Development of Community Friendship café, St Giles Church, Leigh on Mendip (360G-SomersetCF-A420910)
Funding Organization
£3,500
Recipient Organization
Development of a community Friendship Cafe
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Grant Details
| Amount Applied For | 3500 |
| Amount Awarded | 3500 |
| Award Date | 2016-10-26T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | E01029020 |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | LSOA |
| Beneficiary Location: Name | Mendip 010A |
| Grant Programme: Code | September 16 |
| Grant Programme: Title | Grants to Groups |
| Impact Category | Maximise ability to strengthen community cohesion and build social capacity |
| Last Modified | 2017-10-19T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Duration (months) | 20 |
| Planned Dates: End Date | 2018-09-30T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Start Date | 2017-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Primary age group | Seniors (65+) |
| Primary beneficiary | Older People |
| Primary ethnicity | All Ethnicities |
| Primary issue | Health, wellbeing and serious illness |
| Recipient Org: Description | The PCC of Leigh on Mendip with Downhead has the responsibility to promote the ecclesiastical parish and the whole mission of the church - this includes the care of two church buildings. This application relates only to the Grade I listed St Giles church, in Leigh on Mendip where, working with our community partners, Friends of Leigh Church (FOLC), we are enhancing the social interaction of the church, with the needs of the local community. Our Community Lead has extensive experience in this area, gaining the Somerset CC Chairman’s award in 2008 (http://www.leigh-onmendip. org.uk/celebrations/Village%20of%20the%20Year%20Somerset%202007/Chairman's %20awards%200811.htm) for the Leigh on Mendip Community Activity (LOMCA) project. Through the development of a new community room, we will support in particular the more disadvantaged members in the community. This group suffers most from social isolation in this rural village, which now lacks daytime facilities. Activities for those who most need social contact – the older parishioner/young parents with children are largely limited to planned events or ad-hoc street meetings, without a warm, safe, drop-in facility. The Friendship café, to open in the church by March 2017, will fulfil this need and the community are excited at the prospect of meeting there. |