Category: Case Studies

Case studies showing what we do and where our funding goes.

#CoronavirusSupportFund – CoActive Arts

We are pleased to have been able to support CoActive through the Coronavirus Support Fund!
 
Jody Gabriel, from CoActive, said “CoActive Arts is really grateful to The Community Foundation Wakefield District for supporting us with a grant during the pandemic. You were flexible, responsive and understanding in meeting our need to get members with learning difficulties to start engaging safely in creative group activity again. Many of our members had a difficult time and were extremely isolated. We were able to develop Yoga activity, which worked well with social distancing and promoting well-being. A highlight from last year was being able to exhibit our work on The Art Walk and even connect with other groups.”

#CoronavirusSupportFund – Stepping Stones Baby Bank

We are pleased to have been able to support Stepping Stones Baby Bank through the Coronavirus Support Fund!
Karen Stockhill from Stepping Stones Baby Bank said ‘The donation from the Coronavirus Support Fund enabled us to purchase new mattresses for the cots and moses baskets that we sent out. This helped us ensure the safety of every baby by complying with guidelines as set out by the Lullaby Trust. We were also able to purchase new safety gates, so that families that were struggling could keep their little ones safe.’

#CoronavirusSupportFund – Wakefield Trinity Community Foundation

We are pleased to have supported Wakefield Trinity Community Foundation through the Coronavirus Support Fund.
Colan Leung, Head of Health, Wellbeing & Inclusion said “The Connect Again project focused on three focus engagement points which included interventions designed to support positive physical health and mental wellbeing outcomes within older people.”
“Since March 2021, we have directly engaged with 339 individuals through the following channels:
68 participants got involved with the 11 Zoom calls we hosted. This was an online programme of engagement activity for older people using the ‘Zoom’ platform and Trust’s ‘YouTube’ account. Over the 5 months, content included sports reminiscence, mental resilience, and group learning opportunities. The focus of these sessions was to provide activities of interest which were attractive to older people with the engagement acting as a stimulus for developing new friendships.
271 Wakefield Trinity members and season ticket holders (aged over 56) were called by our staff members using a logbook and a script we produced. Participants were engaged through different topics such as Wakefield Trinity news/updates, physical and mental wellbeing, reducing loneliness and isolation, Zoom calls with players, The Big Feed project, and communicating accurate COVID-19 and vaccination information.”

#CoronavirusSupportFund – Kidz Aware

We are happy to have helped Kidz Aware Charity through the #coronavirussupportfund!
Diversity Manager, Gillian Archbold said “We have supported 45 disabled individuals with benefit form filling and appeals, which has made a real difference to the individuals and their families as many of these have lost their employment or are really struggling with long term health conditions, with the funding The Community Foundation gave us.”
“The conference was attended by 48 individuals, mostly parents and some professionals, however the professionals that attended and did the presentations were very helpful and actually took in the many concerns of the families, especially around their children’s mental health, this has lead to several zoom meeting to discuss what needs to be done to bring about positive changes.”

#CoronavirusSupportFund – Shared Harmonies

We have been very happy to be able to support Shared Harmonies CIC through the #coronavirussupportfund!
Emma Baylin, Director of Shared Harmonies said “Despite the challenges COVID has presented we feel our Community Spirit project has been extremely successful and set out what it achieved to do.”
“We aimed to connect with people who were already experiencing isolation before the Pandemic as well as those who became most impacted during the lockdowns. We worked with local partner organisations and volunteers to identify people most at need and recruited participants through flyers, and signposting from our partners. We ran weekly sessions using singing, music, share music, poetry, and chat to build connections and friendships, share thoughts and feelings and provide a support group and network.”

#CoronavirusSupportFund – Star Bereavement

We are very pleased to have been able to support Star Bereavement through the #coronavirussupportfund
Claire Taylor from Star Bereavement said “The funding we received from The Community Foundation enabled us to deliver Wellness in the Woods sessions at Eden’s Forest in Kirklees. This was an amazing experience and opportunity for families and was the start of our parent and carer peer support offer. The outcomes were to feel less isolated, support each other with parenting through grief and make new memories.”
“The sessions were very well evaluated with parents and carers requesting to go back as often as possible. The sessions in the forest are therapeutically and trauma informed and create a healing space away from the every day pressures of life.”
“We are very appreciative of the funding and support and hope we may be able to work more closely with The Community Foundation in the future.”

#CoronavirusSupportFund – Oasis Christian Centre and The Bag Fairies

We are delighted to be able to support Oasis Christian Centre – loving our community and their partners The Bag Fairies through #coronavirussupportfund
Paul Wake from Oasis Christian Centre said “The funding supported our partnership with The Bag Fairies – who collect & distribute clothing and household items for under privileged households.”
These boxes were purchased through the funding shortly after being successful in the application. The boxes stores the items for distribution.

“Gave me a warm feeling seeing his face light up”

This is Mark from Step Up at Wakefield Council. He collected a number of donations to give to a client and then sent us these kind words:
“I would just like to say a huge thank you to you and your team for the generous donation to my client. He was delighted!! I hadn’t told him about the microwave so that was a lovely surprise and he looked thrilled!

Its so heart warming that we can utilise a service like yours and the clothing bank for just those basic necessities to help someone get back on the track.

I’m sure I will no doubt call upon you again but really just wanted to pass on my thanks again. Gave me a warm feeling seeing his face light up!”

The team at the Community Give Box were delighted to receive this thanks as they are so proud to be able to use the preloved items so generously donated by our supporters, to such good use.

Helping to set up home!

The team at the Community Give Box gave Katy Hanmer from WDH a trolley full of items for a young woman who fled domestic violence with just a bag of clothes and nothing else. WDH have provided a flat and we have provided a range of items to make the flat a home!