songs and lyrics that reflect Old Trafford’s rich cultural diversity. Culminating in a celebratory concert for 100+ local Old Trafford residents who’ll learn about their neighbours’ cultural heritages, become familiar with their local community space and be inspired to take part in cultural activities themselves
01/04/2022 £15,930 £26,476 REHOBOTH FOR FAMILIES providing food to children during the school holidays, engaging the family and local community and also providing school supplies to families who need them.
31/03/2022 £53,827 £1,003,371 TRAFFORD DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES The funding will support our Children and Young People (CYP) service that provides both prevention and intervention services for CYP age 5-18yr (up to age 25yr if SEND). Our CYP Service includes, workshops, programmes, group and family sessions, trauma informed one-to-one support, parenting support and counselling.
31/03/2022 £89,503 £467,355 THE BROUGHTON TRUST The Jobs Not Prison project focuses on supporting young people and adults who are actively involved in crime and gangs into employment.
30/03/2022 £5,000 £203,506 G-FORCE Packed lunches in Broomwood, Oldfield Brow, Broadheath during school holidays
28/03/2022 £21,720 ST ANTONY’S CATHOLIC COLLEGE School holiday food provision
28/03/2022 £8,200 HIDDEN TREASURE DISCOVERY CENTRE For the Provision for food parcels for those children not covered by the Council [Govt’s] Free school meals holiday activity fund. Also for the provision of univorm and school provisions / equipment
25/03/2022 £9,816 £564,143 ALTRINCHAM HUB To provide food hampers at Easter and Christmas for children and families. And to hold funding for people to help them access affordable school uniform and school supplies.
10/03/2022 £4,960 £44,951 THE TOY HOUSE Food support for families
09/03/2022 £5,000 STRETFORD HIGH SCHOOL Resource centre for families including IT resources, uniform/shoes, revision text books and basic food supplies
07/03/2022 £98,355 £466,997 HOME-START TRAFFORD SALFORD AND WIGAN To address new needs that have arisen directly as a result of Covid: the increased number of families living with poverty and debt who are struggling to afford essential household items; the increased severity of mental health needs in the families we support; and staff burnout.
04/03/2022 £99,660 £783,145 AGE UK To appoint 2 part-time older people's mental health support workers, to enable older people to make informed choices about the support they need, and to access that support, as well as develop a range of self-help/peer support models. The aim is to ensure that older people with mental health issues get the opportunities to access talking therapies rather than simply being prescribed medication.
01/03/2022 £25,000 £23,017 ALTRINCHAM, SALE & STRETFORD SEA CADETS Re roof an area that has been identified as needing replacing. Plasterboard and plaster the remaining Main Deck and Classroom, installation of the Fire Alarm System and connect all the electrics at final phase and receive all relevant certificates. Install site security and cameras. Decorate and furnish all remaining rooms and kit out with relevant desks, chairs and projectors.
01/03/2022 £5,000 COMMUNITY REVIVAL Online free access ESOL training for BAME community with enhanced focus on gaining employment
28/02/2022 £79,772 £348,176 THE COUNSELLING AND FAMILY CENTRE, ALTRINCHAM We would like you to invest in a counselling outreach service delivered from the Limelight Centre. This will consolidate the small outreach services we previously offered in north Trafford – none of which are currently funded – and allow us to increase available sessions in North Trafford to 20 hours/week.
28/02/2022 £92,855 £348,176 THE COUNSELLING AND FAMILY CENTRE, ALTRINCHAM We want to respond to the impact of Covid-19 on the mental health of our community
07/02/2022 £24,000 £262,953 I AM AUTISM Youth Clubs and Parent Support – post covid. Funding for youth groups for children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and support groups for parents and carers of children (including adult children) with ASC.
27/01/2022 £2,618 MOOR NOOK ALLOTMENTS The Moor Nook Allotment team are looking to purchase and build two new bee hives as well as extending the community involvement and learning from these. As part of this project they need to purchase new bee suits of a good quality and plan to introduce an increased timetable for community events and visits, including schools.
26/01/2022 £14,725 £71,204 INDIAN SENIOR CITIZENS CENTRE to enhance, improve the quality of life of Elderly Indians and relieving the isolation by providing culturally sensitive, unique, tailored, front line services in support of their social, physical and mental well-being, medical and welfare needs.
26/01/2022 £24,730 HIDDEN TREASURE DISCOVERY CENTRE We are looking for a grant to support our work in the community which focusses on covid recovery. There are 2 aspects to the recovery focus. The first is the Hope Centre, our new community hub which provides food and essentials, school uniform, practical help, information and advice and a range of other support for the wider community. The second is the support of pre-teens and families of pre-teens who have suffered substantially during the pandemic and this has severely affected high school transition, mental health, emotional wellbeing and will have a huge impact going into the formative teen years. At the request of the schools, we plan to create an interactive support course for families of y6/7/8 pupils which can be piloted in Partington and rolled out across Trafford.
18/01/2022 £13,513 GREATER MANCHESTER POVERTY ACTION deliver a series of compelling videos that will form part of GMPA’s 2022 Poverty Monitor, shining a light on the scale and nature of poverty in Greater Manchester.
