Four Rotary Clubs in South Cheshire have teamed up to secure two grants to support Ukrainian families being accommodated by Crewe and Nantwich residents.
A Rotary Grant of £2,000 has been used to cover the cost of 100 Welcome Packs for Ukrainian women and children.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
More than 170 families in Cheshire East have now offered a place in their homes to Ukrainian refugees.
Latest available figures released by Cheshire East Council – up to May 4 – show the number of residents who applied for the Homes for Ukraine Scheme increased by 33% in a week.
A South Cheshire company is teaming up to help collections for Ukraine families suffering during the current invasion by Russia.
Organisers are setting up local collection points, and the Nantwich Clinic has joined forces to offer their new Health Hub centre in Willaston as one for the Nantwich area.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council has been allocated £2.2m of government funding to help provide food and essentials for vulnerable households over winter.
The household support fund runs from October 6 to March 31, 2022.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Nearly 700 vulnerable households were helped by Cheshire East Council’s emergency assistance scheme as they struggled to keep their families fed and a roof over their heads.
Figures released by the council show 1,284 claims were made for assistance under the scheme in the financial year 2020/21.
Cheshire East Council chiefs say they are supporting the Home Office in rehoming Afghan families fleeing their home country after the dramatic events of the past few days.
CEC says it will provide temporary accommodation for an undisclosed number of Afghans following the Taliban takeover of the country as US forces withdraw.
More than 22,000 supermarket and energy vouchers have been sent out to vulnerable children and families across Cheshire East – with more in the pipeline to cover the Easter school holiday.
The scheme has been coordinated by Cheshire East Council with schools, colleges, early years settings and other family support services.
Cheshire East Council bosses say they will distribute more food and energy vouchers to vulnerable children and families ahead of the February half term.
More than 11,000 vouchers have been distributed so far, funded from Cheshire East’s share of the government’s £170 million Covid Winter Grant Scheme launched in December last year.
Work to improve a South Cheshire cemetery which had caused upset among bereaved families, has been completed.
The project at Meadowbrook Cemetery in Crewe aimed to improve access to an area for cremated remains.
Nantwich Museum will be among venues across the North West bringing children and families a day of online activities at their “Museums@Home 2020” event on August 30.
By Stephen Topping
The number of homeless households in temporary accommodation across Cheshire has risen year-on-year, according to new Government figures.
Street restaurant in Nantwich is to open on Christmas Day to help families and children struggling to afford the celebrations.
Bosses at Street Nantwich, on Welsh Row, are now appealing for help to reach out to those families deserving of help.
Families in Nantwich and Crewe have been hosting students from across the globe.
More than 200 young people have travelled to the area to study at South Cheshire College for a taste of education in UK.
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