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Coronavirus Response & Recovery Fund

July 2020

Everyday English - £5,000

The grant will be used to provide conversation and wellbeing cafes for mainly isolated older women where English is a second language.

Emmanuel Coffee Shop Ltd. (Repeat Award) - £4,769.10

The grant will be used to support food aid service of hot meals to vulnerable residents on a low income in Northampton East.

Woodford Halse Good Neighbours Scheme (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid and support to vulnerable residents.

Care and Repair Northamptonshire (Repeat award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide repair services to vulnerable older people who are self isolating or shielding.

Rockin' Roadrunner - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide a virtual arts and music festival for the disability community.

Southern Quarter Development Ltd. (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide an ongoing food aid and hot meal service to vulnerable residents.

Corona Kitchen (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provde a hot meals service and support to people rough sleeping and who are homeless.

Towcester Youth Coffee House - £2,648

The grant will be used to provide a virtual youth club for young people.

New Street Cafe - £2,450

The grant will be used to provide a safe and social distancing space for older and vulnerable people to meet with wellbeing activities. 

Swan & Helmet Foodbank (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to work with local schools to provide food aid to families reducing holiday hunger.

June 2020

Elim Church Northampton (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid and support for vulnerable residents.

Community Law Service (Northampton and County) - £3,000

The grant will be used to support staff to continue providing advice and advocacy safely to vulnerable clients.

Northampton Sea Cadets - £2,500

The grant will be used to provide online training and support to 100 young people.

Hartwell Community Centre (Repeat Award) - £2,995

The grant will be used to provide food aid to vulnerable residents.

Ability Northamptonshire (Repeat Award) - £2,800

The grant will be used for food aid and community transport provision for supplies to vulnerable residents.

Accommodation Concern Kettering (Repeat Award) - £2,880

The grant will be used to support homeless people and rough sleepers in temporary accommodation with clean bedding and laundry washing.

Castle Hill United Reform Church (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food hampers for families in Spring Boroughs on a low income.

Northampton Town of Sanctuary (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid and hygiene products to support young asylum seekers based in the town.

The Autumn Centre (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food parcels and activity packs to vulnerable older residents.

Home-Start Kettering (Repeat Award) - £1,450

The grant will be used to provide food aid and hygiene products to vulnerable families.

Family Support Link (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide online and telephone support for self isolating families and children affected by substance misuse through another family member.

Glamis Hall for All (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid and shopping services for isolated vulnerable residents.

Ability Northamptonshire (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide community transports and services for people with disabilities.

C2C Social Action (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid and wellbeing support for mainly vulnerable female clients some of whom are ex-offenders.

Emmanuel Coffee Shop Ltd. (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide free meals for vulnerable residents on a low income.

Silhouette Youth (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide online learning packages for young people during the Summer holidays.

BDTB Diversity UK CIC - £2,919.50

The grant will be used to provide online and telephone support for unemployed people supporting employability.

South Northamptonshire Community Responders (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide emergency first aid provision and training safely during the COVID-19 health crisis.

Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide community transport services to support older people and people with disabilities with shopping services and access to medical supplies.

Emmanuel Group of Churches (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide virtual support and activity packs for young people.

Caring and Sharing Trust (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide virtual support services, activities and transport for people with learning disabilities.

Swan & Helmet Food Bank (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid for vulnerable families referred by schools.

Café Track (Repeat Award) - £2,500

The grant will be used to provide virtual mental health support for vulnerable clients.

Food for Thought Daventry (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid for families and children on a low income.

Volunteer Action - £2,000

The grant will be used to provide shopping and telephone befriending service for vulnerable residents.

Dostiyo (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide wellbeing support for vulnerable BAME residents.

Moulton Parish Council COVID-19 Volunteer Support Group (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide wellbeing support services for vulnerable residents.

SERVE Rushden (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide essential shopping services for vulnerable older and disabled residents.

Daventry Volunteer Centre (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used for crisis support volunteers providing food aid and shopping services to vulnerable residents.

Swan & Helmet Foodbank (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid to families on a low income working with schools for referrals.