14/01/2022 £10,000 ENJOY ARTS a 2 year long creative heritage project which will explore how mothers' mental health and well-being has been adversely affected by the pandemic, and how mothers have coped in times of crisis in the past, specifically how they deal with the aftermath and return to ‘normal’ life. We will work with 3 different groups of mothers; young mums, first time mums and mothers with older children through the arts, using drama, music and movement to explore these times of crisis creatively.
12/01/2022 £10,250 £671,241 THE GIRLS NETWORK To work on a mentoring programme with 14-19 year-old girls in Lostock High School, with a focus on those from low-income communities.
11/01/2022 £24,730 £709,427 SALE SHARKS COMMUNITY TRUST Sharks Futures is a project to support engagement, aspiration, and metal wellbeing with 11–16-year-olds in Trafford youth groups as well as community outreach, targeted mainly at those nearest to transition.
11/01/2022 £25,000 £171,880 YOUNG IDENTITY (WORDSMITH AWARDS) A 12-month writing and performance project for young people aged 13-25 living in the Trafford area. Weekly 2-hour writing and performance workshops will be led by local artists Isaiah Hull and Jardel Rodrigues and will culminate in a community celebration event of young people spoken word talent.
08/01/2022 £6,000 £39,058 KINGSWAY CHURCH To continue to offer their debt advice service in Altrincham and Sale.
06/01/2022 £25,000 £213,463 EVERYONE CAN Everyone Can are applying for funding to both upgrade existing equipment and buy new equipment to enable them to enhance their gaming sessions, offer more appealing services for 16-18 year olds, as well as increase their capacity at open gaming sessions for all, so that more people can benefit from their services. They consider these upgrades/purchases should have a lifespan of 5 years before further upgrades are needed in line with previous equipment lifespans.
05/01/2022 £21,085 LEAF LANGUAGE LIBRARY We want to deliver ESOL Skills for life qualifications in a classroom-led session, twice a week following the qualifications curriculum to maximize the opportunities of each candidate to achieve a new skill and opportunities in their lives.
05/01/2022 £23,356 MILE SHY CLUB The Mile Shy Club want to introduce a new programme of walking sessions to help support those who have been particularly affected by lockdowns during the pandemic. They want to offer group sessions, starting in March when the weather warms up, at 5 locations across Trafford in conjunction with other supporting groups.
05/01/2022 £20,351 BREATH CHAMPS CIC To offer a range of different craft and breathing exercise sessions across Trafford to support people who have breathing difficulties to better manage their breathing and learn new techniques.
22/12/2021 £25,000 £112,981 FRIENDS OF VICTORIA PARK A contribution towards the costs of employing a full-time paid CEO at 37.5hrs/wk and a contribution to the running costs of the Victoria Park Community Hub.
16/12/2021 £4,000 £34,839 HIDDEN ALTRINCHAM FESTIVAL CIO Offering a year long music course via a series of workshops and 1 to 1 sessions to 15 young carers from Trafford Young Carers.
01/12/2021 £83,982 NORTH WEST MEDIA LTD NWM intends to offer an annual program of a unique outcome led, education, training and preemployment project to engage learners between the ages of 16 and 24 who are currently not in education, training or employment
19/10/2021 £20,000 FRIENDS OF STRETFORD PUBLIC HALL Deliver a Poverty Truth Commission in Trafford
18/10/2021 £24,952 £56,294 STARLING The Creative Minds Project will provide 35 neurodivergent young people aged 13-25 living in Trafford with weekly creative wellbeing activities and 1-2-1 support in order to reduce social isolation, increase positive support networks and improve mental health and wellbeing
02/10/2021 £21,400 PSYCHOTHERAPY MANCHESTER to offer individual and group Art therapy weekly sessions to BME children and young people (4-25y old) who have suffered trauma such as neglect, abuse, bullying, racism, isolation which had impacted their mental health, self-worth and confidence. Alongside the individual work we would like create end facilitate 3 Art therapy groups/year for BME new mothers to identify mental health difficulties as early as possible.
20/09/2021 £21,780 HIDDEN TREASURE DISCOVERY CENTRE to invest in the work of the Hideaway on the ground with families and the wider community by appointing a Family & Educational Support Worker and support project costs to provide targeted, practical help at a far greater depth than we are currently able to.
08/09/2021 £2,977 OLD TRAFFORD JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB we require a set of junior 11 a side goals for the grounds and so this is the main purpose of the grant application.
17/08/2021 £4,600 DO SPORT UK to build on some taster work we have already done with a few services and organisations around Trafford to set up a brand new inclusive basketball session in Trafford focused mainly on people with a learning disability.
14/07/2021 £9,540 STRING OF HEARTS CIC deliver 150 music-making workshops to support older adults in Sale who are experiencing isolation and mental or physical health issues to engage with cultural activities in their local community.
09/07/2021 £2,520 £58,722 TOUCHDOWN DANCE provide 2 movement and meditation session per week for 12 weeks. These sessions will be open to people within the Trafford community and will be inclusive of those with learning disabilities. The project aims to reduce anxiety around the reopening of society after lockdown whilst improving health and well being, and rebuilding confidence and fitness of our members.
