Community Chest Panel Successful Bids
Community Chest Panel Successful Bids
June 2010 Meetings
- Ashton-under-Lyne June Bids
- Denton and Audenshaw June Bids
- Droylsden June Bids
- Dukinfield June Bids
- Hyde June Bids
- Longdendale and Hattersley June Bids
- Mossley and Stalybridge North East June Bids
- Stalybridge June Bids
Ashton-under-Lyne
| Organisation | Funding Awarded For | Recommended amount by Panel |
|---|---|---|
| 6th Ashton Scout Group | New roof to replace the Asbestos Sheeting Roof on the 6th Ashton Scout Group Headquarters building. | £3,000 |
| 247 Ashton-under-Lyne Air Training Corps | Design, Project Management, Assessment, Construction and development of a constructed mobile Euro Fighter Flight Simulator to give cadets the opportunities of a qualification in avionics equivalent to 4 GCSEs. The Project would be used to develop air training and air traffic control duties. The item would be mobile. The Project encourages diverse skills by young people from all over Tameside. | £500 |
| Alt Hill Lane Residents Association | Planters to soften the appearance of the gated build outs, de-rust and paint the old iron railings, floral tribute for heroes in the lay-by garden create a wild flower woodland, replace rotting wood on public benches with recycled plastic material Increase spring flower display. | £950 |
| Ashton Community Chess Club | Increase membership to 25 to maintain interest and competition internally. Publicise the Club throughout Tameside both via the internet and through the mail to all schools. Provide more competitive play by joining the Manchester summer and winter Leagues and Local Tournaments. Purchase new equipment to enable more activities to take place and cater for more players. Purchase/provide more coaching materials for the volunteers to use. The Arcades have agreed a free stand to publicise the club. The club pays rent to Ashton Bridge Club for the room hire and once the club expands it would need to take on the first floor. | £540 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne Rugby Football Club | To enable the Junior section to expand elements of the training and match equipment replacement. Steel goal posts on the Junior pitch have corroded and require replacing with aluminium. Smaller items of equipment are required for the coaching sessions which are worn out with usage. | £1,800 |
| Ashton Operatic Society | An amateur production of the musical continuing a long term tradition of providing recreational activities for all age groups within the Community by giving them the opportunity to work together and gain valuable theatre experience through a variety of roles acting and non acting. Rehearsals covering libretto, singing, dancing and stage work culminating in a week long run of performances keeping alive a valuable part of the areas cultural knowledge. | £1,800 |
| Association of Ukrainians in GB (Tameside Branch) | The Minibus would act as transport for the Ukrainian Youth Dance Group "Veselka" The Ukrainian Youth Association. Assistance to Pensioners Cheap transport to cash strapped Community groups in St Peters Ward for their Community activities. | £500 |
| Bangla Link Project | Funding for a Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2 Course so safe refreshments can be provided for activities and events at Holy Trinity Community Centre. The tutor used is Pakistani qualified and can provide an interpreter free of charge. Funding for trips for the Mens Group and Womens Sewing Group and their families for a day out as some have never had a holiday. The trip would give an understanding of another part of the Country as some have never been out of Tameside | £228 |
| Broadoak and Smallshaw Community Centre | To provide a notice board 837mm x 1057mm with polycarbonate glazed door with LED lighting power unit and post mounted post 25000mm x 100mm To install and supply a 12 volt power supply across car park to notice board and lighting unit. | £170 |
| Cash Box Credit Union | Acquisition of four full days volunteer training provided by National body which is tailored to the needs of Credit Union. | £270 |
| Cedar Park Ladies Bowling and Social Club | To teach the game of bowls to young ladies and senior citizens. Travel to other parks in the area and have summer and winter trips out. | £404 |
| Cedar Park Veterans Bowling and Social Club | Annual Day out Bowling for 40 people over 60 years old. Coach Travel, Lunch, Evening Meal, Arts class every Thursday for 52 weeks of the year. Five sets of bowls Jacks Mats to encourage new members into the club to get them started. | £270 |
| Friends of Cedar Park | Funday to be held in Cedar Park. Fun days have been previously held working with voluntary and statutory partners. Funding would provide activities on the day. The Fun day will have stalls and activities from Police, Fire Brigade, Sports and Youth Services, New Charter, Scouts, Bowlers regeneration and works solutions etc. This will enable the whole community to take part in the event. | £270 |
| Friends of Oxford Park | Portable PA system for a member of the group that has volunteered their services as compare to provide entertainment for local people mainly 55+ from the Pavillion and also in the local EPH for those who are not mobile The compare will engage local residents to participate in sing a longs bingo and dancing. This will encourage more people to socialise get more active and help towards a healthy happier lifestyle. | £900 |
| Hurst Community Centre | To carry out a feasibility study to have a disabled lift fitted at Hurst Community Centre. A lot more older people are using the Community Centre and they cannot get up the stairs to the lounge. | £450 |
| Hurst Knoll Community Garden | The installation of a permanent water supply and composting toilet facility for the developed voluntary Community Garden Group. A laptop so that the administration of the group can be carried out. | £1,260 |
| Hurst Nook Tots | To improve the facilities for cleaning equipment and providing hot drinks for parents and carers. | £600 |
| King George Bowling and Social Club | Due to the large number of members the purchase of another pool table is desired so that pool tournaments can take place. One table is not large enough for the amount of members who want to play. The table is used every day and pool is the most popular activity. | £600 |
| Oxford Park Bowling Club | The purchase of Uniform identification to promote the Club. | £434 |
| Oxford Park Junior Football Club | The establishment of a Junior Football Club in the St Peters ward area of Ashton. | £1,350 |
| PDC Youth Network | To add two new editing suites into the rooms at St Michaels Court to offer media and music video production skills training to local teenagers. | £120 |
