The playgroup caters two to four year olds. The Pre-school sessions cater for children in the year before they progress to primary school. Both Playgroup and Pre-school run in term time. Role play is a fantastic way way for children to socialise and talk and covers all areas of the Early years foundation stage so they discussed this with the children and asked them what new role play equipment they would like; the top two were a new construction area and a hairdressers followed close behind by a supermarket. These would have dividing boards to separate the individual areas and all the resources to go with them. We were delighted to be able to help!
They welcome all ages and abilities and provide social or competitive games throughout the season (April - October), with taster sessions each Saturday during the season for anyone wishing to try out the sport and several social events throughout the year. Their clubhouse is small and cannot accommodate more than the home team in inclement weather conditions. So they had a gazebo for visiting teams accommodation but, unfortunately, in the gale force winds in the autumn of 2023, the gazebo was damaged beyond repair. They came to us for a grant as they wanted to build a more substantial timber framed structure that wouldn't blow away. As well as providing accommodation for visiting teams, the new structure would be used for club events and an annual community event with other sporting clubs in Milnthorpe. We were happy to provide a grant for the metal frame joints and the shelter project is now coming together as the members pitch in and build it themselves.
Beneficiaries can take part in organised woodworking and horticultural workshops or use the Dig In facilities in Preston to work on their own projects. They also undertake projects within the local community creating and improving outdoor spaces for community use. These community projects give beneficiaries an opportunity to work in the local community. Transition back to civilian life after service can be challenging for many military veterans and involvement in community projects can greatly help the process. Woodworking activities take place in their large workshop and all the tools needed to carry out activities are provided by the charity. Over the last 18 months the number of people being referred to the charity has increased by over 30%. This is due to improved referral pathways within local NHS ICBs (Intergrated Care Boards) and the growing number of social prescribing services within GPs surgeries and other NHS departments. The growing number of beneficiaries meant they were short of enough power tools to carry out activities effectively. Increased numbers and use also means increased wear and tear on the tools themselves, meaning they need replacing more often. We were happy to help with a full set of new tools for them.
hey have public swimming, aquafit and swim sanity sessions, childrens' parties, 400 + children's swimming lesson programme and host 20+ schools in their school swimming programme. They also have an expanding wellbeing swim linked to local doctors surgeries and a newly qualified swim teacher able to deliver sessions to autistic children. They have recently had an extension built and needed some blinds for the cafe and viewing area for when there are school swim sessions, a chest freezer to store ice creams for the children and a safety gate for the kitchen area. We were happy tp help with a grant for these!
They run a fantastic little railway running round the picnic site at Cinderbarrow, Tarn Lane, near Yealand Redmayne, Lancashire. The railway is open to the public for rides on Sundays and bank holidays throughout the summer. It had been pointed out that the site is hidden by trees and it is not always clear when it is open, plus they also wanted to replace some old hand made signs that had weathered badly and add some new vital health and safety notices for passengers. They now have a range of aluminium signs designed and produced by 3R sponsors Treble3 design and print.
two teams in the South Westmorland Seniors League (over-60s); and one team in the South Lakeland Rural League (beginners). In the autumn they turn on the lights and play in the Lune Valley Floodlight League. These league matches are supplemented by various weekend friendlies against local clubs and club competitions. They always welcome potential new members, from experienced players to absolute beginners and have a Drop in on Club Night – Wednesdays from April to August. Full equipment is provided as well as tuition to get started and they are keen to state that Crown green bowling is not just a game for the elderly. It is a sport that people can play throughout their whole lives and find a new challenge each time they step onto the green. The British Heart Foundation recommends that a defibrillator should be available within 4 minutes and they estimated that it would take more than 10 minutes to access and retrieve the previously nearest one from Kirkby Lonsdale.
They do this through providing a number of services including afterschool clubs, holiday clubs, weekend clubs, daytime support for young adults, stay and play sessions for under 5's, a siblings group and a toy library. They were founded in 2009 by two mums of disabled children who were unable to find suitable childcare for their own disabled children. Their current fridges needed replacing and these are a vital part of the food service they provide for the young people who attend. Not only do they prepare lunches for the young people but they also do a lot of cooking and baking on site with them that requires the fridges for food storage. Many of the young people they support also require food that is heated for their lunch and they were finding during busy school holidays that they were not able to prepare everyone's lunches on time. So the new additional microwave will be a great help with this as well as also having the correct wattage to be able to safely reheat the pureed food that some of young people bring with them.
