£1m cash boost to charities

A £1m windfall is going to give a cash boost to 68 Hampshire charities.

The money is coming from council coffers and is going to causes that help pensioners, disabled and others.

A total of £1,062,640 was pledged by Hampshire C o u n t y C o u n c i l executive member for Adult Social Care F e l i c i t y Hindson.

Cllr Hindson said: “It is hugely important that we make every effort to support organisations that help the most vulnerable people in our society, so I am very pleased to be able to award these grants.”

Among those who will benefit are Age Concern, Eastleigh Leisure Pursuits, Bursledon Lunch Club and Fareham Access Group.

The following organisations received grants:

Older people

• Age Concern (Andover & District) – £10,555
• Age Concern Hampshire, (HQ based in St Cross Road, Winchester) – £100,747
• Age Concern Hampshire in Basingstoke – £27,532
• Age Concern Romsey & District – £7,985
• Age Concern Winchester (based in The Winchester Centre, St George’s Street, Winchester) – £12,123
• Club Hampshire Ltd (HQ based at Easton Lane Business Park, Winnall, Winchester) – £118,685
• Rushmoor Healthy Living Physical Activity for Older Adults Programme – £15,000
• Rushmoor Healthy Living (funding to continue to deliver, manage and co-ordinate RHL’s health improvement projects) – £10,000
• Winchester Live at Home Scheme – £15,375.
• Age Concern Cowplain - £4,999
• Age Concern Gosport - £450
• Bishops Waltham Thursday Lunch Club - £150
• Bursledon Lunch Club - £800
• Fareham Stroke Club - £1,781
• Fordingbridge & District Day Centre for the Frail & Housebound - £900
• Neighbourcare New Milton - £900
• Rae Straton Luncheon Club - £1,050

Older Person’s Mental Health

• Alzheimer’s Society – Basingstoke and Deane Borough – £7,500
• Alzheimer’s Society – Blackwater Valley – £12,125

Physical Disability

• deafPLUS – £7,175
• Hampshire Centre for Independent Living – £7,500
• Huntington’s Disease Association – £9,014
• New Forest Disability Information Service – £10,250
• Andover Hard of Hearing Club - £450
• Andover VIPs (Visually Impaired Persons) - £4,999
• Dibden Monday Club - £3,000
• East Hampshire Disability Forum - £1,398
• Fareham Access Group - £500
• Gosport Dis-Play Club - £1,640
• Leonard Cheshire Disability - £4,020
• Romsey and Waterside Visually Impaired Group - £461
• Sensory Direct - £4,558
• Winchester & District Hard of Hearing Club - £300
• Hampshire Neurological Alliance - £4,800
• Romsey Disability Forum - £500
• The Giles Group - £400
• New Milton Stroke Group - £1,000

Learning Disability

• Advance Housing – To develop Shared Ownership scheme to enable people with long term disabilities to part purchase their own properties – £73,000
• Hampshire Advocacy Regional Group – To expand on existing advocacy services for people with learning disabilities – £150,000
• Mencap Pathway Services – Part 1, 2, and 3 of Hampshire Opportunities to Employment project – £302,000.
• Eastleigh Advocacy Project - £4,999
• Eastleigh Borough and Romsey Mencap Society - £4,992
• Eastleigh Friends of People with a Learning Disability - £1,500
• Parkside (Aldershot and district Mencap) - £1,950
• Petersfield Society for Special Needs - £1,200
• Barbados House Association - £4,250

Mental Health

• CIS'ters - £4,000
• Hart Neighbourhood Centre Job Club - £4,850
• Hart Neighbourhood Centre -Creative Art - £1,500
• Friendship Group - £1,500
• Rushmoor Voluntary Services - Horticulture Group - £4,999
• North East Hants Domestic Violence Forum - £1,500
• Camberley District Open Mind - £2,500
• Hart Voluntary Action - Express Yourself Players - £1,000
• Hart Voluntary Action - Mental Health Forum - £940
• Rethink Fareham and Gosport - Carers support - £4,999
• League of Friends Of Oaklands and the Community - £2,250
• Eastleigh Leisure Pursuits - £1,000

Other Services

• Andover Advocacy Alliance – Independent advocacy service available in Test Valley – £21,074
• Trinity Winchester – To contribute towards core running costs of Winchester Drop in, Winchester Women’s Centre and Basingstoke Drop in –£17,021.
• First Steps Pre-school and Family Group - £4,999
• Focus Ability CIC - £4,000
• Cruse Bereavement Care - Andover & District Branch - £1,500
• Eastleigh Citizens Advice Bureau -GP Outreach Service - £4,999
• Hampshire Bobby Trust - £4,999
• Asian Welfare and Cultural Association - £4,999
• Alton Community Association - £3,500
• The Vine Drop in Centre - £4,999
• East Hampshire Advocacy Service - £4,999

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