Fencing Without Boundaries

The funding will be used by a primary school to install outdoor play equipment in within the school grounds. The project aims to provide the school children with apparatus to play and become more active.

The Water Cycle

Reconstruction of square and new drainage at Heywood CC

This project will match female householders aged over 65 and at risk of isolation with potential home-sharers including local students, interns, apprentices, trainee health workers and low income care workers. Referral routes for householders will include local authorities, support agencies, women?s groups, respite services and hospitals. Referral routes will be developed with colleges and universities. The scheme will be developed across Littleborough, Bamford, Spotland and Falinge, and South Middleton.

The organisation will use the funding to run two 10 week courses for carers in Rochdale and Wigan combining creative, mentoring and development activities. This will aim to improve wellbeing, increase confidence and reduce isolation.

The funding will be used to offer drama classes and performances for vulnerable people affected by issues like bereavement, mental health, drug abuse, domestic abuse, loneliness, low self-esteem, long term unemployment and involvement in criminal activity. This will help people improve their confidence, make new relationships and create a support network.

Digital Communities (DC)

The Light Fantastic

The organisation will use the funding to organise and deliver a range of positive, diversionary activities for young people exhibiting anti-social and nuisance behaviour which will be launched at a community festival. This will engage the young people in positive activities which challenge and address their negative behaviour, and improve the perception of young people by residents of the area.

This is a project by an incorporated charity in Rochdale, Lancashire. The organisation will use the funding to run a series of dance based fitness classes. This will enable the organisation to engage community members in physical exercise to combat rising rates of obesity whilst bringing together people from different generations and ethnic backgrounds in order to reduce the number of incidents of discrimination and anti-social behaviour.

This is a project by a voluntary organisation in Heywood. The organisation will use funding to run health based activity sessions for the local community. This will help to tackle a range of health issues for local people including obesity, leading to improvements in wellbeing.

A project in Rochdale to create an outdoor space for pupils to access for outdoor play, education and as a cooling off area. This will provide children and young people who experience behavioural difficulties with a safe outdoor area to encourage teamwork, creative play, and also as a place for reflection and dealing with behavioural issues.

This is a project by a primary school in Rochdale. The organisation will use the funding to install outdoor play equipment in the school playground. This will provide play equipment to stimulate pupils at playtimes, and reduce poor behaviour and classroom disruptions.

This is a project by a community organisation in Bolton. The organisation will use the funding to providing a series of workshops out of school hours over 12 months using science. This will engage, excite, challenge thinking & raise aspirations of Young People in the West of Bolton aged 10-16.

Reconstruction of square and new drainage at Heywood CC

This is a project by an incorporated charity in Rochdale. The organisation will use the funding to establish a community growing area in the grounds of the centre where older people can get together and grow food. This will help reduce social isolation an

This is a project by an incorporated charity in Rochdale. The organisation will use the funding to establish a community growing area in the grounds of the centre where older people can get together and grow food. This will help reduce social isolation and keep beneficiaries active.

Darnhill Festival of Invention

This voluntary organisation in Heywood will use the funding to deliver social activities for residents in a sheltered housing development. This will enable residents to socialise, enjoy mentally stimulating sessions and light exercise together.

The aim of this existing project based in Rochdale is to build the self-confidence of individuals from low-income neighbourhoods who face barriers and in many cases have complex and multiple needs, and promote community cohesion within and between communi

This is a project by a school in Lancashire. The organisation will use funding to create a safe outdoor wildlife and nature area and run activities for children from a disadvantaged area. This project will increase the confidence, self esteem and physical

Reconstruction of square and new drainage at Heywood CC

This is a project by a community organisation in Rochdale. The group will use funding to provide art workshops, for adults with mental health issues, culminating in an exhibition of their work. This will provide positive activities for beneficiaries, with

This is a project by a community organisation in Rochdale. The group will use funding to provide art workshops, for adults with mental health issues, culminating in an exhibition of their work. This will provide positive activities for beneficiaries, with

This is a project by a charity in Rochdale. The organisation will use the funding to provide a free festival including stalls and advice on statutory providers and creative workshops promoting family values with the work then exhibited. This will provide

This is a project by a school in Heywood, Lancashire. The organisation will use the funding to purchase outdoor games equipment and games markings. This will enable the young people in the school and community to become more physically active.

This is a project by a community interest company in Heywood, Lancashire. The organisation will use the funding to run a series of courses on first aid, food hygiene, diet and nutrition and cookery for vulnerable adults. This will enable vulnerable adults

Landscapes of the Mind

This Heywood organisation will use the funding to women within the black and minority ethnic (BME) community in Greater Manchester to develop an education pack covering issues such as domestic abuse, rejection of newborn girls and false expectations aroun

St Luke's Church

This is a project by a voluntary organisation in Haywood. The organisation will use funding to provide basic ICT workshops for lone parents and older people within the community and sign post people other organisations to help in other skills development.

