HEALTHY LIVING SMALL GRANTS AND HEALTHY LIVING PROJECT SCHEME

Throughout Cornwall and Isles of Scilly a huge amount of valuable and innovative work is being carried out within the Voluntary/Community Sector to promote the broader aspects of health and wellbeing throughout local communities. Many local groups are under great pressure to deliver important services with very limited resources. The Small Grants and the Healthy Living Project Schemes support this valued work and enable groups to achieve a specific piece of work that would otherwise be hard to secure funding for. This provides the opportunity to put great ‘ideas’ into action to achieve real results for local people.

The Healthy Living Initiative offers the Small Grant Scheme (grants of up to £200) and the Healthy Living Project Scheme (grants up to £1,000) to community and voluntary groups who need funding to support an activity which will assist in promoting health within the community. Further financial support for these initiatives has been provided by the Duchy Health Charity.

In 2000/2001, both Schemes had the following three priorities. Proposals needed to identify which they were applying for:

1. To promote and encourage healthy eating habits throughout the community
2. To support local communities through a community health development approach
3. Achieving well being through a learning experience

The priorities may well differ for subsequent Schemes.

All projects must satisfy the following criteria:

• Promote health and wellbeing throughout the community
• Encourage wide access and community involvement
• Address health inequalities, isolation, disadvantage and broader equality of opportunity
• Identify a real need for the project
• Consult with users and the community
• Be well planned and realistic
• Include planning for sustainability where appropriate
• Be on a not-for-profit basis
• Not be a statutory provision
• Be additional to current provision
• Be monitored and evaluated

This year the size and complexity of the application form has been significantly reduced, hopefully making it easier for everyone involved. It is important that projects are assessed against the criteria as set out above. To ensure that the appraisers have a clear understanding of the project and its heart and passion, telephone appraisals are now carried out with applicants. Officers of the Healthy Living Initiative then take this information to a Selection Panel who make the final decisions on all grants. The Panel comprises representatives from the voluntary sector, Health Promotion Service, Cornwall Community Health Council, Healthy Living Forums, Primary Care Organisations and community workers.

Grants awarded in the three financial years:

Key SGS = Small Grant Scheme
HLPS = Healthy Living Project Scheme

A full list of projects can be found on the Healthy Living Initiative website available through the Health Promotion Service at www.healthpromcornwall.org.

The Healthy Living Initiative proposes that the District Forums take on the responsibility of the Small Grants and the Healthy Living Project Schemes from next financial year. This would enable local people to decide on their own priorities and how the funds would be distributed. It would also free up the time of the Healthy Living Initiative Co-ordinator enabling her to provide more support to community groups for project development.

For more information contact Alex Ollivier on 01209 216967

Healthy Living Progect Scheme Grants 2001-2002�

£450 Adventurers Activity Clubs Teaching aids to explain nutrition to parents/children (available from Health Promotion Service) and establish a veg garden for children to work

£1000 Age Concern Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Reminiscence work across the county.8 sessions with Cascade

£625 All Saints' Community Ctr's Saturday Social Evening Equipment for a Carpet Bowls social evening.

£1000 Artworks Penzance Learning Together project (Jan 2002 - end Jan 2002) looking an own identity

£748.22 Bagas an Mesan Pensans A weekend on the north coast for young people (Feb 2002) 6-10 yrs

£1000 Beacon Community Regeneration Partnership Specific training/education for young parents by way of 'Life Skills Training'.

£1000 Bodmin Youth Project Peer education drama production

£1000 Bodmin Youth Project Drama project with Small Scale to look at issues of health with YP - production taken to schools

£1000 Brook To create a part time outreach worker post in order to promote service locally, visiting youth centres, schools, colleges etc

£1000 Budock Hospital (NHS) Falmouth Work with those with MH issues to provide art activities. This is for equipment.

£1000 Calstock Devt Trust Carry out a feasibility study in order to make a full funding application to 'Walk for Health NOF'. To devise walks and test out.

£550 Camborne & Redruth LETS

£1000 Camborne Produce Assoc. To continue to upgrade all the paths on the site to increase access.

£867 Camel Club To set up a mental health user involvement scheme at the Camel Club.

£1000 Caradon Housing Youth Project To run a 6 week programme of healthy eating workshops with resettlement clients.

£975.88 CHAT Community Health Around Torpoint To extend facilities for the disabled in local area.

£500 City of Lights 2001 Residency for an artist to work with a community group in a deprived area of Truro (Nov 2001 - Dec2001)

£1000 Complementary Health Initiative Obesity clinic (Oct 2001 - Dec 2001), food diaries, change of food lifestyle and habits.

