Social Action
Our approach to social action is to empower people and communities to respond to issues that matter to them and work with voluntary and public agencies to collaborate for improved resources and outcomes.
CURRENT PROJECTS
ACTIVE
COMMUNITIES
AGEING
WELL
SUPPORT NORTH
NORTHANTS
DIGITAL INCLUSION
PROJECT
PROJECTS 2013 – 2023
WELLINGBOROUGH
YOUTH FORUM
SN worked with Made With Many to develop a Youth Forum, with a focus on groups supporting young people aged 14-18 from Black backgrounds; and those from the Hemmingwell and Queensway estates.
SPORTS
PROJECT
The Sports project, funded by the Together Fund, aimed to break down barrier to access to physical exercise to Asian Communities. It brought about a successful swimming group for Asian women.
COMPTON SINGING
PROJECT
SN piloted zoom wellbeing sessions during Covid, including singing that attracted many people across the county. These provided wellbeing for those who are vulnerable and isolated people.
WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMME
Between Dec ’21 – Jun ’22 we delivered a carefully structured and culturally appropriate 12-week Weight Management programme. This ran as a combination of online and in-person sessions.
BLACK COUNSELLING
SERVICE
We developed the black counselling service and a Wellbeing Café for Asian communities. The Wellbeing Café for Asian Communities delivered 34 sessions between Oct ’21 – Jun ’22.
COMMUNITY
CHAMPIONS II
DIABETES
PROGRAMME
A 12 week culturally sensitive Diabetes programme for the Asian Community. We empowered participants to look at all aspects of diabetes health management: physically, mentally and emotionally.
COMMUNITY
CHAMPIONS I
The Community Champions project aimed to accelerate the offering of helpful advice, guidance and vaccination information to the community to ensure that they remain safe.
COMMUNITY
WATCH
Support Northamptonshire completed a 4 year 2014-2018 National Lottery funded Connecting Communities programme meeting all the outcomes and exceeding specific targets.
HOME
PROJECT
The Home Project aimed to support people at risk of homelessness and supported them to sustain their tenancy and promote independence.
ZOOM
CHOIR
Set up in November 2020-2021, the Zoom Choir offered service users and volunteers the opportunity to come together as a community and sing.
GOLDEN YEARS
NETWORK
The group is aimed at giving older people the chance to take part in activities to reduce loneliness and isolation.
HOMELESS
FORUM
A Night Shelter was started in 2017-2019 and with incredible support from all sections of the community and provided a shelter for over 18 people.
WIDOWS & WIDOWERS
NETWORK
A social group set up by two women who were widowed found that it was important to meet other people in the same situation.