Projects Archive

Scope Calderdale Community Outreach Service

In January Scope Calderdale was awarded £9,000 from 4Health 4fun 4Life plus an additional £1,000 match funding from Kathleen Mary Denham Fund. The grant has been awarded to assist a healthy eating project celebrating own grown produce and learning healthy ways of cooking and eating that all the family can enjoy. The events will take place in the cooking school. A programme of fun filled days for the family and individuals has been created to enjoy and to learn how to cook and eat healthy. Each event will focus on seasonal food that all the family can enjoy.

The project will involve customers with physical and or other disabilities who find accessing physical activity a barrier. Digging for Dinner will provide activity, support healthy lifestyles and living through the cultivation and eating of produce and the cookery sessions involved educating people in what to eat and when.

Next Step Trust

Next Step Trust have received a £5,000 Grants for Health award. The trust will use the grant to purchase a specially adapted bicycle at Spring Hall Athletics track. There is currently only one bike suitable for use by wheelchair bound Next Steppers which means a queuing system where each user gets only 15 minutes on the bike. A additional bike is needed and for practical reasons to improve the opportunities and time to participate. Weather permitting Next Steppers attend Spring Hall Athletics track at least once a week. This provides the opportunity for an outdoor activity and assists in promoting healthy living. The bicycles are also made available to pupils at Ravenscliffe High School and so extends the usage beyond the 25 Next Steppers to the 130+ pupils at the school. The additional bicycle will allow each Next Step wheelchair user to have a 30 minute slot on the bike which will assist in promoting their general well being in a safe outdoor setting.

Shay Stadium Community Foundation

In January 2010 the Foundation were awarded £5,000 from the Kathleen Mary Denham to deliver a scheme in line with the Football Associations National Game Strategy, specifically the Football Associations Youth Module that is aimed at children between the ages of 6-11. The foundation will run two hour sessions with a classes of students that will allow them to sign up to the FA Youth Module programme that sets them football related tasks and skills that will ensure they motivate themselves to develop their football skills. The scheme will also actively incorporate the RESPECT campaign currently being delivered Nationwide by the Football Association. The students will do an hour computer based work that will be educational and then will complete a practical session which they will learn how to set up and develop.

St Georges Youth Project

In January St Georges Youth Project was awarded a 4health4fun4life grant of £7,304 plus an addition £1,000 from the Kathleen Mary Denham Fund through match funding. The financial boost will mean the project can carry on with the good work already achieved over the last three years. The group currently provide the young people of North Halifax with sports activity sessions and a drop in two evenings a week. The grant will be used to appoint new part time staff to open five nights a week increasing to seven nights in time. The increased availability will provide the young people the chance of regular exercise and the opportunity to take on bigger and better challenges knowing they can continue with their projects nightly and not have to wait a whole week. Dedicated staff and volunteers will work on rota to ensure the project is open nightly and encourage the young people in off the streets.

Warley Coffee Club

In January 2010 Wareley Coffee Club was awarded £1,692 from Grants for Health. The group offers classes for our 60+ members twice a month. The purpose of the classes is to provide help and suggestions for a healthy living adapted for older people. To achieve this, the group intend to provide exercises at various levels to suit the physical ability of its members followed by relaxation exercises both mentally and physically. This will be followed by techniques to encourage mental dexterity and discussions on healthy living.

Halifax and District Table Tennis Association

Halifax and District Table Tennis Association received £2160 in August from the Foundation's General Fund in order for them to provide coaching activities for children. This will involve twice-weekly coaching sessions at Halifax Table Tennis Centre and primary after-school club sessions over forty weeks. We will integrate the participants in a social, friendly atmosphere developing hand/eye co-ordination skills with target games, fun activities and match play.

In Touch

In Touch provides information and organises healthy activities to improve the quality of life for over 50's, especially the vulnerable and isolated. They received £2,500 from the Foundation's General Fund in August; to enable them to continue improving the quality of life for their members, after other funding methods ceased.

The Ground Floor Project

The Ground Floor Project based in Salem Community Resource Centre was awarded £5000 from the General Fund in August, to cover the cost of upgrading and replacing the electrics and bringing it up to the necessary health and safety requirements.

Without the work being done, it was unlikely that they'd have been able to continue using the upper floor. Meaning, the Reach Out print ship, resource library and computer recycling would be shut down and clubs such as Beavers and Cubs could no longer use that space.

Firths Retired Employees Association

Firths Retired Employees Association received £850 in July from the Kathleen Mary Denham fund, to enhance the members and friends attending monthly meetings, with trips and tours. The association keeps people involved, and in touch with each other, who would otherwise loose contact.

Friends of the Calder Holmes Park

Friends of Calder Holmes Park received £5,000 in July from the General Fund to allow the expansion and landscaping of the existing Skate Park. The grant will allow the group to provide a new up to date range of installations (curves, bars, etc), a shelter, seating, a viewing area, bins, bike stations, re-cycling bins and a landscaped surround (includes wild flower planting).