Priors Park Neighbourhood Project

Priors Park Neighbourhood Project

At a glance

Causes

  • Arts
  • Black, asian and minority ethnic groups
  • Children / families
  • Community safety / victim support / domestic violence
  • Counselling / advice
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Financial inclusion
  • Gardens and parks
  • Health and well being / research and care
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Learning disabilities / difficulties
  • Local / community
  • Men
  • Mental health
  • Older people / later life
  • Physical disabilities
  • Poverty relief
  • Refugees / migrants
  • Social care
  • Substance misuse
  • Training / employment support
  • Voluntary sector support
  • Women
  • Young people

Other details

Geographical remit: 
Local

Objectives

Our aim at Priors Park Neighbourhood Project is to deliver services to our residents, especially those most marginalised and disadvantaged in society, which promote four basic themes:

Education – build relationships with the local community to engage them in a supportive, safe environment where they can receive training, and advice with issues facing them. 

Health and Wellbeing – engage people in positive activities to encourage awareness of healthy eating & living without feeling isolated.

Community Safety & Cohesion – working in partnership with local schools, children’s centres, housing associations, PCSOs, Tewkesbury Food Bank, and other charities on Priors Park Estate to build a safer area for all to live.

The Environment – working with the community, nature reserve and allotments to encourage improvements to the area. 

Activities

To help our residents and the local community, we deliver the following;

  • Continued weekly drop-in advice provided by external agencies, such as the Citizen’s Advice Bureau for debt advice, Green Square Housing for housing and budgeting, Careers Service Advice and Job Clubs offered by the National Careers Service, which is free, impartial, independent, non-discriminatory and confidential.
  • ICT computer courses to help residents become digitally included for welfare reform and skills improvement
  • The weekly over-55 coffee club, helping our senior residents develop new friendships and avoid loneliness and isolation, as well as learning new skills from our basic ICT computer courses.
  • Health & Wellbeing activities such as Mindfulness sessions, Wellbeing, Motivation & Confidence workshops/courses
  • Gentle exercise classes are delivered remotely locally to older persons groups in Priors Park and surrounding area free of charge. 
  • Mental health support and building confidence through arts & crafts, creative writing and other creative activities. Art courses to overcome mental health and anxiety issues.
  • Cookery and budgeting workshops.
  • Extra-curricular youth provision run by national organisations, such as Girl Guides.
  • Job club and welfare to work funded programmes to upskill and encourage the unemployed back into work.  The Job Clubs are run by Adviza who run the National Careers Service
  • Sing, Dance, Play, Imagine sessions for under 5’s (educational & fun) and to support young mums to socialise with others with young children.
  • ESOL (English Speaking Other Languages) Classes.
  • Art and Chat to build friendships through various art and craft activities supporting local projects such as the Medieval Festival and Tewkesbury Town Council and Tewkesbury Abbey events such as Remembrance Day.
  • Food voucher issue point, receiving regular donations of food, drinks and toiletries to distribute to local residents in need. 
  • Room hire for all occasions.
  • Community Networking lunches and meetings where we invite local organisations and charities to update each other on activities and events supporting our residents.
  • HOPP (Heart of Priors Park) are now running a youth club with us every Friday 6pm - 9pm for 12 - 16 year olds.

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