£2,000 to train volunteers Wirral Community Narrowboat Trust provides opportunities for disabled adults, children with physical conditions or learning difficulties to socialise and experience life outside of a day centre or special school. Each year, 3,000 clients benefit from canal…

£10,000 to develop a community café and drop-in. Old Roan Baptist Church was formed in the  early 90’s and provides a range of community activities for children, young people and elderly people which is used by over 20,000 people a…

£9,250 for the Community Pride Project working with disadvantaged young people. The Community Pride Project is giving 20 young people from Norris Green the opportunity to acquire skills to make the Sparrow Hall Estate a better place to live and…

£6,300 to expand life skills courses for vulnerable women. Venus is a charity that offers support to vulnerable women and families who are facing difficulties in their lives. Through outreach programmes they help women overcome problems such as poor housing,…

£9,000 funding for the ‘ACT 4 Women Project’ working with women offenders across Merseyside. ACT 4 Women was developed specifically to support women ex-offenders and the service provides opportunities for women in Merseyside who are jobless, often homeless and have…

£5,000 towards The Gateway Awards for people with a learning disability. Mencap Wirral is a small independent charity that supports local people with a learning disability and their families. In the last two years they have evolved from a membership…

 £9,500 for a community garden accessible to people with a disability. The Derbyshire Hill Family Centre in St Helens opened in 1982, converted from an old bus garage. The Centre provides a meeting point for a variety of resident and…