25/06/2021 £9,900 £57,156,000 YHA provide family breaks to 60 people (approximately 15 families) in challenging personal and/or financial circumstances from Trafford and the surrounding areas.
21/06/2021 £4,500 £367,085 INGOL AND TANTERTON COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED to create a useful, imaginative, place where people can enjoy their surroundings whilst connecting with nature, enhancing their well-being. The garden comprises different areas providing volunteers and staff with opportunities to clear and heal the minds of service users. The gently segmented design allows people to speak to each another on a one-to-one basis or larger numbers.
15/06/2021 £15,000 £87,705 FOUNDATION 92 free to access, accredited, leadership, sports and personal development provision will be delivered to young people aged 7-11 and 12-16. two, 6-week family support programmes. Programmes will support up to 8 family units who have been identified as being at risk of leading long-term turbulent lifestyles. This programme will provide family units with a safe, welcoming, and progressive environment to develop new skills.
28/05/2021 £24,500 £140,444 OUT THERE To provide a a dedicated resource to support children and young people impacted by imprisonment. work directly with children and young people and offer 1-1 support to them alongside support for the broader family. as well as offering direct support, they will link in with schools and other organisations to support young people and will link in with GM wide initiatives to tackle the impact of trauma in the younger population.
13/05/2021 £19,484 THE UP TOP COMMUNITY CIC Install a range of planting and raised beds which are practical, beautiful and create natural social distancing. Build a community around creating a community allotment and growing space. Convert the feel of the space to an urban oasis.
13/05/2021 £34,820 £699,355,000 NATIONAL TRUST part-fund a Volunteering and Community Involvement Officer to deliver a regeneration project at Craven Road green space in Broadheath, Altrincham.
29/04/2021 £10,000 COLLABORATIVE WOMEN This project provides shared living in a safe, supported environment to enable women fleeing domestic abuse to benefit from a peer group environment and access the life skills necessary to live a healthy, independent life free from crisis and threat.
26/04/2021 £41,660 £6,216,000 LORDS TAVERNERS using cricket as a catalyst to change the lives of 8–19-year-olds from disadvantaged backgrounds in Trafford. To engage a wider range of volunteers
12/04/2021 £4,920 £163,170 ST JOHN’S CENTRE A 4-week summer holiday project, five days a week, where 30 children aged 8+ eat a nutritious meal together and receive meal packs to take home.
02/04/2021 £9,568 £34,875 SALE MOOR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP To provide 30 lunch bags, 4 days per week in each of the school holiday periods (13 weeks in 2021).
01/04/2021 £7,845 £213,912 G-FORCE To provide healthy food options to families in need in Broadheath, Oldfield Brow and Broomwood bolstered by a variety of activities that encourage better mental, physical and social health for individuals, family and bubble groups in safe covid secure environments.
29/03/2021 £89,841 £607,664 TRAFFORD CARERS CENTRE to fund our work to reduce social isolation for carers through focused pieces of work to increase carer engagement and build on volunteer programmes to enhance our support offer
29/03/2021 £42,008 FRIENDS OF STRETFORD PUBLIC HALL to expand our staff team, through the appointment of a dedicated Community Programme Coordinator, to improve our community engagement and social impact
18/03/2021 £7,200 HIDDEN TREASURE DISCOVERY CENTRE Provide healthy lunches for children across our community who's families are struggling as a result of the pandemic or generally living below the poverty line.
18/03/2021 £10,000 ST ANTONY’S CATHOLIC COLLEGE to provide a £20 Aldi voucher per week to 50 families during the school holidays, 10 weeks in total (Easter, June half term, Summer holidays, October half term) and encourage them to buy food that they wouldn't normally be able to afford.
17/03/2021 £5,000 KICKSTART to support 30 families per week with a range of activities, including arts & crafts, physical activity, gardening, baking, sports and wellbeing in addition to providing food support within the club and extended beyond it with packages of ingredients and cooking recipies that can be done at home as a family.
16/03/2021 £8,497 £26,476 REHOBOTH FOR FAMILIES supporting families in the Meadow’s Estate in Stretford and its environs during the school holidays by providing hot meals and food packages where needed
12/03/2021 £7,800 FLIXTON GIRLS SCHOOL Provision of lunch material to targeted disadvantaged families for the duration of the school holidays to allow them to free up time and funds on providing well-being activities for their children. This is particularly important at this time as the restrictions due to COVID-19 have had a disproportionate effect on teenage children, and placed additional pressures on the family units.
12/03/2021 £17,662 OUR SALE WEST provide 100 children with a meal from The Sunshine Cafe, Mon-Fri during Easter Whit and Summer Holidays. We will take referrals from local primary schools and also advertise to the wider community through social media. Additionally to this they will also receive a meal kit from The Good Food Bag once a week
17/02/2021 £48,428 £2,352,090 GROUNDWORK MSSTT To deliver a new, evolved coaching programme to young people in Trafford; developed in response to the impact of covid has had on young people(YP) and families.
01/02/2021 £86,600 £2,352,090 GROUNDWORK MSSTT investment to establish a mobile ‘Working Wardrobe’ service to provide a full outfit for interview, with accompanying personalised interview advice, for unemployed Trafford residents aged 16+ who have either secured a job interview, or are attending a training course or other employment intervention, that is getting them ready to progress into work.
