Inspire Magazine - Issue 2, 2019

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COMMUNITY Who won Community Soup funding in your area? We’re proud to support community groups and projects across the city, and our Community Soup fund awarded more fantastic causes with money recently. Local people attended the three events to hear pitches about how the finalists will spend the money. The audience then voted for those they thought were the most deserving (after eating a delicious hot meal). The wonderful winning projects were: EAST (Openshaw, Gorton, Abbey Hey, Levenshulme) - Rainbow Haven £3,000 £1,500 £1,500 West Gorton JFC The funding will provide football training, holiday clubs and opportunities for children within the Gorton area. It will also help to pay coaches and provide equipment. Men’s Sheds, Debdale The money will allow the group to set-up a Men’s Sheds project in the barn at Debdale Park, with the aim of reducing loneliness for men and women and teaching them new skills. Skating Edge They will use the funds to replace worn out roller skates and safety equipment, and will continue to provide weekly and monthly general sessions and discos at a low-cost. SOUTH (Moss Side, Fallowfield, Longsight, Rusholme) - Luther King Centre £3,000 £3,000 £2,000 Birthday Stars Funding will provide free kids parties for families affected by homelessness, domestic violence or fleeing persecution. Platt Fields Market Garden They will offer mid-week gardening sessions focused around improving mental health and wellbeing. This will include gentle gardening tasks, walks around the park, and tasting fresh food from the produce they have grown. Together Dementia The money will allow the group to continue running a gospel choir and provide more opportunities to sing at different locations across Manchester. CENTRAL (Beswick, Ardwick, Hulme) - Sheung Lok Centre £3,500 £3,500 £1,000 Manchester Young Lives Receiving funding will help to run free activities for disadvantaged children aged 5 to 16 at the Aquarius Centre in Hulme. Sessions will include sports, arts and craft, cooking and baking activities. Neighbourly Gardening Projects The funding will go towards helping pay the rent for the workshop space and allow the group to buy plants for people’s gardens. Strictly Wheels The money means the group can keep the dance classes for people in wheelchairs free of charge. It will also cover the costs of a professional teacher to make sure the dancers get the best out of the classes. 16 @onemcr
Speaking from the heart COMMUNITY A word of encouragement from one of our winners Applying for Community Soup funding doesn’t need to feel scary, as there’s plenty of support to give you the best chance if you’re shortlisted. Completing the application form and preparing your pitch might be new to you, but one of our winners explains why you should go for it. Wayne and Nicola of West Gorton JFC successfully pitched at our East Community Soup and took the top prize on the night of £3,000. Wayne is the Chairman of the club and Nicola is the Safeguarding Officer. “I’d basically just asked anybody and everybody in the Gorton area if they knew of any ways to receive funding”, Nicola told us. The pair heard about Community Soup from a friend and decided to try their luck at applying for funds to allow them to continue running the football club. Wayne said, “It’s been an amazing evening, and it is a great way to link-up with all the other community organisations too. We’ve swapped numbers with a few other groups to see if we can get our kids involved in some of the work they do.” And the night didn’t just focus on the future of the club, as one member of the audience was able to provide some information about the team’s past. “What’s been nice as well is that we’ve just spoken with a lady who was sitting at the front, and she’s told us that she actually has the original photos of the West Gorton team from the 1940s. “That’s massive for us because that’s how our club started and that history is what we’re all about, so we’re going to meet with her for a cup of tea and have a look at the old photos.” Wayne says the difference this money will make will have a huge impact on the youngsters who love playing for this team. “You couldn’t imagine what this money means for us, it’s exactly what these kids need. We put a lot of funds in ourselves, but to get this money - I could cry it means that much to us.” Nicola added that they think the key to their success on the evening was speaking from the heart. “Make sure you believe in what you do. If you believe in it then the people in audience will see that and vote for you. When we were writing the pitch for tonight, we found it really hard to put into words how much it would mean to us. So really, it’s just about having the confidence to speak from the heart, get up there and enjoy it. It’s so rewarding.” One Manchester is proud to support local organisations and provide funding opportunities throughout the year. To find out more email customer.involvement@onemanchester.co.uk or visit www.onemanchester.co.uk/ support-funding 17
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