They provide a hub and drop in centre where veterans can find a warm, safe place and have a drink and a snack with like minded people. They provide wellbeing activities designed to address loneliness and social isolation, health, fitness, diet, and, in particular, mental health. They approached us for a grant to be used to purchase a good quality gazebo printed with their logo and details (they also kindly added the 3R details as well!). This will be used for their outside marketing and events, and it's debut was at the Morecambe Armed Forces day 2024. It will also be used for external wellbeing activities and fundraising days where it should make a colourful and visible focal point. Go and say hello if you see them out and about!
When Wennington Hall school closed, the Arkholme CofE Primary School PTFA was lucky enough to manage to get hold of their observatory equipment during the disposals phase. The aim was to put the observatory building, which is a very large shed that has a custom sliding back roof, with the three telescopes, in the Arkholme Village Hall field and let the local Lune Valley Cluster of eleven schools, as well as other schools and groups, come to use it for dark skies science and astronomy nights and also astro photography sessions too. It was a huge STEM based opportunity that smaller schools do not get often. They raised the funds to put up the observatory building and had the area for it agreed with the Arkholme Village Hall trustees. However they still needed to get the remote controlled 400mm main telescope serviced and back up and running as it had not been used for 3 years, and all three telescopes needed to be professionally cleaned and calibrated. We were more than happy to help with this and the results being shown by the year 3 and 5 pupils who were the first to use them speak for themselves.
They provide: Learning opportunities that improve health, wellbeing and employment prospects - Their Learning Kitchen is a hub for learning life skills and their weekly Skills Café hosts workshops on topics to broaden clients’ horizons. Regular gardening, kitchen and cleaning crews and free use of IT engage service users; Practical material assistance to address urgent physical needs - They facilitate doctor's appointments, provide shower facilities, laundry, and food parcels. Nurse practitioner surgeries, foot and eye surgeries; an emergency homeless POD is available for one-off accommodation; Compassion, acceptance and positive role models for social and emotional wellbeing - Drop-in sessions three days a week where listening, mentoring, counselling and community lunches are available; a Women’s group is held weekly and trainee counsellor sessions are offered; Advice, assistance and advocacy on housing and money matters to improve housing security - Advisors give advice on the right benefits, form filling and explaining letters; advocacy for clients to benefits agencies, landlords & utility companies; signpost and advocate to partner agencies such as debt relief agencies and the local council. The PC laptop was needed for their new Benefits & Client Support Advisor, so we were happy to help such a vital community organisation!
In conjunction with a community initiative from local charity shop 3R who have donated £250 to the school fund, the Buddy Bench will be installed in the school playground as a way for students to signal to others that they are feeling lonely and isolated and need a friend to play with or someone to talk to. The idea of a Buddy Bench began in 2013, when a school pupil in the USA named Christian Bucks came to his teachers with his thoughts. He envisioned a specially designated seat in the school's playground where students could go if they did not have anybody to play with or if they wanted someone to talk to. Head Teacher, Paul Bowden, hopes that the Buddy Bench will bring kindness and thought to the playground, enabling children to care for others when someone is feeling they need support.
They run holiday clubs where students can come and learn first hand about conservation and animal welfare, but as these have become more popular and the groups are getting bigger they no longer fitted in their small indoor classroom. They now have a lovely new big marquee with loads of space!
The grant was used to buy the 4 team members (age 16-18 years) new hardline curling brushes to support them on their journey to the World Championship.
This comprises a Grade II listed working watermill, producing specialist stoneground flours, operated by the only millwright and miller in the north of the UK. There is a community barn, re-purposed as an educational, arts and rural workspace where a year-round education and events programme takes place for all sectors of the community. The site also houses a 100kW hydropower turbine, producing green energy, situated on the weir of the River Bela, on which the mill stands that provides their only core income, and means the site is currently off-grid. With many well-established and successful educational projects for the elderly, children, teenagers and community baking groups, plus visiting school, college and university groups, Heron Corn Mill has become an exemplary model of good practice and sustainability. They came to us and explained that the existing bread oven range in their purpose-built shepherds hut bakery was over 10 years old and no longer working properly. The bakery and ovens are regularly used by 3 community bread groups and over this time this has added up to more than 2000 people, including the elderly, some with dementia, young people and a teenage group who bake to improve their mental health. We were very happy to help with a new one, and had to say the results looked and smelled fantastic!
