Wishing Well Project (Company Limited by Guarantee)
The Wishing Well Project has recently come to the end of five years funding provided by the Big Lottery, Cheshire County Council, Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council and the Primary Care Trust. During these five years the Project has gone from strength to strength – working with residents from the West End and Maw Green area’s of Crewe on issues to do with improving Health and Well Being of the local community. This work has taken place in up to 17 different venues including schools and community centres and activities have been chosen by the community through representatives on the steering group. Although this funding has ended many of the activities are continuing with the help and dedication of trained volunteers – most of them living in the area and keen to continue to support and develop the services that are already in place.

One of the biggest developments for the project is the setting up of the Wishing Well Community Café in the new Eagle Bridge Health and Well Being Centre on Dunwoody Way. This centre is a combination of three local GP practices, dental services, physiotherapy, health visiting team, speech and language, and many other services for which people would have in the past had to attend hospital out patient departments. When all of the practices are established there will be a throughput of up to 1,000 patients and visitors per day. The café will provide nourishing, basic foods every day for staff and community and will eventually develop a catering outreach service for functions, training events and parties. All profits from the company will be re-invested into the community services provided at the centre, and activities such as cookery, training in nutrition and healthy eating and obesity management will be offered to the community on site.

Wishing Well is still in need of more dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers to help with current provision and to develop services in the community; such as after school and holiday clubs for children, parent and tots fun sessions, family support/parenting sessions, fitness/sport sessions and of course administration to help with registration, monitoring and evaluation of all the activities on offer. Even an hour of your time can make a huge difference to the lives of others – so if you are interested, feel you have time or expertise to share please don’t hesitate to get in touch – your input will be valued by all concerned.

(All Wishing Well volunteers and staff working with children/vulnerable people will be expected to have checks completed by the Criminal Records Bureau)

Thank you for your interest.
Hilary Hamilton
Wishing Well Coordinator