Start in Salford, who support people that are experiencing mental health issues or who are socially excluded received £21,500 towards the salary of the Youth Arts Inclusion Artist/Coordinator to enable the charity to continue to deliver its Youth Art Inclusion project for excluded young people, aged 13 – 25.
The organisation operates from its premises on Broad Street and works in partnership with a range of organisations such as YMCA, Youth Offending Team, Teen Pregnancy Teams and Young Carers to provided support to young people for up to six months using creative arts to encourage them to consider future options leading into education, work or volunteering.
Bernadette Conlon, Chief Executive of Start in Salford said:
“We are extremely grateful to the Lloyds Foundation for selecting us for this award which is going to enable our youth work to continue and give us the opportunity of securing other funding to expand the programme.”
If you would like to find out more about the work of Start in Salford please visit their website at http://www.startinsalford.org.uk/
or phone 0161 351 6000.
Salford Loaves and Fishes received a grant of £25,000 to enable the organisation to extend the opening of their premises at the Windsor Centre in Churchill Way by one day a week, and provide additional staff to enable the delivery of their Raising Aspirations Programme.
The charity supports rough sleepers, those who are vulnerably housed, and people suffering from mental health and substance abuse issues addictions and provides a range of services via its drop in centre including hot drinks, meals and showers, clothing and laundry facility and are able to support vulnerable people to access a range of services that meet their needs
The charity recognises that the service users respond very well to an approach involving small groups involving individual mentoring and creativity and service users have access to a mix of activities such as drama, art, gardening and sport to raise self esteem, improve social skills, and develop useful life skills.
Kate O’Sullivan the Project Manager at Salford Loaves and Fishes said:
“This grant will enable us to pilot our new client volunteering programme, ‘Raising Aspirations’. Many of our clients struggle to access many ‘back to work’ type schemes because their skills base and aspirations are low. Unlike standard volunteering programmes, Raising Aspirations is entirely for the therapeutic benefit of the clients and is designed to raise self esteem and teach new skills, whilst providing clients with a track record that can be carried forward into other volunteering or paid employment. The grant will also enable us to extend our opening hours to 5 days.”
If you would like to find out more about the work of Salford Loaves and Fishes please phone 0161 7378775
