Success Stories
Tyneside Cyrenians is a registered charity that provides homeless people with opportunities to improve their lives. It works to break the 'rubber ball effect' of simply providing accommodation as a solution to homelessness. For many people this is not the answer as they don't have the skills or experience to maintain a tenancy and end up in back in homelessness services or on the streets.
Tyneside Cyrenians has recently been awarded a grant of £16,000 from the Local Action on Global Issues Fund and £3,675 from the eaga Community Fund to install at combined heat and power unit at Elliot and Westbridge House which will generate electricity locally. It is hoped that it will drastically reduce their energy bill.
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West Park Veterans
West Park Veterans Bowling and Social Club meet to play bowls, board and card games and billiards in South Shields. The Bowls team play matches with other clubs, and they have interpark indoor games events during the winter. The club was established in 1911 and there are 46 members aged over 50. They were recently awarded a grant through Grassroots Grants South Tyneside for £575 to improve their facilities for the snooker players and the visitng teams that join them for snooker and billiards during the winter months.With the money they recovered their snooker table and bought new billiard balls as well as a new cue rest and a table cover.
Chopwell and Blackhall Mill Live at Home Scheme
Based in rural Gateshead, the project is dedicated to ensuring that older people can continue to live in their own homes, but be supported to play a full and active part of the local community. It provides a host of services aimed at including people such as one to one befriending visits, events, outings, advocacy, lunch clubs and a telephone link.
The Muckle LLP Fund and the Ringtons Fund recently awarded the Live at Home Scheme grants of £1,000 each towards, entertainment, transportation and prizes for the older people that attend the group.
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Gateway into the Community
Gateway into the Community is based at Hexham Community Centre but also runs regular groups and support activities throughout Tynedale, including Haltwhistle and Prudhoe. It supports people with learning disabilities to integrate into the community and to support their educational development. Participants also take part in social, leisure and learning activities to give them skills to live more independently.
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