Skillsbuilder mid year Impact Report
Savannah Wisdom chose to partner with Skillsbuilder to work with children from deprived backgrounds to help them build essential skills. We are pleased to share our mid year Impact Report. Building on the success of the programme with 5 schools in inner city Manchester, the foundation chose a further five schools in the North West […]
Belong Network 2023 – 24 Impact Report – Building Social Cohesion, Promoting Integration.
We’re proud to share the Belong Network 2023 – 24 Impact Report – Building Social Cohesion, Promoting Integration. The past 12 months have seen significant challenges to cohesion in the UK at the same time as resources for those working directly with communities become ever more straitened. Our members have been at the forefront of […]
Manchester Museum Year 1 Social Justice Impact Report
Last year, Savannah Wisdom funded the position of a Social Justice Manager at the Manchester Museum whose role is to understand the needs of the community, to engage with marginalised groups and those who do not see the museum as a place for them. The Social Justice Manager engages with these groups delivering programmes and […]
South Asian Gallery Manchester Museum won the Culture Award
The region’s arts community gathered this week for the sixth annual Manchester Culture Awards, where Manchester Museum was shortlisted for two awards. Savannah Wisdom is delighted to share amazing news that South Asian Gallery won the award in the Best Exhibition category. Manchester Museum, in partnership with British Museum is the first ever institution to host a […]
Transforming Skills Education for schools in the Greater Manchester area
Savannah Wisdom is delighted to continue to offer our support to The Skills Builder Partnership that aims is to provide the essential skills that all of society needs to build for a successful and fulfilling life. The partnership research shows that these skills are directly correlated with higher grades, higher self-efficacy, higher aspirations and higher […]
Northern Health Science Alliance nomination
Shalni Arora has been recognised for her contribution to Innovation in the North and listed on the NHSA North Innovation Women 2022/23 list.
Manchester Culture Awards 2021
Savannah Wisdom are delighted to announce that we have been nominated in the Best Business Partnership Category in the forthcoming Manchester Culture Awards 2021! Along with our fantastic partners, B&M Community Fund, HOME Manchester and Manchester City Council, we worked in collaboration to offer small grants to those Freelancers who work in cultural activities in […]
Savannah Wisdom at new Ripples of Hope Festival
September saw a unique new five-day festival taking place in Manchester. Inspired by people and their stories, strength and creativity; Ripples of Hope was a wonderful celebration of the power of people to make change. An important topic at the Business and Investment Summit was the notion of regeneration for businesses and organisations, with Savannah Wisdom […]
Support for Cultural Hardship Fund & new Manchester initiative HOMEground
In March and April this year, Savannah Wisdom provided one-off hardship grants to Creative Freelancers in Manchester who were ineligible for The Government Covid-19 recovery scheme. In the most difficult period for the arts in recent years, we were really concerned that many creatives would be lost to the city without it. Alongside project partners, […]
Savannah Wisdom helps create new fund for freelancers working in Manchester’s Arts and Culture sector
The new fund –The Cultural Sector Hardship Fund – launched on Monday 1st February, to support those working in the creative & cultural sectors who are facing financial hardship as a result of the pandemic. Along with partners, B&M Community Fund, the £500,000 is available in grants of £1,500 to individual freelancers based in Manchester. […]