£1000 Cornwall County Care Ltd. To build a sensory garden with access for clients, relatives and visitors.

£1000 Cornwall One Parent Support Fun days, outings and educational trips for one parent families would otherwise be unavailable. To pay for healthy eating/info for picnics/BBQs

£1000 Council for the Isles of Scilly Prepare venue for exercise classes etc

840.83 Crossover Community Project To provide an interactive community safety course 'Streetwise'. Comprehensive programme by professionals

£1000 Cuddra Women's Institute Installation of 'loop induction sound system' (?)

£1000 Domestic Violence Women's Support Worker Project Two six-week courses of 'self defence for women' to enable disadvantaged and isolated women to participate.

£1000 Falmouth Cricket Club - Jnr Section Flexi pitch - very highly recommended by cricket board and Chris Olds.

£450 Falmouth Green Centre To purchase fruit bushes, seeds, videos and other literature on organic gardening.

£1000 Falmouth Green Centre Establish a herb nursery. To look at medicinal effects of herbs and to sell to local community and businesses.

£1000 Falmouth Opportunity Playgroup To raise awareness of healthy eating

£900 Fit To Live Club Simple cooking lessons.

£600 Friends of Fountain House Machinery and tools to provide learning/working experiences that will help boost self esteem and promote independent living. (Sept 2001 - ongoing)

£1000 Grenville Gardens Residents Assoc To improve communal gardens with resients and children

£896 Gwellheans Recovery Sporting projects for excluded people - drug and alcohol abuse

£500 Healthy Towns - Planning for Real Publicity and sports and play equipment (October 2001)

£850 Hospitality HolidaysDevelopment of website (Dec 2001) so that disabled people can post own reviews. Advice to hotels.

£1000 Isles of Scilly Students' Group Programme of peer education through residential weekend.

£1000 K2 Youth Club Teenage alcohol awareness (Oct 2001 - Feb 2002) gender specific, target clients

£1000 Kabin Ltd. Co-op To raise awareness of food co-ops and work with groups to set up food co-ops.

£820 Lafrowda Festival To create a colour scheme and thoughtfully designed decoration for one street in St Just for the festival.

£900 Learning Disability Directorate 6x bikes, trailer to transport bikes (October 2001 - April 2002)

£156 Lewannick Under 5s To provide children with fresh fruit snack and juice drink instead of biscuits and squash at breaktime.

£997 Lezant Community Luncheon Group Promotional leaflets and cooking utensils (Dec 2001 - Ongoing) Advice on cooking, shopping, speakers

£240 Liskeard School & Comm College To pay for theatre productions. PSHE is a curriculum area with a small school budget.

£928.80 Luxulyan Smarties To set up an award scheme for healthy eating at tuck time.

£1000 Mousehole Eat Write Artist to work with children.

£1000 Mullion Women's Institute Level hall floor to play short mat bowls.

£1000 National Schizophrenia Fellowship To establish fruit, herb and vegetable garden with clients. Attack stigma of MH. Cornish Guardian to include a diary of project. NOT self referral.

£800 North Cornwall District Council Artist to work with children.

£450 North Hill & Coads Green Pre-School Vegetable gardening (7 Sept 01 - 27 July 02)

£312 North Hill & Coads Green Pre-School To provide fruit and other health eating alternatives at 'snack time'.

£500 NSPCC Hayle Family Support Project Workshops looking with parents at sleep problems, eating difficulties, child development and other related areas.

£550 NSPCC Hayle Family Support Project Assertiveness training with crèche facility

£880 Padstow School Purchase of a 'playboat' for the children (Oct 2001 - Oct 2002) as part of development of play area

£500 Penwith Healthy Living Network/PCDT Travel expenses for volunteers within the self-evaluation scheme (Jan 02 - Dec 02) Dates a problems?

£1000 Penzance Mother & Baby Project Food for weekly house meal. Subsidise Gymbobs. 2 Aerobics steps. Working with disadvantaged young mothers

£575 Recovery Express Various costs for 4 bands to perform at a dance in Bude. Bands formed through users with MH issues.

£770 Redruth Rainbow To set up food co-operative to bulk buy produce.

£1000 Redruth Youth Centre Programme of activities to make healthy living an attractive option. Change attitudes.

£1000 Scope (Day Service) To work with MaDE to provide support to clients working on group development,

£1000 Small Scale Theatre Performance workshop(3 days) and performance with people with learning disabilities in local day centres.

