BCA Community Café: Keeping costs low in a crisis
Alyx Dawid, Volunteer Development Co-ordinator at the Highwood Café, has been involved with the Brackenwood Community Association in Leeds for…
15 September, 2022
London Tigers: Community projects improve wellbeing
London Tigers is a semi-professional football club, a cricket club in the County Cricket League, and an award winning charity.…
21 July, 2022
Young Again: Affordability is the biggest barrier
Young Again brings together older South Asian residents in Huddersfield. Jamil Akhtar, Treasurer of The Pakistan Huddersfield Association, reflects on…
14 July, 2022
Building Happy, Integrated, Healthy Communities: Doing it ourselves
Simon Matthews runs Gwynfi Miners Community Hall, and their project funded by People’s Health Trust. In a rural village far…
16 June, 2022
Maymessy Mentoring: Sharing culture in the kitchen
In Refugee Week 2022, Anna Richards, Founder of Maymessy CIC in Oxford, writes about their project which helps refugee women…
16 June, 2022
Honley Youth: Building social connection and community power
Young people in Honley emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic feeling isolated. With little for young people to do and feedback…
12 May, 2022
Puddle Ducks – parents and tots group: Adapting and thriving
Louise Roe, Centre Development Manager at Paston Farm, which runs Puddle Ducks - parents and tots group, reflects on the…
26 April, 2022
Bristol Active Women Walk and Talk: Meet the community leaders
Local women from low income and Black and minority ethnic backgrounds living in Knowle and Brislington area of Bristol connect…
21 April, 2022
IgniteYou: Dance is a universal language
Founding Directors and Dance Teachers, Kerry Raymond and Becci Gowers, run an inclusive and accessible dance timetable for young people…
14 April, 2022
Community Activators: New jobs, new-found confidence, and a new enthusiasm for community change
The Community Activators project hosted by Off the Grid Adventures was co-designed and led by 10 young volunteers from Hebburn…
08 April, 2022
