Grant recipients
| Organisation | Project name | Overview of project | Funding Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABC to Read | Help raise literacy standards in Slough schools | To recruit, train, and support volunteers who will be placed in schools facing significant budget constraints. These volunteers will work tirelessly to assist struggling readers, providing invaluable support to children who have fallen behind in literacy. With your contribution, we can ensure that these schools receive the extra help they need without any financial burden | £1,590 |
| Amana's Journey CIC | Drop in cafe & food distribution service across Slough | The project is twofold. The first is a Drop in cafe at Britwell Centre. The cafe operates as a designated Warm Space. It provides hot and cold food plus a selection of beverages in a safe environment. The second part is the food distribution service. A team of volunteers collect donated items, these items are then sorted, packed and delivered to people across Slough who are struggling due to the cost of living. | £5,000 |
| Art Beyond Belief | Insight Inspire | Primarily for residents with mental health needs, the project works to combat isolation and loneliness. It is preventative, helping to reduce reliance on statutory services by increasing self-reliance, self-confidence and resilience for those taking part. The programme comprises eight weekly sessions of 90 minutes, delivered face-to-face, one session being an art gallery visit. | £4,970 |
| Asian Carers Group | Asian Carers Group | The project offers opportunities for carers from the South Asian community to come together to tackle multiple barriers. The group offers a range of activities, including a weekly yoga/Pilates class delivered by a professional instructor. This will take place at the Slough Hindu temple which has a large space and will be supported by 20 volunteers. | £2,000 |
| Beat Routes | Fine Futures | This programme improves young people’s mental health and wellbeing, reduce social isolation and loneliness, and help address the issues of poverty and disadvantage that they face. The programme comprises; Creative Workshops, One-to-One Mentoring, Apprenticeship Programme and a Creative Horizons project. |
£10,000 |
| Berkshire Vision | Sight Loss Support in Slough | Slough Sight Loss Support Officers (SLSOs) offer one-to-one person-centred support to vulnerable adults with sight loss. SLSOs visit members at home, assess their needs, and discuss how they can best be supported to maintain or increase their independence and resilience. | £9,984 |
| Brighter Futures Together | Spectrum | Establish our advisory group and set up a youth group, creating a supportive, accessible and engaging environment for Slough’s LGBTQ+ young people. Helping young people to connect with peers, access resources and thrive in their communities. | £6,710 |
| Cippenham Carers | Cippenham Carers - Where Carers are cared for | Cippenham Carers works with vulnerable carers that live in and around the Slough area. Aiming to provide carers with respite breaks and the opportunity to socialise through coffee meet up and lunches. Also, to look after mental and physical health for carers. Most importantly, to create a safe space where carers can share feelings and create a network to support each other. | £2,000 |
| Daisy’s Dream | Providing vital support to children and young people | A tailored package of support to meet the individual needs of each child referred, who are impacted by the bereavement or life-threatening illness of someone close to them. This can include Individual support, Group support and Telephone support. | £4,526 |
| JMIC Slough | Cafe mama / Cafe Grandma | The first activity is known as Cafe Mama. The sessions are aimed at pregnant and post-natal women and mums with preschool kids. Overall, the aim is to provide information, support health and wellbeing and provide a safe space for the new mum and baby. The second is Cafe Grandma. The group starts off with exercise (seated and standing), breathing techniques, relaxation and massage. The group gives a lot of information on health and wellbeing and getting help regarding mobility issues and general information. | £5,000 |
| Knit Your Socks Off | Knit Your Socks Off - Monthly Meet Ups | Monthly in person meet ups, providing a safe space for members to meet up discuss and create items for other charities and groups but to also find help and support for whatever challenges they may be facing whether theirs are physical health related or mental health. These can range from grief, isolation, infant loss career problems etc | £1,000 |
| Leos's Circus CIC | Circus for All: Cultivating Confidence & Wellness for Every Child in Slough | The project aims to provide 3x half-term camps for 60 vulnerable children in Slough, focusing on young carers and young refugees. Camps will teach kids aged 6 - 11 circus arts including aerial silks, hoop, trapeze, and acrobatics, as well as healthy eating, growing your own vegetables and cooking. This initiative supports healthy weight, eating, and exercise, while addressing health and wellbeing, tackling isolation and loneliness, and mitigating the effects of poverty. | £10,000 |
| Number 22 Counselling Services | Number 22 Project Slough | Number 22 provides person centred counselling for young people and adults in Slough, free at the point of use. Providing face to face counselling, the project supports emotional and wellbeing needs, including loneliness, distress, anxiety, depression, clients’ suicidal thoughts and those who are self-harming; these clients are prioritized for support as are young people in the care of social services. | £9,740 |
| Parenting Special Children | Slough Community Support Group | Our Slough group provides a safe and supportive space for sharing experiences and gaining support with the unique challenges faced by families of children with additional needs. The aims of the project are the reduction in isolation experienced by these families, as well as improving wellbeing and mental health through building confidence and social connections. | £6,215 |
