Brelms Trust CIO

Project Profiles

Gwennie’s Getaways is a charity based in Slaithwaite, Huddersfield that provides families that are living with or affected by Dementia with a respite break at one of their caravans based at Primrose Valley, Filey and Newton Hall, Blackpool. They also run a weekly Memory Café at The Waterhead in Slaithwaite.

The Brelms Trust provided three-year grant towards the costs of running Gwennies Getaways

InterActive is a Whitby-based charity supporting local children and young people with disabilities and additional needs through regular weekend and holiday activities. They also provide an inclusive pre-school play session.

The Brelms Trust provided a three-year grant towards the costs of running InterActive’s services in Yorkshire:

Love Driffield Community Hub and Food Bank provides

The Brelms Trust provided a three-year grant towards

The Wren Bakery is a Social Enterprise using baking and coffee as tools to give women who experience disadvantage, opportunities towards employment. The Wren Bakery works with women in Leeds who face multiple barriers everyday. Experiences such as poverty, gender based violence, criminal records and poor mental health prevent them from participating in the benefits that well-being and employment can bring.

The Brelms Trust provided a three-year grant towards the

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The Brelms Trust provided a three-year grant

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The Brelms Trust provided a three-year grant

The Rainbow Project (Rotherham) based at Wath Town Hall provides individual and group support schemes for LGBTQ+

The Brelms Trust provided a three-year grant

Yorkshire and Humberside Maternity Stream helps asylum seeking and refugee women overcome the barriers they experience when accessing maternity services, understanding their choices and attending for care in a timely manner.

The Brelms Trust provided a three-year grant

Access the Dales provides free access to the outdoors for everyone by providing all-terrain wheelchairs in different locations in the Yorkshire Dales and in the Forest of Bowland.

The Brelms Trust provided a three-year grant towards the costs of running Access the Dales services in Yorkshire: providing and maintaining all-terrain wheelchairs, administrative, management and logistical support for hires, organising group trips and raising awareness of the project.

Activate Rawmarsh exists to encourage children and young people to take part in positive activities and provides a variety of opportunities to take part in fun activities where they can make friends and gain new experiences; develop social skills in a safe and inclusive environment that raises their confidence and aspirations.

The Brelms Trust provided a three-year grant to deliver a programme of activities to support carers, children and their families.

BEACON (Bradford Ecumenical Asylum Concern) supports the needs of people seeking asylum in our community.

The Brelms Trust provided a three-year grant to support services enabling people facing disadvantage and exclusion to navigate the asylum
journey; McKenzie Friends (legal support) and CHAT (English conversation club and community activities).

Caring Together is a local Neighbourhood Network Scheme providing activities, advice and practical support to people over 55 in the Woodhouse, Little London and the city centre areas of Leeds.

The Brelms Trust provided a three-year grant to subsidise the costs of social activities, exercise classes and home visits.

Dearne Cuture Trust and the Wath Festival encourages local and unknown artists through a three day celebration of music and arts.  

The Brelms Trust provided a one-off grant to support the Wath Festival 2024.

Leeds Powerchair Football Club (LPFC) provides opportunities for disabled people to play powerchair football.

The Brelms Trust provided a one-off grant to replenish their stock of equipment and spares for maintaining sports powerchairs.

Kingswood United CIO uses sports as the vehicle to engage troubled and at-risk young people to then provide advice and mentoring to improve their mental health, resilience, engagement with peers and aspirations.

The Brelms Trust provided a three-year grant to offer free out-of-school, multi-sports sessions for children and young people on Bransholme.

Support Arts Gardening Education (SAGE) provides therapeutic arts and horticulture programmes for people whose lives have been affected by mental illness.

The Brelms Trust provided a one-off grant to develop their social media activity, including designing pages, developing systems for regular posting, and setting-up on-line fundraising accounts.