Acts of kindness Cheshire West & Chester

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Funded on
07 Mar 2023

We want you to help us deliver more acts of kindness to people who need them, and to increase the number of volunteers doing the acts of kindness in the hope we can create a ripple effect.

£11,929 Raised of £11,929

28 Backers

100%

Our Delivery Report

Funded on 07 March 2023 | Delivered on 03 May 2024

£11,929

RAISED

28

BACKERS

85

DAYS TO FUND

BIGGEST PLEDGE

£5,000

From Anonymous

£10

MOST POPULAR PLEDGE AMOUNT

1156

people have visited this project!

People involved in project delivery

950 People involved in project delivery

15/12/23 - 15/12/23

Beer and carols

Chapel Cafe, Saltney Ferry

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35 Volunteers involved

Acts

Acts donated £10

Cheshire West and Chester Council donated £4,000

Acts

Acts donated £17

4 New part-time jobs created

Cheshire West and Chester Council donated £500

More about our impact

The environment

Episode about "#20 - How can we be kinder to the environment with Helen", helping people understand what we can all do to to help the environment. Clothing brand is made from recycled bottles.

The local economy

Spent money with local businesses - Florist, cake shop, cafe Employed local people to edit and administer podcast Kindness workshops held in local community cafe Acts of kindness gift vouchers e.g. to help people buy shopping and groceries

Volunteering, jobs & education

4 jobs created 10 volunteers to deliver acts of kindness, presenter of the podcast is a volunteer 25 people interviewed Podcast training delivered to 5

Arts, culture & heritage

The podcast enabled people to talk about their culture and to share stories, for example Ruby talked about her life living in an Indian community, and then being exiled. Adam talked about being a Muslim, and how the cultures they follow don't always fit into Western society. Jim talked about Chester and Blacon 70 years ago, how it has changed, and we have been approached by Chester heritage society who have promoted the episode for us.

Activity, health and leisure

2 personal trainers have been interviewed, talking passionately about health, and exercise, and their person journey. Shirley talked about her cancer journey and what we can all do to support people on a similar journey. Tom talked about his mental health journey, giving us all tips on how we can support ourselves, promoting the Wilderness tribe who have promoted us. Finally Jim talks about dementia.

http://www.actsonline.uk

Acts has three themes for its products and services

Doing Acts of kindness, we have a small group of volunteers who travel around Chester, Wirral and North Wales delivering acts of kindness to people who are having a difficult time.

We have connections in the local hospitals, and social prescribing team who are our ‘Acts Ambassadors’ sending referrals for people who are most in need. This could be a pamper box for someone undergoing cancer treatment, some underwear or sanitary products for a homeless person, or some shopping for someone who cant get out.

"Please can my patient have an act of kindness, he loves a back scratcher, Liverpool football club and diet coke"

Your kindness exceeds anything I have ever witnessed in hospital, the community. you make a huge impact on the lives of people you havent even met (including myself!).

Encouraging others to do acts of kindness. We know there are 5 wellbeing benefits to doing acts of kindness – a healthier heart, joy, its contagious, anti-aging and better relationships. We want to find ways to give people the opportunity to practice kindness examples include:

Kindness workshops and worksheets
A young person run podcast sharing stories and exploring what kindness is: Don’t be a Dwad | a podcast by sonia64 (podbean.com)
Branded clothing with kindness messages to remind people to look for opportunities
Kindness café events, where people come together to plan and do random acts of kindness campaigns together.

Building a kindness community, we have a small group of volunteers who want to give their time to run things they are passionate about and want to encourage others to get involved. Activities include walking, meditation, cycling and Tai Chi. There will always be a coffee and cake available after the session and a chance for people to build relationships.

We support families with purposeful long term acts of kindness:

"After having a stroke, Peter needed extra speech and language therapy and physiotherapy. His friends and family were amazing over the 12 months, raising money through monthly donations (now being processed through the charity) and fundraising events including the Chester half-marathon and iron man! Peter’s progress has been incredible. His highlight was being able to walk his daughter down the aisle when she recently got married. Peter has recently run the Chester 10km which raised over £6000 for acts as a thankyou for our support over the years."

Project Owner: Acts The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.