| St John the Evangelist (Hurst) | There is a room and a kitchen at the rear of the Church used 7 days a week by the Community. The room requires refurbishment and a new floor to enable other users to benefit. | £2,750 |
| St Peter's Men Drop in | To plan deliver and evaluate an outing to Eureka - Halifax for whole families of St Peters and Go Ape - Delamere Forrest for dads/carers of St Peters. | £250 |
| St Peter's Youth (SPY) | The Project in partnership with GM Police aims to keep young people away from crime and anti social behaviour. The funding will build a climbing wall in Oxford Park on the side of a container 20ft x 8ft high with bolt on holds and safety mats. The container will also offer a bike project where young people spy and the Police will work together to repair and recycle bikes that were lost or stolen. | £900 |
| Shree Bharatiya Mandal Indian Association Tameside | The Hindu Festival of Diwali is a major annual event a Diwali steering group made up of TMBC and local community members organise a festival light switch on ceremony in Ashton Town Hall with entertainment food and cultural activities. The event has a gathering of over 1200 people. Funding is required to install decorative lighting at the Indian Community Centre and facilitate the making of lanterns and banners used by the public and the participants during a parade from to the Town Hall. | £450 |
| The Methodist Community Hall | In order to be a good neighbour and to help Tameside achieve its Community Strategy the Stamford Street Methodist Hall offers user groups a healthy supportive education and safe environment to enjoy. Funding is required to equip the Hall with a good standard of 75 comfortable stackable chairs 12 work tables and 2 trolleys for the use of 16 user groups. | £3,500 |
| Yogi Fitness Group | Members have very long term physical, mental illness , heart conditions etc the targeted groups are expected to benefit by specific cardiac and pulmonary specialist trainer supplemented by Yoga for body mind and soul. | £1,950 |
| Young Asians Recreation Club | To encourage Mothers and Daughters to participate in both aerobic sessions (1 hr) and Bollywood Dancing Sessions (1hr) currently sessions for Asian women are limited. | £450 |
Denton and Audenshaw
| Organisation | Funding Awarded For | Recommended amount by Panel |
|---|---|---|
| Brendon Bees Junior Football Club | To buy portable goal posts that can be wheeled into position to allow the Group to move the playing area when the high wear areas suffer. | £1,022 |
| Colliery Fields Allotment Association | A large Greenhouse has been donated to the organisation 1st St Lawrence Scout group have been offered full use of the greenhouse. A large amount of stone in the main car park needs to be laid to allow 1st St Lawrence safe access to the allotment plot and greenhouse. A large amount of stone is required to enable a disabled plot holder to be able to get to his plot. There are a small number of water points on the allotments that have been vandalised and need repairing and bricks built round them. | £1,600 |
| Denton and Audenshaw Carnival Association | Carnival Parade through Denton including Bands, Floats, Rose Queens, Dancing Groups, Majorettes, Local Societies and Childrens Groups Horses and vehicles. Entertainment in Victoria Park. Funfair and Rides. | £2,500 |
| Denton West Cricket Club | To improve ground facilities and security of the Cricket club, fencing front gate entrance, window grills, internal security. | £2,500 |
| Girl Guiding Denton District Senior Section | 2010 is girl guiding Centenary year Girl Guiding UK is encouraging all Senior Section Members to have an Ultimate Adventure. Members have decided they would like a trip to London to visit the Crystal Palace Maze at the Site of the Scout Rally where in 1910 girls first made their interest in the Organisation known. They hope to stay at Pax Lodge one of the girl guide world training Centres. Members would also like to sail as part of adventure 100 challenge a series of points based challenges across 10 themes Hollingworth Lake have been contacted regarding this. A new copy of the Guiding Manual is also required in addition to new copies of the Senior Section Look wider Programme and me in mind. Additionally sweatshirts which are Unit branded which would assist those from families on low incomes. | £750 |
| Girl Guiding UK Belle Vue Division | 2010 is girl guiding Centenary year a small number of girls are taking part in national events the Centenary Finale is known as Vision which are locally organised events The aim of vision is to bring all members of girl guiding together to share one moment in time. The local event will take place in Victoria Park Denton in the form of an outdoor concert which will include a Dance Troop Samba Band and tribute act as well as an internet link to the 2010 broadcast from Oxford. | £986 |
| Green Park Community Centre | The building needs registration of the Lease at HM Land Registry and Inland Revenue Taxes. The Community use the building for various activities. Disabled people would benefit from a good pathway around the building. | £2,075 |
| Guide Bridge Theatre Ltd | There is a need to improve the fabric of the building and its facilities to support ambitions to broaden the role in the local Community and to provide theatre space and amenities that respond to building users. Guide Bridge theatre has to meet the legislative requirements outlined in the DDA to make reasonable adjustments to address the needs of disabled users. The priority is to install a disabled toilet. The Theatre needs to Improve Access and building facilities to support wider engagement and community use to ensure inclusion. | £3,250 |
| Haughton Green Young Peoples Centre | Activities and events for the fun day for the Community to access. | £1,960 |
| Linden Road Primary School | To set up a garden on spare land on the school site to be used by the Community and School to grow fruit, vegetables flowers and trees. Access to be established from the road with a path. Fencing to make the children safe. | £3,000 |
| Madhatters Explorer Scout Unit | Equipment for the Scout association whose aims are to develop young people in achieving their full physical intellectual social and spiritual potential as individuals. | £570 |
| Muck and Cook | A newly formed group comprising mucky diggers gardening group and the cooking club. The children needed to have fun gardening and cooking and learn where food comes from so the school decided to grow their own food to use in classes and wider community. | £500 |
