Last Friday, we celebrated the end of the ‘Our Croxteth’ pilot project, and our ongoing approach to supporting people in our communities collaboratively alongside Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Merseyside Police, Liverpool City Council and local community groups.
In May last year, 20 local groups and community projects successfully bid for up to £5000 through the ‘Our Croxteth’ initiative, made up of £50,000 worth funding from Liverpool City Council, Mersey Care, Cobalt Housing and Merseyside Police’s proceeds of crime.
They came forward with ideas to initiate community walking groups, a community choir, armchair exercise for people with dementia, art for wellbeing, football, boxing, a women’s group, educational plays for schools and much more.
The ‘Our Croxteth’ finale event was a great opportunity to celebrate the success of these community projects and the people behind them, demonstrate how the funding has impacted the local community, and showcase a number of the activities local residents are getting involved in, including performances by the Communities ‘Together’ Choir and Perspective Theatre Company.
We’d like to say a huge thank you to the individuals and groups behind these community projects for their hard work and enthusiasm, and for bringing the ‘Our Croxteth’ project to life.
We’d also like to say thank you to the ‘Our Croxteth’ working group, and to Mersey Care, Merseyside Police and Liverpool City Council for joining us in developing this fantastic initiative and making the ‘Our Croxteth’ pilot such a success.
To learn more about the community projects funded by the ‘Our Croxteth’ project, please click here.
