The Living Wage Champion Awards recognise Living Wage employers and individuals that have made great contributions to communities and industries by implementing and celebrating the Living Wage.
Active Communities is a funding programme for community groups and not-for-profit organisations, with an income of less than £350,000 a year or an average of £350,000 over two years.
In this piece, Sam from the Local Conversation in Penparcau, explains how she became involved in the project and the impact it has had on her, and the rest of the community.
The difference between the national minimum wage and the real Living Wage can mean the difference between having enough money to feed your family or being pushed into food-poverty.
Residents have celebrated their hard work over the last year with a one-night only outdoor film installation.
Choose from the regions below to find out about activity in your area.
Norfolk
£1,632,553 raised since October 2011
44 local projects funded
Essex, Southend on Sea, Thurrock
£1,834,145 raised since October 2011
67 local projects funded
Hertfordshire, Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Bedford
£1,595,460 raised since October 2011
55 local projects funded
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
£1,783,994 raised since October 2011
53 local projects funded
Suffolk
£1,919,123 raised since October 2011 Active Communities funding is currently available in this area
28 local projects funded
Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth, Isle of Wight
£1,774,186 raised since October 2011
41 local projects funded
Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes
£1,866,617 raised since October 2011
16 local projects funded
Surrey
£1,775,939 raised since October 2011
37 local projects funded
Kent and Medway
£1,857,537 raised since October 2011
66 local projects funded
Wokingham, West Berkshire, Reading, Windsor and Maidenhead, Slough, Bracknell Forest
£1,610,151 raised since October 2011
61 local projects funded
East and West Sussex, Brighton and Hove
£1,835,744 raised since October 2011
60 local projects funded
Camden, Barnet, City of Westminster, Brent, Harrow
£1,807,616 raised since October 2011
49 local projects funded
Havering, Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge, Newham, Waltham Forest
£1,916,590 raised since October 2011
65 local projects funded
Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, Ealing, Hounslow, Hillingdon
£1,923,564 raised since October 2011
66 local projects funded
Lambeth, Southwark, Bromley, Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley
£1,631,488 raised since October 2011
63 local projects funded
Wandsworth, Richmond on Thames, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Sutton, Croydon
£1,703,756 raised since October 2011
55 local projects funded
Islington, Haringey, Enfield, City of London, Tower Hamlets, Hackney
£1,621,785 raised since October 2011
52 local projects funded
Somerset, Dorset, North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth, Poole
£1,837,858 raised since October 2011
58 local projects funded
Gloucestershire and Swindon
£1,638,223 raised since October 2011
60 local projects funded
Cornwall, Plymouth, and the Isles of Scilly
£1,776,936 raised since October 2011 Active Communities funding is currently available in this area
65 local projects funded
Devon, Torbay
£1,853,883 raised since October 2011
71 local projects funded
Wiltshire, Bristol, South Gloucestershire
£1,629,057 raised since October 2011
55 local projects funded
St Helens, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, Wirral
£1,616,961 raised since October 2011
66 local projects funded
Manchester, Stockport, Trafford, Salford
£1,830,468 raised since October 2011
67 local projects funded
Tameside, Wigan, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Oldham
£1,594,771 raised since October 2011
62 local projects funded
Derbyshire, Derby
£1,738,668 raised since October 2011
58 local projects funded
Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Leicester, Rutland
£1,685,798 raised since October 2011
54 local projects funded
Lincolnshire
£1,832,410 raised since October 2011
53 local projects funded
Nottinghamshire and Nottingham
£1,663,000 raised since October 2011
51 local projects funded
Solihull and Birmingham
£1,600,946 raised since October 2011
36 local projects funded
Staffordshire, Shropshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin
£1,883,889 raised since October 2011
47 local projects funded
Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire
£1,827,366 raised since October 2011
57 local projects funded
Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton
£1,660,470 raised since October 2011
53 local projects funded
North Yorkshire and York
£1,733,769 raised since October 2011
49 local projects funded
East Riding, Hull, North and North East Lincolnshire
£1,615,860 raised since October 2011
55 local projects funded
Kirklees,Calderdale, Bradford
£1,792,135 raised since October 2011
64 local projects funded
Wakefield, Leeds
£1,592,487 raised since October 2011
61 local projects funded
Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Doncaster
£1,682,901 raised since October 2011
64 local projects funded
County Durham, Stockton on Tees, Redcar, Cleveland, Middlesbrough, Darlington, Hartlepool
£1,808,135 raised since October 2011
65 local projects funded
Cumbria and Northumberland
£1,624,425 raised since October 2011
69 local projects funded
Lancashire, Blackpool, Blackburn with Darwen
£1,707,736 raised since October 2011
40 local projects funded
Cheshire East, West, Warrington, Chester, Halton
£1,660,513 raised since October 2011 Active Communities funding is currently available in this area
49 local projects funded
Newcastle upon Tyne, North and South Tyneside, Gateshead, Sunderland
£1,856,451 raised since October 2011
27 local projects funded
Cardiff, Caerphilly, Newport, Torfaen, Monmouthshire, Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil, Vale of Glamorgan, Rhondda Cynon Taf
£1,802,564 raised since October 2011
67 local projects funded
Powys, Flintshire, Wrexham, Gwynedd, Conway, Denbighshire, Anglesey
£1,854,974 raised since October 2011
45 local projects funded
Swansea, Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Bridgend, Ceredigion
£1,677,148 raised since October 2011
44 local projects funded
Dumfries and Galloway, North,East and South Ayrshire, Scottish Borders, North and South Lanarkshire
£1,629,950 raised since October 2011
66 local projects funded
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Highland, Moray, Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles), Shetland and Orkney Islands
£1,717,890 raised since October 2011
55 local projects funded
Glasgow, Renfrewshire, East and West Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde
£1,672,996 raised since October 2011
45 local projects funded
Edinburgh, West Lothian, East Lothian, Falkirk, Midlothian
£1,864,374 raised since October 2011
38 local projects funded
Perth and Kinross, City of Dundee, Angus, Stirling, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Argyll and Bute
£1,589,697 raised since October 2011
55 local projects funded
“I had just retired and was quite lost after working as a teacher for many years. I have made some lovely friends who have supported me through illness and low times.” Elaine Harris, resident
“I’ve lived on this estate for over 30 years and there’s never been anything like this. I never thought we could transform that building – now I think there’s nothing we couldn’t do together.” Dot Robinson, resident
“It’s not just a drama club, it’s about wanting to change local attitudes in the town about the arts in order to raise aspirations and make it a better place.”
“We started the playgroup to help local families caring for a disabled family member to have a place to meet socially which is accessible, inclusive and welcoming."
“In all my time living here, I have never seen this part of the neighbourhood. I have enjoyed the walking group and chatting to other people.” Mary, resident
“I was passionate about this cause and for the voice of local people to be heard. Organisations don’t always understand how difficult change is for communities.” Karen Lee, resident
"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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