Celebrating the 2025 Morecambe Bay Wills Community Fund Winners
At Morecambe Bay Wills & Estates, we’ve always believed that business should be about more than legal services — it should be about people, place, and giving back to the communities we’re proud to serve.
That’s why 2025 marked the launch of the very first Morecambe Bay Wills Community Fund — a £7,500 fund created to recognise and support the small, grassroots organisations that make a big difference every day.
Through the fund, we’ve awarded 30 donations of £250 each to community groups, charities, schools and social projects across North Lancashire, South Cumbria and North Wales.
Supporting Local Lives and Local Causes
The response to our call for nominations was overwhelming. We heard from groups tackling loneliness, improving wellbeing, supporting families, protecting wildlife, and creating opportunities for children and young people.
Over one week in October, we announced the winners region by region — joined by local partners and friends who kindly helped us draw the names.
North Lancashire Winners
Our first round of winners shone a light on the fantastic work being done in and around Morecambe and Lancaster:
• The Clubhouse Morecambe (Mencap) – helping replace their much-loved bingo machine, keeping members connected and entertained.
• St John’s Hospice – supporting families and patients through specialist palliative care.
• The Laura West Memorial Fund for Cardiac Risk in the Young – funding life-saving heart screening days for 14–35-year-olds across the Bay area.
• The Friendship Centre, Lancaster – helping launch a new ukulele group for older members.
• Four Seasons Allotments, Heysham – creating a safer, more accessible entrance for gardeners and families.
• The Shadow Gallery Tattoo Studio, Morecambe – supporting a new community mural project to bring colour and creativity to the town.
Our next Lancashire draw continued the celebration:
• Wyre Juniors Football Club, Preesall – supporting over 200 children across 17 teams during their 50th anniversary year.
• Friends of Lapwing Fields Green Space, Slyne – preserving local green space and heritage for future generations.
• Heysham Community Pre-School – helping fund day-to-day running costs and resources.
• Adullam – offering friendship, skills and support for people facing isolation or mental-health challenges.
• Poulton Gala Committee – helping deliver a safe, family-friendly Bonfire Night event.
• Footsteps – enhancing outdoor play facilities for children aged 5–11.
And our final Lancashire day saw even more brilliant community groups recognised:
• Westgate Cricket Club – buying junior helmets to keep young players safe as they progress to hardball cricket.
• Ready Aim Succeed Coaching (Aimee Heaton) – providing a free trauma-informed workshop for women facing financial hardship.
• The Growing Club, Lancaster – offering free places for women to attend confidence-building and wellbeing programmes.
• Morecambe Youth Darts – supporting 14 young players with new equipment and coaching opportunities.
• Animal Care, Lancaster, Morecambe & District – funding creative materials for children’s nature workshops.
• Ludus Dance – enabling dance and creative workshops for children aged 2–14, including outreach in schools.
South Cumbria Winners
Drawn at Castle Green Hotel in Kendal, these groups are each making a difference in their local areas:
• Space2Create – supporting mental health and wellbeing through creative, community art sessions.
• Kentmere Community Choir – helping their growing group of singers buy music resources and rehearsal equipment.
• Kentmere Rag Rug Group – keeping traditional Cumbrian craft alive through local workshops.
• Age UK North Cumbria – funding social activities and gentle exercise classes for older residents.
• HP Activities – promoting the growth of girls’ football through funding for venues, coaches and equipment.
• St Martin & St Mary C of E Primary School Gardening Club – helping pupils grow fruit and vegetables for their school kitchen and summer fair.
North Wales Winners
The final draw, hosted by Cerys from North Wales Wills alongside Tracey Toulmin of Bryn Woodlands House, rounded off the week with six more wonderful organisations:
• Dave’s Defibs – raising funds to install defibrillators in remote areas across the country.
• Conwy Mind – supporting young people’s mental health across Conwy.
• Llysfaen Community & Recreational Association – refurbishing an accessible community facility for all to enjoy.
• Ysgol Y Plas Community Garden – funding a new oven for school cooking and family workshops.
• Rhos Methodist Playgroup – replacing outdoor play equipment for their not-for-profit early years group.
• Friends of Llanellian – supporting activities and supplies for local children, strengthening community spirit.
Community at the Heart of What We Do
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The Morecambe Bay Wills Community Fund 2025 was created as our way of saying thank you — to the people and organisations who work tirelessly to make our communities more connected, creative, and compassionate.
To everyone who applied, nominated, and supported the fund — and to all 30 Morecambe Bay Wills Community Fund winners doing extraordinary things with modest means — thank you.
Your work reminds us why community matters, and we’re proud to support you.
– The Team at Morecambe Bay Wills & Estates