This report details the latest findings from People’s Health Trust’s survey which asked funded partners about the impact of the pandemic on their organisation and project partic
National Hate Crime Awareness Week takes place every October in the UK with the aim to raise awareness of the impacts of hate crime and how to tackle it.
Access to digital technology and the internet became essential during the pandemic
October marks 10 years since People’s Health Trust started funding community projects using money raised through The Health Lottery.
Over the past year the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 have become clearer.
Choose from the regions below to find out about activity in your area.
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk
£10,052,409 raised since October 2011
233 local projects funded
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire
£9,714,869 raised since October 2011
261 local projects funded
Surrey, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, East Sussex, West Sussex, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
£12,365,157 raised since October 2011
238 local projects funded
East, South East, North and North East London and Kent
£9,477,176 raised since October 2011
299 local projects funded
£11,081,867 raised since October 2011
335 local projects funded
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham
£7,602,727 raised since October 2011
200 local projects funded
Staffordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, and the West Midlands
£9,108,823 raised since October 2011
230 local projects funded
Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire and Merseyside
£11,687,814 raised since October 2011
334 local projects funded
South West, West and North West London and Berkshire
£9,472,198 raised since October 2011
273 local projects funded
Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Dorset and Bristol
£12,327,563 raised since October 2011
355 local projects funded
£11,879,923 raised since October 2011
286 local projects funded
£7,438,201 raised since October 2011
184 local projects funded
The groups mainly focus on teaching English as a second language but participants also decide on different activities to do during the classes such as flower arranging and arts and crafts.
This two-year project builds on the community’s success keeping the children’s pool open in the village of Penrhiwceiber, Rhondda Cynon Taf, by providing activities and training for local people in the new meeting space being built on the site.
This two-year project in Newport, Wales established three weekly user-led groups providing social activities for local people from Black and Minority Ethnic communities who already attend weekly ESOL and IT sessions run by the organisation
Parents receive peer support including advice, signposting and assistance, and the children make new friends and have fun. Participants plan the programme of activities and shape the project by feeding back to the staff and management committee.
The Fort Lowestoft is a hub for young people to meet and form friendships over a shared interest in gaming, computer programming, role playing and comic books.
"Thanks to People’s Health Trust and the money raised through the society lotteries, our volunteers have supported thousands of people in need in their homes and in the community.” Catherine Johnstone CBE, Chief Executive – Royal Voluntary Service
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