| Opt-in | A drama Group for people who have experienced Mental and emotional distress. The Project would involve working with the Royal Exchange. | £1,000 |
| St Lawrence Church Denton | Structural repair to parts of the Grade II listed church building which dates back to 1531 and is one of only 29 Timber Framed medieval churches to survive in England and Wales. | £1,000 |
| Tameside South District Scouts Samba Band | To increase the recreational facilities within the area and increase the membership. To ensure there are enough instruments for all the young people which will be usable for many years. | £200 |
| The Yew Tree and Pendle Road Residents Group | A Community Café which incorporates dance to improve relationships in the community of Yew Tree and Pendle Road Estate. The project will include a Christmas dance for all participants. | £1,300 |
| Townswomen's Guild (Denton Branch) | Women over 18 years come together for social and educational purposes. Funding is required for room hire and speakers on a variety of subjects. | £750 |
| Yew Tree Community Centre | Funding for a PA System and Disco Equipment due to the age and condition of the current equipment the Centre can no longer run youth clubs and disco nights. | £704 |
Droylsden
| Organisation | Funding Awarded For | Recommended amount by Panel |
|---|---|---|
| Droylsden Flying Club | Electronic timing system to help present and future members participate in the sport with up to date technology. The new system creates equal opportunities for elderly or disabled people. | £1,000 |
| 430 (Droylsden) Squadron Air Cadets | The number of cadets has doubled over the past 18 months to 40+ which has had an impact on the cost of providing transport to various sporting training and social events. | £350 |
| Droylsden Folk Festival Committee | A weekend of Folk songs and Music. | £200 |
| Droylsden Life Saving Club | The provision of Club Shorts and T-shirts for members to celebrate the Clubs 40th Anniversary. | £200 |
| Droylsden Youth Centre | To enhance and improve the Saturday Soccor School and provide more opportunities for Children aged 5 - 7 years. | £1,308 |
| Greenside Rangers | Start up costs to develop a new community football club in Droylsden West. | £819 |
| Littlemoss Residents Association | Improve the look of the estate, provide a small herb garden, provide benches, provide nesting boxes in the spring and hibernating boxes for insects in the winter. | £1,408 |
| Medlock Rangers Junior Football Club | To start another Under 7's Junior Football Team. | £350 |
| North Tameside District Scout Council | To replace Scouting Manuals in all the Scout Groups in Tameside and purchase a district flag and accessories. | £100 |
| North Tameside District Scout Council | To replace and old projector. The projector is used to give leaders training so that they can give better scouting to young people. | £227 |
| Prime | To deliver quality youth provision for young people 11-19 working in partnership with Tameside Youth service, Tameside Estates and Local Police and aim to deliver fun activities. Prime aims to give youths something to do rather than hang around on the streets. | £2,275 |
| St Andrews CLCGB (GIRLS COMPANY) | To teach girls to play an instrument and become part if a marching band. Funding required to replace dated and heavy instruments and purchase uniforms for the band, purchasing light weight instruments especially side drums bass drums and cymbals would allow more children to join. | £1,820 |
| St Martin's Family Church | The Community Groups use the projector which belongs to the vicar which she is taking with her to her new church in Bury anew projector is desperately needed for the groups to use. | £546 |
| Tameside Action for Social Communication and Autism Support | A parent led support group that supports families and carers of children who have autism and social communication difficulties. The Project will help provide a cheap and accessible opportunity for children to enjoy social events such as zoo trips. | £1,820 |
| Wooden Canal Boat Society Ltd | The boat Southam is used to tow our other historic boats during our twice monthly recycling trips to Droylsden, working parties and overnight stays. In addition it provides facilities for volunteers who are helping maintain our boats at Portland Basin. | £1,911 |
Dukinfield
| Organisation | Funding Awarded For | Recommended amount by Panel |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Boards and a Passion CIC | Funding for Technical equipment for the Project. The aim of the project is to bring together several of the youth theatre groups within the Borough and create a joint production on the theme of identity of young people within the Community. The leaders of groups will be co-ordinated aiding them to produce a performance piece from the ideas of young people themselves. | £1,000 |
| Baptist Church | Fencing to secure grounds surrounding church and adjoining business and neighbouring properties due to vandals entering grounds and damaging property. Gate required for access to rear of property and emergency escape route. | £500 |
| Dukinfield Brass Band Fund | The Dukinfield contest is held on Whit Friday at the Tame Valley Hotel the Project is for prize winners. | £250 |
| Dukinfield Champagnole Town Twinning | Four performances of Jack and the Beanstalk The cast will be a combination of professional actors working alongside Community Groups. | £250 |
| Duki-Drop-in Ltd | Present tables are inadequate and too few as activities for the Community are expanded. Extra chairs are also required. | £823 |
| Dukinfield RUFC | Funding for urgent repairs and renovations to clubhouse. Renewal of equipment base for Junior Section. | £250 |
| Old Chapel (Unitarian) Dukinfield | Funding for annual Pantomime involving people aged 5 - 75 years old from the congregation. Better publicity would enable more people to attend the Pantomime. | £295 |
| Stalybridge and Dukinfield Recreation Bowling Club | Japenese knotweed is a serious threat to the building and surrounding gardens treatment is required to eradicate it. | £1,500 |
| Tameside and Glossop Mental Health Forum | Travel costs to allow 12 - 18 members attend meetings and events to share information and news of mental health issues. | £508 |
| Tameside Arts Ltd | Funding for equipment and to visit other organisations is required to create performances and rehearsals totalling 11 shows and train volunteers. | £1,900 |
| Tameside Elderley Indian Fitness Group | To improve the health and fitness of the elderly and deliver regular exercise including light aerobic exercises, Health and hygiene education, health walks. | £1,000 |
