Our Delivery Report
Funded on 22 November 2022 | Delivered on 30 December 2024
£7,849
RAISED
18
BACKERS
44
DAYS TO FUND
BIGGEST PLEDGE
£3,802
From North East Combined Authority
50
people have visited this project!
5 New part-time jobs created
Women's Workshop donated £100
27/05/23 - 27/05/23
Pop up Social
20 March 2025
Bernicia
We are excited to announce that The Bernicia Foundation is supporting Waffling On, a new project by Splinter Group North aimed at helping neurodivergent young people lead more independent lives and break down barriers to employment.\nThanks to the investment from The Bernicia Foundation, Northumberland SpLinter Group has launched information hubs across the region, providing peer-to-peer support for young people.\nWe are proud to support such a wonderful project!
£2000 Revenue generated
More about our impact
The environment
By taking our pop up social gaming sessions around the county we have reduced the need for travel. We have also been encouraging people to take a travel training course that means they have used more public transport. Our waffle trailer supplies are being sourced from locally and using recyclable packaging.
The local economy
We have been able to use the waffle trailer in various settings and have run a Holiday Activities programme three times in the course of the project.
Volunteering, jobs & education
We now have eight regular volunteers who have taken part in accredited learning, and have made presentations to 8 new Safe Places, to employers at the SEND employers forum and to the Learning Disability and Autism Strategy Boards for Northumberland sharing their own experiences.
Arts, culture & heritage
Our team member brought back a range of ideas to link in with autism and the arts from his Churchill Foundation trip to the US and Japan. He is now in the process of planning an Autism Arts festival for Northumberland.
Activity, health and leisure
Our programme has included physical activities alongside gaming, with multi sports sessions, rounders and walks.
