Thirty three local groups will benefit from the “Making Sale Smile” funding initiative run by Trafford Council.
Now in its third year, ‘Making Sale Smile’ has seen neighbours and groups of friends getting together and submitted grant applications for a wide range of fantastic, innovative projects to help improve their area. The prize on offer, was a share of £7,000 grant funding available from Sale Locality Partnership.
Street parties like this are helping Sale smile again
Applications ranged from street parties, community planting schemes, arts projects, coffee mornings and choirs to funding forensic science workshops and reading with grandparents.
The Chair of Sale Locality Partnership Councillor John Lamb, said in total, 33 of the projects received funding, 13 were completely funded and a further 20 part funded.
“As a Council we are committed to supporting our local communities and through ‘Make Sale Smile’ we are demonstrating this. We have been delighted to see the huge efforts local people have made, getting together to pool ideas and come up with some truly inspirational projects. Once again the exceptionally high standard of funding applications submitted made it very difficult for the panel to come to their decisions.
‘To have so many people who, in spite of the pressures of modern life, care enough about their immediate and wider neighbours to find ways of making things that little bit better and encouraging community spirit is something to be celebrated.”
One direct result is the Sale Brass Band concert in Worthington Park, this Sunday at 2pm.
Organiser of the Abbey Road Street Party, Mark Hayward, said “The people that make up our local community are great, yet it is too easy with the pressures of modern life to lose touch with your neighbours, let alone all of the other people on your road. With the support from Make Sale Smile we have been able to host the Abbey Road Street party which brings everyone together in a celebration of our community – we know that our community is stronger because of it.
Dianne Latham said “The Meadway Singers are so grateful to Trafford Council and ‘Make Sale Smile’ for their grant towards new sheet music. It will certainly mean we can entertain our friends in care homes, with a wider variety of well-known songs”
The list of successful applicants are:
|
Activity/Project/Idea |
Requested | Awarded |
|
Fairy-tale Fun day based at Sale Library |
£300 | £250 |
|
Community picnic to improve relationships between age groups |
£300 | £200 |
| Prince’s Trust Community Projects run by people aged 16-25 | £300 | £300 |
| Sale Brass Band for a summer event at Worthington Park | £300 | £200 |
| Exercise equipment and books to improve physical and mental health | £300 | £150 |
| Choir equipment and sheet music for Singing group | £300 | £150 |
| Summer Fete at Worthington Park | £300 | £300 |
| Community garden area at Ashton On Mersey Cricket and Tennis Club | £300 | £200 |
| Street party on Abbey Road | £200 | £200 |
| ‘Live Music in the Village’ event in Ashton Village | £300 | £200 |
| Community garden party on South Grove | £150 | £150 |
| Success Stories Film Archive equipment | £280 | £280 |
| Planting for buildings on Sidmouth Road | £300 | £100 |
| Neighbours Street party on Monmouth Ave and Pembroke Ave. | £300 | £200 |
| Street party Brogden Grove and Brogden Terrace | £300 | £200 |
| Glasshouse Bootleg Group ‘choirfest’ | £300 | £200 |
| Coffee morning to launch Trafford Little Bundles | £300 | £250 |
| Forensic Science workshops at Coppice Library | £300 | £200 |
| Sharing Creative Writing workshops | £274 | £274 |
| Children’s Careers exhibition at Sale Library | £300 | £300 |
| Multi-Cultural learning and sharing event for Sale community | £300 | £200 |
| Read with your Grandparents scheme in schools and libraries | £300 | £300 |
| Neighbour Street party on Bryndale Grove with invites to local PCSOs | £150 | £150 |
| Storage box for a defibrillator in Sale Town Centre | £300 | £300 |
| #MileShyClub running club funding for Training Bibs | £190 | £190 |
| Projector screen for lectures by Sale Photographic Society | £300 | £300 |
| Planting in Sale Town Centre | £300 | £300 |
| Planting at Coppice Library | £300 | £100 |
| Day out events for local Brownies Group | £300 | £300 |
|
Improve facilities at Moor Nook Allotment |
£300 | £200 |
|
Body confidence workshop for young people |
£300 | £150 |
|
Creative photography working with local schools |
£300 | £150 |
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