Secret Santa applied to the Community Asset Fund in October and were successful in their application. The project is coming up to it 7th Christmas providing Christmas presents to children across Blackburn with Darwen. Secret Santa has its shop in the Mall where they sell toys and gifts in brand Read more…
Prevent2Protect received a grant from the Community Asset Fund in October to run Boxing Fitness Sessions. The Project is for 15 participants from the Recovery Community to take part in Boxing based fitness over 15, two-hour sessions that will run until the beginning of March 2024. It is being run Read more…
Sons of Anxiety Strength Club were successful with their application to the Community Asset Fund in October. The Fund has helped the project to continue running their sessions and buy more equipment. Sons of Anxiety Strength Club meets every Sunday at 3-5pm for strongman/woman training sessions. The sessions are free Read more…
Dawn Juson, who along with Simone Chadwick, run Symbiosis Health and Well Being CIC. They applied for a Grant through the Community Asset Fund in September 2023 for the 7 week “Let’s Get Growing” project. They are passionate and dedicated to providing sustainable solutions for growing food to help with Read more…
The Phoenix Hub applied to the Community Asset Fund and were awarded £2000 to establish their project. Miffy Clegg of Community CVS visited the Phoenix Hub last Thursday. Sandra showed her around the building and told her about some of the amazing work they have been doing. The Hub is accessible to anyone Read more…
The Community Asset Fund has twice awarded grants to the “Inspired By Art Project” at The Bureau – Centre for the Arts in Blackburn. It is an arts project for those in Recovery in Blackburn with Darwen who may not necessarily benefit from the traditional Group Model yet still need Read more…
Mohammed Kathrada recently attended Arise Restoration Centre, based at Melia Business Centre, 17 Railway Darwen BB3 2RG, meeting with Roderick (Rickie) West (pictured). Arise Restoration Centre was recently awarded funding from the Community Asset Fund to run a Health & Wellbeing Initiative project. The centre received funding to purchase bicycles Read more…
Talk Ourselves Well is a project that has been recently funded by the Community Asset Fund through the Spark Collaborative. The aim of the group is to provide a safe and social space for men who may find it difficult to talk about the problems and challenges the are facing. Read more…
After a tragic incident in February ’22, the Shad Chefs decided that they would create The Man Hub, a safe space where men could come and talk about their feelings without fear of judgement. They felt that if people could come together in a positive environment, further tragedy could be Read more…
Chrissy Firth said “I wasn’t in that good a place so a friend suggested I joined a Drumming Circle in Manchester. I took to it immediately. The Social Aspect was something positive to look forward to. Gary Ward of Sun Records in Darwen asked what was stopping me forming my Read more…