Community Wellbeing Fund

Death Cafe

The Anthony Seddon Fund plans to develop and provide a death cafe to encourage individuals to use creative ways to encourage open conversations about death and dying in a safe and supportive environment without fear of judgement.

Farm and Nature Wellbeing

This project aims to improve wellbeing and provide positive experiences for people with long-term illnesses or health conditions. The sessions are open to all adults. Sessions will run weekly, with some gaps for holidays and a reduced programme over winter to allow for adverse weather.They will provide a range of mid-week group activities where attendees engage with nature on our farm and in Daisy Nook Country Park, and offer each other peer support. 

Creative Minds 

Support from the Community Wellbeing Fund would allow this group to employ a Sessional Worker Driver, who would be able to be trained to collect and drop-off young people from across Tameside to the sessions. They would also be able to provide much needed staffing support during the sessions so that more young people can be accommodated. 

Diversity and Inclusion Group

To target the more vulnerable/minority ethnic groups and individuals in Ashton, Tameside supporting living well and general wellbeing.

Building Upon Our Strengths

This group will continue to deliver more of the same, projects that our stakeholders want and support with both volunteering and engagement. We will deliver this programme through our Community Development Officer (staff) supported by volunteers (including trustees), Project Manager (volunteer) and in kind/financial support from partners.

Tameside Omega

This group will promote a number of sessions on social activities on healthy weight initiatives, variety of sporting and keep fit activities, cook and eat sessions on preparing and teaching young people how to prepare healthy meals on a budget and getting them active through seeking employment and developing their social skills and knowledge. 

Multiples Group

This project is an existing peer support group for parents of twins and multiples that currently runs from Ryecroft Hall every two weeks.  Parents of multiples can often feel like other parents do not appreciate how challenging it is to manage the needs of twins, triplets and in some cases quads, so they don’t always want to attend traditional baby/toddler groups.  The support they are able to provide to each other in a group specifically for multiples is invaluable. 

Brave New World – Super Hero

This group will put on activities and will be delivered in their CREATE Centre in Denton and through Social Media sites such as 'Zoom'  to increase physical, emotional and social abilities ensuring a person-centred holistic approach encompassing the wider determinants of health, such as education and vulnerability. 

Hilarious Histories by Stage Right Performing Arts

This group will begin a new performing arts project titled Hilarious Histories. This idea has been developed collaboratively with our service users who are interested in exploring melodrama. Hurst Community Centre , Kings Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8EZ

We believe

Following on from our successful community food voucher scheme across Droylsden we’re trailing a new educational breakfast program. Working in partnership with local community and educational partners we’re offering a new educational breakfast club called “We believe”.Successful community food voucher scheme across Droylsden we’re trailing a new educational breakfast program. Working in partnership with local community and educational partners we’re offering a new educational breakfast club called “We believe”.

Afternoon Delights

The aim is to bring groups of over 55's together to undertake various activities in a welcoming and social environment, which we believe will reduce social isolation, increase social bonding, improve health and feeling of wellbeing and enhance people’s connections to their communities.

Men Growing Veg

The aim is to bring together like minded people who want to work out doors growing vegetables. This is open to everyone but mainly to bring men in our community who are feeling isolated, lonely and a bit at a loose end with not much else to do.In addition to the growing, the veggies will bagged in small quantities for local elderly people to having which again means talking, sharing and a feel good things to those involved.

BLOOM at LEAP Woodwork Room

The group are aiming to improve opportunities for children and adults to enhance their skills and creativity, alongside improving their  health and wellbeing. They will safely equip the new woodwork room at BLOOM allotment, in Hyde. The new room is a large, inviting space which needs to be set up with a range of tools and equipment to maximise opportunities for community use. BLOOM  Allotments, Grange Rd South, Hyde.

Audacious Care Solutions 

Audacious Care Solutions exists to support people affected by cancer (PABC) including carers, friends and family members. They receive referrals from a wide range of Tameside based health and social care services; often on behalf of individuals who are isolated or lack support networks. Consequently, the people we support can often be elderly, struggling with low income, have learning needs and/or disabilities. Generally, their beneficiaries lack the financial and/or mental resilience to respond to cancer alone and are in need of additional help.

Bereavement Support Programme for South Asian Communities

Main Aim To provide a culturally sensitive bereavement support service for South Asian women, including access to counselling with language support and raising awareness of support services available. The project will be delivered at Hyde Healthy Living Centre Great Norbury St Hyde, the project will be open to anyone in Tameside with a language support need, that our Interpretation service can support (currently Bengali, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi and Guajarati) We will use the pilot project to gather evidence of need of other languages to inform our service. 