This is a project by a community organisation in Rochdale. The group will use funding to resurface the outside of their clubhouse, which currently poses a trip hazard. This will provide safer access to the group's premises, particularly for older and disa

This is a project by a primary school in Heywood, Lancashire. The organisation will use the funding to transform a piece of unused land that sits within the school grounds into a joint community and school growing and learning facility for the benefit of

This is a project by a primary school in Heywood, Lancashire. The organisation will use the funding to develop a hardstanding area of school grounds to provide a creative play area for children at the school and the wider community. This will enable the d

Installation of Artificial Nets

Fishing 4 Juniors 2011/12

Mind Image

Darnhill Festival

Darnhill Arts Festival

The community group in Greater Manchester will use funding to deliver natural play sessions for young people. This will provide opportunities for children to explore the outdoor world and participate in wildlife activities.

This is a project by a community group in Oldham. The group will use funding to provide sports activities for new arrivals in the community. This will reduce isolation and financial barriers to join official clubs.

This is a project by a community group in Rochdale. The group will use funding to run ICT courses for adults of all ages in the Darnhill area. This will enable people to learn CV writing, carry out job searches and gain general ICT knowledge.

This is a project by a community group in Rochdale. The group will use the funding to create a new outdoor space and allotment facility for local residents. The award includes funding for skips, garden tools, landscaping and plants.

This school will use funding to provide a health learning programme and develop an area of the school's grounds into a sensory and exercise area. This will help improve the emotional and physical well-being of pupils, families and young people in after sc

This group will use funding to establish a weekly youth group. This will bring together young people in the area, introducing them to new activities and developing a positive impact on the perception of young people in the area.

This primary school will use funding to create a new outdoor activity centre. This will create a controlled and safe environment for children to play and develop their physical skills.

Tell Us Another One - Digital Diversity

This sheltered housing group will use an award to provide computer training for new skills which will bring them into regular contact with family and friends, to address isolation and give them access to online services. They have no access to computers o

A community arts project, based on the written and spoken word in all its forms, will bring together residents from communities in Rochdale, Bury and Oldham areas. It is an expansion of an existing project based in Manchester, which promotes community coh

This expansion of an existing project will aim to recruit and train up to 40 local parent volunteers from different cultures and social backgrounds in Rochdale, Lancashire, to deliver home visiting support to young families experiencing difficulties. The

Roach Valley Raiders

This charity will use an award to train staff and raise awareness of the organisation through networking events and workshops. This will allow the group to support people from a wide range of cultural backgrounds and further develop their information, adv

"Heywood Sports, Culture and Leisure Village"

The Wrigley Brook Allotment Society was formally established in April 2007 to promote the interest of its members and continue to improve the environment of the allotment site. They have created a community space for all ages and abilities to learn and sh

This group represents the interest and community welfare ofresidents of Heywood, Rochdale. The group will purchase a widescreen television and DVDs so that the elderly tenants will be able hold movie nights once a week. All residents and families will be

This allotment society will use an award to install palisade fencing to the area of their site adjacent to the road and nearby housing. The site has been subject to vandalism in the past and the project will ensure that user groups feel safe and secure an

Egbe Omo Ibile Yoruba help their members in areas such as, education, sports, health and culture within the United Kingdom. The group also works close to other charitable organisations to enhance cultural awareness. With the grant they will create a langu

The aim of Play and Free Time Opportunities For All Project is to develop and facilitate child-led inclusive play and free-time opportunities that will remove the barriers that exclude children, and particularly children with disabilities and special need

This group will refurbish their community hall to meet the needs of the users. They will replace existing damaged fixtures with new ones that meet health and safety regulations.

The project will rejuvenate an overgrown area and transform it into a sensory garden and woodland area with dedicated pathways accessible to all. Hopwood Tenants and Residents Association will be involved in the plans and development of the breathing plac

Darnhill Carnival Club will use an award to provide free art workshops for young people prior to the main festival in July 2007. Work produced at these workshops will form part of the carnival procession. Participants will gain new skills and improve th

The Crimble Croft Community Centre is used by a range of local people and user groups. The award will provide an outdoor fixed goal and basketball facility and give local children access to the facilities, and enable the centre to hold future sports trai

The award will enable this theatre company to run a drama and expressive arts group for adults with learning or physical disabilities. The sessions will lead to a public performance at the end of the project.

Isherwood Close Tenants Association are a new group who represent the interests of residents of an area in Heywood, near Rochdale. The award is for a project to run a series of computer training sessions for the members in order to teach them how to use v

Manchester Chinese New Year Celebrations 2007

This Residents Association Wish To Develop The Communal Garden Area And Provide Better Access For Disabled Users. An Award Will Fund A Patio Seating Area For Residents And Families To Enjoy, And Raised Planters Will Be Situated To Allow Disabled Users To

This hospital radio station, relocating to a new hospital premises, will use an award to purchase software and equipment to build an up to date modern working studio that will allow volunteers, and community groups to be trained on how to run a radio sta

The Group Wish To Enable More Members To Visit The Roch Valley And To Improve Its Environment. The Group Will Use An Award To Improve Disabled Access, Install New Fencing To Prevent Fly-Tipping, Remove Unsafe Fencing And Steps And Create A Community Wildf