£1000 St Dennis Band To buy 4 brass instruments for junior members of the band.

£950 St Martins Rowing Club To purchase a rowing machine to continue with training within winter months.

£999.48 Sure Start Lescudjack To purchase kitchen equipment for the Cookery Club.

£1000 The Breadline Centre To fund heat, light, cost of materials and transport costs to teach living skills (nutrition, budgeting, self care)

£1000 This is Your Life To facilitate older adults to adopt healthy, active lifestyles (Oct 2001 - Dec2001)

£989 Tresco Gym Club To purchase a treadmill as a foundation for a community-based gym on Tresco.

£440 Tresco Parent and Toddler Group Fruit and vegetable shop and bakery (Nov 2001 - Feb 2002)

£1000 Trevaylor Road, Health Visiting Team Healthy Eating project involving community nursery nurse offering home visits to support and promote activities.

£972 Trevu Play Station To purchase sports equipment.

£450 Trevu Play Station To provide healthy options for food provided. Work with children on all issues surrounding food. Trying new foods

£545 Trevu Toddler Stop To provide Salsa lessons to local people as an alternative to exercise.

£600 Well Being Centre Floor covering for yoga and other classes (Sept 2001 - Dec 2001)

£201 West of Cornwall PCT (Sept-Dec 2001) 1.5 hr sessions each fortrnight=6 sessions promote healthy eating with parents and children U5

£950 WILD Young Fathers Project Days out for children and fathers and a portfolio of photographs (Nov 2001 - Feb 2002)

£1000 WILD Young Parents' Project A training event for primary care professionals facilitated by young parents.

£940 YWCA - Truro Young Women's Centre Crèche and other child care expenses to enable isolated lone mothers to participate in peer befriending programme.

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Healthy living Small Grants 2001-2002

WholeAmount Organisation/Project Title/Summary

£100 Self Direction Community Project Leader/enabler fees and travel expenses for clients. Extending a range of activities to include Tai Chi

£200 Young Women's Group Fourway Self defence workshops.

£158 All Saints Vicarage To purchase equipment to promote intergenerational involvement.

£154.90 Kestle Mill Care Home Purchase of a boule game and a ten pin bowling game for residential home

£200 Mencap Purchase of training bike for mentally and physically disabled older people

£200 Hollies and Glencoe Residential Homes

£200 Cornwall Community Volunteer Svcs Funding of a minibus driven by volunteer driver, to take groups of visually impaired people and their volunteer helpers to and from venues

£200 Cornwall Probation Service One day kayaking expedition for five under 18 year old offenders with alcohol/drug related problems

£200 Wadebridge Area Toy Library Purchase of larger equipment such as folding trampolines for Toy Library

£200 Kerrier Splash To provide transport for an existing scheme which has lacked numbers in the past year because of accessibility

£200 St Keverne CP School Purchase of good quality music system, to enable a school to add dance and movement to music activities to existing activities

£125 Pensilva Youth Football Club Purchase of football strip to allow newly formed team to play competitive soccer

£200 Zebedees Purchase of sports equipment for a venue that caters for vulnerable young people

£200 Cornwall Care Penberthy House Theme nights for residential home eg British evenings would be old-time dancing

£200 Offspring Buying materials for a park or to go towards buying land for the park for a skate and bike park

£200 Park House Activity To buy more equipment for clients' physical activity

£200 Pool Visually Impaired Club Transport for a retired occupational therapist to visit a visually impaired club and instruct 'keep-fit' which can be performed sitting in a chair

£200 Penzance Detached Project 3 rock climbing sessions to introduce young people to youth sessions and increase physical activity.

£100 Age Concern in Cornwall & IoS Purchase of video recorder and exercise tapes for staff to promote physical activity daily in the day care centre

£200 Fal/Pen Adult Education Centre To pay a tutor from Adult Education to go into residential homes for 30 minute weekly sessions of 'Armchair Aerobics' with the residents

£100 Self Direction Community Project Leader/enabler fees and travel expenses for clients. Extending a range of activities to include Tai Chi and involvement with a local farm project

£181 Tribe 4 sessions of swimming, 4 session of use of a sports hall, 6 sessions of dance instruction to promote physical activity with a group of young gay men

£200 Guinness Trust The purchase of music/tapes, special seating/aids, refreshments and leaflet to promote the class for tenants of sheltered housing.