They run low-cost, weekly food schemes that help their members to save money on food, making the cost of living more affordable for those in the community on a tight budget. Following local consultation and in partnership with other services they recently opened a new Food Club to meet the demand in the Carnforth area. Members pay £5 each week to receive a large bag of shopping worth approximately £25. In order to transport and store perishable foods stuffs safely they needed catering cool storage boxes as well as extra shelving and heavy duty folding trestle tables to display food options safely for their members, something we were more than happy to help with.   
Key events include a halloween celebration, Santa’s grotto and Christmas crafts at the Gregson Community and Arts Centre. They also hold flagship outreach events including a Santa float that travels around local streets visiting local families and a lantern procession, bonfire and firework display. They exist to put on inspiring events for their community in Bulk ward in Lancaster which is amongst the 10% most deprived wards in the UK. They have previously borrowed a generator for their community programmes such as the Santa float and the bonfire / firework display but have had issues and breakdowns. They explained to us that the generator would be used to power the sound and lighting systems and if they had their own it would open the way to allow them to put on more outdoor events in the community if they could provide safe lighting for example.
He was responsible for many famous gardens including Brockhole, Graythwaite Hall, Dyffryn, Rydal Hall, Southport Marine Lake and about 250 other gardens, town plans and international works including the Peace Gardens of the Hague. The 5 acre garden sits close to Jenny Brown's Point, Silverdale. It was laid out in the 1920s, then largely abandoned in the 1980s but has been undergoing an informed and careful restoration over the last 10 years. The Garden is also a venue on the Arnside and Silverdale Art Trail, both in its own right and as a wonderful setting for the display of others works of art. They approached us for a grant to allow them to purchase a 48v heavy duty cordless brushcutter which is vital for the maintenance of the gardens.
They try to alleviate animal's distress, supress cruelty and educate the public about the welfare needs of animals. They had been using small individual carpet samples from local carpet retailers for bedding for the cats in their cattery, but had been finding that these were harder to obtain as they are now recycled more. They are also not really washable. Our grant has enabled them to buy specialist fleece vet bedding, which is washable and can be reused many times over, so is a cost effective investment in the long run. The fleece is vet approved, non-pilling and non-toxic, so it is safe and ensures that the cats are kept warm and cosy in their individual rooms until Animal Care can find them new loving forever homes. Steph from Animal Care also told us that having this grant also frees up funds for other items such as specialist dog food for Greyhounds (of which they have several) which is much harder to request grants for.
The church runs a community cafe that opens twice a week and serves a 2 course hot meal at a nominal cost per meal of £1 or free to those in need. Each week an average of between 200 and 250 meals are provided. Meals may be eaten on the premises or taken away. It is open access and aimed to help any person or family in poverty, struggling with the cost of living, homeless, unemployed or in crisis. Volunteers are drawn from the church and the community. In addition it also hosts the local food club that provides fresh short date surplus food at minimal cost.
They approached us when it had become obvious that their existing tents had reached the end of their useful life - as no one wants a leaky tent, especially if it's their first time camping. The 3R Foundation was more than happy to help with the funds for these, and there were a few very happy faces when we went to see them.
They are a family friendly club who have been established in the local Bare community since 1948. Their old fridge was no longer fit for purpose so they now have a new one which allows them to safely store food and refreshments for matches.
Alongside offering food to the community, they also have a team of volunteers from the Ridge Estate (the immediate community) and some from outside the community who listen to those who want to talk about what they are going through. The volunteers also provide support and advice on budgeting and debt management especially during this current climate. They approached us for a grant as they wanted to offer a larger variety of food and hot lunches to the people that come to the café every week, we were happy to help.
They came to us here at the 3R Foundation with the following request: "We have had an electrical inspection on our Clubhouse which has deemed the electrics to be in serious need of immediate improvement. To not do the work involved will mean the Clubhouse becomes unsafe and will mean we are unable to operate. Obviously this is a major worry. We are therefore seeking support from the 3R Foundation to see if you could help us in our hour of need". They are now up and running and safe again!
The group are keen climbers and their current equipment needed to be replaced in order to ensure the safety of everyone taking part. They had struggled to recruit helpers and leaders over the last few years, but a recent influx of enthusiastic parents has ensured the group can continue so they are now able to offer a place to every young person who wishes to join. Beavers are aged 6-8, cubs aged 8 to 10 and scouts aged 10-14. The 3R award allowed them to buy 20x petzl sit harnesses, slings and ropes.
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