27/11/2020 £9,985 BEYOND BARRIERS CIC LifeBEAT programme to support people who've been through adversity or trauma in their lives who need a more comprehensive approach than talking therapies alone.
24/11/2020 £23,791 £828,022 SALE SHARKS COMMUNITY TRUST Advantage is a post 16 training provider, delivering in Trafford at Sale West Community Centre. The programme specialises in providing training programmes for young people who have recently left school, who may not have gained any qualifications and are unsure about their next step. Combining tuition for Level 2 Employability qualification and Functional Skills in English and Maths with work placement, active enrichment and life skills, the Advantage Programme, now in its 5th year, worked with over 80 learners at 6 sites in 2019/20 with more than 85% achieving their Level 2 employability qualification and 75% achieving a positive progression. We specialise in working with care leavers, young people with anxiety and mental health difficulties and young people who have been involved with the youth justice service.
18/11/2020 £66,672 BLUESCI to resource a 2-year part time Specialist Mental Health Welfare Rights Worker. Reporting to the Directors the worker will operate from all four centres providing Welfare Rights specialist knowledge for Trafford residents who are receiving support for their mental health and wellbeing from the Bluesci service. Individuals with mental health needs are disproportionately vulnerable to living in poverty and more likely to be missing the benefit support they are entitled to. These individuals require more specialist help and guidance around benefits
12/10/2020 £8,005 HIDDEN TREASURE DISCOVERY CENTRE To support the fit out of a new community resource hub / shop in Partington
22/09/2020 £50,000 SEYMOUR PARK COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL we want to transform our existing playground and create an all encompassing outdoor gym and adventure playground, with a sensory walkway, outdoor eating area and quiet zone. We will develop a space that is inspiring, unique, innovative and inclusive; a place that breaks down inequality, develops new skills and promotes physical and mental wellbeing. for the whole community
22/09/2020 £10,000 PEOPLE'S CHURCH PARTINGTON To provide a part time dedicated CAP resource for residents in Partington in partnership with and to supplement the CAP work undertaken by Altrincham Baptist church in the area. To provide 1:1 Debt counselling and support for individuals and 2 x Life-skills courses for local residents over the period of the grant. To embed a dedicated resource in Partington with a view to resourcing and maintaining it longer term.
03/09/2020 £4,430 £449,776 GORSE HILL STUDIOS We would like to use funding for a Summer Holiday provision Summer Culture Club for 20 young people per day under the age of 18 based at Gorse Hill Studios, for 4 hours (or longer if needed), 4 days a week for 4 weeks during the Summer with breakfast and lunch included. We would like to offer children
02/09/2020 £9,913 STRETFORD CHILDRENS THEATRE After ceasing face to face service delivery in March 2020, due to Covid-19, we’d like to deliver a ‘tri-term’ model from September 2020 onwards; rotating on a three weekly basis through socially distant/Covid secure face-to-face sessions; Zoom sessions; and independent sessions, where facilitators set work for members, to share the following week. This will enable a safe return to activities, in an affordable way for the charity, and for families, supporting the emotional, physical and mental well-being of our members. Our proposal is based on the tri-term model for Sept- Dec 2020 and Jan-April 2021, and a return to ‘normal’ after Easter 2021, but we’ll need to be responsive to the pandemic status at the time.
20/08/2020 £3,610 TARGET COMMUNITY CAFE To grow the café - We are a community café operating every fortnight in Gorse Hill Old Trafford.
19/08/2020 £6,185 £449,776 GORSE HILL STUDIOS to extend our online mentoring, youth work sessions for those who most vulnerable, and are struggling with the current situation and with poor mental health due to isolation
17/08/2020 £3,900 SHARON YOUTH ASSOCIATION To provide one to one, or two to one support and tuition to disadvantaged young people to help them develop their own music and style in our recording studio. Through the development of music with positive lyrics we will work with the young people to address some of the social and personal issues they face and also prepare messages that can be shared with their peers.
04/08/2020 £4,890 HERO GROUP CIC Supporting THT residents who are struggling with mental health challenges by using a combination of the ‘Hero Blueprint’ and one to one support to teach people about Mindset, Nutrition and Fitness. Hero Blueprint is an online tool using coaching videos, handouts, worksheets, step by step guides, downloadable audios meditations and tracks, nutrition systems, exercise workouts plus much more.
27/07/2020 £97,256 £163,170 ST JOHN’S CENTRE Support with food, benefits etc. for those in immediate need; · Volunteering based around current core volunteers; · Providing learning– this is one of our USPs, and we are currently working with our learning providers on what form it will take; and · Hosting groups and activities where possible. We know that it is still important for us to move to a different funding model for the future. Our existing staff do not have skills to do this, so we would recruit a new development worker with business, marketing, and social media skills. They would work with existing staff to develop a business plan/funding model
24/07/2020 £3,990 FLIXTON GIRLS SCHOOL Provision of lunch material to targeted disadvantaged families for the duration of the summer holiday to allow them to spend their own funds on providing fun activities for their children.
