Empowering the unique potential, gifts & capacity of people & communities
Welcome To My GiftBox Community Projects
EVERYONE ON BOARD is our critical front-line support from our stationary customised activity bus and warm space welcome lounge, for whole households facing inequalities to health and wellbeing through the growing Cost of Living crisis; food poverty; isolation and mental health challenges.
We have been engaging at risk families; providing critical support packages of personalised food packs; self-care items and facilitated craft & talking therapies.
About Us
My Gift Box Community Projects was founded when two volunteer community workers were contemplating the effectiveness of support work to vulnerable people.
They recognised that many of the decision makers were disconnected from the lived experiences of vulnerable people and wanted to enable projects that would empower and support people to use their life experiences and their gifts to participate in creative approaches of transformation for themselves and others.
My Gift Box Community Projects has been a registered charity since 2013 Reg. Charity Number 1152845 and has delivered community projects since then that develop the capacity of disadvantaged and socially isolated children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Our Vision
The name of the charity starts with the word My, identifying that every participant is unique with their own life experiences and gifts to contribute.
My Gift Box Community Projects is a vision of the power of shared learning and exchange of gifts through the empowerment of people with lived experiences, making decisions that help them to flourish and transform community.
What We Do
Since our inception we have connected with hundreds of people with lived experiences, taking a creative approach to enterprise and empowerment facilitating transformed lives and communities. This has included eco-therapy, social enterprise, employability, community activities and craft-based projects.
We have renovated neglected spaces and transformed them into a reflective public garden, a craft shop, a community tea rooms and so much more, creating circular economy. We have been working with people from all ages and backgrounds and including people from backgrounds of homelessness, abuse, exclusion and disability.
Recent Projects
We were very active throughout the pandemic, providing emergency response food parcels and buddying support for people experiencing social isolation. We aim to reduce food waste and tackle food poverty and are working on projects that provide access to green spaces, educational opportunities and support for diversionary interventions for people experiencing mental health issues.
Partnerships with
local people by co-designing creative projects that are help to discover & showcase amazing gifts of dormant potential within every unique individual
local authorities by embracing local authority strategy & seeking working relationships built on trust & cooperation removing isolation
local community groups & partners by actively exploring joined-up working and shared learning for best value coordinated service that puts community first
all stakeholders as a listening group seeking to deliver programmes in response to local needs, gathering information from all of our stakeholder groups
Location & Details
Address: 2 Prospect Villas, Norton Heath CM4 0LQ
(located next to Norton Heath Cafe)
Email: hello@mygiftbox.org
Phone: 07951 895 889