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Cropper Gardens Residents Group Receives £300 from Help Direct’s ‘Small Sparks’ Fund
Cropper Gardens Residents Group was set up by Ronnie Green in the spring of 2009 when she and her husband moved from Skelmersdale in to the sheltered housing at Hesketh Bank. She set up a committee and did a survey of the local residents and then began to run weekly bingo sessions, Lancashire College Courses and a luncheon club in response to this. They needed funding to buy microwave, CD player and cutlery for the group and applied to ‘Help Direct’ for £300 to enable them to buy this. In January 2010 they heard that they had been successful with their bid.
Small Sparks is a small amount of funding which can be used to kick start, inject life or enhance existing community based services or activity which can show a clear positive difference to adults within their local community.
It is a local fund offered by Help Direct, funded by Lancashire County Council. The aim of Small Sparks is to help the citizens of Lancashire to improve their health and well-being and improve their quality of life:
- Make a positive contribution to their local community
- Increase choice and control to help meet needs
- Support freedom from discrimination and harassment
- Support economic wellbeing
- Maintain dignity and respect
You can apply for between £50 and £500 for local people and communities. Please contact the Help Direct providers or Small Sparks administrators for an application form or help. Telephone Chorley West Lancashire on 01524 387855 or email
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 January 2010 11:43 )
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