A local community project that caters to the needs of older people is celebrating today after receiving £10,000 funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, to tackle feelings of isolation and loneliness during lockdown.
A charity is using the power of music and theatre to lift the mood of local residents and combat isolation and loneliness during the COVID-19 lockdown. Based in Manchester, Made by Mortals, through its project Armchair Adventures, are taking local people on a musical adventure from the comfort of their home thanks to National Lottery funding.
A Bury-based charity has taken a unique and innovative approach to help reduce loneliness and isolation among the town’s BAME community during lockdown, by providing local people with traditional, ethnic, hot meals thanks to Bury’s first halal Fusion Foodbank.
The Brain and Spinal Injury Centre (BASIC), based in Eccles, Salford, stars in a new national TV ad for The National Lottery, thanking players for their continued support during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
National Lottery-funded groups across Manchester have come up with some ingenious ways to continue to support local people and keep their communities connected during the coronavirus outbreak.
