Community Outreach (360G-QuartetCF-A470766)
Towards piloting a year's outreach project, run by 11 volunteers and overseen by a staff member. The outreach project will aim to target people who are in the process of losing their sight or who have just received a diagnosis.
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Grant Details
Amount Applied For | 3843 |
Amount Awarded | 3843 |
Award Date | 2018-03-14T00:00:00+00:00 |
Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | E01014802 |
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | LSOA |
Beneficiary Location: Name | North Somerset 020D |
Grant Programme: Code | EXP-2017/18 |
Grant Programme: Title | Express Grant Programme |
Impact Category | Promote reduction of isolation and disadvantage and access to local services |
Last Modified | 2018-04-05T00:00:00+00:00 |
Planned Dates: Duration (months) | 12 |
Planned Dates: End Date | 2019-03-04T00:00:00+00:00 |
Planned Dates: Start Date | 2018-03-05T00:00:00+00:00 |
Primary age group | Seniors (65+) |
Primary beneficiary | Older People |
Primary ethnicity | All Ethnicities |
Primary issue | Disability and Access issues |
Recipient Org: Charity Number | 1165364 |
Recipient Org: Description | We are Vision North Somerset providing a high quality service to visually impaired people living in North Somerset. We aim to deliver emotional and practical support from one source to improve the quality of life for local visually impaired members of our community. Our team of outstanding volunteers help visually impaired people by providing activities and support to increase independence, reduce poverty and offer opportunities to promote new friendships and enable community participation. Organised voluntary activities help us achieve our aims through: social/swimming clubs to increase fitness and reduce isolation, early intervention for timely support to promote independence, IT training to help keep people connected, home visiting for companionship, friendship and to read correspondence, benefit entitlement support to reduce poverty and sighted guides to ease access into our local community. We also provide good quality volunteer opportunities to local community members with excellent training and supervision to help develop exiting skills, apply new learning and improve employment prospects. |
Recipient Org: Web Address | http://visionnorthsomerset.wordpress.com |