ARTHUR GUINNESS FUND AWARDS
The Arthur Guinness Fund Awards, in association with UnLtd will work with people aged 25 – 35 who have a brilliant urban regeneration idea that will make a difference to their local community. People will receive an Arthur Guinness Fund Award through UnLtd and will have access to funding, training and volunteer support from Diageo Great Britain to bring their social ventures to life. The Arthur Guinness Fund Awards honour Arthur Guinness' commitment to supporting local communities.
WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT OUR AWARD WINNERS
CATALYST AWARD WINNERS
- Niina Hartikainen – The Garden Project – London
The Garden Project is a long term local initiative that will engage the community to continue the creation and maintenance of a green space in the heart of Brixton. They will grow herbs and plants that will be sold on their stall in the market. Profits from these sales will support a timetable of seasonal workshops aimed at 7-12 year olds and the development of the open access green space. Niina is motivated to provide green spaces in an urban environment and create a sustainable business and club for local people.
- Stuart Thomason – The Marsh Hill Co-op – London
The Marsh Hill Co-op is a solution to the problem of youth unemployment by locating, refurbishing and developing disused local shops. This project will turn an unused internet and cafe into a community co-op run by 5 young people. Committed groups of volunteer architects will design the shop re-fit, a group of residents will contribute free time to paint, decorate and market the shop and local business owners will provide retail business training to the 5 young people who will run the shop. Currently the Manager of the Youth of Today Leadership Fund at the Young Foundation, Stuart has experience coaching, supporting and mentoring over 200 individuals across the UK.
- Shelly Vorster – Urban Harmony – London
Urban Harmony aims to increase the number of green spaces in London by placing gardens on the side of buildings. Large aluminium 'picture frames' with a felt membrane and plants will be placed on walls on office buildings, housing estates and public spaces. Companies will invest in greening the sides of their own buildings, or sponsor greening in the community. Replacing blank walls with green space will increase the wellbeing and mental health of those living or working in the area, increase biodiversity and local air quality.
- Tim Hunt & Michael Pooler – Manchester
Tim and Michael will deliver training sessions in writing skills, podcasting, filming and editing in a range of locations across the city centre that will be free to community groups and individuals. They aim to enable local people to report on the real issues affecting their communities via print and social media. The project will reach out to a wide-ranging cross section of society through its web presence and free newspaper promoting social and environmental justice. The project aims to train 100 people, which will empower communities and individuals to 'be the media' thus contributing the regeneration of the city. Both Tim and Michael are passionate about giving marginalised groups in Manchester a voice.
- Deramore Hutchcroft – The Mount – Manchester
The Mount is a community regeneration project focused on improving the green spaces in Stalybridge, Manchester leading to the development of eco-housing and creative incubation hubs. It aims to engage and recruit members of the local community to take ownership of the project; working with key players in the area to harness resources to not only rejuvenate the green space but transform other pockets of deprivation in the area.
- Jennifer Nelson – Manchester
Jennifer's project will produce a range of affordable goods made out of recycled and environmentally friendly materials to sell as inspiring gifts to young people aged 16-25. Each product will be sold with information on behalf of a local charity or community project, encouraging the consumer to become more socially aware and more proactive in supporting Manchester to become a sustainable city. Jennifer already has support from ethical retailers in Manchester and Liverpool and five charities who will be promoting her products. Following a pilot of creating 'Wallets for Change' she has already established a demand for her products.
- Edward Gommon – Northern Alliance Housing Cooperative Breakthrough – Liverpool
Northern Alliance aims to acquire disused properties in the regeneration zone of the "Four streets", Granby, Toxteth. The purpose is to house individuals and families and help members of the alliance to gain control over and manage their own housing needs, and ensure they are renovated as ecologically sustainable and carbon neutral as possible. The goal is to demonstrate that regeneration comes from within the community, from the ground up.
- Jo McGrath – The Liverpool Honey Company – Liverpool
The Liverpool Honey Company will revive honey production and increase awareness of the relationship between bees, nature and people. The project will provide volunteering and training opportunities for Liverpool residents, targeting lone parents, long term unemployed and NEET young people. It will work with local inner-city schools, offering project visits to hives to teach children about the role bees play in the food chain. It will also work with the corporate sector to host ten hives on the roof of their buildings and work with independent retailers and Greater Liverpool Food Alliance (GLFA) to allow urban agriculture to play a significant part within the drive to develop a Green infrastructure for Liverpool.
- Simret Cheema-Innis - Birmingham
Simret's project will involve 15-20 ex-offenders between the ages of 16-30 years of age in a theatre based play. It will focus on people living in Lady Wood and New Town, two inner city regions of Birmingham. Here, she will work with participants to develop training and employment opportunities by initially giving them key roles in the production of the play. She will also work with other youth providers to give them support and guidance so that they can gain confidence and motivational skills that help them to become strong and confident. The aim is for the participants to perform their play in the local community, local theatre and establishments dedicated to the rehabilitation of young people.
