Archive for ‘Wirral Charity’

November 10th, 2008

Youth Opportunity Fund

by Ian Lewis

I’ve received details of the Youth Opportunity Fund for projects in Wirral that provide activities and projects for young people.  There are two types of application:

Youth Opportunity Fund – £100,000
The money in this fund is for leisure time activities and projects for young people aged 13-19
·        Youth Capital Fund – £182,100
This money is for capital items such as doing up buildings, buying larger items of equipment, youth shelters and mobile units.  Applications for this fund must be for a minimum of £6,000 and benefit young people aged 13-19

To apply, please contact the Youth & Play Service Office on 0151 637 6370 and ask for an application pack – for further details of funding criteria, please visit:
http://www.wirral.gov.uk/LGCL/100003/200104/1116/content_0001645.html
Completed applications should be sent to the following address before 4pm on Monday 19th January 2009

January 18th, 2007

Help for those living with, or affected by, HIV

by The YourWirral Team

Sahir House LogoSahir House is a Multicultural Support and Information centre offering a wide range of services to individuals and families living with or affected by HIV on Merseyside. 

They also offer one day HIV Awareness Workshops available to health and social care workers in the Northwest and many opportunities for volunteering.

They have a fundraising webshop you can use, which inlcudes over 100 retailers such as John Lewis and Marks & Spencer. If you make purchases through the webshp, a donation is made and you don’t pay anything extra, but help them raise funds.

Have a look at their website http://www.sahir.uk.com/