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By Burnley Boys and Girls Club, Unity Hope House Community Hub and Training Centre
To deliver exercise, health & wellbeing sessions, a mentoring scheme, employability & training classes and volunteering opportunities to people to improve their mental health & wellbeing.
Our project will deliver exercise, fitness, health and wellbeing classes for all men & women who have learning difficulties/disabilities and also have diagnosis of mental health conditions. This will reduce social isolation & loneliness, encourage social interaction and social inclusion within our multi cultural communities which we live in. We would like to make people aware of different cultures within the diverse communities we live in and how to respect each others culture through our cookery classes and sharing food. To deliver an employability, befriending and mentoring scheme to meet the needs of the local residents who suffer from mental health conditions, learning difficulties/ disabilities and low self esteem/confidence. We will help them build their own support network to reduce social isolation. We will promote community cohesion work within our different cultural diverse communities delivering community engagement work with the local residents.
What we'll deliver:
Why it's a great idea:
The benefits our project will bring to the cultural diverse communities that we work with are the following: =To reduce social isolation and loneliness by offering befriending, mentoring, selfcare and wellbeing support group for men and women =To improve mental health & wellbeing though fitness & exercise classes. =To improve cultural awareness & cultural sensitivity within all communities, by delivering events & drama workshops andcookery classes from different cultures. This will allow people to talk about food from around the world so everyone can talk about their own culture in a positive way. This will reduce conflict between communities and improve community cohesion between our diverse communities that we live in. =To increase job opportunities for people with mental health conditions and learning difficulties/disabilities by helping them access education, work and training through delivering employability and training courses.
Steps to get it done:
Since September 2017, Unity Hope House have been having regular women’s coffee mornings, arts and craft sessions, selfcare support sessions, health and wellbeing sessions, advice, guidance and information sessions in Burnley mainly at the Burnley Boys and Girls Club. We have identified the barriers which are faced by the vulnerable people with mental health conditions, learning difficulties/disabilities in accessing education/employment in our cultural diverse communities. We found the solutions to this barrier which is to set up a community hub and training centre to support people with mental health conditions and learning difficulties/ disabilities access education, employability and training. Our charity organisation has identified several issues in relation to mental health and wellbeing and unemployment which we can be resolved by having appropriate support in place to meet the need of our multicultural diverse community.
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How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) £12,529
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VolunteerOur organisation is about breaking down the stigma/ barriers around mental health and culture, raising awareness of how mental health can affect people in different ways and forms, educating society about having cultural and mental health awareness can change the way we act and think when dealing with the vulnerable people in our society. We work at grassroot level since June 2017 with one of the most deprived communities in East Lancashire by supporting/ empowering men and women with mental health conditions and diagnosis and learning difficulties/ disabilities to gaining equal access to education, employment and training by giving them choices to take chances and make positive changes in their life.
Our organisation is very dedicated in making positive changes to one of the most vulnerable groups in the community (men and women with mental health conditions/ learning disabilities). We provide befriending & mentoring scheme to meet the client's assessed needs & to reduce relapses with their mental health by inviting them to attend selfcare groups, health and wellbeing groups, cookery and bakery groups, health and fitness exercise groups, information, advices and guidance sessions, employability & training course, embroidery course, gardening groups and cycling and walking groups. We have planned to open our own counselling service for our clients to meet their psychological and emotional needs as this has been something that has been requested by them and other health and social care professionals as there is always a long waiting list for our client to get access to counselling service. To reduce and prevent relapses with the client's mental health and wellbeing, social isolation, loneliness this in house counselling service will benefit all our clients. We always try our best to support our clients in the best possible ways we can by ensuring them that we will always provide them with a safe environment to learn in. We continue to give our clients the opportunities to volunteer in our organisation and support them back into education, employability and training. Over the last 7 years we have support over 100 women into education, employment and training which as significant reduced their relapses in their mental health and general wellbeing. All our members of staff are trained professionals, they also volunteer & come from different path of live and have lived experience which is why our project is a very unique service.
Project Owner: Burnley Boys and Girls Club, Unity Hope House Community Hub and Training Centre The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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