People Zones Grants Funding - 2022-2023

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Welcome the first round of People Zone grant funding,
utilising the results from the community consultations
from each People Zone area.

 

 

 

Round 1 - Grants can be applied for, up to £10,000
 People Zone Details
 Bell Foundry Applications for this funding were open for four weeks (from 9am, Monday 30th January 2023 to 5pm, Monday 27th February 2023
 New Parks Applications for this funding were open for four weeks (from 9am, Monday 13th February 2023 to 5pm, Monday 13th March 2023
 Thringstone & Whitwick Applications for this funding were open for four weeks (from 9am, Monday 27th February 2023 to 5pm, Monday 27th March 2023)

 

Funding Tables:

Bell Foundry - The PCC approved to fund two bids in this round. This equates to a funding commitment of £9,950.00
 
Organisation		 
Name of Project		 
Project Brief		Geographical
Area		Amount of
Funding
10th Loughborough Rainbows & Brownies 10th Loughborough Rainbows & Brownies  Provide a safe space for young girls.  Regular 'days away' trips and 'pack holidays'.  Work towards badges that help young girls to develop lifelong skills.  Plan to run community days to encourage more young girls from the Bell Foundry area to join  Bell Foundry  £5,150.00
Loughborough Muslim Centre  Project Outreach Provide young people with a safe space and encourage taking pride in their community.  Plan to open a youth club on saturdays, set up a weekly football club on Wednesday evenings, provde day trips and residential trips in the summer and hold workshops tailored to young people to raise awareness around local issues.  Bell Foundry

 £4,800.00

This funding was not drawn on

 

New Parks - The PCC approved to fund six bids in this round. This equates to a funding commitment of £38,277.06
 
Organisation		 
Name of Project		 
Project Brief		Geographical
Area		Amount of
Funding
Leicester West Circuit New Parks Men's Shed Provide a safe, welcoming, inclusive space to work with men who have mental health issues, other health problems, feel lonely, isolated and possibly suicidal as well as those who constantly struggle to find suitable work New Parks £4,889.08
Ihya al Uloom An Nakhlah Academy Provide education to young people with a strong focus on behing good citizens and refraining from anti-social behalviour.  Provide diversionary activity, encourage young people to contribute to their community and give them the opportunity to voice their goals and aspirations. New Parks £4,896.00
Whitehouse Allotment & Garden Society Whitehouse Garden Project Give people access to allotment space to teach them new skills and help them to grow their own healthy, nutritious food.  Offer support to people of all ages struggling with issues such as mental health, physical health, drug and alcohol addiction, etc and help them to find a new, more positive purpose in life. New Parks £9,740.98
GNR8 Academy Open Gym Look to improve helath and wellbeing in the New Parks Community by offering open access fitness/gym sessions for adults free of charge.  Will provide a safe and supportive space to exercise, work on physical and mental health and help the residents to come together and support one another. New Parks £5,680.00
GNR8 Academy Easter Camp Provide a multi-sport camp during the Easter holidays for young people from the New Parks area aged 6-16.  Free for low-income families and will help support young people's health and wellbeing as well as act as diversionary activity for those at risk of engaging in crime and anti-social behaviour. New Parks £3,920.00
New Parks Adventure Playground Venny Social Spot Aim is to reduce anti-social behaviour by providing a safe space for young people to get away from negative influences and offer them new activities, opportunities and workshops to encourage engagement from new and existing attendees of The Venny. New Parks £9,135.00

 

Thringstone & Whitwick - The PCC approved to fund four bids in this round. This equates to a funding commitment of £14,197.00
 
Organisation		 
Name of Project		 
Project Brief		 Geographical AreaAmount of
Funding
 Charles Booth Centre Sunday Movie Mornings The aim is to create a cinema like experience to get families socialising which will reduce isolation in the community and prove an activity for all ages to engage in and enjoy, without the barrier of cost applying. Thringstone & Whitwick People Zone  £4,673.29
 Whitwick Scouts Group  Broadband This will ensure that the group has reliable access to Scouting programme content, resources and badge work, all of which are now only accessible online.  This will also support the wider community as digital workshops and internet safety sessions will be offered to stem the digital divide.  Thringstone & Whitwick People Zone  £3,024.00
Whitwick Scouts Group Scout and DofE Awards This will expand the older (14-25 years) youth provision in new and exciting ways by providing the necessary equipment to support top Scouting awards and a new initiative of duke of Edinburgh expeditions and training. Thringstone & Whitwick People Zone £4,514.46
Whitwick Scouts Group Squirrels Section

This will open a Squirrel section which will be run for children between the ages of 4-6 years old with the hope that they will move on to Beaver and Scout sectiosn as they grow older.

 Thringstone & Whitwick People Zone £1,985.25