Catalyst news
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Chelmsford Young Urban Explorers design event takes place A Catalyst project bringing together young people to plot underused spaces then hold workshops to flesh out ideas for their development ran a workshop in a vacant shop unit. |
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Big Jump delivers big event Fellows’ project to support and encourage individuals from the public and voluntary sectors to make the leap from dependency on public funding, to form strong, resourceful social enterprises attracts over 100 participants |
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Performance art project in empty retail spaces gets additional Catalyst grant We Are Bedford was awarded an additional grant of £5000. Thanks in part to a Catalyst grant of £1000 in November, the team organised the take-over of seven empty retail spaces to showcase a range of creative arts to the public and give fledgling creative businesses an opportunity to market their products. With the larger grant the team will look to make the project a permanent feature of Bedford’s town centre. |
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Fellows promote inclusive community involvement on an estate in Brighton Whitehawk and Manor Farm Communications Project was awarded £2000 for an educational media project to promote inclusive community involvement on an estate in Brighton. |
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Grant to Fellows to support young ex-offenders and homeless people gain training and work experience Pop[up]* coffee was awarded £2000 to support young ex-offenders and homeless people gain training, work experience, and develop employment opportunities in coffee retail. |
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Project to link food retailers and food kitchens awarded grant Plan Zheroes; zero food waste heroes was awarded £1900 to map and connect food businesses with surplus and out-of-date food to those organizations giving meals to support marginalised citizens. |
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We Are Bedford weekender is a great success A project that transformed empty shops into art galleries, design shops, craft fairs, acoustic music stages and kinetic sound sculptures attracted thousands to a previously desolate part of Bedford’s town centre. |
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International Primary Head Teachers’ Forum readies itself for launch Fellows have organised a forum in May, which will bring together primary education head teachers across borders to discover and disseminate best practice |
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Fellow-led women’s cooperative benefits from Skills bank matches A Fellow in Southampton is currently managing the expansion of a cooperative of marginalised women producing hand-woven underwear. She found business management and underwear design expertise Fellows volunteered in the Skills bank |
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A group of Fellows and other experts in the field have worked up an idea to create a local bank dedicated to the provision of appropriate finance for low carbon transition and sustainability projects in the county. A £2000 Catalyst grant and expertise sourced from the Fellowship will complete the final business plan and the submission of Financial Services Authority registration |
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