Those Were The Days

The main purpose of these sessions is to encourage interaction, support well-being and help with the current crisis, for example, the venue will be heated and they will supply refreshments. The session will be run by 2 facilitators and we will allow the participants to help run the sessions , i.e help with tea/coffee and set up the room along with making suggestions about topics covered. 

Tai Chi Sessions

Sessions open to the whole community run by fully qualified trainer. Tai Chi sessions open to all abilities. Can reduce stress and help reduce the adverse effects of diabetes and arthritis. A 30 minute warm down after each sessions and refreshments and socialising.
 

Women's Menopause and WellBeing Group

The group will help women of all ages to come together in a safe, informal environment to learn from each other, by listening, sharing stories and getting tips from each other.   The hope is women will feel that they are no alone in going through changes and they will feel supported, which will improve all aspects of their well-being.Denton West End Community Library.

Operation Joy (Outreach to the homeless community) 

Operation Joy is a project to reach people that are experiencing homelessness and all the troubles that might bring. This is an on going project and will continue to be held at Infinity initiatives café 13 wood St, Ashton-under-Lyne.

Oxford Park Food Project 

This group help and support vulnerable individuals learning to cook affordably, healthily and on reduced weekly budgets. Weekly sessions which are open to local residents and those across Tameside willing and able to travel will also showcase a range of dishes from different cultures. The courses will also promote use of facilities at Oxford Park including positively encouraging healthier lifestyles. St Peters Ward – Oxford Park.

Stay and Play 

Stay and Play session aimed at all ages, including parents, children of all ages and abilities and grandparents which has been a great success and has built momentum and has been extremely beneficial for people tackling the cost of living crisis as all refreshments toast, hot and cold drinks are all provided free of charge as well as building a genuine community.

Trails To The Vale! 

This group will co-design and deliver an exciting programme of activities across Mossley engaging vulnerable people who face barriers to social participation (and its wellbeing benefits). Our ‘Trails To The Vale!’  will comprise of:
a) a day of pop-up performances on the streets - think ‘guerilla Carnival’ - tracking the route to The Vale, where family and creative wellbeing activities will be taking place.
b) a series of semi-permanent, biodegradable artworks, co-created with local people, which map out a ‘trail to The Vale’ from Mossley station and from Carrbrook. 
c) a series of guided walks to The Vale, and from The Vale around the local area, for people with health needs. 

Baby Bundles Group.

They provide a hand-made gift to each newborn registered at DMP.

Walking Group/Buggy Group.

To improve the general health and wellbeing, especially of older people by encouraging them to enjoy gentle exercise on a regular basis. A group on a shared walk provides a degree of safety compared to walking alone. The Buggy Group will be aimed at those caring for young children.

Fighting Fit.

This group group provides a safe and welcoming environment for Survivors of Stroke in Tameside. They meet every Monday in Hyde Town Centre. This project will be delivered at The Reform Church in Hyde, Tameside.

The Shed

Dipak Dristi

Hilarious Histories by Stage Right Performing Arts

This group will begin a new performing arts project titled Hilarious Histories. This idea has been developed collaboratively with our service users who are interested in exploring melodrama. Hurst Community Centre , Kings Road, Ashton-under-Lyne.

We Believe.

Following on from our successful community food voucher scheme across Droylsden we’re trailing a new educational breakfast program. Working in partnership with local community and educational partners we’re offering a new educational breakfast club called “We believe”. 

Art Therapy Sessions at the Hive

This group will hold 12 one-off Art Therapy Experience Sessions for patients suffering from a life-limiting illness  The sessions will take place in the Hive, their new wellbeing hub in the heart of Willow Wood Hospice, where we host support groups, learning programmes/information sessions and complementary therapies for patients and their carers/families.

Men in Kitchens

To work with men who are at risk of experiencing loneliness and isolation.
 

Bike and Brew

This project would focus on community pop up Dr Bike sessions where they would provide free bike safety checks and minor repairs alongside basic bike maintenance advice. 

LADS Get Started 

To support men over 18 who are experiencing or have experienced: Loneliness or social isolation, mental health or physical health/long term health conditions, addiction issues, ADHD/Autism and other neuro diverse conditions, learning difficulties, anger management issues, leaving care, abuse and/or domestic violence.