News | ERSF - Part 29 ERSF

Prisoners Abroad

Prisoners Abroad’s UK resettlement service for ex-prisoners received a £10,000 grant from ERSF which helped 309 ex-prisoners returning to the UK from prisons abroad. It was used to help find a bed in a hostel/B&B/private house when they first arrived back to prevent them sleeping rough; paid the first few weeks rent until an alternative […]

Honeypot respite weekends

Some 72 children benefited from respite weekends at Honeypot House thanks to a £20,736 grant from ERSF. “The grant dramatically improved the lives of these children who came from Canning Town, Hackney, Brighton, Fareham, the New Forest, Lambeth, Southampton and Haringey,” said a Honeypot spokesman.

Wells for India

Wells for India Community Based Water and Livelihood Enhancement Project in the Wakal River Basin received a £13,000 boost from ERSF. Since the project began in December 2007, the lives of villagers involved have started to change significantly. Access to water contributes to each of the Millennium Development Goals. It can also enhance a wide […]

Young Enterprise South West

A £9,500 ERSF grant to Young Enterprise South West Community Enterprise Project was used to introduce a range of long and short programmes into schools in the Swindon area. “The teachers have found that taking part in these programmes have allowed their students that have taken part in them to begin to develop their self […]

Tyneside Cyrenians

ERSF support to Tyneside Cyrenians helped it continue its work with vulnerable and homeless people throughout the North East. The grant money was used to install a music room and recording studio in the Tyneside Cyrenians Virginia House project – which has proved invaluable in developing the social interaction of previously isolated individuals, and the […]