24/07/2020 £9,958 £8,415 STARLING The Gather Project will provide 25 neurodiverse young people aged 13-25 living in Trafford with a weekly creative wellbeing group (delivered both online and face-to-face) to reduce social isolation, increase positive support networks and improve mental health and wellbeing. Starling will also provide additional 1-2-1 sessions to support young people via face-to-face contact and digital platforms, for those who are particularly socially isolated and less able to engage in group work
29/06/2020 £54,109 £188,902 TOGETHER DEMENTIA SUPPORT 1..develop services they provide to people with dementia in Trafford and Manchester 2..continue the influencing work that they do 3..develop and invest more in their training resources
17/06/2020 £10,000 PICTOR ACADEMY We would like buy a new bus for Pictor Academy. A new bus would enable pupils to travel, learn and socialise and have a better understanding of the world. Many of the children have physical difficulties so cannot access the local and wider area for mobility reasons. One of our buses is adapted for these children to use.
15/06/2020 £9,969 GMCA with young people and cultural sector organisations to ensure that young people who cannot connect online do not feel forgotten, are able to feel connected with others and are offered help with their mental health and wellbeing. We aim to do this by creating and distributing a Creative Care Pack to be sent to individuals in their homes. The pack will contain a range of activities that can be completed at home and using materials that can be found around the home or are provided with the pack. Activities will include a range of creative forms including music, writing, craft, horticulture and visual arts.
01/06/2020 £6,953 MANCHESTER CERAMICS COLLECTIVE We have a patch of waste ground outside our shared studio on Cornbrook Street, Old Trafford, which is overgrown and unused. we would like to work with the Trafford social enterprise ‘Clean start’ to redevelop the strip of land and turn it into a community green space, complete with raised planters, plants and shrubs.
01/06/2020 £7,139 £552,809 ALTRINCHAM BAPTIST CHURCH To fund core costs of the altrincham hub
22/05/2020 £44,000 GMCVO enable GMCVO to provide a dedicated Investment officer resource to the VCSE’s within Trafford to work with THT capacity builders and the wider VCSE networks in Trafford to identify VCSE’s that may be suitable for social investment.
19/05/2020 £100,000 £473,091 THE COUNSELLING AND FAMILY CENTRE (CFC) continue to be a safety net for Trafford residents with mental health issues who are unable to access the right support at the right time anywhere else. Your investment in our core counselling costs would enable us to offer no-cost counselling to 120 people each year who would not otherwise be able to afford support.
06/05/2020 £4,160 JUST PSYCHOLOGY to help develop and sustain the online offer of support.
01/05/2020 £12,100 £504,040 THE BREAD AND BUTTER THING to set up 3 more TBBT hubs a a response the the effects of covid.
01/05/2020 £99,600 JUST PSYCHOLOGY Families that are separated as a result of migration often face difficulties with rebuilding and maintaining relationships after they are reunited. This can result in family breakdown, the involvement of social services, and the children being taken into the care system. We want to provide preventative and early intervention work to address these issues and deliver a project consisting of 3 interlinked activities: 1. Family Reunion 2. Parenting 3. Cultural Consultancy
24/04/2020 £6,540 £2,352,090 GROUNDWORK MSSTT Offering young people in Old Trafford a safe place to come and meet with youth workers, get fed at lunch time and access other services. To be delivered at summer holidays. Sessions will be for 2 hours a day for 5 days per week over the course of the holidays. Food will be provided free of charge for all young people who need it. Young people will be able to access activities that will stimulate skills development, health and wellbeing and education. The sessions will be supported by qualified and experienced youth workers, activity providers and volunteers from the community.
23/04/2020 £1,720 £9,786,487 THE FEDERATION OF JEWISH SERVICES equipment to support their volunteer work during the covid response
23/04/2020 £5,890 £115,786 YOUNG IDENTITY (WORDSMITH AWARDS) Creative Writing and Performance workshops delivered at Limelight, which will give disadvantaged and marginalised young people from Old Trafford a voice and enable them to be make positive changes in their own lives and in their communities.
23/04/2020 £11,462 OUR SALE WEST core costs for Sale community hub
21/04/2020 £94,000 £327,816 HOME-START TRAFFORD & SALFORD To enable over 100 pre-school children each year to start school more ready to learn
21/04/2020 £8,910 FRIENDS OF STRETFORD PUBLIC HALL Staff costs for community Hub
17/04/2020 £25,950 £92,885,000 UNITED RESPONSE Work with people with autism and adults with learning disabilities who are not known to adult social services and therefore fall between the gaps and cannot access support elsewhere to enable them to gain skills and move towards and into employment.
14/04/2020 £3,714 £65,634 FRIENDS OF VICTORIA PARK providing free food and drinks for children and young people during the school holidays. These will be accessed by joining a lunchtime programme of social wellbeing activities organised and delivered by Friends of Victoria Park Stretford in the community hub based within Victoria Park, Stretford.
07/04/2020 £18,096 £188,198 ST JOHN'S CENTRE to help fund staff costs and running of the OT hub
02/04/2020 £17,910 HIDDEN TREASURE DISCOVERY CENTRE to fund staff costs that can't be furloughed due to them operating as a response hub in Partington
31/03/2020 £8,280 HIDDEN TREASURE DISCOVERY CENTRE Over the 6 weeks of the summer holidays we are hoping to use our resources, staff, volunteers and partners to provide healthy hot meal for 50 children who would otherwise struggle to eat every day along with family activities.