| Tameside Schools Fencing Club | Attracting Children to learn fencing at the Club and take fencing to schools in Tameside. To safely train Children in Primary schools. Investment is required in plastic foils and masks. | £1,724 |
Hyde
| Organisation | Funding Awarded For | Recommended amount by Panel |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Newton (Rosemount) Scout Group | Funding to purchase a minibus for the Scout Group for events and activities. | £2,500 |
| Godley Community Primary School | Multi Goal nets to play football. Funds have been raised to purchase one the other one is required. | £1,837 |
| Friends of Sam Redfern | To raise funds for a play park on Sam Redfern Green. The park to be aimed at the under 5's in the local community as there are no play facilities in close proximity to gee cross village. It is also hoped to improve the green and encourage the Community to use it more as it is in the centre of the village. | £3,750 |
| Hyde Community Action | To make links with other groups around Tameside to share experiences and meet new people to provide valuable space to women to discuss positive mental health. The group needs help with participation costs to ensure that women with child care responsibilities can continue to access the group. | £1,200 |
| Operation Farm | The harvest festival is a one day event celebrating summer produce, bumper crops and the start of the autumn season. The fun day will involve activities for schools, the Community, and general Public. | £3,320 |
| Opt-in | A social club for people that have experienced mental and emotional distress. Snooker, pool table football, table tennis, board games, trips etc supported by staff from Pennine NHS Trust and TMBC with volunteers from St Georges Church. | £1,560 |
| Tameside Citizens Advice Bureau | To continue an advice Project in Hyde based at the Hyde Bangladeshi Welfare Association. | £2,500 |
Longdendale and Hattersley
| Organisation | Funding Awarded For | Recommended amount by Panel |
|---|---|---|
| All Seasons Art Club | To engage a professional artist to provide tuition in drawing and painting to the members at the clubs weekly sessions. | £800 |
| Active Lone Parent Support | Day Trips out that are education and fun. Provision of relaxation, aromatherapy and foot massage, stress busting techniques and laughter workshops. | £250 |
| Broadbottom Community Association | Dry Line and plaster the Community Centre Walls to make the Centre more appealing thus increasing the potential to attract new groups and improve recreational provision for the Community. | £200 |
| Broadbottom Pre-School | Upgrade of the storage facilities for pre school resources to accommodate demands for a wider range of resources and replace failing equipment. | £594 |
| Friends of Etherow Lodge Park | To increase the usage and ownership of the Park and the use of facilities and increase participation in development and maintenance of the park by hosting a Countryside event in September celebrating the facilities of the Park and recruit assistance from local people and the local schools. | £2,757 |
| Hattersley and Mottram Home Watch | To be established security mark established home-watchers and provide members with equipment. To provide volunteers with training and transport. Provide senior Citizens with advice on cold calling and bogus officials. | £200 |
| Hattersley Football Club Under 10's Team | A four day fun weekend where the Children will play football with other children from all over the Country. | £800 |
| Hattersley Forum Community Association | To fund an Amateur Theatre Company to attend the Centre and put on a Christmas Pantomime for 150 young Children aged between 5 to 11 years. | £820 |
| Home-Start Tameside | The provision of a fun summer outing to Green Acres Animal Park and provide a Christmas Party for members and associated transport costs to use a larger venue in order for more families to be able to attend. | £750 |
| Mottram Cricket Club | The wet summers have prohibited a high percentage of matches and practice sessions taking place. Cricket Covers will protect playing surfaces and water removal will enable surface water to be removed. | £879 |
| Tameside Hattersley and Mottram Blind Group | To enable the Tameside Hattersley and Mottram Blind Group to do more crafts and go out on day trips which is rewarding. | £250 |
| The Tameside Music Academy | Pianos, a key board, drum kits, percussion instruments and guitars to be used to provide free of charge workshops run by volunteer musicians. | £1,700 |
Mossley and Stalybridge North East
| Organisation | Funding Awarded For | Recommended amount by Panel |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Mossley Scouts and Guides Baden House Fundraising Committee | Ongoing Project to improve the facilities at Baden House - the replacement and upgrading of toilet facilities. The current male and female toilets are on separate floors and in a poor state. They will be relocated to the ground floor with disabled facilities added. The plan include showers so that overnight accommodation can be offered. The hot water boiler will be replaced by a more modern, energy efficient one and new radiators added. | £4,000 |
| Mossley Twinning Committee | To organise an international arts and music festival based on existing cultural exchange of the Mossley Twinning Committee and two other European Towns; Hern in France and Wiehl in Germany. | £2,500 |
| Mossley Woodcraft Folk Youth Group | Holiday Project for secondary aged young people who will design and make a piece of environmental public art. | £2,300 |
| Tameside Disability Sports Forum | To provide people with a disability and additional needs as well as their parents , carers and friends a chance to try a variety of sporting activities. | £1,200 |
Stalybridge
| Organisation | Funding Awarded For | Recommended amount by Panel |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd Stalybridge (Methodist) Rainbows | The play parachute owned by the rainbows holds 10 rainbows which means splitting the groups with a new parachute they would all be able to play together. A bigger cupboard and more sports equipment and a laptop is also required. | £500 |
| Copley Basketball Club | Funding for basketball kits for all members and supply of trophies and medals fro forthcoming presentation evening. | £1,000 |
| FC United of Tameside Junior Football Club | To deliver the best possible training and obtain match equipment for summer football team. Equipment levels are low and sub standard. | £534 |
| Friends of Crowswood Action Group | To deliver a fortnightly lunch club for residents aged over 55 to get older people on the Crowswood estate more involved in community events like in bloom. | £975 |
