Your Move

The funding will be used to deliver an intergenerational project using the game of chess to bring young and older people together. The project aims to improve their social and observational skills as well as concentration logical thinking and planning.

To help you build on the work and impact from Space to Connect Explore funding, aimed at providing communities with a space to connect

Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Independent Arts, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.

They will hold a series of creative and accessible community consultations with current and future stakeholders to provide a direction for their work on underused spaces.

towards three years' running costs of a project providing social singing groups for older people in the Isle of Wight

School Ties

The organisation will use funding to deliver 'School Ties', an intergenerational project which seeks to tackle the origins of loneliness in very young children and the isolation and lack of engagement of older people. The project pairs schools with homes, engaging disadvantaged children from each school and isolated care home residents. The project aims to bring young and old together, enhancing social skills and confidence and helping to form relationships and lessen loneliness.

SELFA’s five year vision is a greater voice and more independence for the young people we support.In consultation, they told us they don’t feel their needs are met by the adults who serve their local community. They want a say in the decisions that affect their lives. They want an opportunity to lead changeand give back.Decisions that are fully informed by young people’s own perspectives are more relevant, more effective and more sustainable. Agrant of £30,000 fromComic Relief will enable us to create a platform for young people to influence change and challenge the status quo, starting with takingthe driving seat within SELFA.Specifically, we will work alongside Leaders Unlocked, a s

This two-year project enabled people experiencing depression and anxiety living on the Isle of Wight to meet together on a regular basis and participate in social and creative activities, including music, arts, dance, photography, mindfulness and counselling sessions. They were able to provide mutual support to each other and gain self-esteem and self-confidence. Participants took the lead in running the cafe and deciding everything about the programme, content and activities.

Grant to Independent Arts

We need funding to keep our Creative Cafe running so older people can try new activities and make friends over a free cup of tea every week.

towards two years' salary of the Chief Executive at a project providing support to vulnerable older people in residential care and in the community on the Isle of Wight