30/03/2020 £2,000 £377,584 BIG ISSUE NORTH TRUST to support Big Issue vendors during covid 19
30/03/2020 £2,300 £98,940 ST BRIDES To continue to support failed asylum seekers in Trafford
25/03/2020 £200 £879,806 AGE UK TRAFFORD Float money for Urmston hub
25/03/2020 £5,884 £381,191 PURE INSIGHT to support young care leavers through the effects of covid. 1. Emergency individual monthly food parcels which would typically include tea/coffee, tinned goods, pasta, rice, crisps, biscuits, noodles, jam, peanut butter etc. - £30 2. One off emergency toiletries pack – toilet rolls, cleaning spray, shower gel, shampoo, sanitary products for girls - £10 3. Emergency fuel payments – staying at home will increase costs, many young people are on pre payment meters so payment of £60 4. Emergency Young Parent food parcels which would also include baby milk, nappies and wipes £30 5. Emergency connection pack - Wifi/data – 6GB £10 per month - £30 for a 3 month period
25/03/2020 £6,000 COLLABORATIVE WOMEN to set up a virtual environment using Google Hangouts to help the women who normally attend our support group and receive 1:1 follow up
23/03/2020 £3,593 £24,021 BRIDGING THE GAP Provision of food parcels for Trafford residents experiencing holiday hunger
20/03/2020 £17,000 £32,859 SALE WEST COMMUNITY URBAN TRUST This programme aims to effect positive change in people’s lives by supporting families (with at least one child under the age of 12) over a long period of time, through challenges such as: isolation and family breakdown - making friends, being active, connecting socially; mental health - self-esteem, stress management - exercise, healthy diet; long term unemployment – education, training and finding employment; financial management – paying off bills, budgeting; reducing the stress of parenting – parenting skills/techniques; and independent living skills.
16/03/2020 £6,600 £34,875 SALE MOOR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP The project will aim to achieve the 4hrsx4daysx4weeks model in summer and 4hrsx3 days in Easter and Whit. We are aiming for 20 participants on each event. We have previously provided an activity at each event (gaming, arts & crafts, table sports, t-shirt making, street art) and intend to continue this method.
10/03/2020 £7,240 OUR SALE WEST Munch Club is a free holiday club for for children in years 1-6, who have been identified by local schools and authorities, whom may not receive a hot meal at home during the holidays due to poverty. The club will cater for up to 35 children and provide drinks, snacks and daily activities.such as, dance, sports, arts and crafts. During each session the children will have a hot lunch together.
09/03/2020 £6,100 £213,912 G-FORCE To provide a range of positive family focused activities (that includes a mid day meal) targeting in particular those children and families suffering with food poverty during school holidays. The target community is Oldfield Brow, an area where we have a high profile as well having THT social housing stock
09/03/2020 £8,493 WELLACRE ACADEMY Families with students on free school meals will receive information about the Summer Holiday Lunch Club. Each family will be contacted, by letter, and invited to complete a registration form. pastoral staff will identify those families who made need assistance with form completion. Each family will be issued with dated vouchers which will entitle them to pick up a £9.50 bag of sandwich makings items, every Monday over two time slots.
05/03/2020 £100,000 £504,040 THE BREAD AND BUTTER THING planning further expansion over the next 3 years, at least doubling our overall impact in Greater Manchester to provide; 20,000 registered members, 5,000 of which we anticipate to be in the Trafford Borough with annual savings of over £2M and delivering over 5M meals per annum.
27/02/2020 £6,874 £14,237 TIMPERLEY AMATEUR BOXING CLUB We want to repeat the successful holiday club we ran during August 2019. This was holiday hunger club. It was a good club for the children and many attendees have continued to attend the club. The children progressed quickly over the three week holiday period we did last summer due to attending daily. We as were quite surprised at the need for food to be provided for the children during the school holidays and how hungry they were. The club would be Easter Holidays for 2 weeks May Holidays for 2 weeks August Holidays for 4 weeks.
18/02/2020 £9,503 £171,963 LIFESHARE The service operates from 7am to 9am, every Saturday and Sunday morning from Limelight in Stretford. On an average weekend morning, we will serve 50-60 cooked breakfasts (bacon, sausage, egg, beans and tomatoes), and provide cereal, toast, tea, coffee and biscuits to those in need – all free of charge. That’s around 5,000-6,000 breakfasts a year.
14/02/2020 £6,250 £140,444 OUT THERE We are a charity based in Trafford that wants to improve its capacity to support the family of those in prison and learn more from the work it does by improving its approach to monitoring and evaluation.
06/02/2020 £81,565 TRAFFORD PARENTS FORUM Parent carer engagement and peer to peer support for SEND children, young people and families. We want to continue our role as a leading parent carer forum within Trafford, providing support to parent carers across the borough, increase our low-level support and introduce peer to peer support services, which would complement the Local Offer and the SEND Information and Advice Service (SENDIAS) from the LA which supports the delivery of the LA’s statutory duties under the Children and Families Act 2014 (CAFA).
