Support awarded for 2008/09

Here is a summary of the support provided through the Council's grant scheme in 2008/09.

Age Concern Woking

The Council has awarded a grant to support the services of Age Concern Woking. The contribution will support the services of the group for the elderly in the coming year.

Attitude Youth Group

Attitude Youth Group was formed to provide a save environment in which youths can mix, socialise and take part in activities. The Council's support will provide a stable level of long term support for the group.

Carers Support Woking

The aim of Carers Support Woking is to enable carers to access services and benefits by providing advice, information, advocacy and support. The Council's support will enable the group to continue to provide its service to carers in Woking.

Genesis Support Group

The aim of the Genesis Support Group is to provide activity opportunities for families with young children, often where one or more of the children have a disability. The one-off grant will be used towards the costs of new equipment.

Knaphill Churches Trust T/A The King's House Coffee Shop

The Council awarded a grant to replace kitchen equipment. The Kings house Coffee Shop provides a drop-in centre for the local community.

Lift Up Together

Lift Up Together was established to meet an identified need in the local community in the absence of suitable facilities for those with mental health issues. The grant awarded will contribute towards the cost of the weekly support sessions.

Link Leisure

Link Leisure was established in 1989 to work with children and adults with learning disabilities. The Council's support will enable Link Leisure to continue to provide its services.

Marjorie Richardson's

The Council awarded a grant to help the group with its annual running costs. The group runs a coffee shop based in Woking Town Centre, which aims to provide a comfortable environment for older people from all walks of life.

The Maybury Centre Trust

The Maybury Centre provides facilities for social and business events, health, education, welfare and general recreation for the people of Woking. The Council's support will enable the Centre to continue providing its services, including the management of Alpha Road Community Hall and the Schoolhouse Tea Rooms at the Maybury Centre. The grant will also secure the lottery funding for the creche facilities at the Centre, thereby supporting access to learning to local residents.

North West Surrey Association of Disabled People (NWSADP)

The Council awarded NWSADP a grant to enable the group to provide a disability information and advocacy service. The group seeks to promote, enable and increase disabled people's involvement within their local community through a free, independent and confidential advocacy and information service.

Old Woking Cricket Club

The club seeks to promote community participation in healthy recreation through the provision of cricket facilities and promotion of the club within the local community. The grant awarded will go towards the cost of replacing the surface of the two practice net, a mower and sightscreens.

Relate West Surrey

Relate West Surrey offers counselling, sexual therapy and training, and education workshops to adults experiencing difficulties in their relationships. The group also offers counselling to young people affected by the breakdown of their parents' relationship. The Council has supported the group by providing a grant to assist with the cost of the service charge for their accommodation.

Sheerwater Community Centre

The grant awarded to Sheerwater Community Centre will enable the Sheerwater Coffee Shop to provide a drop-in facility for the local community. The Council has supported the drop-in centre since it first opened in 1999. The Centre provides a facility for pensioners where they can socialise and have refreshments.

The Salvation Army

The Council has awarded The Salvation Army a grant to support the appointment of a Community Services Manager at the new Salvation Army Centre.

The Sheerwater / Maybury Partnership

The grant awarded will ensure the continuation of the Partnership's literacy improvement programme. The Sheerwater / Maybury Partnership was founded in 2004 with the aim of addressing the challenge of how to help break the cycle of disadvantage and make a real difference to the community .

Strollers

The aim of Strollers is to provide `coffee and conversation' in a caring environment for retired and disabled people. The grant will enable the service provided by the group to continue in the coming year.

Surrey Family Mediation Service

The Council's support will ensure the continuation of services to Woking residents. Surrey Family Mediation seeks to alleviate the hardship and distress caused by the break-up of relationships, marriage, civil partnerships and family.

Surrey Welfare Rights Unit

Surrey Welfare Rights Unit provides specialist support to community organisations and statutory authorities dealing with welfare rights issues. The Council's support will ensure the continuation of services, whilst the Unit implements a new funding strategy.

Surrey Women's Aid

The Council has awarded Surrey Women's Aid a grant to enable the continuation of the domestic abuse outreach service provided in the Borough of Woking. The group seeks to relieve need, hardship and distress among those who have suffered grave or persistent assault and battery by a close relative with whom they are or have been living with and any children thereof.

TALK

The group supports Dysphasia recovers following a stroke. The one-off grant will enable the service provided by the group to continue in the coming year.

Valley End Cricket Club

Valley End Cricket Club is based in Valley End, a small village lying between Chobham and Windlesham. The one-off grant will contribute towards an outdoor net facility, with flood lighting and a turf squares.

Woking and Surrey Heath Crossroads

The group provides a respite care service to carers for families with disabled relatives. The grant will provide additional care hours for families in the Woking area to reduce the service's waiting list.

Woking Association of Voluntary Service (WAVS)

The Service has been in existence since 1905 and aims to provide support, representation and advice to voluntary and community organisations in the Borough of Woking. The Council's support will enable WAVS to maintain its current level of support.

Woking Association of Voluntary Service and Woking Citizens Advice Bureau

A grant has been awarded to a joint application by WAVS and Woking Citizens Advice Bureau to achieve a series of measures aimed at addressing the growing problem of personal debt in the Borough of Woking.

Woking Citizens Advice Bureau

Woking Citizens Advice Bureau aims to provide advice and assistance to local clients in all areas of social law and related matters. The grant will enable the Bureau to continue to provide its services to residents of Woking.

Woking College

Woking College has been awarded a grant to allow the drop-in sessions provided through the Maybury IT Learning Centre to continue for the coming year.

Woking Community Mediation Service

The aim of the Service is to help neighbours find a solution to difficulties that suits all the parties involved. The funding will support the Service throughout the financial year and ensure a suitable level of support in order to secure the services in the longer term.

Woking Community Transport

Woking Community Transport provides accessible door-to-door transport to those who could otherwise be socially excluded because of poverty, disability or age. The grants will support the Dial-a-Ride service to the east of the Borough, and provide a comprehensive service to residents of Woking, plus enable the Town Centre Buggy service to continue in the Town Centre.

Woking Pakistan Muslim Welfare Association (PMWA)

The Neighbourhood Advice Centre is a project set up by Woking PMWA. The aim of Neighbourhood Advice is to offer assistance and advice to the community on issues such as immigration, nationality, benefits and public utilities. The grant will enable the group to continue to provide its services in the community.

Woking ShopMobility

The group provides mobility equipment for disabled and older people for use in the Town Centre. The Council's award will help Woking ShopMobility with their running costs in line with the three year rolling grant, which was introduced with the view of enabling the group to undertake long-term planning.

York Road Project

The York Road Project provides a direct access shelter in Woking for single homeless and other vulnerable people. The Council's support will enable the Project to provide daytime services.

Further information

For further information on the Council's community funding schemes, or for details of the support provided, please contact Frank Jeffrey on 01483 743012, or email frank.jeffrey@woking.gov.uk