Stronger communities

Our funding is supporting improvements to the scout hall so they can offer better facilities to young people and more opportunities for the community to use and enjoy the building.

Our funding is supporting the first community-run sports academy in Northern Ireland to provide sporting and community facilities that give people opportunities to socialise and get active.

Local anchor organisation that runs a mixed-use community hub on a housing estate. We are supporting the development of a new ‘first floor’ space to help incubate community businesses and facilitate skills sharing.

Runs Stretford Public Hall as a community facility offering activities and a co-working space for local social enterprises. Our funding supports salary costs of two employees who work to boost financial sustainability, community engagement and volunteering.

A neighbourhood development organisation. We are supporting start-up costs to bring a recently-refurbished former social club back to life as a mixed-use community facility.

We helped Future Wolverton bring the Old School back to life as a community facility. Our funding supported the building of a small guest house and cafe that will provide a sustainable income. A partnership with a neighbouring SEN school provides work experience to students.

A community-led housing organisation that has been working to regenerate its neighbourhood into a vibrant, thriving community. We are supporting the build costs of the Winter Gardens and Four Corners development, a mixed-use space for socialising, community retail and flats.

Heeley Trust runs Heeley People’s Park for the community to use and enjoy. Our funding is supporting some immediate park maintenance, and the refurbishment of a bike recycling workshop that will generate profits to support the park long-term.

A garden centre that sells organic plants and other ethical goods, and offers events, activities and training to local people. Our funding is supporting the build of a new office space and shop that will help boost income as well as some core costs for community engagement and outreach.

The first community-owned agriculture organisation in Northern Ireland. We have supported the purchase of the land and farmhouse where they can offer volunteering opportunities, and farming and skills sessions for asylum seekers.

Community organisation that manages Jubilee Pool lido. We are supporting costs for the lido’s new community space that has a focus on health and wellbeing. A geothermal well is also being drilled to provide a year-round offer for the community.

Long Wood Community Woodland manages a woodland that the local community can use and enjoy. Our funding has enabled them to purchase a professional saw mill and employ a saw miller to support sustainable woodland management and develop new income streams.

A community organisation bringing Oban’s former Rockfield Primary School back to life as the Rockfield Centre – the island’s first mixed-use community and arts hub. We are supporting build and refurbishment costs.

A charity supporting people who have been affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence. We are supporting costs for a café and community space that raises sustainable funds and offers people a chance to meet and socialise.

A community-led housing project developing 33 affordable, eco-friendly homes in Lewisham. We support salary and associated costs of an Operations Director who leads on delivering the new development.

Manages woodlands and open spaces for the benefit of ecology and local people. We are supporting costs for a new biomass and timber recycling social enterprise that will create sustainable funds for the organisation and help the environment.

A community-focused organisation regenerating the White Rock area of Hastings. We are supporting the refurbishment of the Observer Building that will offer space for community activities, events, leisure and affordable accommodation.