Our Funding

OPAL is a small, registered charity whose income is increasingly obtained from a diverse range of funding bodies.

In order to successfully run the wide variety of services OPAL offers we are constantly seeking out new sources of funding and we are deeply grateful to all the commissioners and grant awarding bodies that have chosen to support OPAL over the past year. Without them, we would not be able to pursue our mission of preventing loneliness and social isolation for older people living in rural West Cheshire.

Our Funders in 2023-24 include the following:

National Lottery Community Fund: for Branching Out and Digital Inclusion

NHS Commissioning Group: for Branching Out

Marshes Community Benefit Fund: for Branching Out and Digital Inclusion

Cheshire & Warrington Carers Trust: for Carers Services

Integrated Partnership Board / Care Community Group: for Digital Inclusion

CW&C: for Activity Day Clubs, Telephone Befriending, Good Neighbours, Passport to Care and Emergency Discharge Fund 

Skipton BS: for Carers Services and Digital Inclusion

Cheshire Community Fund: for Carers Services

Lottery Awards 4 All: for Carers Services

Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s Fund: for Digital Services

W G Edwards: for Digital Inclusion

Cllr John Leather, Lord Mayor of Chester, through the Mayor’s Fund: for General Support

We’d also like to thank all the other grant awarding bodies and our very many donors, whether they be individuals or organisations, who generously give to OPAL.