The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK, is pleased to announce that grassroots charities and community groups tackling loneliness in England can apply for a share of £2 million of National Lottery funding to support their work.
Adults with learning disabilities or additional needs in Cumbria will soon be able to benefit from a summer school of creative therapies delivered by local charity Prism Arts.
A Newcastle charity providing the only adapted bike scheme for adults with learning disabilities in the city centre has secured its future for the next three years.
Thanks to a helping hand from National Lottery players, two extraordinary groups are getting hundreds of people across the East Midlands moving, in a bid to create new friendships and reduce the impact of cognitive health issues.
Slowing down and looking after our mental health has been a necessary part of the last year, and for Ealing based charity, MindFood, reconnecting people with nature as a form of self-care has been crucial.
In 2009, retired GP Dr Robert Crabtree bought an old sailboat called ‘Tectona’ in the hope she could be used to assist in the recovery of former addicts.
