News - More funding distributed to creative projects

Cheshire West Voluntary Action (CWVA) has distributed another £60,000 to local creative projects through its Creative Arts Grants programme.

Funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), this is the second round of the Creative Arts Grants programme, meaning almost £110,000 has been given to creative projects in total.

The latest projects to receive funding are the following.

• Shadazzle School of Performing Arts, Dance and Cheerleading
• Chester Ladies Choir
• Tuesday Club
• The Plum on Garden Lane
• Chester Cathedral
• Tattenhall and District Parish Council
• Songbird
• Vision Support
• Cuddington and Sandiway Youth Club
• Radiate Arts CIC
• Mid Cheshire Mind
• Let’s Farm CIC
• Impact CIC
• Little Actors Theatre Company
• Castle Park Arts Centre
• Here and Now Chester Ltd
• Vicars Cross Community Centre
• Groundwork Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside
• Changing Lives Together
• Community Forest Trust

Projects or activities are aimed at supporting the following groups.

• Children and young people
• Older people
• People with disabilities
• Young people who aren’t in education, employment or training (NEET)
• People in deprived areas
• People in rural parts of west Cheshire

The projects supported by the programme during the first round have already made a real difference across west Cheshire.

Cheshire Buddies has been supporting a severely autistic and non-verbal young lady during a weekly group session.

She has been busy making three lovely pieces of pottery: an angel, plate and decorations. She loves the texture of the clay, making things and the whole experience has had a calming effect on her.

This is one of many funding pots managed by CWVA on behalf of local organisations and funders, levering much-needed funding into the community sector.

So far in 2024, CWVA has helped distribute almost £184,000 to community sector organisations working in a wide range of different areas.

• Find the latest funding opportunities