| Ridge Hill Celtic Football Club | £293 | |
| Royal Rangers Outpost 57 Stalybridge | The camp is to be held in the Grounds of Dunham Massey, Altrincham, the children attending will be involved in team work, cooking skills, nature study, history and heritage of the hall, conservation, pioneering and Health and Safety. | £464 |
| Stalybridge and District Fanciers Association | Annual Local Community Poultry Show, upgrading of the Poultry pens and encouraging local youth to participate in this hobby/pastime. | £1,000 |
| Stalybridge Methodist Church | The Recreation Area Recovery Project is aimed at restoring an area of land to the rear of Stalybridge Methodist Church which has been over run by knotweed. The land is used by guides, brownies, and rainbows. | £1,049 |
| Stalybridge Motorcycle Club | Motorcycles through the ages. Exhibition of vintage, veteran, classic and modern motorcycles exhibited by older and younger citizens. To provide 23 trophies. | £750 |
| Tameside Senior Netball Club | As an established Club Services would be offered to less advantaged people and school leavers who are interested in continuing sport or taking up a new interest. | £542 |
| The Peoples Gallery | The peoples Gallery is a local Artists Cooperative run by volunteers and provides exhibition space for amateur and professional artists to display and sell their work. Updated facilities would assist to provide a better working environment and update the surroundings. | £1,226 |
| Trinity Christian School | To improve the front of the school and landscape and make safe the front area of the school in order to create a new play area for pupils. | £3,000 |
| West Hill School | The Under 14 - 15's are heading to Sri Lanka the tour will consist of different experience to aid pupils by improving their cricketing abilities and highlight their responsibilities as upstanding Citizens. There is a pupil that cannot afford to go on the tour funding is sought for this pupil. | £1,000 |
| You-Can Youth and Community Group | A community Garden t include a Library, Wildlife Sanctuary and Community/Memorial Gardens. | £1,000 |
March 2010 Meetings
- Ashton-under-Lyne March Bids
- Denton and Audenshaw March Bids
- Droylsden March Bids
- Dukinfield March Bids
- Hyde March Bids
- Longdendale and Hattersley March Bids
- Mossley and Stalybridge North East March Bids
- Stalybridge March Bids
Ashton-under-Lyne
| Organisation | Funding Awarded For | Recommended amount by Panel |
|---|---|---|
| Pioneers for progress Men's group | Attendance at a special course to learn how to prepare and cook health nutritious meals, how to store the meals and gain a basic knowledge of food safety. | £660 |
| Medlock and Tame Valley conservation Association | Floor and wall coverings, posters, microscope, projector and a hide for the woodland garden so people can come and photograph animals in their natural habitat. | £1,940 |
| The Thursday Club of St Johns Church Hurst | Providing interesting speakers or demonstrators, organising trips to the country and the theatre, a coach service with a tail gate, prizes for monthly raffle and bingo games. | £500 |
| St John the Evangelist Church (Hurst) | The church currently users an old mini bus donated by GMPTE to convey local residents to luncheon clubs, church services, social outings. The bus is used 6 days a week and is staffed by volunteers. Funds are raised through donations and social activities and is heavily subsidised by the congregation. It costs approx £2500 per annum to maintain and insure. This bid will help meet these costs whilst funds are raised for a new bus. | £1,500 |
| Young at Heart | Providing activities including exercise and line dancing classes to promote fitness, educational trips and talks, and activities including bingo and curling. | £1,000 |
| Kamiza Dojo | Developing a syllabus for training younger children aged 4 to 6 towards a martial arts program. The aim is to teach a certain level of discipline to mind and body in a proactive environment based on the foundations of Ju Jitsu as a defensive martial art. The children will be taught to have respect for themselves and one another and to work to their abilities. This will be done in a fun way that will compliment the modern curriculum of local schools. | £500 |
| Ashton & District Probus Club | Providing a wireless roving microphone to upgrade the loop system used for our speakers and members at our meetings and social events. | £288 |
| Greenscape Limited | In St Peter's, residents had emphasised their wish for a small green space in the heart of the community and so were involved in the design concept for permanent artworks within the green. Funding will provide equipment for planting projects with the local residents, resurfacing the playground area, making small repairs to the boundary fencing, installing picnic benches and introducing a community notice board. | £3,000 |
| Age Concern Tameside | Age Concern Tameside Freedom of Movement service works to help older people in Tameside stay active as possible, by participating in a range of exercise and movement classes. Due to increasing demand we will offer a moderate movement class from our building on Katherine Street. We will also pay for our worker to train as a tai chi instructor and purchase additional equipment such as bean bags to enhance the classes already offered. | £225 |
| Pioneer Gardeners Tenant Involvement Project (PG Tips) | The bid will fund the planting of a huge natural swath of spring bulbs along the pioneer homes boundary complimenting the Tameside in bloom ring o' bells seating area. | £2,500 |
| Ashton Albion Boxing Club | Providing facilities for training for physical fitness, offering more young people the opportunity to attend boxing sessions. For those who wish there will be a further opportunity to take part in bouts and achieve higher levels of the sport. All sessions allow each participant to take advantages of all the benefits boxing can bring ie health self discipline respect and inter personal skills. | £1,000 |
| Christ Church Ashton Church Lads and Girls Brigade | New band uniforms for the young people in the brigade, this will benefit the group when attending band competitions, carnivals, church walks, and marches with the British Legion on Remembrance Sunday. | £2,000 |
| Broadoak Brass Band Association | Brass band contest providing free entertainment for the general public. | £500 |
| Ashton Allstars | Providing a team building course to increase volunteer motivation. | £1,000 |
| SHOUT Residents Association | Extending working with children who live at the homeless families unit, to include meeting the needs of families with children aged 1 month to 18 years. | £1,000 |
