ACRE was one of the recipients of The Better Care Fund managed by Reading Borough Council and the NHS Integrated Care Board. Funding of £150,000 was awarded to ten projects to support physical and mental health.
Here is a list of all of the recipients of the Better Care Fund:
Alliance for Cohesion and Racial Equality, ACRE (Acre – Alliance For Cohesion and Racial Equality): Teaching beginners, particularly elderly residents, essential IT skills to access online GP booking and promote safe internet use. Teaching beginner sewing skills to tackle isolation and provide health workshops and activities in the hub in Battle ward.
Berkshire Vision (Sight Loss Support Berkshire Vision): Part-fund the Sight Loss Support service, providing additional capacity for an outreach service for visually impaired adults.
Get Berkshire Active (Get Berkshire Active − Our Strategic Intent): Running seated wellbeing sessions supporting older adults and those with long-term health conditions to remain active, socially connected and independent.
Launchpad Reading (Working To End Homelessness Across Reading): A holistic well-being programme providing a safe, inclusive, and trauma-informed environment and the ability to access a range of physical, mental and social wellbeing activities.
Mustard Tree (The Mustard Tree): Supporting disadvantaged women with an outreach service to deliver health and wellbeing advice, and team members can accompany them to addiction services and other appointments.
Parenting Special Children (Home Page – PSC parentingspecialchildren.co.uk): Supporting carers of SEND children who are in the most economically deprived areas of Reading experiencing multiple causes of health inequalities and providing support to prevent crisis.
Project Salama (https://projectsalama.co.uk/): Providing a 12-month peer-led programme to support people affected by trauma, abuse, migration and marginalisation. This initiative will combine therapeutic group sessions, peer-led support, and community outreach, fostering healing and resilience in a safe, inclusive environment.
Reading Gateway Church, Parish Nurse (https://www.readinggateway.church/parish-nurse/): Funding parish nurses and combating loneliness, improving health and wellbeing, supporting those with mental health issues with health advice, and signposting to additional assistance.
Reading Islamic Cultural Centre (CRMasjid): Providing culturally sensitive women-only fitness classes, including swimming and exercise classes, as a gateway to health and wellbeing support for women at higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes and strokes.
Reading Mencap (www.readingmencap.org.uk or call 0118 966 2518): Providing a Learning Disability Family Health Adviser to help clients maintain and improve their physical and mental health through free information, advice, casework and practical support.
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