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This is a project by a community organisation in Sandwell, supporting people in Birmingham. They will use the funding to deliver a programme of support activities, focussing on the needs of children who are experiencing the effects of domestic abuse. This will improve their wellbeing.

Existing functions and capacity of the group will be enhanced with this funding, including a sessional worker. This will improve the support and advocacy the group can supply to local voluntary youth organisations.

An anger resolution training programme will be funded for pupils at the school. This will help to address an escalating issue amongst the school community.

The funding will be used to create a sensory garden, forest school and outdoor activity centre. This will allow the school to offer a range of skills based activities to children, their parents and the wider community.

This group will use the funding to provide extracurricular arts sessions for young people, allowing participants to develop life skills.

This is a project by a charity in Sandwell, serving people in Redditch. They will use the funding to deliver a programme of mentoring activity sessions which will support the needs of ex-offenders and their families. The sessions will improve their chances in life and increase levels of personal resilience.

This group will use the funding to deliver a series of community engagement and recreational events, which will challenge issues surrounding social isolation, improving levels of cohesion.

This group will use the funding to deliver workshops for young people, which will focus on confidence building and developing life and employability skills. Stimulating and engaging activities will be provided to the participants, fostering personal development and giving them better chances in life.

This is a project to improve the group's infrastructure and community profile, enabling them to better meet the needs of local residents and voluntary organisations. This will build capacity for its service delivery.

Hannah Silva

This project will deliver confidential advocacy sessions on a 1 to 1 basis. This will improve the confidence and self-esteem of young people in the local area which will lead to better chances in life.

This project will refurbish a community hall. This will enable the organisation to make wider use of the venue for community activities and events.

This project will use funding to install a canopy in its playground area to enable the school to run new extracurricular activities and clubs.

The project will use the funding to improve the foyer and box office of the community theatre to provide safe access for volunteers, community members and groups who use the facilities, including older people and those living with disabilities.

The group will use the funding to provide an extra-curricular therapeutic outdoor learning project for their SEN pupils. This will help to nurture a vulnerable beneficiary group, improving social and emotional skills.

The group will use the funding to raise awareness of domestic violence issues within the south east Asian community via a series of media productions and an online campaign. This will lead to improved community cohesion.

The group will use the funding to provide interactive touch screen televisions for young people who are living with learning issues, terminal illnesses or degenerate conditions. This will lead to improved learning and better chances in life.

The group will use the funding to purchase and install a projective canopy for children with SEND and community groups for outdoor extracurricular activities. This will improve the school?s facilities giving beneficiaries access to safe and healthy outdoor play and socialising opportunities.

The group will use the funding to provide a dance fitness programme and health education sessions for young people, culminating in a showcase event. This will enable beneficiaries to improve their physical health and wellbeing.

The group will use the funding to install new windows and flooring in their building as they are life-expired. This will improve the hall environment for users from the local area.

The group will use the funding to raise the profile of the local park through providing a sessional worker to run community activities and to undertake a consultation about what park users need in the community. This will provide activities in the local area which will help to create a stronger community.

The group will use the funding to run an extracurricular fitness sessions and healthy living programme for female pupils. This will promote healthy eating and increase participation in physical activities.

Silver Treasure: Silversmithing and Wordsmithing

The group will use the funding to deliver a language diversity celebration event in an area where there may be a lack of understanding between different community groups. This will lead to a stronger and more cohesive community.

Sandwell CANDO Physical Activity and Sport

The group will use the funding to create a new family resource area and to provide a programme of learning activities for the wider community. This will enable beneficaries to gain valuable new skills and improve life chances.

The group will use the funding to provide pupils with various extra-curricular support opportunities within an outdoor classroom environment. This will encourage engagement and participation into educational activities.

The bureau will expand its successful pilot project providing volunteering opportunities for people with mental health conditions and those with physical and learning disabilities in Sandwell. They aim to improve the mental wellbeing of individuals through education and training opportunities to develop their skills to open up new job opportunities and their wider development. Tailored support will also offer advice and guidance to volunteers and local voluntary organisations.

Our Spake: reflecting Black Country dialect

The group will use the funding to provide wildlife activity days and healthy walks for the local community. This will enable people on low incomes and poor health in life to learn new skills give them better chances for help improve community engagement

The group will use the funding to deliver IT workshops for the benefit of school pupils and their parents. This will help improve beneficiaries ICT skills, problem solving, literacy and maths skills whilst encouraging family learning.

The group will use the funding to support young people to become involved in voluntary clubs and societies across Sandwell. This will prevent social isolation and improve young people?s life chances.

