RCC 4 – The Sewing Club Proposer: Jane Mouncey Funding allocated: £10,000 The Proposal: The Sewing Club was one of the first groups to receive support from the RCC Programme, with a group based at Second Avenue and then Centre 4 attending Change Champions Training, and later a second group from Cleethorpes, including some young volunteers also came to Change Champions. Since 2013, the Club has established itself as a…
Initially allocated £1,000, the plan was to record some stories for isolated people to listen to in their own homes. The initial plan was to engage an isolated lady who had experience in this sort of recording as a way of providing a therapeutic way for her to help others. Unfortunately this plan had to be changed as the lady backed out mid – way. The funding was switched to…
RCC 2 – Telephone Befriending Proposer: Julie Rigby Funding allocated: £3650 The Proposal: We wanted to set up a telephone befriending service. We currently offer a one to one befriending service where our volunteers actually visit in person. Through our work we have identified the need for additional telephone befriending. This may be during the period were a new member is waiting for a volunteer to become available, when existing…