Braunston Heart - £2,999

The grant will be used to provide essential support and a helpline for local residents self isolating or shielding.

Manor Sports and Leisure - £1,500

The grant will be used to provide online exercise and activity packs for older people.

May 2020

Home-Start Daventry and South Northamptonshire - £2,346

The grant will be used to provide telephone, text and online support to vulnerable families.

The Kids Aid Foundation - £2,640

The grant will be used for wellbeing checks and resource kits for children and young people living with trauma.

Cruse Bereavement Care (Northampton) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide bereavement counselling especially for those affected by Coronavirus.

Living Well Occupational Therapy Community CIC - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide wellbeing activity to support older people especially those in care homes.

NORPIP (Northamptonshire Parent Infant Partnership) - £2,950

The grant will be used to provide online and telephone support for vulnerable new mums.

En-Fold - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide telephone and online support for parents and carers with children and young people with autism.

East Northants First Responders - £1,450

The grant will be used to deliver prescriptions, shopping and activity packs to vulnerable residents including care homes.

Northampton Bangladeshi Association - £2,500

The grant will be used to support vulnerable BAME residents over 50 to stay safe whilst social distancing with masks and hand sanitizers.

Care & Repair Northamptonshire (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide essential repair services and support to vulnerable older and disabled residents self isolating or shielding.

Swan & Helmet Foodbank (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food parcels to families on a low income with referrals from local schools.

SNVB (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide essential supply services for vulnerable residents.

UpsNDowns Northants - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid and education packs to support children and adults with Down’s Syndrome.

ACES - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide culturally appropriate meals for vulnerable older BAME residents.

Home-Start Northampton - £3,000

The grant will be used to telephone and online support to vulnerable families.

Headway East Northamptonshire - £2,394.95

The grant will be used to provide food aid, essential deliveries and online activities for people with head injuries.

Amalgamation Community - £2,945

The grant will be used to provide food aid and essential shopping service for vulnerable older residents living in Briar Hill, Camp Hill and Far Cotton.

Power of the Mind Network - £2,992

Working with Northampton Borough Council and United African Association to provide food aid and befriending to vulnerable older residents and those with underlying health conditions.

Victoria Centre - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid and a help line for vulnerable residents working with another local community centre.

Zimwomen Association Northamptonshire - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid and befriending support to vulnerable BAME residents.

United African Association (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid predominantly to vulnerable BAME residents.

Moulton Parish Council Covid-19 Volunteer Support Group - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid and volunteer support to vulnerable residents.

Northampton Irish Support Group - £1,285.71

The grant will be used to provide care packages and activities for vulnerable Irish residents.

Renew Wellbeing Cafe - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide a befriending service for vulnerable residents without support networks who are self isolating or shielding.

South Northants Community Responders - £3,000

The grant will fund a responder car for the scheme. Currently a car is provided by East Midlands Ambulance service. Due to ever decreasing budgets these cars are being taken away so as a scheme they now need to fund their own car.

Food for Thought Daventry - £3,000

The group will deliver hot meals to vulnerable children in Daventry, supporting those that otherwise would have received school dinners but the group has identified many are  now going hungry.

Daventry Contact - £3,000

The group gives furniture to those in-need who would otherwise have nothing. People have been moved into accommodation due to the crisis and been left with nothing. The charity performs a vital role supporting those families with furniture and white goods.

Revolution Zero - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid through ‘bags of good’ scheme to vulnerable self-isolating families and residents on a low income.

Peak Empower (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide support and care packages to people with mental health issues, families with children with additional needs and vulnerable older people.

Daylight Centre (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide emergency food aid to housed rough sleepers and vulnerable older people.

SOFEA (Strategic Response Grant Award) - £20,000

The grant will be used to establish a network of community larders across the district in order to address access to nutritious food aid working in partnership with South Northamptonshire Community Resilience hub, Northamptonshire police and a network of other agencies to support vulnerable residents.

Middleton Cheney Good Neighbours Scheme - £1,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid and essential supplies to vulnerable self-isolating residents.

Caring and Sharing Trust - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid and support packages for self-isolating residents with learning disabilities and their carers.