£200 Carrick Mental Health Team Transport, petrol, car park fees, entrance fees etc for groups of up to 12 people to take part in outdoor activities such as walks etc

£200 Camborne Produce Assoc (Allotment Section) Part payment of a path to an allotment to allow access in all weathers thereby continuing activity throughout the year

£200 Gladys Holman House To provide aromatherapy and relaxation sessions.

£200 CFWI To promote and support the training of the Bones in Mind project working to prevent osteoporosis.

£200 Hayle Youth Club Utensils to equip a kitchen for cooking healthily sessions for young people.

£200 Mencap Portable table tennis table for older adults with learning disabilities and physical disabilities.

£191.12 Woodcraft Folk In place of Caroline Dann

£200 Caradon Housing Youth Project To promote exercise through swimming and use of gym equipment for young people who are homeless or have a housing need to improve wellbeing

£200 Caradon Housing Youth Project Swimming sessions and swimwear for homeless or vulnerable young women.

£114.92 Breage After School Experience (BASE) Tennis equipment for after school club.

£200 St Keverne CP School Equipment and plants to help children and gardening society members create a garden in the school grounds.

£130 St Issey Senior Citizens Club Health & Safety for senior citizens including advice from 3 chefs, visits to garden and gardening.

£200 K2 Youth Club Do I want to be a teen parent?

£200 Redruth Youth Centre Health issues through drama - need to purchase costumes to give a greater sense of pride and provide for future.

£200 Home-Start Penwith Family swimming activity to provide free sessions

£200 Chatlink Collection of economical, healthy recipes collected from community to be printed and sold. The money raised will help with further books and printing.

£190 Holifield Farm Project FREE fun/activity sports day for people with disabilities - need to hire accessible toilets

£200 Penhaligon's Friends Provision of a lending library for families and professionals to deal with bereavement.

£200 Fourways Seniors Night 10 week self defence course

£200 Cornwall Healthcare Trust Under Ones and Tots - Equipment to support the newly formed group of mother and toddlers.

£200 Penwith Gateway Club Gateway holiday at Croyde Bay. Whole camp is used by Gateway only. 'Normal' for a week. Different activities, self confidence, independence

£200 Isles of Scilly Swimming Club Adult and family swimming lessons to help both learn to swim in a closed environment.

£200 Tregillet & District Age Concern To provide basic computer skills tuition in-house for the elderly people.

£200 YWCA - Truro Young Women's Centre To pay for crèche/child care expenses to enable isolated lone mothers to participate in a peer befriending and support training programme.

£200 The Bishop's Forum Purchase of resuscitation dummy to extend first aid training for 12-16 year olds.

£200 Steeple Woodland Project To support Green Gym by providing trees and equipment.

£200 St Issey Senior Citizens' Club Introducing physical activity and physical fitness to over 50's social club especially targeting socially isolated.

£200 The Nancherrow Centre Providing some skateboarding provision at the centre.

£195 Truro Police Station To purchase tools and equipment for community project whereby disaffected/excluded young people undertake tasks to assist the community

£200 BTCV Supporting older volunteers to take part in 'Beach Sweeping Days'.

£100 Roche CP School To provide 20 weekly family exercise sessions for under 5s and families.

£200 Youth Achievement Awards To provide outdoor activities for six isolated young people.

£196.20 Home-Start Camborne, Pool & Redruth Home-Start swimming sessions for the family - for those on benefit. Family fun, relieves stress, promotes confidence and self esteem.

£100 Bones in Mind Group To provide transport costs to enable a group of over 50s to socialise together, reducing isolation and encouraging greater sense of community.

£200 Coads Green Primary School Equipment for rock-climbing sessions for 9-11 year olds provided by qualified instructor.

£91.50 Rural Community Link Project Information base - expansion - holders for leaflets.

£180 Trevu Toddler Stop Junior health cooking/eating with parents and toddlers to encourage healthy eating habits in Troon and Illogan

£200 BTCV Wildflower madness - A days event to mentor 20 volunteers outside the Green Centre - Wild Flower Plugs?

£200 Asps and Adders To provide a crèche worker to enable parents to access support group. Some parents are not attending as no crèche facility

£198.24 St Germans Under 5s Educational trip to the Lost Gardens of Heligan, purchase of plants and plant on return.

£195 RASCH/Restormel Activity Scheme Transport for swimming and bowling sessions for Easter and Summer schemes.

£200 Trevu Play Station/Trevu Toddler Stop To purchase Top Start Sports Kit to broaden range of activities on offer for outreach.

£192.60 Saltash College Hire of a venue for setting up gentle exercise course for the over 50s.

