Dunscroft Group Support
Your Community Development Worker is Andy based at Dunscroft Unite. Andy is available to offer support to groups wanting to form / funding issues / general advice / training and help in organising events. Dunscroft Unite can also offer a signposting service to other departments / specialist advice if we cant help. Please contact us for further information.
Current Work Includes;
Small Scale Suppport (under £5,000)
St Edwins Girl Guides - funding bid being formulated for new uniforms and equipment.
Broadwater Drive CC - Funding Bid being formulated for new Bingo equipment.
Kingsbourne Green CC - Request for funding fir kitchen equipment.
Medium Scale Support (up to £10,000)
Dunscroft Welfare Sports Association - Funding for Tractor / Floodlight repairs.
Pigeon Club - Funding For Electronic Timing Equipment.
Dunsville Primary School - Community wildlife and sensory garden
Large Scale Support (Over £10,000)
Pigeon Club - New Pigeon transporter funding bid.
Other Support
10 Local people from local Businesses gained basic food & hygiene certificate 2005
Administration support for Qi Gong Group / Sports Association / Welfare / Allotments Association.
New Groups
Sequence Dancing Group (Every Tuesday St Lawrence Road Community Centre 8-10PM.
Dunscroft Oval Allotments Association - readopting constitution. (Contact Andy 01302 844 844 to register your interest).
Sheep Dip Lane (Annex) P & T Group interested in forming as a constituted group.
Successful Groups with Funding Applications 2006 with support from Dunscroft Unite;
Cathedral Tara - to run gym pass scheme for teenagers on the estate (to combat ant-social behaviour)
Broadwater Drive Community Centre - new kitchen equipment, board games and Audio equipment
Oval Allotment Association - Bursary to cover costs of Allotment site visits in Leeds in the Summer
Dunsville Primary School £5,000 from Award for All. (Another £5,000 needed for project completion).
Dunscroft Community Groups with Funding applications submitted - awaiting decisions;
Dunscroft GALA Assocation - funding for future events (Lottery)
69th Girl Guides / girl brownies (Dunscroft Division) - Awaiting funding decision for new equipment / uniforms / subsidy for Sweden expedition (Lottery)
Dunscroft Welfare Sports Association - funding application for new equipment and fencing (Coalfields Regeneration Trust) awaiting decision and collating additional information required.
Dunsville Primary School - funding decision for sensory garden and community wildlife garden.
Dunscroft Community Groups wanting funding support
Qi Gong requested small scale funding required.
Dunscroft Oval Allotment requiring medium to large scale funding for their plans.
British Legion Enquiring about funding - awaiting their go ahead from their meetings.