Local Community Projects
Are you thinking of running local community project, social club or volunteer service?
Do you need any help with filling in applications for funding?
We love our communities and are here to help!
Want to help, but don't know how?
Here is a list of local community projects you could do:
COMMUNITY - Bring people together and build stronger relationships across the communities
- Organise homework club
- Support others in using technology, internet and social media
- Share mental health resources with your community
- Coach youth sports team through local club
- Give free music lessons.
- Share sustainability awareness ( For example sustainable seafood options to reduce overfishing)
- Help language learners practice with conversation.
- Run a community library
- Organise group walks
- Host a clothing swap.
- Do cooking classes
- Start book reading club
- Produce a community newsletter.
- Help at homeless shelter
PLACES - Improve the places and spaces that matter to your community
- Report any disrepair in LHP communal areas.
- Rake leaves for an elderly neighbour.
- Mow your neighbour's lawn.
- Clean up cigarette butts on the ground.
- Beautify your area with seed bombs.
- Help with a river clean-up.
- Clean up your local park.
- Help a neighbour or community paint fence or rooms.
- Host a gardening party.
PEOPLE - Help others to reach their potential, by supporting them.
- If you know another language, be a translator at parent-teacher conferences.
- Offer dog-walking or washing services
- Look out for safety of children playing on your estate
- Help others create CV
- Give a seminar on driving safety.
- Teach CPR (if you are certified).
- Host activities for kids in hospitals
YOU - Make the difference by your individual actions.
- Collect and donate to places like food banks, family shelters, schools, libraries and charities.
- Foster a shelter animal.
- Take and donate photos during community events ( with their permission)
- Make safety warning plaques
- Offer to patch up clothes and stuffed toys.
- Knit scarves or hats for families
- Bake cookies and snacks for food banks.
- Write letters to seniors in care facilities.
- Make quilts or blankets for kids in hospitals.
- Build birdhouses and bug hotels
- Design a community mural
- Put together first aid kits for local shelters.
- Volunteer! ( LHP is not for profit organisation - you can volunteer with us too! Ways To Get Involved - Lincolnshire Housing Partnership (lincolnshirehp.com) )
>>> Please note above examples are just ideas, to receive funding you will need to meet specific criteria set by organisation you are applying to.
