As part of its offer, Living Well Sefton manages the Community Resilience Grant (CRG) fund which is open to
local community groups and individuals for projects aimed at supporting people to improve their health and
wellbeing.
More than 100 projects have so far been funded through the grant fund addressing themes such as:
• Reducing social isolation for older people
• Increasing people’s confidence and self-esteem
• Improving people’s fitness
• Helping to build awareness of healthy cooking and nutrition
• Encouraging the whole family in developing activities together
Applications for CRG Round 17 are now closed.
| Organisation |
Project name |
Project |
Amount awarded |
| Woodvale ainsdale community association |
Create Over Coffee - Bringing people together through creativity, conversation,
and hot drinks.
|
They aim to promote community cohesion and improve mental well-being through a
series of inclusive, creative workshops. These will include Painting for Well-being, Bento Box cake
decorating, Silk Painting, Crafts, and Candle Painting sessions. The goal is to bring together
individuals from diverse backgrounds in a safe, welcoming space to connect, express themselves
artistically, and build confidence and friendships through shared activities. |
£2000 |
| Mind Balance Solution |
Sefton Together: Building Resilient Communities
|
Mind Balance Solutions is a community-based mental health organisation supporting
the Eastern European community. We deliver psychoeducational workshops, counselling, and
mindfulness-based wellbeing activities such as yoga, walk-and-talk sessions, and therapeutic
support.
They plan to deliver free community summer yoga sessions, and walk and talk activities which not
only promote mental wellbeing and relaxation, but also help connect individuals in a gentle and
accessible way — regardless of language.
|
£1,960 |
| SACHA - Southport African Caribbean Heritage Association |
SACHA Roots & Resilience Circles
|
SACHA Roots & Resilience Circles are four monthly wellbeing sessions – offering
a safe, inclusive space for African and Caribbean heritage communities and others in Southport and
Sefton. Each session will include peer support, creative activities, cultural expression, warm
meals, and signposting to local services. This project is a direct response to the social division
and racial tension following the 2024 Southport riot, which highlighted deep-rooted inequality and a
lack of meaningful community connection. Many local residents, especially Black women and families,
were left feeling isolated, unheard, and vulnerable. |
£2000 |
| The Reach Men's Centre CIC |
The Reach Men's Centre Peer Support Group
|
The Reach Men's Centre aims to enhance the running of a Peer Support Group for
men in the local area. The Peer Support Group plays a vital role in supporting the wellbeing of men
across the Sefton community. Meeting weekly on Mondays for 1.5 hours, the group offers a
confidential and non-judgemental space where men can openly share their experiences, many of which
involve difficult and complex life challenges. This sense of safety and peer understanding fosters
trust and emotional resilience. |
£2000 |
| Cherish Lipreading |
Cherish Lipreading |
Southport has an aging population and 1 in 6.5 of the population has a hearing
lose , we aim provide classes which will not only benefit the people attending but their families,
friends and work colleagues. by boosting to their communication skills it will boost their
confidence . Cherish are aiming to provide a comprehensive 22 week lipreading courses, designed to
improve participants’ ability to understand speech through visual cues, thereby enhancing their
confidence and independence in communication. The course aims to give communication skills,
fingerspelling, a basic knowledge of equipment which might improve their communication needs, A
basic knowledge of the ear, hearing aids and local/ national support groups / organisation's. |
£2000 |
| Origami Pulse CIC |
Inspired Creativity: Hope and Resilience |
Origami Pulse will deliver 12 Creative activities encompassing philosophies of
resilience and well-being, in groups of up to 15, 6 blocks of 2 sessions, 90 beneficiaries. From
disadvantaged groups in the Sefton community, particularly those affected by ill health (physical or
mental), the socially isolated, the elderly, carers, those experiencing economic hardship, people
from different backgrounds, the homeless, asylum seekers, and neurodiverse groups. The high cost of
living will mean that such groups would have little opportunity or funds to learn some of these
specialised, meaningful art techniques. The activities will bring social cohesion, bond society, and
ensure that individuals and groups can enjoy the activities harmoniously, with a sense of belonging,
shared values, and active participation. |
£550 |
| Ukraine United CIC |
Stronger Together: Ukrainian Community Wellbeing in Sefton |
Ukraine United aim to run a series of welcoming, weekly sessions for Ukrainians
living in Sefton, designed to enhance both mental and physical wellbeing through a blend of
cultural, creative, educational, and gentle physical activities.
Our goal is to create a safe, supportive space where individuals can come together, build
friendships, share experiences, and feel part of the wider community. These sessions will offer
much-needed structure and social connection for people who have experienced disruption,
displacement, and isolation.
|
£2000 |
| The Orrell Trust |
Orrell Arts Cafe in the Garden |
Orrell Trust will deliver a six-week nature-based Arts for Wellbeing course for
the community. The programme will combine art, poetry, and craft with nature, plants and the
outdoors; the course will include a field trip to Southport Flower Show.
Participants will be invited to slow down, engage with nature, and respond through art. This will in
turn improve focus and enhance wellbeing.
The course will be managed by an artist with over 15 years’ experience facilitating groups from
displaced backgrounds and the wider community
|
£1,515/td>
|
| Home-Start Southport and Formby |
Empowered Parenting and Nurturing Mental Health |
Home-Start are aiming to help parents referred to them with low self esteem to
build confidence by identifying and reshaping their internal narratives, empowering them to rewrite
their stories in a way that supports self-worth, growth, and success.
They will provide parents with a basic understanding of mental health, including what mental health
means, and how it is linked to physical health. The group will explore various practical ways in
which they can look after their own and their child's mental health, including mindfulness breathing
techniques, mindfulness painting and stress management.
|
£1,200 |
| Dandelion Days EFL |
Herd & Healing
|
Dandelion Days are offering a series of 8 free drop-in sessions for Sefton
residents to support mental and emotional wellbeing, build social connection, and promote living and
ageing well—particularly in response to the recent Southport incident. Delivered at Dandelion Days
Equine Facilitated Learning, each session provides a warm and supportive space to connect with
others, spend time with gentle therapy ponies, and enjoy informal conversation with a
trauma-informed facilitator.
|
£1,970 |
| Netherton Feelgood Factory |
Resilient Minds
|
Feelgood Factory will deliver 12 individual sessions of wellbeing and resilience
activities, combined with afternoon tea and community lunch in their community garden. These
community sessions will help to improve social cohesion in a fun, enjoyable green space, whilst also
teaching skills to build mental resilience.
Topics covered at each session will range from mental health awareness, emotional resilience,
emotional literacy, relaxation, mindfulness, self-care and connecting with others from all walks of
life.
|
£2000 |
| Sefton O.P.E.R.A |
Beating Loneliness Together Community Project |
Sefton OPERA will provide a range of health & Wellbeing activities from Chair
Exercises, Tai Chi, Pamper, and social inclusion activities to our “Beating Loneliness Together
Groups” 1 in the South and 1 in the North of the Borough working in some of the most deprived
neighbourhoods dealing with implications of the ever-increasing austerity, pension taxation, heating
& allowance cuts and raising cost of living, it is not easy particularly for the most vulnerable and
social excluded. |
£1,600 |
Living Well Sefton, in partnership with Sefton Public Health, also offers ‘Small to Medium Enterprises’
(SMEs) grants of up to £500 to improve the wellbeing of employees.
Looking after the wellbeing of your employees will make you a stronger organisation with a happier, healthier
workforce, especially as people return to work after the lifting of lockdown measures. It also shows that
you care about the people who work for you. Improving workplace wellbeing can also contribute to reduced
absenteeism, increased productivity, and support staff to improve their lifestyles.