The group will use the funding to improve accessibility of their community allotments and to create a sensory garden so that it is safe for those living with disabilities. This will ensure improved and continued use of this community facility bringing it up to date with current health and safety standards.

A project to provide a range of support to disadvantaged, hard to reach families and families with complex needs in Sandwell. The scheme which will address issues of poverty, unemployment and poor health will offer activities including baby massage, family crafts, weight management, employability courses, nutrition classes and relaxation therapy sessions. The scheme will benefit 600 vulnerable children and families.

A project to train mental health service users to become volunteers in delivering animal husbandry and horticultural activities for people recovering from ill mental health. This will reduce isolation for beneficiaries and engage them in activities designed to improve their overall health and wellbeing.

Sandwell Arts Festival

Sandwell Arts Festival

The charity in Sandwell will use the funding to upgrade their IT capabilities to deliver IT training for the benefit of the local community. This will improve the facilities the organisation has to offer.

The group will use the funding to organise before and after school clubs to support children most in need of developing their educational attainment. This will allow them to develop and improve on their learning.

This is a project by a charity in Tipton, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to deliver environmental conservation and fishing workshops for people living with mental health issues. This will reduce social isolation for beneficiaries and engage them in therapeutic activities designed to improve their overall health and wellbeing.

The group will use the funding to conduct drop in, IT skills, fitness and healthy living sessions aimed at supporting isolated women and young people from a diverse community. This will enhance their communication and life skills through positive social interaction.

This is a project by a charity in Oldbury, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to provide young children who are about to start secondary school with a residential trip to aid the transition. This will enable the beneficiaries to take part in arts, IT and drama based activities that will aid progression and improved social skills.

River Passage

This is a project by a school in Oldbury, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to refurbish an old bus to be used for learning, storytelling and community activities. This will broaden young people?s experiences and raise expectations.

This is a project by a community organisation in Birmingham. The group will use the funding to deliver a ten week programme of music, drama, art and film making for young people culminating in the production of a film. This will support a reduction in barriers to employment, improved knowledge of practical life skills, and will encourage increased cohesion between communities.

Restoration, Relocation and Public Awareness of Langley's Memorial Window for the First World War

Facilities Strategy

Sandwell Ladies Recruitment Drive

This is a project by a school in Oldbury, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to provide a four-day residential trip for school pupils, where they will participate in a range of arts-based activities such as music, drama and dance. This will enable beneficiaries to develop transferable skills such as confidence, resilience and team-working, which will help their future educational prospects.

This is a project by a school in Oldbury, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to create a mini farm within their grounds. This will improve the schools facilities for the benefit of pupils and the wider community.

A new theatre production called `Salty Water and Us

Football for young adults

This community organisation in Tividale serving beneficiaries across Birmingham will use the funding to provide a series of skills development workshops for disadvantaged young people. This will aid the personal development of beneficiaries and improve th

This community organisation in Tividale serving beneficiaries across Birmingham will use the funding to provide a series of skills development workshops for disadvantaged young people. This will aid the personal development of beneficiaries and improve their employment prospects.

This school in Oldbury, serving beneficiaries in Sandwell, will use the funding to erect a conservatory building to replace the current outdated mobile classroom which is used to host a breakfast club, after school club and various other community activit

This school in Oldbury, serving beneficiaries in Sandwell, will use the funding to erect a conservatory building to replace the current outdated mobile classroom which is used to host a breakfast club, after school club and various other community activities. This project will mean the school can continue to provide these services to the community.

Female Development Project

This community organisation in Sandwell will use the funding to prepare a business and action plan to improve the capacity of local organisations to increase their sustainability and to meet new funding and delivery challenges. The organisation will work

This community organisation in Sandwell will use the funding to prepare a business and action plan to improve the capacity of local organisations to increase their sustainability and to meet new funding and delivery challenges. The organisation will work closely with local partners to produce this plan.

This charity in Oldbury, West Midlands will use the funding to provide mentoring and support to vulnerable young people aged 11-18. The group will also deliver life skills workshops. This will reduce social isolation and provide an opportunity for the ben

This charity in Oldbury, West Midlands will use the funding to provide mentoring and support to vulnerable young people aged 11-18. The group will also deliver life skills workshops. This will reduce social isolation and provide an opportunity for the beneficiaries to develop peer friendships, integrate further into the wider community and improve their prospects.

Mix it Up aims to increase the skills of young people in music-production -writing, making beats, recording tracks and performing.

