Grants to individuals
The Freeman family – grant recipients
Taking away the worry
When Vanda Freeman spotted someone using an electric wheelchair hoist at a car boot sale, she knew it could transform her life, but she also knew that her family couldn’t afford it.
Motability couldn’t help and neither could Social Services. So Vanda’s occupational therapist recommended applying to Barnwood Trust. Read more...
Grants to organisations
Art Shape – grant recipient
Helping adults with learning disabilities to find a voice
A grant from Barnwood Trust helped Art Shape deliver an innovative drama project, enabling adults with learning disabilities to explore self-advocacy themes.
This is proving an effective, practical and fun way to learn the principles of advocacy and self-advocacy, and even those with profound and multiple disabilities have been able to benefit. Read more...
The Independence Trust – grant recipient
Injecting freedom and colour into life
For a number of years, Barnwood Trust has helped to fund a week-long holiday for people with mental health issues, who would otherwise not enjoy an annual break.
The beneficiaries are clients of The Independence Trust, which helps with every stage of planning the holiday, and provide valuable reassurance and a sense of security by coming along. Read more...
Moreton Green – grant recipient
Investing in untapped potential
At school and in his early work experience, Moreton Green founder Stuart Boreham encountered negative attitudes and low expectations because of his cerebral palsy Stuart’s response was to excel – in athletics and in business.
Now he is developing a social enterprise to create opportunities for disadvantaged people. And Barnwood Trust is delighted to help. Read more...
People and Places – grant recipient
Taking those vital first steps
People and Places in Gloucestershire helps people with severe mental health problems and those on long-term incapacity benefit to reconnect with the working world.
Barnwood Trust enabled more people to benefit from the uniquely nurturing environment found on the People and Places allotment, and saw the participants’ confidence grow along with the organic vegetables and fruit trees. Read more...
Side by Side – grant recipient
Bringing relaxation and laughter
Side by Side is a hospital-based dance project, which helps people with mental health problems enjoy a wide range health and wellbeing benefits, whilst also having fun.
Funding from Barnwood Trust has not only enabled patients to benefit, but also encouraged staff members to continue the good work, by training to run the sessions themselves. Read more...
Stroud and Gloucester Crossroads – grant recipient
Enabling people to carry on, 24/7
Crossroads is a national organisation with four offices in Gloucestershire. It gives essential support to local carers, by providing essential respite cover – and the means to cope and carry on. But until recently, those services stopped at the end of each day.
With the help of Barnwood Trust, Stroud and Gloucester Crossroads has been able to extend its lifeline services by providing a night-sitting service. Read more...
Housing
Bob Allen – Manor Gardens resident
Providing a secure home
Bob Allen and his wife Betty were among the first residents to move into the Manor Gardens bungalows when they were built in the early 1980s.
Today, Bob is 84 and a widower. His health is not so good, but the safety and security he feels in Manor Gardens, means he wouldn’t wish to be anywhere else. Read more...
Jean Drewett – Manor Gardens resident
Striking the right balance
For 80-year-old Jean Drewett, Manor Gardens sheltered Housing provides an ideal combination of security and independence.
Jean loves her bungalow and garden and describes Manor Gardens as the only sheltered housing she would ever have wanted to move into. Read more...
Gloucester – supported housing
Supporting people with mental health problems
Barnwood Trust owns a self-contained block of eight one-bedroom flats in Gloucester, which has been developed as a supported housing project for people with mental health issues.
Run by our charity partner Rethink, it helps people with severe and enduring mental health problems to negotiate the tricky journey from care to independent living, with impressive results. Read more...
Day care
Lesley Harris – Manor Day Home beneficiary
Finding a new lease of life
When the diagnosis of her Mother’s Alzheimer’s coincided with her own painful medical problems, Lesley Harris felt completely trapped. But a referral to Manor Day Home changed everything.
Lesley’s Mum quickly grew to love the Day Home, and that has made life a great deal easier for Lesley too. Read more...
David and Marlane Rose – Manor Day Home beneficiaries
Recharging family batteries
When David and Marlane Rose took on the permanent care of David’s parents, both of whom had dementia, they knew there would be challenges; what they couldn’t foresee was quite how significant a role Manor Day Home would play in supporting their family.
Day care provided by Barnwood Trust has enabled this family to do what it does best; to care for each other without the pressures becoming insurmountable. And it has really made a difference. Read more...
The people and organisations whose stories appear on this website are just a small selection of those who have benefited from the Trust’s support. Together, they show how we champion independence and quality of life with compassion and mutual respect.
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