Innovation Fund Feedback from our friends at WAND UK Gladys was awarded the Innovation Fund to provide an IT Training workshops for residents on Roads to Wellbeing Project and other computer literacy and e-learning courses. All staff and volunteers received training on how to access and use the roads to wellbeing map, how to teach…

Innovation Fund Feedback from our friends at People, Potential, Possibilities T/A (P3) P3 was awarded the Innovation Fund to deliver to pilot a 6 week cooking project working with a group of Mums who have been identified by Social Services because they are at risk and some of whom are refugees with no social networks…

Innovation Fund Feedback from our friends at Hope Gardens Hope Gardens (HG) was awarded the Innovation Fund to deliver a project to facilitate yoga sessions to residents at the hostel to yoga would improve their mental and physical health, and give an introduction to some key principles of mindfulness and relaxation which can be applied…

Innovation Fund Feedback from our friends at FOR WOMEN Vittoria was awarded the Innovation Fund to deliver a project FOR WOMEN called The Happiness Corner. The project aimed to provide women the opportunity to reflect and gain the right tools to transform and live a meaningful life. It also aimed to explore the positives of…

Innovation Fund Feedback from our friends at Society Unlimited Will was awarded the Innovation Fund to run a theatre project called Deeper Than Drugs (DTD) that was specifically designed for service users at Turning Point and CGL. The project aimed to provide an accessible complimentary arts activity for service users that was designed to strengthen…

Innovation Fund Feedback from our friends at Breathe Easy Westminster Tessa was awarded the Innovation Fund to provide a new exercise form of Tai Chi for Wellbeing which focuses on meditation and wellbeing, not just the strengthening of muscles. “Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing” is a special trained style of Tai Chi that was taken…

Innovation Fund Feedback from the facilitator of the programme Jacqueline Johnson Jacqueline was awarded the Innovation Fund to run a series of six project based creative sessions, aimed at teaching women to sew one functional item and create a decorative item they can use and treasure.  It aims at getting women to unearth their creativity,…

Innovation Fund Feedback from Jude Thompson Jude was awarded the Innovation Fund to run Cooking lessons for local residents that were in recovery and wanted to engage in purposeful activity. After receiving the innovation fund; Jude compiled the Teaching Book on ‘cooking, healthy, tasty, colourful, food budgeting and wellbeing; derived from his own research and…

Innovation Fund Feedback from our friends at Museum of Homelessness Museum of Homelessness (MoH) was awarded the Innovation Fund to run a social space where volunteers with an interest in housing and homelessness heritage can talk about the issues, try something new and learn things. The workshops: MoH delivered four workshops in April and May…

Innovation Fund Feedback from the facilitators of the programme Adjoua Yapobi-Attie & Mamusu Komon Adjoua was awarded the Innovation Fund to run a solution focused personal development programme designed to empower women in the local area. The six weekly workshops were based on a three themes of Worth, Strength and Purpose. Initial enrollment for the…