BANG Contemporary Arts Youth Club Pilot

The group will use the funding to run an extracurricular physical activity and healthy living programme for children who live in an area with high deprivation and poor health behaviours. This will encourage a lifelong habit of physical activity and the ad

The group will use the funding to run an extracurricular physical activity and healthy living programme for children who live in an area with high deprivation and poor health behaviours. This will encourage a lifelong habit of physical activity and the adaptation of a healthy lifestyle at a young age.

Sport and Fitness Extension

This is a project by an academy in Sandwell, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to purchase equipment for extracurricular Duke of Edinburgh Award activities for young people. This will develop the capacity of the school to offer positive volunt

This is a project by an academy in Sandwell, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to purchase equipment for extracurricular Duke of Edinburgh Award activities for young people. This will develop the capacity of the school to offer positive volunteering and confidence building opportunities, for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Sandwell Wheelchair Rugby - Get Equipped

This is a project by a charity in Oldbury, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to provide educational, employability and life skills activities for Traveller women. This will enable this marginalised group to employment and life skills.

This is a project by a charity in Oldbury, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to provide educational, employability and life skills activities for Traveller women. This will enable this marginalised group to employment and life skills.

The aim of this new project is to train volunteers to provide respite for carers and a befriending service for isolated elderly people including those suffering disabilities who are disengaged from their community in the Borough of Sandwell in the West Mi

This is a project by a charity in Sandwell, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to equip and furnish a new cafe at the Oak Tree Centre. This will create a community facility which can be used for a variety of social activities and volunteering o

This is a project by a charity in Sandwell, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to equip and furnish a new cafe at the Oak Tree Centre. This will create a community facility which can be used for a variety of social activities and volunteering opportunities.

This is a project by a community organisation in Sandwell, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to deliver a weekly job search skills and employment support programme for young people who are NEET. This will improve their communications skills an

Rowley Hall Primary School

Sandwell Playing Pitch Strategy

This is a project by a community organisation in Birmingham. The group will use the funding to insulate the roof and install new lighting to drastically improve the temperature and lighting within the hall used by local community groups. This will improve

This is a project by a school in Oldbury, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to purchase IT equipment to deliver an extracurricular programme of ICT sessions for young people and their families. This will enable the beneficiaries to engage in a

This is a project by a community group in Oldbury, Birmingham. The group will use the funding to run a series of IT training workshop for older people. This will enable the beneficiaries to learn new IT skills which they will use to keep in touch with fri

This is a project by a community group in Oldbury, Birmingham. The group will use the funding to run a series of IT training workshop for older people. This will enable the beneficiaries to learn new IT skills which they will use to keep in touch with fri

This is a project by a school in Oldbury, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to install an outside exercise fun trail for the school and wider community. This will provide accessible equipment to help improve health and fitness levels for the c

This is a project by a charity in Oldbury, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to get the local community involved in creating a community garden. This will encourage a cross section of the community to work together by providing an activity for

Thirteen Second World War veterans and four widows of veterans from across England have been awarded a grant towards travel costs for a commemorative visit to France in June 2014. Funding has been provided for thirteen Second World War veterans, four wido

This new project will deliver a targeted and supported volunteer placement programme specifically aimed at vulnerable young people living in deprived areas of Sandwell. The project will recruit and train a new dedicated member of staff to oversee and deli

Sandwell Arts Festival 2013 - 15

This is a project by a community organisation in Dudley. The group will use the funding to deliver a community event for ex-service men and women and caseworker support for disadvantaged families. This will enable families with health issues, low incomes

This is a project by a community organisation in Oldbury, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to run a series of creative extracurricular events involving children, parents and grandparents to participate in family learning opportunities to impr

Multi use - multi sport all weather playing surface

Portway Lifestyle Centre

This is a project by a community organisation in Tividale, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to run health workshops for women who are unemployed that will promote the importance of nutrition and exercise.This will enable the beneficiaries to

This is a project by a community organisation in Tividale, Sandwell. The group will use funding to provide workshops on computing for older people in Birmingham, Sandwell, Dudley and Walsall. This will give them increased IT skills and confidence and enab

This is a project by an academy in Sandwell, West Midlands. The group will use funding to run a career advancement training scheme for pupils to help them improve their future job prospects.

This is a project by a school in Sandwell, West Midlands. The school will use funding to run extracurricular activities in health promotion and fitness activities for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. This will enable beneficiaries to be informed o

This is a project by a primary school in Oldbury, West Midlands. The school will use funding to deliver breakfast, lunchtime and after school motor skills movement activities and parent involved sessions dealing with emotions for pupils with behavioural d

Sandwell Arts Festival

This new project for Christ Church CofE primary school in Oldbury, Sandwell, will provide a community hub serving a partnership of five local schools with meeting room, work areas for training, social cafe area and ICT zone. The site will run clubs and ac

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