Our projects

View the latest projects funded by Jigsaw Foundation →

See how our Jigsaw Foundation Community Fund has helped some of our neighbourhood projects.

Chorley Youth Zone, Lancashire: £40,000

The Craft Cafe, Tameside: £3,900

The Jigsaw Foundation has supported a range of community-driven projects since its inception, focusing on Health & Wellbeing, Employment Work and Skills, Environment Sustainability and Financial Wellbeing.

Below is a snapshot of the funded initiatives so far this year:

• Hide Out Youth Programme – Gorton and Manchester (£12,500): Supports over 100 young people with Jigsaw Home postcodes, building engagement through social media, marketing, and partnerships with schools and community organisations.
• Kempton Court Residents Group – Sale West (£1,423.81): Provides gardening equipment and storage facilities for residents to improve wellbeing.
• Ageing Well – Openshaw (Victoria Court), Whalley Range (Hibiscus Court) (£3,936.57): Social groups for older people including choir, exercise, and events, also acting as a signposting hub for other services like counselling.
• Empowered Women UK – (£3000 for 1 year): Weekly drop-in art workshops for women at Netherfield Loco Centre (26 weeks), prioritising Jigsaw Homes residents. Led by artist Marija Marcin Kutė, sessions use abstract acrylic painting to promote mindfulness, self-expression, and wellbeing in a small, supportive setting.
• The Snugg Coffee House – (£5000 for 1 year): The workshops will reduce social isolation, improve mental wellbeing through creative activity, and offer affordable opportunities for local residents—especially those on low incomes—to build skills, friendships, and confidence.
• Silver Spirit, Heart of the Magpies – (£10,044): Various weekly activities and sessions to be held at Chorley Football Club including health checks, fire safety advice, chair-based exercise & yoga.
• Prime Active Communities CIC – (£10,170 over 1 year): To deliver creative arts workshops during school half-term holidays. The project aims to engage vulnerable young people aged 8 -18 from the Hurst Cross area of Tameside, who are at risk of anti-social behaviour.
• Hyde Festival Community Association – (£4414.90 over 1 year): In 2024, we launched the Stage of Reflection project—an initiative delivering mental health workshops for children aged 9–17 in the Tameside Borough.
• My Coldhurst – £9000 over 3 years: Free football coaching sessions for children aged under 18. Delivered at Kick Sonic.
• Talk, Listen, Change – £28,929 over 2 years: To deliver 483 counselling sessions to between 48-69 Jigsaw residents receiving up to 10 one-hour sessions.
  Water Adventure Centre – £1472 over 1 year: Funding to support free weekly youth and play clubs (Sunday Funday, Thursday Youth Club, Monday Girls & Young Women’s Evening)
• Burnley Brow Community School – £1000 over 1 year: Funding will help to create a Calm Room to provide a quiet, controlled environment for children to self-regulate, de-escalate, and improve mental well-being.
• Community Bike Kitchen – Gorton (Yr 2 2026/27 = £3,000): Outreach programme delivering pop-up bike repair sessions, social rides, and drop-in sessions.
• Community Bike Kitchen – Oldham (Yr 1 2025/26 = £3,000): Same outreach programme delivering pop-up bike repair sessions, social rides, and drop-in sessions.
• Community Bike Kitchen – Tameside Wide (Yr 1 2025/26 = £4,229.80): Expanding the bike outreach programme to Tameside with repair sessions, social rides, and community engagement.

• Let’s Dance (£9,300, 2 years): Seated movement sessions for older residents at St Andrews and Stockinger House, improving mobility and mental wellbeing.
• Nutri-Link (£10,709, 1 year): Weekly meal delivery for 50–55 vulnerable residents with warm items in winter and volunteer support.
• Broadoak & Smallshaw Warm Hub (£9,500, 1 year): Twice-weekly drop-in space combating isolation and providing guidance for over 100 residents.
• Food and Friends (AUITC) (£9,051, 1 year): Weekly luncheon club for 40–50 isolated elderly residents with meals and entertainment.
• Beatrix House Events (£3,000, 1 year): Weekly social activities and seasonal events for 47 older residents to reduce loneliness.
• Stage of Reflection (£4,414, 1 year): Mental health workshops for youth using arts to address anxiety.
• Emotional Wellbeing Group Ltd (£11,065, 1 year): Access to instant mental health chats with a qualified counsellor via our online drop in service.
• Breathworks Foundation (£4,570, 1 year): Six weekly sessions to build skills for your health and mobility. Moving Well Sessions for over 55’s.
• Silver Cord (£4,000, 1 year): ‘The Living Room’ is a unique, friendly 70s-themed lounge providing an affordable, comfortable, safe and accessible space for all residents in Tameside.
• First Kick Foundation (£12,000, 1 year): Youth worker led sessions for young people aged between 7 and 16 provided with the opportunity to take part in behaviour change & awareness raising programme.
• ManLeigh CIC (£6,875, 1 year): ManLeigh, based in Leigh, supports men facing challenges such as poor health, addiction, debt, relationship breakdown, and isolation—factors that impact mental health and wellbeing
• Fairfield Over 55’s (£3,000): Funding to support social activities, buy garden furniture, plants, storage, and a new TV/karaoke to help residents connect and enjoy communal spaces.
• Chippenham Community Garden – Diggit (£5,000, 1 year): Three months of weekly sessions to revive gardening and forest school activities, helping residents grow food, connect with nature, and strengthen community ties.
• Hibiscus Court & Stonesby Close (£1,890, 1 year): Funding for social activities, kitchen equipment, and bingo prizes to bring residents together and support community life.
• Aindow Court Over 55s (£749.58, 1 year): Replacement Garden furniture (table, chairs, bench, parasol) to allow residents aged 60–97 to spend more time outdoors together.
• Crucial Crew 2025/6 (£3,000, 1 year): Annual safety education event for children in Chorley, teaching life skills on road safety, health, anti-social behaviour, and crime prevention with support from local services.
• Roach Green Fun Day  (£1,300, 1 year): Community fun day for families during October half term with inflatables, food, face paint, entertainment, and activities.
• West End Impact Rebuilding Lives (£5,000, 1 year): Mental health and wellbeing support through CBT-based courses, art groups, one-to-one counselling, and wider holistic services.
• Chat-Tea Crafts (Phoebe Foxtrot) (£9,355, 2 years): Creative social sessions and cultural outings to support mental health and inclusion.
• Audenshaw Community Association (£3,300, 1 year): Community hub activities like coffee mornings, games nights, and food events.
• Carrbrook Hub Day Trip (£1,000, 1 year): Outing for elderly community members to reduce isolation.
• Forrest Road Over 55s (£1,780, 1 year): Funding for a social event and trip for elderly residents.
• St Peters Free Fun Day (£2,870, 1 year): Free community celebration day for disadvantaged families.
• Grange House Residents Group (£1,510, 1 year): Garden revamp and bingo machine for bingo nights.
• Cedar Park and Hurst Community Group (£3,000, 1 year): Family fun day.
• Southport Sea Cadets (£4,922, 1 year): Residential trips out x 2 for the cadets.
• Hurst Green Social Group​ (£5,700, 1 year): Various events at the over 55s housing community, including buffets and entertainment.
• ​​Stockinger House Society ​(£5,840, 1 year): Various events at the over 55s housing community, including buffets and entertainment.

