Warwick well-being project secures new funding

The Assura Community Fund was launched in May and is managed by Cheshire Community Foundation
Jonathan Murphy, Assura CEO. Photo suppliedJonathan Murphy, Assura CEO. Photo supplied
Jonathan Murphy, Assura CEO. Photo supplied

A Warwick project which aims to improve mental and physical health and well-being has secured new funding

The scheme, led by Achieving Results in Communities (ARC), which provides weekly outdoor sessions for socially disadvantaged people struggling with mental health, social isolation and in addiction recovery, will pay for facilitation of staff and activity expenses thanks to a £5,000 grant from the national Assura Community Fund.

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The fund was created to support health-improving work by charities and local groups in the communities around Assura’s GP surgery, primary care and treatment centre buildings around the country.

The charity provides outdoor activities to help with mental health and physical well-being. Photo suppliedThe charity provides outdoor activities to help with mental health and physical well-being. Photo supplied
The charity provides outdoor activities to help with mental health and physical well-being. Photo supplied

The company looks after Priory Road Medical Centre in Warwick.

Jonathan Murphy, CEO of Assura said: “We were blown away by the number and quality of applications from all over the country.

"Local health, social prescribing and well-being projects are under so much stress at the moment, so we hope that these grants can make a real difference to projects which are keeping individuals and communities connected, healthier, safer and happier in this really difficult time.”

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The Assura Community Fund was launched in May and is managed by Cheshire Community Foundation.

It builds on the work of Assura’s previous Healthy Communities scheme, which supported projects nominated by the GP practices in its buildings ranging from social prescribing walking groups, gardening schemes and coffee and chat sessions to support for a new Men’s Shed and a community bakery run by young people with learning disabilities and autism.

The fund is distributing £550,000 in grants this month, and by March 2026 hopes to have made more than £3million in grants to health-improving projects.

Zoe Sheppard, Chief Executive of Cheshire Community Foundation, said: “It is in difficult times like these, that the generosity and vision of organisations like Assura are so vital in supporting the most vulnerable members of our communities.

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"We are delighted to be able to utilise our grant making expertise to ensure that every penny of the Assura Community Fund is spent as effectively as possible.”

The next application phase will open in spring 2021.

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