| Greater Manchester Mailvibazar District Welfare Association | Funding towards day trips to Alton Towers and Chatsworth House. | £360 |
| Ashton Ladysmith Cricket Club | Funding will be put towards a bowling machine to improve practice and training equipment at the club. | £2,000 |
| Hurst Knoll Community Garden | Starting a tool bank and funding a storage facility for community use. | £620 |
| Iris Gardening Club | A visit to Bodnant Gardens to increase the knowledge and appreciation of gardening, | £300 |
| Ashton Cricket, Bowls & Tennis Club | Assisting with grounds maintenance costs to increase community involvement. | £1,000 |
| The Carpenters Arms (charity 1094465) | Fitting and refurbishment of a new toilet. | £3,000 |
| Hurst Angling Society | Curing an ongoing leakage problem by removing the silt, providing better access, footpaths and platforms, and restocking the pond. | £2,000 |
| Curzon Ashton Girls Youth | Working with 45 girls within the local community to develop football skills, fitness, working as a team, rules and tactics, funding has been granted towards awards and coaching badges. | £500 |
| Broadoak Area Community Residents Association | Extending the "In Bloom" entry into another street, and planting perennials in between the bushes on the verges to lessen the weed problems, buying and planting 350 perennials, reseeding the wild meadow, designing, printing and distributing leaflets asking for volunteers, and offering a training program. | £1,047 |
| Friends of Cedar Park | Purchase and installation of 3 pieces of outdoor gym equipment. The DA are happy to take part in the selection of the pieces and would look at the maintenance of the equipment. | £4,500 |
| Tameside canal boat trust | Repainting the outside of the boat and signage renewed by local craftsmen. | £300 |
| Ashton Bangladesh welfare association | A PC and printer for mother tongue sessions. | £1,000 |
| Oxford Park Veterans Bowling Club | Replacing 6 jacks for our bowlers. | £216 |
| Oromo Coffee Company | To develop a volunteering scheme to attract local residents who can provide links into communities we need to fund the first year of insurance costs, provision of basic office equipment/supplies, out of pocket expenses, and training costs. | £800 |
| St Peter's Partnership | Painting the 2 large metal containers that act as shops for the allotments, as well as holding 14 hours of workshops, split over 2/3 days for people of all ages to come along for brain storming, drawing and spray painting. | £709 |
| Khush Amdid | Artist to come in once or twice a month to teach older people arts and crafts. | £1,500 |
| Tameside Community Radio ltd | Supporting our volunteers with disabilities and additional needs. | £1,000 |
| Tameside Women Roshni Group | Continuation of our sewing sessions. | £700 |
| East Cheshire Harriers and Tameside Athletic Club | Purchasing ground equipment, crossbars, poles and coaching, in order that the club can train locally and not have to travel to Oldham. | £2,000 |
| Tameside Junior Accordion Band | Reducing the weekly subscriptions, provision of refreshments on band nights, and subsidising travel when attending competitions. | £940 |
Denton and Audenshaw
| Organisation | Funding Awarded For | Recommended amount by Panel |
|---|---|---|
| Stamford Road Allotments and Community Leisure Gardens | To introduce children to the appreciation of gardening with a view of producing fruit, vegetables and flowers. Enabling them to learn the basic use of tools and gardening equipment in a safe and effective manner. Learning to work together as a team, taking responsibility for their own actions, and learning enjoyable skills which could carry through to adult life. | £606 |
| Friends of Granada Park | Five flat pack benches to be sited around the children's play area. | £2,000 |
| Little Lambs Parent and Toddler Group | Developing a secure outdoor play area that can be used for community activities/education and be accessible for disabled groups/individuals. | £5,000 |
| Making A Difference | Working on the recently acquired allotment on the Fairfield Moravian site in Audenshaw. Group members will be involved in all areas of the preparation of the ground/soil, decisions regarding what is grown and actual upkeep of the allotment over the seasons. All produce grown will be used at the workshop in Wood Street. | £1,000 |
| Tameside Disability Sports Forum | Providing disability specific activity and sports for children aged 7-18 who have any disability in Tameside. The aim is to make all sessions accessible on a weekly basis. | £5,000 |
| Victoria Park Community Association | Purchasing new tables and chairs | £750 |
| Assheton Avenue Residents Committee | Improving and develop the community space on the Avenue. | £5,000 |
| Denton Girls Football Club | Increasing the number of girls playing in locally and nationally. | £962 |
| ACE Amateur Boxing Club | Delivering amateur boxing lessons to boys and girls aged between 8 and 16 year olds, we aim to improve the sense of community involvement in Denton South, increase pride in the area, raise health and fitness awareness, reduce truancy, addiction and criminality. | £1,880 |
| Denton Cricket Club Juniors | Converting an existing structure into a changing facility for junior females. Part of a plan to increase the number of junior females. | £5,000 |
| Denton and District Chrysanthemum and Dalia Society | Replacement of flower vases, purchase of timber for new staging table for shows, replace polythene sheet for polytunnel. | £1,195 |
| St George's Women's Fellowship | To purchase crockery, cutlery, table linen, coffee pots, tea pots and utensils to enable the Group with its 63 members to become self catering. | £100 |
| The Good Companions | Funding coach travel for older people to visit the coast | £350 |
| Audenshaw Local History Society | Buying archive materials for storage and exhibitions. | £800 |
| 3rd Denton Methodist Guides, Rainbows Brownies | Party to celebrate 100 years of guiding at Waddow. | £1,350 |
| The Dance Emporium | Funding the hire of Denton Festival Hall for training due to wooden dance floors in practice for the competitions at Blackpool. | £1,000 |
| Little Angels | Training 20 volunteers - 12 week peer support training/inductions and CRB checks to buddy mothers in the lowest 20% deprived area. The volunteers will offer support and empower the mothers to get out of the home, support continued breastfeeding and provide creche facilities, working in partnership with health professionals and other key agencies. | £3,340 |
| Denton St. Lawrence CC Juniors | Provide coaching to increase participation in sport for girls. | £2,910 |
