Community
Directory of Community Food Provision Across St Helens Borough - APRIL 2025 Edition
Across the Borough, many local organisations are working side by side as part of the St Helens Borough Community Food Providers Alliance to create innovative food projects that support individuals and families. By working together - community groups, charities, and the public sector - we’re making sure that everyone has access to delicious, nutritious, and affordable food. From sharing surplus food to promoting smart shopping and cooking, our initiatives help people stretch their budgets while cutting down on waste.
Dead Positive CIC HQ Room Hire
Dead Positive CIC HQ - Room hire
LOOKING FOR SPACE TO HIRE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY ACTIVITY?
Community Group Rates: 2 hour slots - £45 Half Days (3 hours) - £60 Full Days (8 hours) - £15.
TO BOOK contact Kirstie: 07306 153 989 deadpositivecic@gmail.com
DPHQ Downstairs at 202 Warrington Rd Widnes, WA8 0AX
Asda Foundation Local Community Spaces Fund
Asda Foundation Local Community Spaces Fund opening soon!
Pre- Awareness : From Tuesday 24th March
Applications Open: From Tuesday 14th April at 10am To Tuesday 28th April at 10am
Grants between £10,000 and £20,000 are available to projects with one or more of the following objectives:
Repair and Maintain Community Spaces
Halton Community Food Provider Survey - Extended
Does your organisation provide community food support? This could be a community shop, a cupboard in your organisation to distribute donations, a community lunch, a food bank or food pantry.
Would you like to be included in a community food provision publication?
Catalyst Supports The Local Community
Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Museum in Widnes is excited to announce the launch of a new initiative designed to support residents in their local community.
Community Library Grant Scheme - St Helens Borough Council
The Community Library Grant Scheme aims to support groups to establish a library offer within their community.
This will be done by offering up to a maximum of £5,000 for one-off grant funding to community organisations or community interest companies who are working within St Helens Borough.
What is a Community Library?
A Community Library is a community run site which is independent of the Council, ranging from:
NWAS Ambulance Awareness Day - Thursday 03 April 2025
North West Ambulance Service is holding a FREE community engagement event with interactive talks on their services, information on careers, lifesaving skills and much more.
The event is taking place on Thursday 03 April 2025, 11:00 – 15:00 at Devonshire House, 293-297 Edge Lane, Fairfield, Liverpool, L7 9LD.
Merseyflow Timebank
Are you a local community group looking for some assistance with a project?
Community organisations in Halton are being encouraged to sign up for the charitable Time Bank scheme led by Merseylink and Merseyflow for free-of-charge expert help during 2025.
The Time Bank initiative aims to assist key organisations, including schools, colleges, charities, and community groups, by allowing Halton communities to benefit from the skills and expertise of the Merseylink and Merseyflow teams.
Asda Community Outdoor Spaces Fund
The Outdoor Community Spaces Fund is Asda’s new funding opportunity, with grants ranging from £500 to £3,000, to be used to improve or transform outdoor community spaces where people can meet and be together and build pride in their local areas.
Application deadline is the 11th of February so act quickly to secure funding.
‘What Matters to me?’ Community Engagement
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals are carrying out a project with patients called ‘What Matters to me?’ where they are going out to engage with patients from inclusion health groups (groups who don’t often engage with health care providers) to ask them what matters to them when accessing services, so they can understand what barriers people in these groups may be faced with when accessing services, and what they can do to make a difference.