Title: Grants Awarded
Subject: Grants
Author: Andrew Dolman
Last saved by: Sam Overson
Category: Open data
Keywords: Open data, data transparency, grants

2018-19 Do Something Now 
Summary of Successful Applications 

Large Investment Projects

Name of organisation | Locality (Project delivery) | Successful or Not Successful | Brief overview of project | Funding allocated to project
Platform 1 | Huddersfield and Dewsbury & Mirfield | Successful | To increase the capacity for the project in Huddersfield and also develop an outreach in Dewsbury area over the next 12 months | £50,000

Ravensthorpe Community Centre

Dewsbury & Mirfield

Successful

To develop a community based project for people have low level learning disabilities, but not meet criteria for social care.
The programme will also raises awareness of the need for inclusion in community life and activities and reduces stigma for families.

£27,599

Kirklees Mencap – Waverley Café | Huddersfield | Successful | To help transition the Waverley Café provision to a more person centred offer, and support with developing income generation for adults with learning disabilities, increasing their employability through accredited training | £20,000
Kirklees Solidarity Economy Network | Rural Kirklees | Successful | To develop a Carers Cooperative in the Colne Valley and Golcar areas providing training, support and improve connection with community assets for carers and the people they care for | £50,000
Disability Sport Yorkshire | Huddersfield and Kirklees Rural | Successful | To develop a support programme to work with young adults with disabilities through engagement with a sports club which includes work experience, and support with finding associated employment. | £26,696

Crosland Moor Community Centre

Huddersfield and Rural Kirklees

Successful

To provide support to older residents to enhance their online skills to help them shop, access services more easily and build confidence in Crosland Moor and Meltham, building links between the communities
Also training for volunteers in 2 community centres to build their capacity and skills

£13,440.50

GLINT | Huddersfield | Successful | To provide a programme for young people with social, emotional and leanring development needs through “Horse Assisted Development”, including learning to care for horses, coaching, building personal skills and confidence | £16, 485

Kirklees Youth Alliance

Kirklees wide

Successful

To provide 2 youth engagement and consultation activities, and establish 4 new youth clubs and enhance 2 existing clubs
Delivery of level 2 youth work practice training to organisations involved with KYA, a mental health first aid programme, and Youth gambling and social gaming awareness programme for volunteers who are running youth clubs

£22,920

Support To Recovery | Huddersfield | Successful | Work with 5 community organisations to improve mental health and well being with participants through outreach activity through tailored support.  Participants of the groups are vulnerable people who would not access provision beyond their own community, and the programme aims to build confidence and resilience and connect people with wider community activities | £14,000
Hamm Damm | Batley & Spen | Successful | To support the community based gardening project as they take over asset transfer of their site, with water connection, outdoor space including toilet facility, increasing their potential to reach more people and improve well being and health. | £28,000
Community Links | Kirklees wide | Successful | Developing the Men’s mental health work to engage with more community settings through the “Men’s Talk” drama activity, and engage with local businesses to have conversations about men’s mental health, recruiting volunteers to raise awareness of issues and recognising men who have emerging mental health problems | £25,700
Small Investment Projects

Name of organisation | Locality (Project delivery) | Brief overview of project | Funding allocated to project

Milnsbridge Boxing Club

Rural Kirklees

To support the development of an amateur boxing club in the Milnsbridge area (based on the model in Rawthorpe).

Cofunded with the Police Crime Commissioners Fund

£4,650

Crafty Crofters | Huddersfield | To bring a group of neighbours together who are isolated through craft and traditional needlework activity | £150

Drop By Centre

Rural Kirklees

To develop an arts and crafts group for people with a range of abilities and disabilities in the community
To develop a transport partnership with the Denby Dale centre to encourage people who can to connect with community activity in other areas

£1,060

Huddersfield Petanque | Huddersfield, Rural Kirklees | To encourage more people to take part in the game of Petanque in Greenhead Park, improving their health and well being | £600
Shepley’s Magazine | Rural Kirklees | To help with set up costs to connect isolated and lonely people and raise awareness of community activities they can take part in | £450
Lockwood Baptist Church | Huddersfield | To help establish a community café for people who are lonely and isolated and experiencing low level mental health issues to grow friendships and connections | £2,500
Almondbury Men’s Club | Huddersfield | To develop a men’s mental health drop in group in Almondbury | £1,000
Parkwood Methodist Church | Rural Kirklees | Recruiting and training volunteers to run and establish a community café teaching young people skills around bread and coffee making, providing a space for community meetings and the employability of young people | £3,512
Support After Suicide | Kirklees wide | To extend a group which offers support and community activity to people who have experienced a family member or friend’s suicide, as complementary to formal counselling, enabling their resilience and confidence to grow | £1,000
Uniform Exchange | Huddersfield | To pilot the delivery of 2 “Big Exchange” events to enable families on low incomes to have access to school uniforms for the new school year | £5898.50
Kirklees Visually Impaired Network | Batley & Spen | To develop a new drop in provision in the Batley area extending the offer of KVIN | £4,950

UKE Can Do It

Dewsbury & Mirfield
Batley & Spen

To support the set up of a Ukulele group for people who have visual impairment, and their friends, to improve well being and grow connections

£1,000

BBEST | Batley & Spen | Project to bring mothers and female carers of children and young people to take part in outdoor activities to improve health and well being | £4,000
Hellcats Martial Arts | Batley & Spen | To extend the current provision from Thornhill Lees to Batley for children and young people to take part in martial arts activities that build confidence and improve well being | £3,000
Board Games Group | Dewsbury & Mirfield | To help develop an informal board games group meeting at Dewsbury Library to connect lonely and isolated people | £200
Birstall Film Club | Batley & Spen | To support the development of a group at Birstall Library to bring lonely and isolated people together | £800