04/02/2020 £9,950 CALM CONNECTIONS The RESET 2020 event will build on the success of 2019. Working with young people to create an exhibition of art and media to share their experiences will allow experienced facilitators to open up discussions around mental health, challenging stigma and helping young people via signposting to relevant support agencies.
03/02/2020 £35,750 £7,056 PARTINGTON OLD SCHOOL HALL Our community building is over 100 years old and used to be the hub of Partington for educational needs at this time. We therefore need to bring this up to date to accommodate and make more environmentally and disabled friendly which is acceptable in our current climate.
28/01/2020 £17,500 £16,376 KELSALL PPG Contribution towards new Wellbeing Hub, to be attached to new-build NHS Medical Centre in village of Kelsall, Cheshire
28/01/2020 £30,000 TRAFFORD COUNCIL We are proposing a collaboration between Trafford Council, British Red Cross and Trafford Housing Trust, to develop an integrated response to hoarding which maximises our respective expertise to achieve better outcomes for Trafford residents.
10/01/2020 £150,000 TRAFFORD COUNCIL Contributing to the healthy Lifestyles fund to increase the impact and outcomes of the fund
07/01/2020 £100,000 £243,695 EVERYONE CAN to help us continue to deliver our services for disabled children and adults in Trafford and in particular, our gaming service. This will include funding the Community Engagement and Fundraising Officer’s role and contribute to the costs of our centre where we are building a community of disabled gamers supported by local volunteers.
12/12/2019 £28,640 VOICE OF BME TRAFFORD Mental Health and wellbeing workshops and a support group for people with long term illness
05/12/2019 £9,650 £40,607 SICKLE CELL CARE MANCHESTER raise awareness of the need for blood donations from the Afro-Caribbean community, and of the need to be screened for carrying SCD. This will lead to increased blood donations from this community and increased screening
05/12/2019 £53,189 £250,032 PURE INSIGHT Insightful Mentoring Programme into Trafford. 1:1 support to care leavers
05/12/2019 £4,613 LANGUAGE LIBRARY We want to deliver English classes for the BME (Black Minority Ethnic) community , people who have limited English or are non English speakers. We had run weekly English conversation classes in a very informal learning environment where we brought a subject or had themed conversations
29/11/2019 £40,000 £453,741 MASH Outreach – On foot into Manchester City Centre engaging with women who are begging, rough sleeping and at risk of becoming entrenched in poverty. We know patterns of begging are leading to sex work to ‘top up’ income, and/or female rough sleepers being controlled or coerced into sex working. Drop-in centre / Activities – Each week day, we provide a safe, non-judgemental space where women can have their immediate needs met e.g. access to caseworker one-to-one support, condoms, needle exchange and sexual health screenings. We also want to develop our drop-in sessions so women can engage in activities to boost wellbeing and self-esteem.
28/11/2019 £86,060 £2,352,090 GROUNDWORK MSSTT to support the establishment and first 2 years operation of a ‘Working Wardrobe’ shop based at Stretford Mall in Trafford, with the majority of items in the shop provided free of charge from retail businesses – including slight seconds, end of line stock or returned items -or through donations of good quality second hand items collected through donation drives within GM businesses and organisations. The service beneficiaries will be unemployed GM residents or people on low wage and still in receipt of benefits – primarily from Trafford but open to all –who have secured a job interview, and are referred to the project by approved referral agencies.
20/11/2019 £4,960 £234,719 ALTRINCHAM FC COMMUNITY SPORTS LTD to deliver free football / multi sport sessions for the children and young people in Broomwood. The project will be aimed at children and young people aged 8-14 years old and will aim to tackle anti social behaviour, provide opportunities to participate in physical activity and engage with the coaches who can act as mentors to the young people.
20/11/2019 £99,615 THE REPORTERS' ACADEMY We have developed a 3 year progression programme taking young people from learning the basics of media production, through to the delivery of a commissioned film, on time and on budget alongside completion of a Level 1 accredited qualification in employability skills.
18/11/2019 £49,900 £65,634 FRIENDS OF VICTORIA PARK We want to build a social enterprise in Victoria Park comprising a café, and community room with profits from sales and rental covering running costs and a programme of activities aimed at tackling poverty and inequality
24/10/2019 £10,000 NORTH WEST MEDIA LTD Unity Radio a multicultural youth focused community radio station, social and digital platform, will partner with the Pupil Referral Units within Trafford e.g. Trafford High School, Greater Manchester Police, Trafford CCG and Trafford Council to deliver a programme of daytime workshop activity to young people associated with anti-social behaviour and are at risk of episodes of going missing from home (MFH). Enabling up to 12 young people to benefit from diversionary music /accredited radio skills workshops.
21/10/2019 £3,653 £24,021 BRIDGING THE GAP Provision of food parcels for marginalised Trafford residents experiencing food poverty
17/10/2019 £100,000 £39,207 SALE MOOR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP for the installation of the NEST (Nurture, Empower, Strengthen, Trust) modular building together with the operational and running costs including a tapered revenue application to the National Lottery to employ a Project Manager to enable a quicker path to sustainability than if delivered by a volunteer management team as currently achieved at SMCP.
