WISHING WELL PROJECT 

The project will target 70 people experiencing homelessness, including people with no fixed address, asylum seekers/refugees - or those who are experiencing issues with housing, employment, ....more

The project will target 70 people experiencing homelessness, including people with no fixed address, asylum seekers/refugees - or those who are experiencing issues with housing, employment, substance abuse and/or addiction. It will provide 52 weekly football sessions to engage and lift people out of poverty, providing them with meaningful and purposeful activity and the opportunity to secure volunteering placements, gain IT training, and potential employment, within the project - or related activities.

The Wishing Well has a reputable and established meal delivery service reaching approximately 100-120 people across Crewe and south Cheshire every day.

The SAS (Supported Adults Service) Project

3 year grant for 3 part-time staff in the new children's and family centre

Grant to Wishing Well Project

Wishing Well Project aims to improve the health and wellbeing of local people and offer support to the most vulnerable members of that society. Funding for the group will enable them to provide ....more

Wishing Well Project aims to improve the health and wellbeing of local people and offer support to the most vulnerable members of that society. Funding for the group will enable them to provide community-based health and wellbeing activities and support for vulnerable older residents of Crewe and South Cheshire.

The Wishing Well is a health and wellbeing charity delivering services across Crewe and south Cheshire. The project will deliver a host of early intervention services for vulnerable people in Crewe ....more

The Wishing Well is a health and wellbeing charity delivering services across Crewe and south Cheshire. The project will deliver a host of early intervention services for vulnerable people in Crewe from fresh meals, recipe packs, food parcels, care packages and guidance and support. The funding will allow us to employ, train and develop local people to develop and deliver this project, it will also support our volunteers and allow us to purchase from the local supply chain. The most significant impact of the project will be that it will directly lift people out of food poverty and provide children, families and vulnerable older people with a lifeline during these most challenging of times.

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

The Wishing Well - Our mission is to improve public health and wellbeing. The project will deliver a range of community health and wellbeing activities such as arts classes, music sessions ....more

The Wishing Well - Our mission is to improve public health and wellbeing. The project will deliver a range of community health and wellbeing activities such as arts classes, music sessions (choir/dance), low level physical activity sessions aiming to re-engage our community who have experienced lockdown. The funding will pay for qualified tutors and facilitators to deliver sessions as well as cover general expenses for delivering the activities such as materials and utilities. We have continued our conversations with many vulnerable people during lockdown through our phone befriending service - one of the most common things we have heard is "I can't wait to get back to the Wishing Well" we know how much people have missed social interaction, fun and laughter with their friends - this funding will allow us to deliver sessions to bring this back to people. This funding is not to provide financial stability, however, it will allow us to secure vital services that are needed now more than ever in our local community.

NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more

NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.

The Wishing Well is considered a reputable leading community health and wellbeing provider in south Cheshire. During the coronavirus pandemic, our response has been to reach out and support the most ....more

The Wishing Well is considered a reputable leading community health and wellbeing provider in south Cheshire. During the coronavirus pandemic, our response has been to reach out and support the most vulnerable residents within our communities. On a daily basis we now directly reach between 300- 350 older people who are self-isolating due the government advice and guidelines. For these people, we provide one or a combination of the following services: • Freshly prepared on the day meal delivery service using local produce arriving to the door warm and ready to eat. • Shopping for basic and/or emergency items. • Medical pick ups including walking aids, prescriptions and information leaflets. • Telephone befriending service. We’d like to sustain this service for the duration of the coronavirus crisis and indeed the aftermath of the situation where anxiety within our communities will be particularly high. There is also the risk of a re-emergence of the virus as well as the lasting impact on public health and wellbeing. To do this, we are going to require the funding to continue reaching our organisation whilst typical income streams remain closed or affected by the pandemic.

The Wishing Well has temporarily transformed operations to ensure we can reach as many vulnerable older people as possible. We have had to suspend all services taking place within our facilities: ....more

The Wishing Well has temporarily transformed operations to ensure we can reach as many vulnerable older people as possible. We have had to suspend all services taking place within our facilities: children and family groups, day care provision, lunch clubs, cafe and bistro. We have pooled all resources to be able to reach more people in the community. We have enhanced our meal delivery service and extended this to include shopping, medication pick ups and a phone befriending service.

The organisation supports vulnerable older people in the community. During the pandemic the group have adapted their services and provide a meal delivery service shopping service medical pick ups and ....more

The organisation supports vulnerable older people in the community. During the pandemic the group have adapted their services and provide a meal delivery service shopping service medical pick ups and telephone befriending. Funding will go towards staff costs.

Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Active Families Drop In. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.

The Wishing Well is a health and wellbeing charity developing and delivering services for vulnerable people in south Cheshire - specifically reaching the most deprived areas of Crewe. In line with ....more

The Wishing Well is a health and wellbeing charity developing and delivering services for vulnerable people in south Cheshire - specifically reaching the most deprived areas of Crewe. In line with the purpose of the grant, this funding will build our capacity to take on more referrals from the new NHS Link Workers that are coming into position within Crewe. The grant will allow us to deliver more provision, develop our staff and recruit additional volunteers to support our delivery and sustainability. The funding will allow us to extend and expand our hugely successful health and wellbeing services that improve the lives of vulnerable people in Crewe and the surrounding areas.

Funding for the project will be used to provide outreach support services and youth provision for young people to reduce social isolation.

The Wishing Well exists to improve the health and wellbeing of local people. The Reach Out Project aims to provide opportunities for socially isolated young people to feel part of something, giving ....more

The Wishing Well exists to improve the health and wellbeing of local people. The Reach Out Project aims to provide opportunities for socially isolated young people to feel part of something, giving them opportunities to make friends, laugh and reach out to others. The funding will allow us to invest in a project worker who has the skills to break down barriers, engage with socially isolated young people and support those living with a mental health condition - the funding will also allow us to deliver activities and sessions, day trips and residentials. The most significant impact of this project will be that it will directly reach out to one of the most vulnerable groups in society - socially isolated young people - who may be experiencing mental health issues, a sense of worthlessness and/or potentially on the verge of a crisis such as suicide. This project aim to intervene which will quite literally save lives.

Wishing Well operates has a community centre with an adjoining playing field based in (CW2 8) an area which has the highest number of young people not in education, education or training in the whole ....more

Wishing Well operates has a community centre with an adjoining playing field based in (CW2 8) an area which has the highest number of young people not in education, education or training in the whole of Cheshire East. The project will work with young people in the area to help them identify, design source and provide a range of services for young people. Young people will be responsible for designing the service/consultation/promotion/training/delivery/fund raising/monitoring/admin/record keeping/cleaning venues and seeking resources. All young people will be trained in safeguarding principles and monitoring reporting process. The project will provide volunteering activities for hard to reach young people that will also act as a diversion and reduce anti-social behaviour, with the young people setting themselves personal targets and project related targets to achieve. The grant will pay for expert resources and sessional costs, volunteer expenses, small sports items, awareness raising materials and an seed funds for an enterprise activity.