Favell Day Services - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide shopping services and telephone support for vulnerable disabled adults.

Raunds Area Volunteers - £1,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid and essential supplies to self isolating residents.

Project 16:15 - £3,000

The grant will be used to support the homeless community with food aid and essential supplies. 

Friends of Far Cotton Library - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid, essential supplies and telephone support to vulnerable residents of Delapre and Far Cotton.

Northamptonshire Search & Rescue (Repeat Award) - £225

The grant will be used for a one-off equipment purchase to continue emergency search and rescue work during the Coronavirus outbreak.

South Quarter Development Ltd. - £3,000

The grant will be used for supporting residents on a low income in Far Cotton, Delapre, Briar Hill and Hunsbury Park with food aid. 

Art Works! - £2,995

The grant will be used for care and art activity online support package for people self-isolating and recovering from mental health issues.

April 2020

Home-Start Wellingborough & District (Strategic Response Grant Award) - £14,023

The grant will be used for the development of a family support hub supporting referred vulnerable families on a low income to access mental health counselling, advice including debt advice, support for children and young people and food aid working in partnership with Mind, Service Six and Relate Northamptonshire. 

Castle Hill United Reformed Church - £3,000

The grant will be used to support vulnerable residents on a low income with food aid.

Northamptonshire Search & Rescue - £1,500

The grant will be used to provide support and deliveries to residents identified as particularly vulnerable across the county.

East Northamptonshire Community Services (Repeat Award) - £2,550

The grant will be used to provide activities and support for vulnerable residents self-isolating at an addiction rehabilitation house.

The Lowdown - £2,800

The grant will be used for the provision of online and remote counselling support to vulnerable young people.

The Voluntary and Community Sector Learning and Skills Consortium t/a Enable - £2,921.30

The grant will be used for the provision of essential support including activities for young people with complex needs without support networks or self-isolating with vulnerable parents.

Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire (Strategic Response Grant Award) - £15,442.68

Working in partnership with the local Coronavirus community resilience forum and Northampton Borough Council to target at-risk vulnerable residents to increase the take up of local, co-ordinated support and also match volunteers to provide local services to those most in need at this time.

Springs Family Centre (Repeat Award) - £2,000

The grant will be used to provide ongoing food aid and support for vulnerable residents in Spring Boroughs, especially for those on a low income.

Northampton Hope Centre (Strategic Response Grant Award) - £20,000

The grant will be used for the development of a food hub for larger scale distribution and co-ordinated food aid across several food banks working in partnership including Northampton Hope Centre, Re:Store Northampton, Weston Favell Food Bank, St David’s Community Café and Bugbrooke food bank. 

Manna House Counselling Trust - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide a telephone mental health counselling support service for vulnerable residents.

Spring Charity - £2,531.81

The grant will be used to provide care and activity packs for vulnerable families in Spring Boroughs.

Autumn Centre - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid and companion telephone calls for isolated older people.

Earth's Lonely Angels - £1,100

The grant will be used to provide food aid to homeless people in temporary accommodation.

Live at Home Northampton - £2,000

The grant will be used to provide activity packs, shopping and befriending services for vulnerable people self-isolating without support networks.

Baby Basics Northampton - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide baby starter packs for new mums and mums-to-be during the outbreak.

Dostiyo - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide a helpline for older and vulnerable Asian people who are self-isolating.

Corona Kitchen - £2,414

The grant will be used to provide a hot meal service for vulnerable people in partnership with food banks and homelessness agencies.

KHL Community in Sheds - £3,000

The grant will be used to make PPE equipment for NHS staff and other key workers and vulnerable people.

SNVB - £1,617

The grant will be used to provide community transport for a food aid delivery service to vulnerable residents.

Groundwork: Northamptonshire - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid supplies to families on a low income.

Northampton and District Mind - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide online and telephone mental health counselling support.

Re:Store Northampton (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food bank support to vulnerable residents.

Cransley Hospice Trust - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide a 'hospice at home' service for end of life care to individuals.

Serve Rushden (Strategic Response Grant Award) - £15,707

Working in partnership with the East Northamptonshire Community Resilience Hub, Mind, Service Six and Community Law Service to work with especially vulnerable young people and adults with mental health issues to provide a crisis service during the Coronavirus outbreak. 