10/08/2019 £9,998 CARIBBEAN AND AFRICAN HEALTH NETWORK This project seeks to develop a support group for Black Caribbean & African single mothers at risk of mental health problems in Old Trafford and Stretford. The overarching aim is to develop a better understanding of selfhelp practices, benefits of peer support and culturally appropriate services to improve overall wellbeing.
09/08/2019 £97,172 £709,053 GREATER MANCHESTER YOUTH NETWORK Trafford Transitions is a new two-year programme that will engage 80 care leavers aged 16-25 to take part in social action activities, life skills training and employability workshops across Trafford. The programme will be co-designed with young people and target those young people who are most at risk.
09/08/2019 £16,171 UNLIMITED POTENTIAL To support disabled people to engage in social, physical and exercise based activty.
05/08/2019 £27,400 £473,091 THE COUNSELLING AND FAMILY CENTRE (CFC) To extend our counselling support for whole family groups and expand this support into the north of the borough, allowing us to support an additional 100 people through family therapy.
02/08/2019 £24,136 4 CHEEKY MONKEYS CIC We have noticed areas that need significant improvements, to sustain the high level of service we currently provide our service users. We need 4 Cheeky Monkeys to be safe and accessible to all.
02/08/2019 £2,508 FLIXTON GIRLS SCHOOL Iceland Food Bags
30/07/2019 £3,000 £49,640 HIDDEN ALTRINCHAM FESTIVAL CIO 3 days a week for 4 weeks, creative arts classes with lunch
26/07/2019 £3,525 £20,096 TIMPERLEY AMATEUR BOXING CLUB Coaches for boxing/fun&games and food for 4 weeks
22/07/2019 £10,000 £2,352,090 GROUNDWORK MSSTT Holiday youth club – 5 days a week (9-5) for 4 weeks. Activities, breakfast and lunch
22/07/2019 £5,000 MOSSFIELD ALLOTMENTS Provide hard standing on a plot suitable for wheelchair users and those with limited mobility
21/07/2019 £68,360 £9,579 SEED STUDIOS The organisation has identified the need to invest in leadership, and a cohesive plan for sustainability and increased capacity. The funding applied for will enable the appointment of a Creative Director to implement and oversee the progression of an 18 -24 month development plan; and a Team Leader to support and grow core community development work.
19/07/2019 £2,500 ST ANTONY’S CATHOLIC COLLEGE Food bag collections
04/07/2019 £4,800 OUR SALE WEST Holiday club for 4 weeks - Staff, equipment, food
30/06/2019 £9,204 £552,809 ALTRINCHAM BAPTIST CHURCH We seek to run a two year pilot delivering a free CAP Life Skills Service to both existing and past debt clients to enhance the current service we offer as well as support other local residents of Altrincham who have not accessed the Debt Service.
28/06/2019 £84,530 £544,049 TDAS (TRAFFORD DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES) We will recruit and employ a Full Time Specialist Domestic Abuse Outreach Worker who will provide person centred support, targeted at their specific and individual needs and that lasts as long as the family needs it and not curtailed by time limited funding restrictions.
25/06/2019 £4,700 £180,880 ST JOHN'S CENTRE 4 week Summer school – staff costs, activities, food
25/06/2019 £9,900 SPORT WORKS CHESHIRE Sports, activity and swimming sessions for up to 16 young people with any disability at Partington Sports Village
12/06/2019 £9,981 UNLIMITED POTENTIAL Through a person-centred approach and using community assets, the Empower You programme aims to support groups of disabled people to engage in social, physical and exercise-based activity. In this way, Empower You supports disabled people to make positive lifestyle changes, producing well-being outcomes.
28/05/2019 £40,000 GMCA is to develop age-friendly volunteering and engagement in cultural activities in Trafford. In partnership with the Great Place GM project, Manchester Museum and GMCA, this work will align with and support an expansion of the existing Culture Champions projects across Greater Manchester.
28/05/2019 £8,450 THE URBAN FITNESS COLLECTIVE 4 week sports holiday club with lunch.
10/05/2019 £87,675 £768,571 THE PROUD TRUST Our ambition is to demolish our single-storey building, which is in a state of disrepair, and replace it with a flagship 3-storey building, and roof garden, which will be able to support triple the number of Greater Manchester residents than it does now - 50,000 in total every year. We are asking for help to rebuild as well as to fund an outreach programme of 15 events across Trafford to raise awareness of the Centre and how it can help LGBT+ people in Trafford.
23/04/2019 £29,200 HIDDEN TREASURE DISCOVERY CENTRE Construction of the Ark - a community resource with classroom space and free to use computers
23/04/2019 £9,112 SALE COMMUNITIES JFC The aim of this ongoing project will continue to focus on 3 things:- • Life skills and educational development of children through football. • Growth of the club in the community by engaging parents/volunteers to get involved and develop the skills required to sustain and take the club forward in the future. • Provide a physical wellbeing activity sponsored by the club for its members in the form of self-organised fitness classes.
28/03/2019 £27,189 £96,523,000 UNITED RESPONSE We wish to provide a supported employment service for people with learning disabilities, autism/aspergers and/or mental health needs within Trafford whose needs are not being met by other organisations. Our job coach will support these individuals to develop self-confidence and employability skills and help them to find volunteer places, work experience and, ultimately, paid employment.

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