This New Group Presently Run Drama Workshops On A Pilot Project Basis. The Award Will Enable The Group To Devise, Rehearse And Perform A Musical Put Together By A Group Of Children Aged Between 7 - 18 In The Rochdale Area. This Would Allow The Children To

Rochdale Photographic Society Provides Activities Such As Practical Evenings, Exhibitions And Presentations For Anyone Interested In Photography. The Award Will Fund A Project To Mobilise The Group, Enabling Them To Provide Entertainment And Educational

The project is for physical activities to incude dance and gymnastics for Early Years children. Healthly lifestyles management will be incorporated by involving a nutritionist from the local Surestart areas to give advice and support while the children a

This Group Aims To Have A Weekend Of Activities To Promote The Local Park And Encourage Greater Use Of The Facilities Available, Including The Bandstand, Bringing Together All Sections Of The Community. Training Opportunities Will Encourage People To Take

With Help From A Lottery Grant Birtle View Special School Will Set Up Out Of School Hours Activities. These Activities Will Provide Pupils With The Opportunity To Socialise And Take Part In New Art And Music Activities. All The Pupils Experience Profound

The project will increase the number of families being supported by Home-Start in Rochdale.

'Tell Us Another One' Is A Three Year Project Based On The Written And Spoken Word In All Its Forms, Which Will Bring Together Residents From Four Communities In Rochdale - Langley, Darnhill, Deeplish And Spotland. As Well As Running An Annual Project Wit

Heywood Arts Complex group in Rochdale will use an award to undertake a reminiscence project that will focus on the collection and broadcasting of people's memories of WW2. The group will operate a Restricted Service License broadcast to share their resea

A Second World War Veteran from Lancs has been awarded a grant towards travel costs for a commemorative visit to Sri Lanka in September of this year. Funding has also been provided for a carer to travel with the Veteran.

The Heywood Branch of the Royal British Legion will use an award to hold a V.E./V.J. Day celebration event, this will include a parade, and displays. The event will be open to the local community.

The organisation supports families, with at least one child under the age of 5, by providing a range of education, social and supportive activities. The award will allow it to take 130 parents and children on an educational trip, purchase a computer and o

A Second World War Veteran from Lancashire has been awarded a grant towards travel costs for a commemorative visit to Italy in May of this year. Funding has also been provided for a carer to travel with the Veteran.

The club provide structured coaching sessions for women. It will use the grant to increase participation in hockey and develop competitive opportunities for young people in the area. Coaching sessions will be provided and tournament opportunities during t

A Second World War Veteran from Heywood has been awarded a grant towards travel costs for a commemorative visit to Burma in March of this year. Funding has also been provided for a carer to travel with the Veteran.

The Threads of Experience

This football club will initiate an Active Sport Girls League, aiming to keep girls playing football after they leave school, a time when many girls stop participating in sport. The club will provide a great deal of encouragement and practical support to

A local group in a deprived area are working to improve the visual impact of a central site within their town centre and to make a community facility available to all local people.

Games our Grandparents Played

A Second World War Veteran from Heywood has been awarded a grant towards travel costs for a commemorative visit to Lybia in November of this year. Funding has also been provided for a carer to travel with the Veteran.

This group plan to celebrate the experiences of the diverse groups in the local community of Longsight and Levenshulme (Manchester). These areas have seen a significant increase in refugee and asylum seeker groups, many of whom have no social contact outs

Volunteers will recover the group's headquarters with a more sturdier, weatherproof material so that the building is dry and usable. The present felt roof has been repaired a number of times and the cost has been become excessive with the repairs to the a

The Heywood Pensioners Association in Heywood have been awarded a grant which will enable them to travel to Blackpool to attend a theatre show commemorating the D-Day landing.

This group was formed to increase health and sports activities amongst the residents of Heywood. The award will enable it to provide training for volunteers which will include sports leaders awards, first aid, child protection, how to coach children in s

This radio group will use funding to broadcast for 14 days, providing opportunities for cultural development and learning in radio broadcasting. A greater number of volunteers will be able to participate, gaining and developing skills in research, intervi

This Is A New Group, Set Up To Provide Opportunities For Local People To Participate In A Diverse Range Of Arts Experiences. This Award Will Fund A Number Of Events Which Will Offer Theses Opportunities, Increasing Individuals Creative Skills And Bringin

This Organisation Runs The Community Centre. It Wishes To Improve Its Service To The Local Community, And So Has Requested Funding To Engage A Consultant To Assist The Group In Producing A Business Plan. This Plan Will Look At The Service Offer By This

Marketing & Company Development

This project will improve the access paths to the Roch valley which are eroding, narrow and muddy. Young people from the local New Deal for Communities area will be involved in doing the work and will be trained in countryside skills. Wheelchair access wi

The Little Things....

This group runs a variety of community arts projects in the North of England. They will use the award to fund a 4 month residency at a day centre for elderly people with dementia, using visual arts, music and crafts to increase memory and communication sk

This Football Referee'S Group Will Recruit New Members From The Minority Ethnic Community In Rochdale. Laptop Computer, Printer And A Projector.