Support Northamptonshire (Strategic Response Grant Award) - £16, 030

Working in partnership with Pravasi Mandal, Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation, Wellingborough District Hindu Association and Northamptonshire Rights and Equality Council to support especially vulnerable residents from local Asian Communities which are disproportionately affected by the Coronavirus outbreak with food aid, welfare calls, information and materials in accessible formats and other languages to provide guidance on social distancing and access to support. 

Golden Years - £2,447

The grant will be used to provide food aid, home activity packs and a telephone befriending service to older people.

Home-Start Kettering - £700

The grant will be used to provide food aid and support to vulnerable families on a low income.

Corby Mind - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide a mental health and telephone support service.

Warts and All Theatre - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide online arts and education sessions with social support for young people.

Swan & Helmet Food Bank (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to continue to provide food hampers to families in need.

Northamptonshire Rights and Equality Council - £2,974.76

The grant will be used to provide telephone support and advice packs to people experiencing employment difficulties. Food aid is provided for individuals and families experiencing hardship.

Christ Image Assembly - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide a food shopping service for vulnerable and self-isolating older people.

Relate Northamptonshire - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide free online and telephone counselling support services.

Corby Community Arts - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide arts and crafts packs and telephone befriending support services to vulnerable people who are self-isolating.

Peak Empower (Repeat Award) - £3,000

The grant will be used to continue to provide wellness packs to vulnerable families self-isolating. 

Emmanuel Coffee Shop Ltd. - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide free cooked meals to vulnerable people in Northampton East. 

Northamptonshire Association for the Blind (Repeat Award) - £2,836

The grant will be used to continue the volunteer-led befriending scheme to visually impaired people throughout the Coronavirus outbreak.

Elim Church Northampton - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid to vulnerable older residents of Northampton.

Shine Development Concept - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide a food aid and doorstep delivery service for high risk residents of Northampton East.

Sikh Community Centre and Youth Club - £2,964

The grant will be used to provide food aid and essential support to vulnerable members of the community.

Eve - £2,901

The grant will be used to provide an online support and health service for victims of domestic abuse.

Cafe Track - £2,550

The grant will be used to provide online support for vulnerable young adults on the autism spectrum.

Everyday English - £2,915.97

The grant will be used to provide online advice and wellbeing support primarily for older residents who use English as a second language.

Community Court Yard - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide weekly activity packs and online wellbeing support for young people and families.

The Good Loaf CIC - £2,805

The grant will be used to support a food aid delivery service for self-isolating older residents of Northampton.

Wriggle Dance Theatre - £2,982

The grant will be used to create a wellbeing and movement resource for older residents in care homes with online support to care workers.

Accommodation Concern - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid and equipment to rough sleepers in temporary accommodation in Kettering.

Oakfield Easton Maudit Ltd. - £3,000

The grant will be used to support carers and residents living with severe disabilities with protective equipment and essential supplies.

Rushden Mind - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide support to workers and volunteers providing mental health counselling over the phone.

Free 2 Talk Ltd. - £3,000

The grant will be used to extend online welfare and educational support for young people and families.

Vineyard Church - £2,100

The grant will be used to provide food aid and essential supplies to vulnerable residents on a low income.

Age UK Northamptonshire - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide hot food, shopping and medicine to vulnerable older people.

Wellingborough Homelessness Forum - £2,550

The grant will be used to provide essential services to homeless people placed in temporary accommodation.

Northampton Saints Foundation - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide educational resources and support to children with additional needs.

Northampton Town of Sanctuary - £2,400

The grant will be used to provide food vouchers and support to a group of young asylum seekers and refugees.

Woodford Halse Good Neighbour Scheme - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide food aid vouchers and other essential services for residents aged 70 years plus.

Glamis Hall for All - £3,000

The grant will be used to run a food aid outreach service for isolated older and disabled clients.

The Eloquent Fold - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide creative self-care packages, alongside online and telephone support for those on low income and living with mental health issues.

