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
Living Well Sefton’s Community Resilience Grant round 17 is now accepting applications. The theme of this round is healthy eating and physical movement, with an overarching theme of heart health in order to address these issues locally in our local area of Sefton.
Sefton-based voluntary, community and faith (VCF) sector groups are invited to apply for up to £2,000 to support local community health and wellbeing projects and activities. Projects must have a clear connection between activities and improving issues with heart health, such as high blood pressure. We recognise that a secondary benefit of these projects will be improved mental health.
Projects do not necessarily have to be new for this round, but we are looking to fund projects aiming to support healthy eating and physical movement – please see the full criteria on the application form for more details.
All projects will need to demonstrate the impact they have made with a measurable outcome that shows participants have improved nutrition or physical movement and heart health as a consequence of the project. Support can be given on what this looks like prior to application, if the applicant is unsure.
Previous grant recipients are encouraged to re-apply, as well as first time applicants and those that have previously been unsuccessful. Please note, Living Well Sefton reserve the right to close the round for applications early if the threshold for applications is met, to prevent the round from being oversubscribed.
| Organisation |
Project name |
Project |
Amount awarded |
| Woodvale ainsdale community association |
Create Over Coffee - Bringing people together through creativity, conversation, and hot drinks.
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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
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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.
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£1,960 |
| SACHA - Southport African Caribbean Heritage Association |
SACHA Roots & Resilience Circles
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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
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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
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£1,515/td>
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| 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.
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£1,200 |
| Dandelion Days EFL |
Herd & Healing
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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.
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£1,970 |
| Netherton Feelgood Factory |
Resilient Minds
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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.
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£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.