£200 St Keverne CP School Fruit - A tasty, healthy choice.To provide free fruit over a 3 week period to help form habits. Part of a larger project.

£196.52 Week St Mary Methodist Circuit Shell Club To purchase 3 folding tables to facilitate handiwork/art activities.

£140 Calstock Home Education (C.H.E) To provide 1 days orienteering, 3 sessions on climbing wall and costs towards petrol/transport costs.

£200 St. Dennis C.P. School To purchase playground games and cooking resources and cooker to promote healthy eating and inter-generational communication.

£200 Leedstown School Fruit for a fortnight. Will provide subsidised fruit for children to try. Will happen with parents and include other work around food and nutrition.

£200 Luxulyan Smarties Coach hire and entrance fee for family day out event.

£200 Womens Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre To provide 2 six-week courses of 'self-defence for women'.

£180 CARMS Visit to Royal Cornwall Museum & Truro Cathedral (November). Carers of mental health - break for carers to museum, transport and lunch.

£180 Cornwall Deaf Church To pay for transport for deaf people to attend the monthly meetings.

£200 Kerrier & Fal Credit Union Providing transport to meetings and training for volunteers living in rural area without adequate public transport.

£190.94 Wing One Daycentre To purchase equipment for a reminiscence project.

£200 Complementary Health Initiative To provide a venue, tutors and healers to offer a learning experience of self-healing.

£195 West Cornwall Concert Band To purchase musical instruments.

£197 St Marys Isles of Scilly Toddler Group To purchase equipment to promote indoor physical activity for babies/toddlers with adult involvement especially during winter months.

£200 Fountain House Mental Health Day Centre Transport to other towns for social recreation during winter months.

£200 Dunheved Bowling Club To provide wheelchair ramp for better access to club house and bowling green.

£180.04 Bridge Medical Centre To purchase health education models to expand health education for 12-13 year olds.

£200 St Martin Rowing Club Boat fares for club members to attend the gym on St Mary's.

£200 Saltash College To provide for a community group to meet, pay guest speakers to offer lectures which raise parents/carers awareness of learning difficulties.

£155 St Mabyn Preschool To purchase cassette player, music/nursery rhymes, games etc and musical instruments.

£200 Lollitots Mothers and Toddlers o purchase inter-generational equipment, toys, games.

£125 Delaware Playgroup To purchase apparatus to promote physical play. Plus the purchase of different fruits to promote healthy eating.

£162.76 Tamara Parent & Toddler Group To purchase equipment to promote activities.

£200 Menheniot Primary School Purchase of equipment for intergenerational play.

£200 Veryan Unit, Budock Hospital To purchase materials to make a cookbook aimed at people with learning disability.

£180 Tintagel Surf Life Saving Club To purchase 2 resusi-Annies to promote life saving skills within the community.

£100 Bugle Community Project for Sport & Leisure To cover costs for 4 people to complete the FA Junior Team Manager's Award so that they can then manage and coach juniors in the village.

£199.48 Penryn Toddler Group To run sessions with an experienced trainer to promote self-esteem, confidence building and increased awareness of personal safety issues.

£200 Falmouth LETS To cover costs of providing a fun event, encouraging participation and social interaction workshop for all in the community.

£200 Kerrier Centres To fund dance instructor for dance group sessions from 10-18 year old young women.

£195.96 Bee's Knees Community Skiffel Group To purchase 4 microphones which will produce a better quality sound.

£200 Trevarna (Cornwall Care Ltd) Equipment to provide movement to music sessions for Day Centre clients including EMI clients.

£191.12 Penzance Woodcraft Folk Equipment for co-operative games for 6-12 year olds eg parachute.

£199.16 Coombe Youth Club Sports equipment for children and young people for use in village facilities.

£198 Treneere Residents/Community Assoc Transport and activity sessions, including rock-climbing, swimming and mountain biking for 11-18 year olds.

£200 Penryn/Falmouth Youthwork Team Canoeing/kayaking sessions for young people from an area of high level of poverty.

£196.42 Pensilva Youth Football Club New team kit to instil a feeling of pride and belonging. To encourage greater uptake of young people.

£200 Fourways Youth Centre To provide transport, entrance fee and a meal as part of a family day out for a young parent group.

£58 Ups and Downs To fund a Scrapstore session with creative play.

£179.97 Melbourne House To purchase equipment for physical activity.

£200 Cornwall College New Horizons (Sept 01 - July 02)To make wind chimes for each client to take home. Learning new skills. Confidence building.

