Community Projects

Access to Employment (YRO)

EM • Sep 06

Project offering skillbuilding to refugees and asylum seekers through voluntary work. (Yemeni Refugee Organisation)

Burngreave Domestic Abuse Project

CR • Mar 06

A community-based support project for residents experiencing any form of domestic abuse.

Burngreave Language Support Agency

EM • Mar 06

A social enterprise helping local residents to become multilingual interpreters and translators.

Burngreave Sports Network

ED • May 07

Pays for two workers to plan and deliver sports activities and events in Burngreave.

Cellar Space

ED • Mar 06

Project working with young people (11–16) in danger of exclusion from school or who have become excluded.

Community Language Schools

ED • Mar 06

Project supporting children from the Arabic, Urdu and Somali speaking communities to learn these languages.

Ellesmere Children’s Centre

EN • Mar 07

Project to create an outdoor facility for the Ellesmere Children’s Centre

Ellesmere Youth Project

OA • Mar 07

Detached Youth Work project working in the Ellesmere and Carwood area.

Halal Lunch Club

HE • Aug 05

Provided meals and an environment where the elderly from different BME backgrounds could meet.

Listen to Us

OA • closed

Project to put on events for young people and refer them on to other provision in the area.

Nett Driving School

EM • Sep 06

Provides local residents with low/no cost driving lessons to increase their ability to get and stay in work.

Pitsmoor Credit Union (Step 2)

EM • Mar 06

Contribution to core costs to enable long-term planning.

Pitsmoor Somali Youth Project

OA • closed

Youth project, which had funding withdrawn.

Promoting Healthy Lifestyles for Asian Families

HE • Jun 05

Provided weekly activities for Asian families to encourage healthy eating and exercise.

Recycling Matters

EN • Mar 05

Provided advice to residents, businesses and local schools on recycling issues.

Training for Employment & Business

EM • Sep 05

Helped women of Somali background to learn about business and employment related issues.

Yemeni Community Association Phase 2

OA • Mar 06

Contribution to core costs to enable delivery of community projects in Burngreave.


Theme key

  • CR: Crime

  • ED: Education

  • EM: Employment & Enterprise

  • EN: Environment

  • HE: Health

  • HO: Housing

  • OA: Over-arching

For more information about projects, see http://www.bndfc.co.uk/.

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