Our top activities
Our organisation has run 753 separate activities in the last year that have worked with 1664 people to date. These are our most popular activities, and by clicking on them you can see data on each.
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Grant funding
Main Grants award
Awarded By
garfield weston foundation
Awarded
28/01/22
Amount
£20,000
leadership through change
Grant to Independent Arts
Awarded By
the tudor trust
Awarded
04/01/21
Amount
£2,000
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Independent Arts STC Expand application
Awarded By
coop foundation
Awarded
21/09/20
Amount
£9,980
To help you build on the work and impact from Space to Connect Explore funding, aimed at providing communities with a space to connect
Grant to Independent Arts
Awarded By
the tudor trust
Awarded
17/04/20
Amount
£50,000
over two years towards the core costs of an organisation that uses the arts, and runs a social prescribing hub, to engage marginalised people on the Isle of Wight
RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Independent Arts
Awarded By
the fore
Awarded
09/04/20
Amount
£5,000
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Independent Arts, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
Grant to Independent Arts
Awarded By
the henry smith charity
Awarded
13/03/19
Amount
£117,900
towards three years' running costs of a project providing social singing groups for older people in the Isle of Wight
School Ties
Awarded By
the national lottery community fund
Awarded
28/02/19
Amount
£78,214
The organisation will use funding to deliver 'School Ties', an intergenerational project which seeks to tackle the origins of loneliness in very young children and the isolation and lack of engagement of older people. The project pairs schools with homes, engaging disadvantaged children from each school and isolated care home residents. The project aims to bring young and old together, enhancing social skills and confidence and helping to form relationships and lessen loneliness.
Anxiety Cafe
Awarded By
people's health trust
Awarded
15/01/19
Amount
£22,198
This two-year project enabled people experiencing depression and anxiety living on the Isle of Wight to meet together on a regular basis and participate in social and creative activities, including music, arts, dance, photography, mindfulness and counselling sessions. They were able to provide mutual support to each other and gain self-esteem and self-confidence. Participants took the lead in running the cafe and deciding everything about the programme, content and activities.

Grant to Independent Arts
Awarded By
co-operative group
Awarded
29/11/17
Amount
£1,403
We need funding to keep our Creative Cafe running so older people can try new activities and make friends over a free cup of tea every week.
Grant to Independent Arts
Awarded By
the henry smith charity
Awarded
08/09/16
Amount
£10,000
towards two years' salary of the Chief Executive at a project providing support to vulnerable older people in residential care and in the community on the Isle of Wight
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Our funders and supporters
garfield weston foundation
the fore

people's health trust
the tudor trust
the henry smith charity
the dunhill medical trust

coop foundation
comic relief
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Get in touch
Address:
Creative Hub 48 High Street Newport Isle of Wight