The priorities of the fund are to build the capacity of and increase collaboration within the VCFSE sector in Tameside to support communities in line with the Living Life Well outcomes:
- People are connected and able to participate in equal society
- People are able to recover and live life well
- People have control over their lives
| Project Name | Lead Partner | Additional Partners | Project Description |
| Creative Nature Wellbeing | The Anthony Seddon Fund | Green Creations CIC, Power of Resilience CIC | This project is a partnership between The Anthony Seddon Fund, Green Creations CIC, and The Power of Resilience CIC. It will run for 12 months (term-time only) and deliver 74 creative wellbeing sessions across two community venues in Tameside: The Anthony Seddon Centre in Ashton-under-Lyne and Ridge Hill Baptist Church in Stalybridge. Sessions will be co-delivered by Green Creations and The Power of Resilience, blending therapeutic arts with psychologically informed approaches. |
| Cultivating Creative Citizens | Made by Mortals CIC | Bloom at Leap, Dipak Dristi, New Life Church, St Gabriel's Community Group | This project gives our community members a chance to share their skills, talents, and what they’ve learned by supporting others to reach their full potential through artistic activities. To do this our members will work with four local community groups in Tameside and together, they’ll co-produce creative sessions based on each group’s needs. |
| EState of the Art | Phantasmagoria CIC | Ark of Hope, Hattersley Health Champions | The EState of Art Project will use the grant to deliver over 140 hours of creative engagement in 40 impactful, hands-on arts workshops, guided by professional artists, culminating in the creation of three permanent, high-quality art installations across the Hattersley estate. By offering accessible mainstream and specialist arts activities, the project will specifically engage local individuals facing challenges such as unemployment, low income, physical disabilities, chronic illnesses, neurodiversity, and social isolation. |
| SoundHoppers | Modus Arts | Age UK Tameside, Holy Trinity Church and Community Centre | SoundHoppers will engage 60 older people (aged 60+) from Ashton and surrounding areas in 12 monthly workshops exploring sound and music. Workshops lasting up to two hours will take place at Age UK's Centre and Holy Trinity Church and Community Centre (HTCCC) in Ashton (six per venue). Up to 20 participants per session will explore deep listening exercises, musical heritage activities, and creative sound production. The project will address loneliness by enabling older people to connect creatively. Aural diversity will be a key consideration, acknowledging varied hearing experiences, including D/deafness and hearing loss. |