Oldbury
Step Way
Community Garden Project
Stepway is a registered charity that offers a structured pathway for veterans needing support, facing challenges and adapting to civilian life.
The organisation work with the individuals helping them with counselling, mentoring and develop new skills and to reduce social isolation.
Stepway have received CIL funding to develop a Community Garden at the Salvation Army base in Oldbury. Which has helped bring together the wider community.
The Community Garden has helped people learn new skills such as growing their own food, cooking it and maintaining the site.
The Community Garden is open for all ages at free of cost.
The CIL funding has allowed Stepway to purchase items such as garden equipment, tools, sheds to which has helped set up the garden.
Stepway were awarded CIL funding of £4,250.00
Single Point Plus LTD
Heart of Oldbury Outdoor Play Zone
SinglePoint Plus is a recently launched Community Benefit Society based in Oldbury offering services to families in Sandwell.
The organisation offers family support, training, counselling/resilience programmes and enrichment activities for local families linked predominantly to primary schools.
SinglePoint Plus Limited applied for CIL funding for their new outside playground. The CIL funding has helped purchase new fencing around the perimeter of the play area.
The project offers a fully functional on-site service for families accessing the wraparound care and holiday provision. It has also enabled multiple community groups an opportunity to access the community centres outdoor space safely.
The CIL fund has purchased a new fence, gates, tarmac and astro surface to help create the safe space outside.
The amount of CIL funding received is £4,560.00
Options for Life
Let’s Get Active
Options for Life is a well-established local organisation that provides a range of community-based workshops and skills sessions from community hubs within Sandwell for adults with learning disabilities or autism.
Options for Life have been successful receiving CIL funding to purchase Android tablets to help adults with learning difficulties and autism to get online information. This has supported the completion of activities such as arts, and music, making GP appointments (with the help of support workers), playing online games, shopping, ordering takeaways, watching movies and many other activities that interest them.
The aim of the sessions is to adopt a digital intervention system to communicate with the participants who are aged 18 and over
The CIL funding has helped purchase Android Tablets and case covers
The group were awarded CIL funding of £507.70
Age UK Sandwell
Lion Farm Thursday Bowling Club
Age UK Sandwell is a well-known registered charity that has provided services for Sandwell for around 30 years.
The organisation puts on different activities such as chair-based exercise classes, coffee mornings, bingo etc for the predominately elderly members.
Age UK Sandwell have received CIL funding which has enabled them to purchase 2 new bowls mats, this has allowed them to enhance their bowling activities. These mats are also shared with St James Church bowling group.
With the purchase of the 2 mats, this has helped group to continue to play bowls, attract new members and provide free taster sessions for the local community.
The group were awarded CIL funding of £1,610.00
St James Church
St James Youth Club
St James Church is a Registered Charity that serves the local community. For the last 25 years it has been involved with youth work, places of welcome, warm spaces and a range of mid-week activities.
The youth club runs every Thursday 7pm - 8:30pm with around 30 children attending. St James Church completed a consultation with the young people and identified that they would like to get involved in new activities and learn new skills such as music production, playing pool, and performances.
The organisation has been successful in receiving CIL funding for a pool table, apple MacBook and stage lighting.
This equipment will help the young people learn new skills whilst socialising in a safe place.
The group were awarded CIL funding of £4,786.50
The Salvation Army - Oldbury
Shokin Youth Club
The Salvation Army - Oldbury is a well-known Registered Charity that serves the local the community. The organisation has been involved with youth work, community café’s, warm space, and a range of mid-week activities
The group run two youth clubs every Friday, ‘Kids Klub’ operates 6pm-7:15pm which is for 4-11-year olds and ‘Shokin’ runs 7:45pm-9pm for 12-15-year olds. There are approximately 67 Children that attend, in total.
The group have been successful in receiving funding for 2 Smart TVs, 2 mobile TV Stands, and a Table Football game. This has enabled the young people to get involved with a variety of activities such as singing and dancing and other fun games.
This equipment has helped the young people staying social in a safe place.
The group were awarded CIL funding of £3,423.96
Wernley Bowling Club
Hair Cut – Wernley Bowling
Wernley Bowling Club is a small community organisation based in Oldbury. They have around 34 members that meet up weekly to take part in bowls games.
The purpose of the organisation is for the local community to play bowls, meet new people and reduce social isolation.
Wernley Bowling Club have received CIL funding for a new lawn mower.
Without the lawn mower the organisation was unable to maintain the bowling green and was close to putting the continuation of the club at risk.
The group have now purchased the lawn mower and has ensured the continuation of the bowling club. the club will be providing monthly free taster sessions for the local community in order to attract new members.