£200 WILD Young Parents Project Fun with fruit and veg for under fives (Nov 01-Mar 02)

£200 Trevenson Senior Citizens Club Encourage older people to take up exercise - dancing and to music. Grant for speakers and demonstrators to ensure safety and quality.

£80 Social Services (C.C.C) To promote and encourage well being through learning the art of relaxation (Nov 01 - ongoing) To purchase CD player, CDs and essential oils.

£175 Fistral Young Persons' Unit Ten-pin bowling for long-term or 'regular' adolescent medical and surgical patients to improve physical and mental health.

£200 Cornwall Care To provide T'ai Chi sessions to a group of elderly people at Trevarna Day Centre, St Austell.

£200 Ladock School To purchase equipment for indoor playtimes/lunchtimes with social interaction, teaching and learning of small group games etc.

£200 Manaccan School Supporting swimming sessions fr 4-11 year olds.

£82 Speech and Language Therapy To set up a communication therapy group for older people with communication difficulties and provide equipment to support it.

£200 Withiel SMBC Extending short mat bowls club activity to meet demand as there is a waiting list of older people wanting to join but equipment not available.

£200 CMHT Room 34 Equipment to enable a relaxation group for the elderly patients on this psychiatric ward.

£200 St Agnes Island Hall & Reading Room Equipment to run keep fit sessions for older people.

£200 Cornwall Care Ltd Equipment for physical activity including scented activity items for visually impaired clients and building materials for raised flower beds.

£189.60 Callington Youth Centre Sports equipment to extend activities available for 12-16 year olds.

£120 Calstock under 5's To provide 3 months of swimming sessions.

£200 Isles of Scilly Youth Club Smoothie Bar - Fruit and veg juice smoothies in the youth club.

£200 Falmouth Green Centre To purchase perennial plants to plant in a children's garden and to buy willow to construct a play dome.

£140 Cornwall County Care Ltd To purchase exercise equipment and story books.

£180 Kernow Girls To cover costs of renting a meeting place for an isolated and disadvantaged group.

£150 CHT - East Resource Centre To facilitate two planned sessions addressing self-esteem etc.

£200 Calstock Unicycle Club Set up unicycle club

£175 Polzeath Area Residents Association Cookery course for elderly men. 7 elderly single men - 8 sessions @ local hotel with chef = £50/session. £175 own funds

£200 Crossover Community Project Looking good, feeling fit. Improve self esteem in women group - 2 users to be trained in exercise and music £100 each.

£200 Calstock Development Trust Employ youth worker to work with young people to design and implement skateboard ramp.

£200 Fowey Community College To promote healthy eating within the school through menus, advice and prep of healthy food. To purchase display boards.

£199.94 ARC Accessing Resources in the Community To purchase an internet compatible computer to provide basic learning and also internet access.

£200 Falmouth Opportunity Playgroup Several activities ie music sessions, swimming, art and craft sessions etc.

£200 West Cornwall Concert Band Purchase of alto saxophone for a band member (to be owned by the Band) £100 own fund raising.

£198.36 St Neot Under Fives Fruit for each pre-school child. OJ & Fruit over 114 sessions = 1 year (3 sessions/week) £1.74/session

£200 Penzance Detached Project Self esteem and self confidence building sessions using physical exercise and personal safety sessions.

£200 Fourways Youth Club Open youth work sessions (the Monday Club) To address bullying/tribalism. Encourage 11-14 to participate in sports

£200 Fourways Youth Club Learning experiences and social education for young people with learning disabilities. (Friday Club). Transport

£120 Calstock Under Fives To cover costs of books for library and transport costs for 2 trips to visit library.

£195 Rural Community Link Project Stained glass and ceramics course. Mental health users. Aiming to building self confidence. Grant for materials. Boost of achievement.

£194.85 Women's Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre The purchase of books to help provide support for victims of rape and sexual abuse 15 x The Courage to Heal. (hand book for volunteers to man helplines)

£200 Pendeen Pre-School STEPS Development Programme - to develop a local resident to then be able to assist with Community Health Development with the Pendeen Project.

£200 Yeolmbridge Club To organise coffee and lunches on a regular

£198.36 Saltash College To provide tutor, room hire certification for first aid courses for carers for 3 playgroups.

£200 Saltash College To provide tutor, room hire certification for food safety courses for carers for 3 playgroups.

£198.02 Ladock Parent and Toddler Group The reestablishment and development of the toddler group. Committee made up of parents. Consulted other parents.

