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  • Case Study: Baby Basics Northampton

    Published 02/03/23, by Hazel Munn

    About the Group

    Baby Basics Northampton is a Community Group who aim to ensure that every baby has a safe place to sleep. They provide much needed essentials and equipment to mothers and families across Northamptonshire who are unable to provide these items for themselves; including but not limited to teenage mums, people seeking asylum and women fleeing domestic abuse and trafficking.

    The organised moved their premises to Wollaston just before the lockdown to allow for larger space to meet the increased need for their services.

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  • Case Study: Laugh Out Loud Theatre

    Published 03/02/23, by Hazel Munn

    About the Group

    Laugh Out Loud Theatre are a non-profit theatre company whose aim is to bring theatre back into the community within the county for everyone to enjoy. They want to make theatre affordable and accessible to all. Their shows are designed and written to maximise audience engagement and participation. They want the community to feel a part of the work they create.

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  • Case Study: United African Association

    Published 03/02/23, by Hazel Munn

    About the Group

    United African Association (UAA) advise, support, advocate for and represent the African community. They promote community cohesion through events, projects and activities that showcase African culture and heritage.

    Their current activities include providing African food parcels, supporting the food beneficiaries and wider community with various issues, signposting to other organisations and telephone befriending services.

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  • Case Study: The McCarthy-Dixon Foundation

    Published 03/02/23, by Hazel Munn

    The McCarthy-Dixon Foundation foodbank provides food parcels to local schools, as well as other organisations such as domestic abuse services, mental health services, and HM Prison and Probation services. TMDF also provides social clubs, digital inclusion classes, affordable haircuts, cookery classes and home renovations to local, vulnerable groups.

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  • Case study: The Doddridge Centre

    Published 19/01/23, by Hazel Munn

    The Doddridge Centre is a busy, welcoming resource centre providing a wide range of facilities and support to community and voluntary groups and enterprises. We offer room/space and hall hire at competitive rates and with special rates for non-profit, charitable, community groups and ethical businesses. We host many different events and activities throughout the year, all aimed at supporting the community and individuals alike.

    We are keen to bring the local community back into the centre following the covid pandemic and create a safe space for local people to engage in activities, groups and build support networks. We are hopeful to re-build the thriving hub that the Doddridge Centre once was, involving the local community in voluntary opportunities and providing learning opportunities.

    We work with many different organisations, charities, voluntary and community groups to provide space for them to undertaken their own groups and activities or use our rooms for meetings, conferences and events. We engage in assisting them to build their own organisations by using ours as a starting platform.

    We have been working hard to listen to the voices of the local community in what they would like to see happening within the centre and this is an important part of our future, to ensure that we co-produce the activities and events which taken place here at the Doddridge Centre.We undertake community development and community work in furtherance of our charitable aims

    We are working with the local community and organisations to relieve poverty by providing support for other organisations which give help to people suffering hardship.

    We are a community hub offering a variety of services to a variety of organisations, groups and the local community.

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  • Case Study: Favell Day Services

    Published 02/12/22, by Juniper Education

    About the Group:

    Favell Day Services provide day care and support for adults with physical disabilities. This consists of social interaction, leisure and recreational activities, all to improve life experience and social isolation.

    Support required:

    During the winter months, Favell Day services required funding to purchase additional warm clothing and equipment to support their members to stay warm and health. Items required included heated over blankets, warm pyjamas, thermals. Power banks and waterproofs.

    What was achieved through the grant:

     The grant helped increase the health and well-being of Favell Say Services members through reducing the impact the cold can have on morale and leading to further health problems. As well as improved health and well-being, there was a reduction of stress, anxiety and depression and members were even able to enjoy the winter outside by having the appropriate clothing leading to increased physical activity and mental health.

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