Desborough Library and Community Hub - £2,000

The grant will be used to provide a food aid and pharmacy delivery service for vulnerable residents of Desborough.

Northampton Town Football in the Community - £2,900

The grant will be used to provide a telephone befriending service and referral support to older people, those with disabilities and those with mental health issues.

Care and Repair Northamptonshire - £2,000

The grant will be used to provide essential services for isolated older people including heating repairs and falls prevention.

Hartwell Community Centre - £2,991

The grant will be used to provide emergency food aid and activity packs for children and families.

Family Support Link - £2,072.80

The grant will support the delivery of food and essentials to at risk families and children with additional online and telephone support services.

Daylight Centre - £3,000

The grant will be used to re-stock the food bank and to support travel costs for delivering food parcels to at risk groups.

SERVE Rushden - £3,000

The grant will be used to support self-isolating older people and those with disabilities with grocery shopping and prescription collections.

Cogenhoe and Whiston Parish Council - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide rural transport services for key workers, residents and those attending hospital or collecting prescriptions.

Bugbrooke Community Cafe - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide foodbank services for vulnerable people.

Northampton Hope Centre - £3,000 

The grant will be used to provide food supplies, clean clothes and hygiene products to homeless communities at local hotel accommodation.

KCU Ltd. - £2,838

The grant will be used to deliver food services and community transport to vulnerable people.

C2C Social Action - £3,000 

The grant will be used to deliver food aid and medical supplies to vulnerable people.

Fruitful Abundance - £3,000

The grant will be used to source and supply 400 free food bags to agencies and ground level working with some of the most vulnerable people in our communities.

Emmanuel Group of Churches - £3,000

The grant will be used to employ a delivery driver to deliver food parcels in the Eastern District of Northampton.

Peak Empower - £3,000 

The grant will be used to provide online and physical resource packs for vulnerable families and older people with food, self-care and play activities and a list of helplines.

Daventry Volunteer Centre - £3,000 

The grant will be used to re-deploy volunteers to go shopping on behalf of vulnerable people who are self-isolating. 

East Northamptonshire Community Services (also covering Corby) - £2,995.44 

The grant will be used to support homeless people with urgent equipment and food.

4 U Community Cafe - £3,000 

The grant will be used to support 70 low income families with food parcels.

Moulton Allotments CIC - £2,995

The grant will be used to provide children, young people and families with growing kits and online education resources to enable them to remain part of the allotment network during this time of social distancing. 

Far Cotton Residents Association - £3,000

The grant will be used to support 50 older, vulnerable residents with provisions and telephone befriending services. 

Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire - £3,000

The grant will be used to support older and vulnerable people in Northampton.

Phoenix Resource Centre - £3,000 

The grant will be used to provide additional food supplies to local food banks and churches. 

Rothwell Citizens Welfare Committee - £2,000

The grant will be used to provide an essential food and medical provision service to the residents of Rothwell.

UK Emergency Support Services - £2,510.93

The grant will be used to support home delivery, food shopping and telephone support services to vulnerable members of East Northamptonshire.

South Northamptonshire Volunteer Bureau - £1,497

The grant will be used to deliver food parcels to community hubs in two villages.

Springs Family Centre - £1,000

The grant will be used to support a food aid and telephone befriending service to vulnerable members of Spring Boroughs in Northampton.

Re:Store Northampton - £3,000

The grant will be used to enable the Northampton Food Bank to remain operational.

Swan & Helmet Foodbank - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide a food bank service for low income families, working with a range of local schools and churches. 

Thomas's Fund - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide online music therapy and sensory packs for families with vulnerable children and those with additional needs.

The Lewis Foundation - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide free emergency care packs for adults going through cancer treatment.

Silhouette Youth - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide an online education support service for 150 young people to aid with mental health and wellbeing.

Ability Northamptonshire - £3,000

The grant will be used to provide community transport for vulnerable older people and those with disabilities.

United African Association - £1,280 

The grant will be used to provide food aid and transport for vulnerable and hard to reach African and Caribbean residents of Northampton.

Northamptonshire Association for the Blind - £2,650 

The grant will be used to provide a telephone support and befriending service for people with blindness and sight difficulties who are self-isolating.