Seed Funding 2024-25

Care Together seed funding 2024-25

We have had approval to award funding to many grass roots community groups, charities and social enterprises in our communities.

This funding is to show the impact of new initiatives:

• supporting older adults across Cambridgeshire
• expansion of existing projects into new areas, in order to support more people
• empowering Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations to successfully apply for longer-term funding in future.

Cambridge City

There will be subsidised exercise for older adults (via Living Sport and Cambridge United) and co-production of activities with those supported by BPHA (Independent Living) in Trumpington, as well as a small fund for the Vietnamese Refugee Community.

East Cambridgeshire

There will be offers of physical exercise from Living Sport and other providers, to complement the activities of the 10 Community Hubs in East Cambs funded by last year's seed-funding and now guaranteed support (via Cambridgeshire ACRE) for the next 3 years, as a result of the recent award of Older Adults Social Inclusion grant funding. The mobile gym run by Fitness Rush will also be visiting villages in East Cambridgeshire.

Fenland

Fenland will benefit from Care Together seed-funding for a wide range of projects, including dementia support (Alzheimer's Society), Social Inclusion by phone with COPE's Talking Together service, assistive technology for those with sensory impairments (Doddington 100th Club). Other VCSE organisations will offer one-pot nutrition classes, art therapy and community cinema, as well as digital and social inclusion for older adults in Wisbech.

Huntingdonshire

We are funding four different projects, all supporting physical activity and exercise, and delivered by Peterborough United Charity Foundation, Fitness Rush (outdoor exercise confidence building), Active Lifestyles for the Over 60s Club and Golden Games sessions in Buckden.

South Cambridgeshire

We are supporting opportunities for more physical activity and exercise, including walking football and walking netball for older adults. Chair-based exercise and a Talking Together (phone conversation) project led by Cambridgeshire Older People's Enterprise. A mobile gym will be visiting rural villages in South Cambs where there are no or few exercise facilities, with expert trainers guiding older people on how to have fun while exercising safely.