£190 Falmouth Youth Club To provide indoor football sessions, outdoor training sessions and equipment.

Bones In Mind Equipment and hire charges to run Bones in Mind groups, addressing prevention of osteoporosis.

£150 Lewannick Pre-School To provide healthy food through cooking

£150 Nancegollan Youth Project Nancegollan Youth Project

£200 The Children's Society Celebrating National Play Day in Penzance.

£150 Swallows of Helston GC Fundraising for pre-school ball pool.Have been using paddling pools that burst regularly and only for v. young.

£83 Four Lanes Action Group FLAG Youth Centre - board games

£200 St Issey & Little Petherick Pre-School To promote and develop physical activity for 2 1/2 - 4 year olds

£200 Dreadnought Centre Independent living - cooker to help with independent living.

£191.98 Mary Kendall Pre School To purchase a blender and cooker to encourage healthy eating - preparation with parents and children. Print up recipe leaflets

£200 Stonham Housing Manager Aromatherapy workshops for mother & toddler group. Pampering for young parents not had confidence to access services before

£200 Illogan & Redruth Mother & Baby Group Group for local mothers & babies

£190 Numphra Downs Farm - 2001 Tree Project Numphra Downs Community Woodland - 2001 Tree Project

£200 Bude Surf Lifesaving Club Purchase 20 First Aid Manuals to be loaned out. Have own equipment - allow people to learn at own pace.

£200 Launceston Wildlife Group, Children's Team Environmental Roadshow working with school children in schools, garden clubs and intro to website.

£200 Falmouth Green Centre Saturday Community Composting Club Runs A Muck!

£144 Space 2 Learn Young parents Christmas party!

£200 Delabole Art Group Monday Art Group

£200 St Mabyn HAS Football lessons for primary age children

£200 Calstock Home Education Lino Print Making for Older children and parents

£100 Speech & Language Therapy Dept Parkinson's Disease Communication Group

£200 Trengweath MH Unit Trengweath Art Project

£200 YMCA Food for 24 people each week for 6-8 weeks. Communal meal - buy and prepare the communal meal.

£200 WILD Project for Young Parents Workshop to promote wellbeing for young parents

£200 Special Parenting Service Healthy Eating and Cooking group for parents with learning disabilities

£200 Pentreath Industries The Wellbeing Library

MENTAL HEALTH

Bodmin Youth Project

"Does my bum look big in this?"

This project received a £1,000 Healthy Living Project Scheme grant

The grant was used to fund a drama production with the Small Scale Theatre Company and a group of young men aged 15-18. The production was based on health issues for young men including exam stress/mental health, personal health, sexual health, and testicular cancer.

The performers developed the production themselves based on their own ideas. This was not easy given the nature of the subject but in doing so they gained the ability to "open up" such sensitive issues. The audiences gained an awareness of health issues from their peers.

The numbers benefiting from the project were:-
5 young men aged 15-17 involved in the play
2 x Year 10 audiences (about 200 young people in each) at Wadebridge and Bodmin schools
3 more young men aged 16 involved in filming

The project was very effective. It has been described as the best piece of work with young men seen for years. The audiences were amused and shocked and several comments regarding the ‘usefulness’ of the production have been received. The play hits hard using comedy but has an apparent serious message.

At present Small Scale are working with the group to turn the play into a short film, which can be purchased by schools around Cornwall.

For more information contact Nicky Davey 01872 322000

Cornwall Care Ltd

£1,000 to build a sensory garden

Blackwood House provides care for the elderly – residential, elderly mentally ill and day care clients.

The grant enabled a sensory garden to be built, which is suitable for disabled/wheelchair clients as well as the more mobile, and also suitable for people with mental health problems. The grant was spent on building materials, labour costs, trellis, plants and soils.

A great deal of interest has been shown by residents, staff and relatives.

The project is now awaiting better weather to enable clients to participate in the upkeep and to touch, smell and watch the growth of the planting scheme.

CHAT (Community Health Around Torpoint) received £975.88

CHAT Link is a pilot project under the CHAT scheme, which has been established since 1991 and is very much a grassroots organisation. CHAT Link opened in July 2000 and is a one-stop information and advice centre for the Torpoint area.

