The Big Lottery Fund is awarding £272,732 to Rotherham Federation of Communities (Rotherham Federation) for a further three years to enable residents living in eight of Rotherham’s poorest and most excluded areas to become engaged in local life, have an effective voice and be empowered as a community to influence change in their area. The project will train and directly employ three full time Community Organisers from our local communities in Rotherham to undertake this work.
Steve Ruffle, Chief Executive Officer of the Federation said: “This project will continue the excellent community organising work we have been undertaking during the last three years. We are using the innovative Community Organisers approach to involve local people in planning and delivering community change.” Community organisers will help support local people get their views listened to, support them to run their own activities and bring community groups together.
Rotherham Federation supports communities to grow and develop, working with them to build their sense of belonging, community pride and spirit. We work with and through grass roots community groups that are committed to bringing communities together, giving all communities a voice and creating local solutions to local issues.
The Big Lottery Fund supports the aspirations of people who want to make life better for their communities across the UK and are responsible for giving out 40% of the money raised by the National Lottery for good causes and invest over £650 million a year in projects big and small in health, education, environment and charitable purposes.
For more details of the More Voices and Choices project funded by the Big Lottery Fund contact Steve Ruffle on 01709 368515 or by email at steve.ruffle@rotherfed.org. The Federation is based at Springwell Gardens Community Centre.