- Tony Colville – TCA – Birmingham
TCA aims to support one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Birmingham, and provide one to one community and enterprise development support to the many grassroots community and voluntary organisations. The intention is to charge larger organisations for services to enable the project to provide the same services to 15 – 20 grass roots organisations for little or no cost. One of the key aims of TCA is to up skill and provide direct support to a new community-led development agency called 'Our Place Kings Norton' which Tony believes will act as a catalyst for regeneration in the area.
- Gregory Chauvet – The Bike Shed – Glasgow
The Bike Shed will recycle bicycles and sell them on cheaply, as well as offer bicycle related training and workshops to local communities. Gregory has signed up six volunteers with experience in bike maintenance and they will be on hand to support the learning during the workshops. The project will be set up in the east end of Glasgow, an area of high deprivation, where individuals would not normally be able to afford to maintain their bikes using professional services.
- Helen Pank – Small Green Spaces – Edinburgh
Small Green Spaces provides gardening maintenance and management services to the New Town area of Edinburgh using, where possible, local sustainably sourced materials. Volunteers from community gardens who have physical or mental health challenges, or are otherwise disadvantaged, will help with promoting its services, planting, customer deliveries and making tubs. Work experience will also be provided where appropriate. The aim is to make Edinburgh more aesthetically pleasing and make customers aware of what can be done in small spaces, while learning new skills.
DEVELOPMENT AWARD WINNERS
- Kelvin Cheung – FoodCycle – London www.foodcycle.org.uk
FoodCycle addresses a major inconsistency that exists in the UK: the simultaneous existence of food poverty and food surplus in single communities. It is estimated that 400,000 tonnes of 'fit for use' food is wasted by the food retail industry each year. At the same time, in the UK, some 4 million people are affected by food poverty and health related issues costing the NHS £6 billion a year. FoodCycle combines young volunteers; surplus food and a free kitchen space to create nutritious meals for people in the community that do not have access to healthy foods. FoodCycle is a fully grant-funded charity operating with a central management team and a local student-led branch structure. Kelvin has already been supported by UnLtd at both Level 1 (Big Challenge) and Level 2 and firmly believes FoodCycle is the start of a national youth movement.
- Jack Harrison – Carousel Futsal – London
Carousel Futsal at The Calthorpe Project uses the unifying power of sport. Futsal is a variant of football which takes place indoors with 5 players per side. The King's Cross area, where the project is based, is ranked within the 10% most deprived living environments in England. Jack will introduce structure and community cohesion into the lives of local residents – with the aim of raising self-esteem, developing team skills, motivation and self-discipline. He has also personally raised £60,000 to refurbish The Calthorpe Project's sports pitch and thus is dedicated to football and urban regeneration.
- Jamaine Trotman – Bridge The Gap – London
Bridge the Gap helps to get unemployed people back into work and build social inclusion in East London, using a wide range of interactive activities that involve the entire community. Currently focused on physical fitness programmes, the aim is develop other core services including a community garden, community café, IT training suite and mothers' group. At present, almost 90% of people in Hackney and 80% of people in Tower Hamlets live in areas classified as among the most deprived in England. Bridge the Gap focuses on the under used resources in the area: the community spaces and recreation grounds that can build social cohesion and social inclusion.
- Edwin Broni-Mensah – Give Me Tap – Manchester www.givemetap.co.uk
Give Me Tap aims to make free drinking water easily accessible to people on the go to people in Manchester. The idea is to create a network of cafes and other retailers, initially in Manchester, who will supply free tap water on request to those who carry a branded re-usable aluminium bottle. The environmental objective is to reduce the number of plastic water bottles being used and ending up in landfill. 70% of profits from the aluminium bottle sales will be donated to water aid projects.
- Michael McManus – Community Building Services – Manchester
Based in Salford, Manchester, Community Building Services (CBS) provides practical work experience to young people not in employment education and training (NEET). Over the past year they have created volunteering opportunities for over 40 young people and work placements for 30. In the coming year they aim to increase both the volunteering and work placement opportunities by working on a number of local buildings that are currently eyesores. The impact of this work will give young people the opportunity to positively change their lives.
- Shivani Mair – The Careers Surgery – Birmingham
The aim of The Career's Surgery is to provide interactive careers guidance to young people enabling them to make informed choices about their career options. The service empowers young people to make decisions rather than directing them into a career for life. During the next 12 months the project will build upon its existing links creating learning resources, working with schools and reaching over 1000 young people. The initial focus of the expansion will be to build the networks of schools receiving services throughout Birmingham and Wolverhampton, with the future hope to have a careers surgery service in every school within the UK. Shivani has previously been supported by UnLtd, receiving a Level 2 Award.
UnLtd is the leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in the UK and offers the largest such network in the world. UnLtd resources over 1,000 individuals each year through its core Awards programme.
UnLtd operates a unique model by investing directly in individuals and offering a complete package of resources; from awards of funding between £500 and £15,000 to ongoing advice, networking and practical support.
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