| Hope United Reformed Church | Building refurbishments including work to the roof and windows. | £2,862 |
| West Tameside Lions Club | Providing a weeks holiday in Newquay, Cornwall for underprivileged families. | £1,000 |
Droylsden
| Organisation | Funding Awarded For | Recommended amount by Panel |
|---|---|---|
| Friends of Copperas Field Association | Making the field a safer environment for activities to suit all ages and wildlife, by involving local school children in a bulb planting day. Funding will also go towards plans for footpaths, under 5's play area, 6-12 adventure playground, incorporating a youth shelter, a separate dog walking area, timber picnic benches, ball court and seating, fishing platforms and extra lighting to make the area feel safer thus encourage more people to use the field. | £2,500 |
| Cinderland Angling Club | Making the pond on Medlock Street Droylsden safe by improving fencing. | £2,353 |
| Our Kids Eyes | Providing 19 holiday clubs from 10am - 2pm at Jubilee Gardens for children with disabilities and their families during the school holidays. Approximately 950 Tameside people will benefit from holiday clubs which will be held in 2010. | £3,000 |
| Tameside Titans Football Club | Delivering quality provision to all young girls who have either a learning, physical, sensory or behavioural disability. To raise skill levels and techniques as well as raising fitness and health levels, raising self esteem and confidence, developing strong links to schools and colleges. | £600 |
| Children's Christian Liturgical Group | Delivering and explaining in simple terms the words of the gospel to children over the age of 3. | £50 |
| Fairfield Moravian Allotment Society | Improving access to the various plots by clearing and improving overgrown paths to make the allotments safer for everyone and DDA compliant. | £4,950 |
| 413th Manchester Scout Group | Replacement of a laptop computer, printer, screen, hard drive, projector and carrying case following a fire at scout hut. | £1,000 |
| Droylsden Little Theatre | Replacing the uneven cobbled alleyway entrance area with a new level floor surface and drainage channels. | £3,500 |
| St Martins Community Church | A notice board on the outside of the church looking out onto the main road (waterproof front), to inform the community of events taking place in the hall, including 6 removable/waterproof/reusable posters. | £2,000 |
| Xarifa Underwater Hockey | Improving the Underwater Hockey Outreach program. | £500 |
| Tameside Netball Club | Delivering 4 netball fun days between 10am and 3.00pm, teaching netball skills, open to children 7-11 years. | £100 |
| Tameside Junior Badminton Project Dev Group | Enhancing the delivery of grass roots badminton in Tameside by training local volunteers in the community. | £500 |
Dukinfield
| Organisation | Funding Awarded For | Recommended amount by Panel |
|---|---|---|
| Dukinfield Cricket Club | Replacing the club house windows and doors with double glazed units to improve on carbon footprint by reducing heating costs. | £2,600 |
| 5/7th (Yew Tree Moravian) Scout Group | A weekend away involving wall climbing, canoeing, high ropes, archery and orienteering, in order that the group learn new skills which helps towards their badges, improves team building, survival techniques and making friends. | £800 |
| Dukinfield Youth Junior Football Club | A specialist flooring for the changing rooms, changing the position of the tearoom and the disabled toilets. | £1,800 |
| Dukinfield Women's Club | Subsidising the cost of hiring transport to visit places of interest, theatres and educational visits.. | £700 |
| AFC Stanley Junior Football Club | First aid course updates for 20 coaches CRB renewals for 6 coaches and level 1 coaching badges for 3 managers. | £800 |
| Tameside Talking News for the Blind | Conversions from analogue tapes to digital equipment including copying machine and providing each blind person with a player to play a memory stick. This will assist in providing weekly recordings of local news to approx 200 registered disabled listeners. | £3,000 |
| Dukinfield Community Centre Bridge Club | Continuation of existing bridge club. Membership is open to all ages but is aimed specifically at retired people. | £75 |
| Dukinfield Rugby Union Football Club | Essential works required at the club house to keep providing the services we offer to the community. These include the installation of a fire alarm as guided by the fire authority, a heating system, and external lighting to the club. | £1,300 |
| Tame Valley Community Green | Tidying and landscaping the children's play area, involving removal of dead trees, shrubs, weed control, clearing pathways and replanting shrubs. | £993 |
| Yew Tree Singers | Replacing the existing 20 year old keyboard. | £521 |
| Dukinfield Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society | Presentation of the musical "Kiss Me Kate" end product of a year of planning, and 6 months of rehearsals. | £1,300 |
| Stalybridge & District Fanciers Association | Educating and encouraging young people to maintain an interesting and enjoyable hobby that is both unusual and enjoyable. | £800 |
| Dukinfield Tigers | Providing good quality football training and the opportunity for some of our teenagers to be able to attend training courses such as level 1 sports leaders etc. | £1,100 |
Hyde
| Organisation | Funding Awarded For | Recommended amount by Panel |
|---|---|---|
| FC Hyde Athletic Junior Football Club | New equipment, training gear, kits, better facilities, and starting a soccer school aimed at 6, 7, 8 year olds in Tameside. | £500 |
| St Mary's Parish Hall | Providing folding tables and chairs to improve the accommodation and support for young people and youth groups, who meet weekly in our Parish Hall. | £750 |
| Saint Mary's Friendship Club | Providing guest speakers, crafts, bingo equipment and coach trips to bring together members of the Newton community seeking friendship/companionship. Less mobile members are collected and returned too their homes by more able bodied members. | £500 |
| Tameside Animal Shelter | Refurbishment of kennels block 2 which need retiling on the walls, floors and corridor, as existing tiling is crumbling and the animals need a sterile environment whilst they are with the shelter. | £1,727 |
| Oakfield Parents and Tots | Providing equipment for a parents and tots group for local parents including toys, bikes, and puzzles, to encourage and model meaningful play between parents and children. | £1,000 |
| Newton Football Club | Equipment including nets, poles, pegs and balls. | £396 |
| The Newton Group | Providing a free monthly luncheon club on harbour farm estate and food hygiene training for 4 people. | £2,000 |
