RESONANCE GROWING ENTERPRISES 2024 SOCIAL IMPACT REPORT
The Sweet Project
Supporting children, families and vulnerable adults through specialist services and social work training.
Organisation: The Sweet Project
Location: South Birmingham
Partnership date: June 2021
Investment amount: £100,000
Resonance fund: West Midlands SITR Fund
About The Sweet Project
Founded in 2010, The Sweet Project is a Birmingham-based Community Interest Company providing specialist support to children, families and vulnerable adults. Alongside improving safeguarding and wellbeing, the organisation helps develop the next generation of social workers through high-quality placement opportunities. Its services include parenting support, domestic abuse programmes for survivors and perpetrators, crisis intervention, benefits and housing advice, and support for grandparents raising grandchildren.
Our Investment
Resonance invested £100,000 through the West Midlands SITR Fund to help The Sweet Project secure and refurbish larger, better-suited premises and recruit two new members of staff. The investment strengthened the organisation's capacity to expand its services, develop new university partnerships and meet growing demand across South Birmingham.
Our Impact
The investment has enabled The Sweet Project to grow its reach and provide more children, families and vulnerable adults with access to safeguarding, training and tailored support. By strengthening its facilities and team, the organisation is better placed to deliver high-quality community services while expanding opportunities for social work education and helping more people access the advice, protection and practical support they need.
Jayne Cresswell and Jayne Hulbert, Directors of The Sweet Project: “The Sweet Project was delighted to receive blended investment from Resonance. This investment will enable our organisation to develop further university partnerships across the country, increase our staff team and enable us to continue our service delivery across the whole of South Birmingham whilst moving to more affordable premises. The Investment will help strengthen our business model moving forward by bringing in further business development support. As a Community Interest Company, we have found that over the years, funding has become increasingly difficult so this investment will also enable us to put further plans and ideas into action. On behalf of our organisation, we would like to say a huge thank you to Resonance.”
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