Category: Grants

Round-up of activities funded by Areti

by The Areti Trust, posted in Activities, Grants

There has been a flurry of feedback from projects that the Areti Charitable Trust has helped to fund over the past year. Here are some of them.

Lancashire Boys & Girls Club provided activities for 371 children over the school summer holidays at Forrest Hills, Lancaster.

Lancashire Youth Challenge took young people to Cumbria to engage with the landscape and learn more about woodland and farming.

Lancaster Boys and Girls Club also provided activities for young people during the summer holidays, focussing on healthy living, healthy eating, exercise and having respect for the environment.

Arnside & Silverdale AONB fed back on their year working with pupils referred from Chadwick School. The headteacher noted the beneficial impact of spending time in nature for the pupils, and for 2023/24 it is hoped to train a member of Chadwick staff as a forest school leader.

Meanwhile, the RSPB at Leighton Moss continues is inviting local primary schools to the nature reserve.

And, finally, Escape2Make have been working with their Green Club, Bicycle Club and Duke of Edinburgh group.

Recent grant to St Patrick’s Primary School

by The Areti Trust, posted in Grants

The Areti Trust is funding a visit for a class from St Patrick’s to take part in a “Food for Thought” session at Leighton Hall this term. It appears that more and more pupils are being encouraged to look at where food comes from and to learn the basics of how to grow some of it – hopefully laying a foundation for knowledge of the subject that will never leave them.

Grants awarded January 2023

by The Areti Trust, posted in Grants
  • £2,400 to Lancashire Association of Boys and Girls Club for summer outdoor activities.
  • £10,040 to Lancashire Youth Challenge for their summer challenge expedition in the Lake District.
  • £16,120 to Larksfoot CIC for free forest school holiday places for FSM children.
  • £15,330 to Morecambe Bay Partnership for primary school pupils to explore the landscape around Cockerham.

Plus ongoing funding for primary school pupils to visit RSPB Leighton Moss.