Our Projects
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FUNDED PROJECTS, THESE PROJECTS HAVE SPECIFIC OUTCOMES AND ARE FUNDED BY OUR AMAZING PARTNERS TO IMPROVE AN ASPECT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
In 2021 our team has supported over
6,300 people
through our funded projects &
commissioned services
At Healthbox we receive charitable, NHS and local authority funding to deliver our community-based activity. This page gives an overview of our current and recent projects. We are very grateful to our funders for enabling us to provide so much free access to health promotion activities, services and support, to schools, families and communities.
All of our work takes a holistic approach to wellbeing, where we adapt delivery and content to suit the group we are working with. With project work for ages 0-90+, we put fun, quality provision and accessibility at the heart of all we do.
“Proud to be working with others”
Current
Project
Number of Social Prescribing referrals
175 people
to the Active travel project
77% people
of respondents feel very safe walking or cycling in their local area
ACTIVE TRAVEL PROJECT: ELLESMERE PORT
Active Travel: Ellesmere Port
Healthbox CIC's Active Travel Project in Ellesmere Port is a dynamic 12-month initiative that addresses community health and wellbeing holistically. It seamlessly intertwines Active Travel objectives with the principles of social prescribing to promote physical activity and mental health benefits. By focusing on encouraging active lifestyles and offering affordable transportation options like cycling, the project aims to engage individuals who can benefit the most. It leverages social prescribing to connect people with community resources, addressing a wide range of needs from mental health to social isolation. The project fosters community involvement through wellbeing walks, cycling groups, and educational events, while also providing resources through various channels. A detailed monitoring and evaluation system ensures alignment with goals, and it emphasizes community empowerment through volunteer opportunities and upskilling. Overall, Healthbox CIC's Active Travel Project is a comprehensive initiative seeking to make a sustainable impact on Ellesmere Port's physical and mental wellbeing.
"I've just seen the active travel advert and am really interested in family cycling. I'm not confident at taking my daughter out on my own. I was also looking at the bike repair workshop as my bike is really old and not very well maintained so I'd love to know what I should do to maintain it better. I do cycle where I can rather that use the car so this is a great initiative."
Active Travel User
Current
Project
In 2021 we directly supported more than
600 children, young people, families and teachers
in rural Cheshire West & Chester!
THINKING WELL, FEELING WELL PROJECT: RURAL
Thinking well, Feeling Well Project: Rural
The Thinking Well Feeling Well: Rural project is an exciting 5-year piece of work funded by the Westminster Foundation.
The project centres around promoting emotional and physical health and wellbeing for children, young people and families living in rural Cheshire West and Chester. In line with the Westminster Foundation’s core objectives, a central theme to the project is around early intervention and building resilience and life skills in our young people.
As part of the project, we are providing designated counselling services for Bishop Heber High School and Tarporley High school alongside an 18-25s counselling service (available via the Rural Alliance Primary Care Network).
We are also working closely with rural feeder primary schools of the two secondary schools, providing a range of class-based and parent/guardian workshops and Mental Health First Aid Youth training for teaching staff.
Previous
Project
In 2021 the project enabled
160 children
received one-to-one emotional wellbeing support and more than
150 adults
to access talking therapies
THINKING WELL, FEELING WELL PROJECT: ELLESMERE PORT
Thinking well, Feeling Well Project: Ellesmere Port
Our Ellesmere Port project funded by the Lottery Community Fund, supports our social prescribing offer for both children and adults and our schools and family activities. The funding also provides our adult counselling offer in the town (non-crisis, lower-level mental health) support and enables and children and young person’s counsellor to work with Ellesmere Port schools for 3 days a week. The project supports the Lottery Community Fund people-led priorities and enables our team to work creatively and have more flexibility and impact.
Previous
Project
The Bubble features over
16 workshops
and has helped over
500 visitors
COMMUNITY WELLBEING PROJECT: CHESHIRE & WIRRAL
Community Wellbeing Project: Cheshire & Wirral
The Community Wellbeing Project is an innovative COVID response inspired project funded by The Steve Morgan Foundation and The Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
The funding hugely supports our telephone counselling provision, recruitment, training and support of trainee counsellors, online gentle exercise and the digital and IT support to run The Bubble our online activity platform.
Previous
Project
Our Facebook & Instagram posts have reached over
206,658 people
FEELING GOOD COMMUNITY PROJECT: CHESHIRE
Feeling Good Community Project: Cheshire
Our Steve Morgan Foundation and DCMS supported project has 2 key strands, firstly helping promote the amazing work of local community heroes, both the individuals going above and beyond and the wonderful local organisations and services that have been more needed than ever recently; and a second family and community delivery element.
To help spread some positivity as well as link people with local support, the funding was used to create videos and social media posts, supporting access to services and feel-good stories during lockdowns and COVID restrictions.
The second strand of the project is currently active and provides school-based and community activities working with our community partners. To enable as many families and children to benefit from the project as we can, we are converting our healthy family activities as well as selected school’s health and wellbeing workshops into digital resources.
Previous
Project
Cardiac rehabilitation helps people
live as full a life
as possible following a heart event, surgery or diagnosis
CARDIAC REHAB PROJECT
Cardiac Rehab Project
Our Healthy Hearts project is funded by Cheshire CCG over the next 18 months our aim is to help support local residents who have suffered or suffering from coronary heart disease (CHD). The project will deliver face-to-face exercise and education groups.
We will also be delivering Healthy Hearts Says and these will be healthy promotions events aimed at empowering people to make Healthy Hearts choices.
Previous
Project
Our team of experts can support pupils in
physical & emotional
health and wellbeing
BLACON, KINGSWAY & LACHE PRIMARY WELLBEING PROJECT
Blacon, Kingsway & Lache Primary Wellbeing Project
This is our exciting new project that has just been funded by the Westminster Foundation for 18 months Jan 2022 – July 2023. So many children and families have been impacted by the pandemic and this COVID related funding is enabling us to work with Primary schools in Chester to support pupils’ physical and emotional health and wellbeing.
Previous
Project
We have received over
641 visits
and an average of
936 volunteer hours
over a 12 month period
SHERBORNE COMMUNITY HUB PROJECT
Sherborne Community Hub Project
Sherborne Community Hub offers gardening clubs for all ages together with a peer-support group for people experiencing social isolation or other personal issues. Children are provided with fun and educational activities to learn how to grow their own plants and create exciting outdoor spaces, with many elements linking back to the national curriculum, whilst adults are offered friendship, a space to talk and support with tackling any issues they are experiencing. Don’t forget the tea and biscuits!
We are extremely grateful to Avanti West Coast who have provided funding to run the project from April 2021 until March 2023, as well as the numerous donations of volunteer time and gifts we have received from other local residents and businesses in Crewe.
