Expanding Pandemic Support for Older People and Carers in Rural South Cheshire (360G-CheshireCF-A584567)
Audlem & District Community Action provides a range of services to older people and carers, including lunch and coffee clubs, befriending and home support, carers breaks, medical transport and a Coronavirus home support service to over 300 people with the overall aim to combat loneliness, enable people to stay health and active and to cope during the pandemic. The project will expand their existing weekly Covid-secure lunch and coffee clubs between January and March 2021 to provide for a further 40 people each fortnight directly and 30 carers indirectly to respond to increased demand for such services which has arisen during the pandemic. Grant funding will be used to cover costs of the project including staff, transport costs, volunteer expenses, venue hire, and food costs. This project will significantly increase the number of vulnerable and isolated older people who receive vital support during the pandemic. The people ADCA aims to support within the clubs are lonely, suffer from depression, anxiety or dementia or are carers who need a short break from caring. The existing Covid-secure clubs have contributed to improved physical and mental health and helped combat loneliness and depression among the 70 people currently attending every fortnight. They will also expand their Home Support Service, including meal delivery, to an additional 50 people.
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Grant Details
| Amount Applied For | 4510 |
| Amount Awarded | 4510 |
| Award Date | 2020-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | E01018450 |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | LSOA |
| Beneficiary Location: Name | Cheshire East 051B |
| Grant Programme: Code | 2020 1 December |
| Grant Programme: Title | DCMS Match Funding NET & EFP Covid-19 Ph 3 Short Grants to Smaller Charities |
| Impact Category | Advance people's physical and mental health, wellbeing and safety |
| Planned Dates: Duration (months) | 2 |
| Planned Dates: End Date | 2021-03-31T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Start Date | 2021-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Primary age group | Seniors (65+) |
| Primary beneficiary | Older People |
| Primary ethnicity | White British |
| Primary issue | Health, wellbeing and serious illness |
| Recipient Org: Charity Number | 1144074 |
| Recipient Org: Company Number | 7547410 |
| Recipient Org: Description | ADCA was established in 2011 as a charitable company by local people with the support of the local GP Practice, Parish Councils and churches and now provides a range of local services to socially isolated older people and carers who live in the 32 square miles of rural area around Audlem which has a total population of 7,000 people. 66.4% of residents in our area live in isolated rural communities and, in addition, Audlem GPs reports to us a higher incidence of patients with long term health conditions than national averages who benefit from the activities ADCA provides. ADCA's aims to combat loneliness and facilitate access to a range of integrated community activities. The outcomes we seek are to enable people to: • stay healthy and active • have improved mental wellbeing • have opportunities to socialise and make friends • actively contribute to the local community and feel a part of it During the pandemic we provide vulnerable people with food, prescriptions and telephone support and attendance at Covid secure lunch and coffee clubs. ADCA normally provides support to over 85 older people and vulnerable adults and 80 carers each month through our two day clubs, two coffee clubs, carers' breaks, befriending and medical transport services. We have three part time staff and 62 active volunteers, including trustees. Because of the pandemic, our main services were temporarily closed between March and August 2020 so we started providing our Coronavirus Home Support Service to all our existing members and carers plus an increasing number of new people who were having to self-isolate. This service provided support to over 300 people, nearly half of whom were new to ADCA services. This included 1,280 shopping and food deliveries, 279 prescription deliveries and 932 telephone support phones calls to members and carers. During this time we were fortunate to receive several emergency grants, including one of £5,000 from Cheshire Community Foundation, which helped fund these additional vital services. From the end of August until the second lockdown, we reopened two lunch clubs and two coffee clubs each week in Audlem and Hankelow within Covid Secure protocols with attendances restricted to between 6 and 10 people. These clubs provided much needed support, food and company for up to 40 people over each fortnight. We closed these clubs during the second lockdown but now plan to reopen these clubs from 8th December 2020 and to open two new ones from January 2021in Broomhall and Aston with Cheshire East Council funding under government guidelines. We now have a number of new members who are on the waiting list to attend our clubs including those with newly diagnosed dementia, people with anxiety and depression, newly bereaved people and carers who need a break from caring - many of whom now need weekly attendance to keep them going. |
| Recipient Org: Location: Geographic Code | E06000049 |
| Recipient Org: Location: Geographic Code Type | UA |
| Recipient Org: Location: Name | Cheshire East |
| Recipient Org: Web Address | http://adca.audlem.org/ |