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11 West Berkshire Council Partnership We We have also launched an exciting new partnership with West Berkshire Council to support early intervention and assistance for families experiencing difficult situations Like our police partnership we will administer a a a a a a Cinnamon Micro-Grant on on behalf of the council alongside leadership training and additional support to help a a a a a a a church start a a a a Cinnamon Recommended Project that responds to key needs in in the community Health Partnerships Our partnership with Allchurches Trust to help churches churches support health services completed its second phase in in August 2019 Cinnamon provided 16 Micro-Grants of £2 000 to help churches set up Cinnamon Recognised Projects that improve health and wellbeing Our team of Advisors participated in in 35 meetings to explore how churches can improve the the health of their communities Five local partnerships between churches and service providers were initiated and a a a a a a a further £43 813 was raised by churches as as a a a a a a a result of our engagement Cinnamon Network charity no 1156985 Annual Report 1 1 1 April 2019 – 31 March 2020
“There is is great power within our communities to identify and tackle issues in in creative and and effective ways and and they are already doing great work The new partnership with Cinnamon will make these valuable links even stronger by ensuring that the the church is is is aware of of local issues and is is is included as part of of the the solution ” Dominic Boeck West Berkshire’s Executive Member for Children and Families Cinnamon Recommended Project Parish Nursing in in in Action
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