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Neighbourhood fund 2012-2013Neighbourhood Fund 2012/13The Neighbourhood Fund is now in its third year and is made up of money thathas been saved through the more efficient running of our business.The Adactus Housing Group developed the fund to give money back to thecommunities where we have homes and it is available to tenants of AdactusHousing Association, Chorley Community Housing and Beech HousingAssociation.This years fund has benefited 105 community projects so far with more tofollow.These projects cover Cheshire, Manchester, Wigan & Leigh, Sefton, Chorley,Preston, Morecambe and Lancaster.The projects incorporate a range of themes from environmental improvementsand healthy living through to community cohesion and youth diversionaryactivities.Applications for the fund are judged by panels made up of our tenants andsnippet of some of the projects funded for 2012/13 is included below:-Health and well-being daysAmount awarded - £1,460Fingers BurntAmount awarded - £408Community Food GrowingAmount awarded - £1,000‘Health and well-being days’ is an initiativeaimed at older residents who reside inour sheltered schemes. Sefton Opera, theorganisation who delivers the projects onbehalf of Adactus, have delivered similarprojects in our Sefton schemes for sometime and due to the sheer success andpopularity of the days, the project has beenintroduced in Chorley.There are a number of activities on offerincluding arm chair exercises, tai chiand meditation and to top the day offcomplementary therapies such as hand,foot and back massages. The activities arefocused on improving personal healthand mobility and to raise awareness of thebenefits of keeping active. The activitieswill hopefully encourage participants tocontinue to utilise the techniques in theireveryday lives.The project has been funded by theNeighbourhood Fund and a session willbe delivered in the near future for Coppull,Heapey and Whittle Le Woods residents.“Fingers Burnt” is a initiative that hasbeen developed by Altru Drama anddelivers a powerful message througha drama performance & workshopabout friendship, peer pressure and thepotential dangers of anti-social behaviour,specifically dealing with issues associatedwith the Halloween/mischief period andbonfire night.Altru Drama have been commissioned,through the Neighbourhood Fund, todeliver sessions to over 60 Year 5 & Year6 pupils at Gillibrands Primary School inChorley.A large number of these pupils live on orfrequent the Chorley Moor area of Chorleywhere Chorley Community Housing has asignificant amount of housing stock.This project will benefit the pupils whoattend the event by raising awareness ofthe issues covered and also the peoplewho live in the Chorley Moor area byway of supporting a reduced number ofincidents during the Halloween/mischiefperiod and bonfire night.Chorley Community Housing andLancashire Wildlife Trust have formed apartnership to develop a community foodgrowing project at the former site of TheWillows on Milton Road in Coppull.The project will see part of an emptyplot of land transformed through theinstallation of a number of large raisedplanters and footpaths to increaseaccessibility as well as the provision of soil,compost, seeds and tools.Local residents have been consulted onthe project and are keen to get involvedthrough both training and by gettingstuck in at the plot.It is hoped that the whole communitysurrounding the community food growingarea will get involved and will benefitfrom learning new skills associated withgardening and growing your own produceas well learning about how to lead ahealthy lifestyle which will be encourageby the fresh fruit, vegetables and saladsthat will grown.22 | inhouse