• Butler Court Group – (£1000 over 1 year): Funding for a Christmas Party for up to 72 Jigsaw tenants at Butler Court extra-care scheme.
• Glenmay Court – (£1100 over 1 year) Funding for a Christmas Party, Garden Furniture and Plants.

• Millennium Green Together (£1,990, 1 year): A large inclusive community festival to promote cohesion and pride.
• Create at Cedar Park (£10,170, 1 year): Creative workshops for 8–18-year-olds to reduce anti-social behaviour and foster skills.
• Community Engagement (Oasis Hub) (£9,800, 1 year): Skills training and social activities to support disadvantaged resident’s.
• Smallshaw Get Together (£16,400, 1 year): Youth club and food pantry, serving 400–500 residents with events and social support.
• Samson Community (£4,538, 1 year): Jigsaw Tameside community clean up days.
• East Manchester Community Boat Project (£2,500, 1 year): Ashton Basin will enable residents to volunteer on the boat and receive training. We will also be offering boat trips of up to 6 hours.
• First Kick Foundation (£12,000, 1 year): Youth worker led sessions for young people aged between 7 and 16 provided with the opportunity to take part in behaviour change & awareness raising programme.
• Brook Court Residents Association (£555, 1 year): To encourage these residents to get out and about, giving them some fun and light entertainment, providing something to look forward too.

• The Together Centre – (£10, 709.30 over 1 year): 40-week meal delivery and contact project.
• Healthy Me, Healthy Communities – (£12,300 over 1 year): Funding to support the weekly grocers at Gorton Central Community Hub and provide free cooking workshops and accredited food courses.
• Euxton St Marys – (£7400): The new outdoor space will support learning across the curriculum, including science, PSHE, and mental health, while providing opportunities for outdoor play and sensory exploration. Outside school hours, it will host family sessions, after-school clubs, and community volunteering, strengthening home–school connections and fostering shared pride and ownership.

• Silversprings Kitchen Garden (£11,410, 2 years): Gardening education for children and families with organic growing and community sharing.
• Dukinfield Pantry (£15,000, 3 years): Weekly pantry service supporting 100–150 people, mostly Jigsaw residents, with surplus food.
• Tameside Citizens Advice (£90,000, 3 years): Dedicated support sessions for Jigsaw residents covering advice, welfare, debt, and more.
• Growing for Goodness (£7,108, 1 year) Continuing a community garden project  at Coppull Library & Developing a teaching kitchen garden and teaching horticulture skills.
• Mustard Tree (£4,550, 1 year)  Mustard Tree’s Food Club helps alleviate the financial pressure of the weekly shop for individuals and families with low or no income.
• The Church of the Apostles (£5,000, 1 year) The Social supermarket is brand new initiative to help local resident reduce the cost of their weekly food shop, and help to prevent food waste.

• The Welcome Hub – (£7100.06): Funding for the hub in Coppull to provide weekly activities and hot meals for the community.
• Young Enterprise – Manchester (£11,000): Partnership project with secondary schools and colleges in Jigsaw Neighbourhoods to develop employability skills, enterprising thinking, and aspirations among young residents.
• Young Enterprise – Oldham (£3,000): Same programme as above, supporting young residents to build employability skills and financial confidence.
• Young Enterprise – Tameside Wide (£7,000): Expanding the school partnership project across Tameside to enhance young people’s skills and aspirations.
• Dice and Balls – Daybrook and Arnold (£10,280): Funding to purchase equipment to enable continued community sessions, supporting skill-building and wellbeing.