| Rise & Shine | Rise & Shine Health & wellbeing | Tackling isolation and loneliness among the older generations in Slough by providing mental health, depression, restricted movement and wellbeing groups focussing on physical activities. | £2,000 |
| Slough 50plus Forum | Slough 50plus Forum | Slough 50plus Forum consists monthly 2-hour meetings, which include open discussion on topics requested by members and information from organisations serving the Slough community. Health and wellbeing, NHS, Adult Social Care services, charities and other organisations some providing help with financial information, support in dealing with any issue affecting people’s daily lives. | £2,000 |
| Slough Anti-Litter Society CIC | Slough Anti-Litter Society | Expanding the successful community-led programs promoting a cleaner, healthier environment for all Slough residents. Recognising the crucial link between environmental quality and wellbeing and aim to empower individuals to actively improve their surroundings and, in turn, their quality of life. | £4,985 |
| Slough Community Support Cafe | Community Support Cafe & Form-filling Service | The first part is the weekly community café, providing meals free of charge, open to anyone in need of help and we have all ages attending - from babies to older persons. The second part of is a form-filling service as there is more requests for help in this area. | £2,000 |
| Slough Community Transport | Dial A Ride Transport | The grant would be used to provide subsidised transport to residents unable to use public transport by providing them with the necessary service to attend groups, day centres, seated exercise classes etc. | £10,000 |
| Slough Immigration Aid Unit | Slough Immigration Aid Unit | Provide and expand on existing specialist legal advice and representation work, in an important and discrete area of people’s lives. Advising people in a specific and specialised and closely regulated area of law, when they cannot find other advice, or cannot afford other advice. | £5,000 |
| Slough modest Sisters | Sisterhood Squad | Targeting the younger generation, aged between 12- to 18-year-olds. Tailoring the health and well-being of young girls in and around Slough. Planning activities that interest them, such as mindfulness colouring, pottery, self-defence classes etc. To get young girls talking, reduce loneliness, isolation and build confidence. | £2,000 |
| Slough Refugee Support | Slough Refugee Support | Provide vital support to families who are in desperate need. The project will provide; Casework, English Classes, Sewing Classes, IT Classes, Football Club, Gardening Club, Emergency Support (e.g. phone top up, food, clothes etc) and other general advice/support services. | £10,000 |
| Slough Town FC Community CIC | Toddler and Junior Football Training | To run a toddler session, ages 2-4 years old and a second session applied to the next age group up which is for 4–7-year-old boys. Each session aims to improve social isolation, coordination, fitness and fun with football skills taught so children can take the first steps into playing football. | £3,700 |
| Slough Youth Action | Slough Youth Action free football sessions for youth aged 8 to 16 | To support young people aged is 8 to 16. This initiative will provide a structured environment where young people can engage in regular physical activity, develop their football skills, and foster essential life skills such as teamwork, discipline, and resilience. | £2,000 |
| Sport in Mind | Sport and Physical Activity to Improve Mental Wellbeing | Delivering sport and physical activity sessions for people experiencing mental health problems (with a core focus on those with serious mental illness) and have local volunteers support sessions. All sessions are codesigned and identified by local people with lived experience of mental health problems and are delivered in a safe, supportive and accessible environment to meet the needs of our target audience. | £5,180 |
| The Baby Bank | Improving tots to teens | The project aids families when they most need it, ensuring that the support provided supports families so that they can continue to be parents, they can focus on paying bills or putting food on the table not worrying about which to buy, school shoes or electricity. | £9,756 |
| Thames Valley positive Support | BeYou | BeYou supports people from the LGBTQIA+ community in Slough by offering a safe space for them to meet, build a social network, reduce their isolation and access support via peer support or counselling to help reduce the mental health issues often experienced by this group due to the stigma and lack of acceptance that they experience. | £4,780 |
| The Dash Charity | BREATHE: A sigh of relief for young victim-survivors of domestic abuse in Slough | To support young victim-survivors of domestic abuse in Slough, supporting children and young people who are or have been affected by unhealthy, conflicting and abusive behaviours in parent or carer relationships | £10,000 |
| The Slough Job Creation Hub CIC | Get Slough Moving | A comprehensive health and well-being initiative in Slough to encourage physical activity, create awareness and interest in healthy nutrition, and facilitate social interaction to combat isolation. | £10,000 |
| Ujala Foundation | Supporting our most Vulnerable | Proposed programme and activities are to deliver weekly Men's Elderly Lunch Club and a Ladies only Coffee Morning, both aimed at reducing isolation and loneliness among elderly individuals and women in our community. | £10,000 |
| Visual Art Studio | Diverse visions in art | The "Diverse Visions in Art" programme is an inclusive, community-focused initiative designed to engage children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Neurodivergent in creative art activities. This programme aims to provide a supportive and stimulating environment where participants can explore their artistic talents, express themselves, and build social connections through art. | £2,000 |