The grant enabled:
Purchase of a disabled ramp and threshold ramp

• Supply and fitting of a handrail, grab rails and doorbell for the disabled (also young mums) to facilitate access to the CHAT Link offices

The project has been very successful and has increased awareness of disability needs locally. It has also raised the possibility of a disability forum. The project has been very effective and now facilitates accessibility to a whole range of statutory and voluntary agencies

Scope (Day Service)

£1,000 to enable clients to work with(MaDE)

Gladys Holman House is a residential and day-care centre under the auspices of SCOPE for clients with celebral palsy, the intention was for MaDE to work with clients and support staff over a period of six weeks to produce a piece of music, dance and drama for a Christmas celebration.

On 12 December 2001, the performance team presented their version of the Cornish story, ‘The Mousehole Cat’.

The holistic process from consultation, through workshops, into performances, has created opportunities for clients, careers and enablers, and artists to work together to create new music, dance and drama, with the occasional Cornish dance and Christmas carole.

In the words of one audience member;
"The enterprise, imagination and patience of all concerned made me feel very humble. EVERYBODY enjoyed – not least the audience.

TACKLING CANCER/CHD

The Beacon Community Regeneration Partnership:
‘Cooking for Life’ £1,000

The grant was used to provide a series of four intensive healthy eating cookery courses. These were specifically designed for families with young children and held at the Beacon Community Resource Centre, Falmouth.

Each course contained three sessions individually tailored to personal and home circumstances, existing skills and individual concerns.

All food, equipment and childcare was provided free of charge and the clients made between 2 and 5 dishes at each session to take home, together with recipe sheets and handouts.

Although only five clients attended the courses, many more have benefited at home, for example, children, partners and friends.

Falmouth Playgroup £1,000

The grant was used to organise a course of activities, which support the playgroup in the promotion and encouragement of healthy eating through working collaboratively and sharing ideas with the help of dieticians and health workers.

The aim was to build on the knowledge, skills and positive practices the families are currently using and to produce some guidelines which could be helpful to new parents and carers joining the group.

The course and activities have resulted in increased confidence, social skills, knowledge and awareness for the parents and children. A number of parents have been involved in facilitating these sessions, and this has led them to ideas about employment as well as family health.

The playgroup noted that the principles and practices would be incorporated into regular playgroup activities once regular funding could be established.

ACCESS AND RURALITY

Tresco Gym Club £989

As a community project, the addition of a treadmill to the existing equipment is an asset to Tresco Gym Club on the Isles of Scilly.

The treadmill has been of great benefit of the members of the gym. Some use it as part of their weight management programmes whilst others find that having a treadmill is proving to be an essential for their cardiovascular workout.

PATIENT PARTICIPATION

Artworks Penzance £1,000

Four Saturday workshops with children aged 5-10yrs the theme was one of exploring the children’s lives through Art and of taking time to really listen to and record their ideas and views. The grant enabled good quality art materials and frames to be purchased.

The project has been effectove by suceeding in our goal of ‘giving children a voice’ by listening and recording children’s views at the workshops and together making artworks and writings. Parental response has been very positive this resulted in an exhibition at Morrab Surgery.

The amount of people benefitting from the grant:-
23 six to eleven year olds
46 mums/dads/grandparents
100 staff and users of GP surgeries so far) Morrab being the first of three surgeries taking part.

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Mental Health

Calstock Under Fives

This project received £120 Small Grant

Calstock under fives is a charity run organisation, OFSTED approved. It runs 4 mornings a week with 3 paid members of staff. The Group has been running for about 25 years and at present has approximately 35 children on the register.

This grant paid for 3 swimming trips to Lux Park enabling many children and parents to enjoy a swim and it provided an excursion for villagers enabling them to meet new friends and build self confidence.

The project was so successful that further fundraising will be undertaken so that the scheme can continue.

Falls Prevention

Motivation and Movement

Due to the expertise and skills within the Health Promotion Service it was agreed that a member of staff be freed to take on the role of part-time Co-ordinator for this Healthy Living Initiative project. The Co-ordinator promotes stimulation and activities with older people through care homes, luncheon clubs and community groups. This complements and builds on existing schemes including Bones in Mind and Falls Prevention (see Linked Projects page 16). The project offers resources and skills to people enabling them to continue with activities after the Co-ordinator has withdrawn. The Co-ordinator also provides a central point where information and advice can be obtained along with a bank of resources, which can be loaned to groups to extend the range of activities available.

Currently the project is working on the First Step Fund, providing small grants up to £200 to help local people set up ‘Walking for Health’ groups. There is ample evidence supporting the health benefits of walking. Although 80% of people think that they are sufficiently active, 70% do not take part in enough physical activity to maintain their health. The benefits of walking are numerous and relate to physical health, physical ability, and psychological health.

For further information contact Angela Royle on 01209 313419

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