The group were awarded CIL funding of £4,784.50
Ideal for All
Polytunnel Replacement
Ideal for All is a well-established registered charity which is run by and for disabled and disadvantaged people. The members/service users include vulnerable and older people and their carers. The services provided are to help local people improve their independence, health, and wellbeing.
The organisation has been successful in receiving CIL funding for items that has helped replace their polytunnel at Salop Drive, Oldbury. This space had fallen into disrepair over the last 5 years and is a vital part of the community growing infrastructure. Due to this funding it will now be fully accessible and allow all abled and disabled people to use the facilities.
Service users are now able to use this space to access therapeutic and skills sessions. The group can support schools, children and families to access healthy lifestyle and wellbeing sessions.
The sessions will show them how to grow their own produce and learn how to cook healthy meals and be part of the ‘bag your share’ food distribution scheme for local residents.
The group were awarded CIL funding of £3,984.01
The Old Cross Bowling Club
Mechanical Equipment for The Green
The Old Cross Bowling club is a small community organisation based in Oldbury. They have around 45 members that meet up weekly to take part in bowls games.
The purpose of the organisation is for the local community to play bowls, meet new people and reduce social isolation.
The club have been successful in receiving CIL funding to purchase mechanical equipment to improve the condition of the bowling green to prevent it from becoming waterlogged and causing a hazard.
The purchase of the Auto Rotorake, Scarifier, Steel Drag Mat and Roller Cassette will enable the organisation to maintain the bowling green and encourage new members.
The group were awarded CIL funding of £3679.94
Warley Boxing Club
Boxing Equipment
Warley Boxing Club is an established local organisation that has been around since 1937. The community group is based at Warley Rugby and Boxing Club in Oldbury.
The boxing club runs every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 7-8pm with around 60 members attending. The club offers juniors boxing and amateur boxing training sessions with the aim of developing them to progress to fight in shows.
Warley Boxing Club has been successful in receiving funding for new boxing equipment. This has enabled them to continue to offer their training sessions.
This equipment has helped the junior boxers and helped attract new groups such as a women’s only group and disabled boxing sessions.
The group were awarded CIL funding of £4,048.27
SICA
Whiteboard teaching aid
SICA (Sandwell Irish Community Association) is a Registered Charity that serves the local community. Their aim is to improve the lives of local residents and provide support around general physical and mental health. The organisation has been involved in putting on activities such as lunch clubs, art classes, Ukulele lessons, extend exercise classes, fitness bootcamp etc.
The group have been successful in receiving funding for an interactive whiteboard. This will benefit groups by acting as a teaching aid and supporting people who learn by visual means.
The interactive whiteboard will help SICA attract new groups to get involved and provided help in sharing information, teaching and be a conference support tool.
The group were awarded CIL funding of £2,776.80
Kings Community Church
Kings Oak Uniform Bank Refurbishment
Kings Community Church is a registered charity that focuses on helping the local community deal with isolation, vulnerability, and mental health.
Kings Community Church have been running a School Uniform Bank since 2019 and have recently moved to a new location at Brandhall Community Hub. Since moving, the organisation has noticed an increased demand for their services.
The charity has been successful in their application for CIL funding to purchase shelving, paint, and storage boxes to create a welcoming and efficient storage space for their Uniform Bank.
The funding will enable them to sort, store and display the items of clothing and shoes. This will create a tidy, safe and easy to access space to distribute the uniform.
The group were awarded CIL funding of £1,127.98.
Lion Farm Action Centre
Easy access
Lion Farm Action Centre is a Registered Charity that serves the local the community.
The aim is to improve the lives of local residents – economically, physically, mentally, health and wellbeing. They have been based at their current location for about 6 years.
The organisation has been involved in putting on activities such as card crafts, indoor bowls, job club, dance, over 50’s friendship group etc.
The group have received funding for a wooden built ramp with landslip strips (anti slip) to go at the front of the building to be attached to rails and raised decking and a handrail for the back of the Vicarage. As the building did not have disabled access.
These ramps and rails have helped with all of the visitors to safely enter and exit the building and encouraged people to join and welcome new groups.
The group were awarded CIL funding of £3,000
Warley Baptist Church
Creating a new kitchenette
Warley Baptist Church is a Registered Charity that serves the local community. It is very popular with people attending different activities such as Zumba classes, Knit and Natter and Play time.
The group have recently had some work done to the Worship area creating a kitchenette and disabled access toilets as this was requested by service users following a consultation.
Warley Baptist Church have been successful receiving CIL funding for new kitchen equipment such as a dishwasher, coffee machine, toaster, and microwave to go inside the kitchenette as they didn’t have this equipment required for their needs.
This equipment has made a significant difference to the existing groups as well as helped attract new members and groups to Warley Baptist Church Hall
The group were awarded CIL funding of £3,162.98