| Tameside Tycoons | An event whereby all Tameside dance groups, clubs, and dance schools can showcase their organisations on an open stage. Members of the public will have the chance to spectate or/and "try" a variety of dances for free. This will encourage Tameside residents to join or partake in regular physical activity to maintain a healthy lifestyle. | £4,815 |
| Gee Cross Community Well Dressing | A well dressing and blessing event in Gee Cross. | £1,750 |
| The Freedom Club | Buying or hiring a vehicle with special tail lift to cater for members in wheelchairs. | £2,000 |
| Hyde Community Action | Supporting young people to become advocates/representatives for their community. | £1,000 |
| Hyde Little Theatre | Lighting for studio 9. | £1,500 |
| Kaleidoscope Craft Club | Running costs of the club including rent, insurance and occasional trips. | £830 |
| Get Crafty | Events including days out or meals out. | £1,000 |
| Hyde Musical Society | A performance of Mack and Mabel in March 2010. | £1,500 |
| Hyde Festival Association | Making donated lighting festoons permanent and replacing the canopy lighting with energy saving fittings. | £2,584 |
| Gee Cross & District Women's Institute | Updating the existing loop system for the deaf. | £465 |
| The Newton Group | Planting workshops for the Dreamscheme Youngster from Harbour Farm and St Mary's to work with other Dream Scheme's in Tameside to sow seeds and plugs for the community garden entry in 2010 Tatton Show. | £2,000 |
Longdendale and Hattersley
| Organisation | Funding Awarded For | Recommended amount by Panel |
|---|---|---|
| Hattersley Baptist Church | Provision of dedicated disabled toilet facilities and improved wheelchair access on the premises. | £1,440 |
| Tameside Cycling development group | Setting up a community cycling club at Longdendale High school led by a British Cycling qualified coach. | £2,500 |
| RSPCA Tameside and Glossop Branch | Holding a community animal action day in Hattersley and Ashton St Peter's, where low income pet owners can bring their companion animals to receive free veterinary health checks, worming and flea treatment, free neutering vouchers for their cats and vouchers towards neutering their dogs. Funding will cover the cost of employing a surgeon for the day and towards worming, flea treatments microchips and vouchers. | £2,717 |
| St James The Great RC School | School sports kits to help the children feel proud in representing their school and at competitions. | £550 |
| 468 (Hyde & Hattersley) Squadron Air Training Corps | Providing young people access to facilities to allow them to participate fully in Squadron activities by developing their IT Literacy. They will be able to pursue creative technical projects such as desktop publishing and web design. | £2,000 |
| Tameside Sports Service | Hosting Tameside's 1st volunteer Olympic Festival involving all primary schools from Hattersley, Hyde and Longdendale with 16 schools engaging 250 young people (9-11year old) . | £1,700 |
| Longdendale Women's Institute | Raising the profile of Longdendale WI , improving the appearance when fundraising, extending activities on offer, developing education, offering craft sessions, buying gazebos, tables and a raffle tombola drum. | £400 |
| Broadbottom Community Association | Purchasing a multi media projector to engage with the community. | £482 |
| Hollingworth Carnival and Community committee | An annual carnival including bands, dancers, face painting, and refreshments. | £4,000 |
Mossley and Stalybridge North East
| Organisation | Funding Awarded For | Recommended amount by Panel |
|---|---|---|
| Micklehurst Cricket Club | Equipment including practice nets, cricket balls, helmets, pads, and sports clothes especially for younger members who cannot afford to buy their own equipment and sports wear. Training for coaches and Child welfare officer courses - will be funded, and some provision for grounds maintenance. | £3,000 |
| Mossley Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society | Providing education in the technical disciplines of the theatre for the next generation youth group and young people within the area, through delivery of a course providing education covering lighting, sound, set design, stage management. | £1,650 |
| Abney Orchestra | Developing the skills of the orchestra at all levels by a range of workshops, courses and opportunities. A 2 week training course for the conductor and instrumental folders will also be funded. | £3,200 |
| Mossley Band Social Club | Replacing the old boiler with a more efficient combi type boiler plus to install two new radiators. | £1,500 |
| Micklehurst Estate Residents Association | Increasing the number of streets in next years 'in bloom' entry from 1-3 streets. | £2,599 |
| Mossley community association | Assistance with administration for 6 months, so that additional funding streams can be explored. | £3,840 |
Stalybridge
| Organisation | Funding Awarded For | Recommended amount by Panel |
|---|---|---|
| Tameside Elite Boxing & Fitness Academy | Purchasing appropriate equipment to maintain services, to keep within health and safety, and to attract more groups and disadvantaged young people who financially would not be able to access facilities. | £2,000 |
| The Mount Community Group | Reinvigoration of the mount area of Stalybridge through creation of public gardens, and an ecological self build housing project and community centre. | £4,253 |
| Mottram Road Allotments Association | Assisting with the provision of a safe and workable allotment plot which can be used to benefit the local community and local environment. This will include clearing the plot, building raised beds filled with compost and topsoil, installing safe and suitable pathways with a chipped bark surface and providing suitable tools. | £2,000 |
| RASH Community Forum | Cyclops scheme (tuition in use / maintenance of bikes) climbing training, trips to the velodrome, outdoor pursuits, orienteering, archery, water adventure centre, raft building, bushcraft. | £2,500 |
| The Stalybridge St Pauls Cricket Club | Upgrading of the hall, to allow the re-establishing of a community playgroup. The playgroup will be aimed at pre school age children. | £4,000 |
| Tameside Titans Dance Group | Delivery of a 2 hour dance / cheer leading project aimed at young people 12- 16yrs who have a learning, physical, sensory or behavioural disability. | £3,000 |
| Holy Trinity and Christ Church Stalybridge | Improving catering facilities at the church to increase the number of community services that can operate in the building. | £3,300 |
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