The City Bridge Trust - Registered Charity 1035628

Grants


Recent Grants

Grants approved in May 2006

Reference Organisation and website Purpose of grant
MAIN GRANTS
ACCESS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
7226 Hall of St Francis of Assisi, Petts Wood £49,800 towards access improvements to the church hall of St. Francis of Assisi.
7119 Island House Community Centre
www.island-house.org
£51,800 towards access related works to community centre in the Isle of Dogs.
7267 The Jewish Museum London www.jewishmuseum.org.uk £5,000 towards the costs of an independent access audit for the Jewish Museum.
7138 Kith & Kids
www.kithandkids.org.uk
£18,100 towards a third year's support for the 2:1 project.
7181 Oasis North London
www.onl.org.uk
£56,000 over three years (£17,500, £18,500 and £20,000) towards salary and running costs for outreach project targeting groups not currently accessing HIV/AIDS services in North London.
7178 Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability
www.rhn.org.uk
£20,000 towards an accessible minibus to enable patients to be transported to external venues and social and recreational activities.
7168 Royal Institution of Great Britain
www.ri.ac.uk
£100,000 towards the cost of providing an accessible lift.
7024 Topolski Memoir Ltd
www.felikstopolski.com
£200,000 towards the cost of disability access to the Topolski Memoir.
7203 Wandsworth Community Transport www.wandsworthcommunitytransport.org.uk £43,400 towards an accessible minibus with capacity for up to three wheelchairs.
LONDON'S ENVIRONMENT
7186 Butterfly Conservation
www.butterfly-conservation.org
£17,400 over three years (£5,800; £5,900; £5,700) towards the London area costs of the National Moth Recording Scheme.
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
7183 Camp Simcha
www.campsimcha.org.uk
£42,000 over three years (£14,000 x3) towards salary costs to support Jewish families with children with life threatening illnesses.
7162 CHASE Children's Hospice Service www.chasecare.org.uk £61,250 over two years (£30,625 x 2) to meet salary costs of a community children's nurse to support families with children with life-limiting conditions in South West London.
7171 Hammersmith & Fulham Carers' Centre www.bubblycrew.org.uk £60,000 over three years (3 x £20,000) for the salary and support costs of a part-time Administrator for the Young Carers project plus a contribution to the non-residential holiday activities programme.
7205 Home-Start Barnet £75,000 over three years (3 x £25,000) for the salary and associated costs of a Co-ordinator post.
7123 Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers £20,000 over two years (£8,500; £11,500) towards the salary costs of a Day Centre Worker and some rent and volunteer costs of a project supporting asylum-seeking families in Peckham.
OLDER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
7191 Age Concern Hillingdon www.ageconcernhillingdon.org.uk £102,500 over three years (£34,500; £33,500; £34,500) towards the development and expansion of Age Concern Hillingdon's advice and information service.
7087 Crossroads Greenwich & Lewisham Ltd £68,300 over 3 years (£22,800; £22,400; £23,100) to establish a weekend café service for frail older people and their carers.
7120 Elders Voice £75,000 over three years (3x £25,000) towards the salary and associated costs of a Development Manager for a Healthy Living Programme.
7209 Irish in Greenwich
www.irishingreenwich.com
£11,000 over one year for the salaries of two Elders Outreach Workers to provide services to elderly people for an additional one day per week.
7170 Latin American Golden Years Day Centre £64,500 over three years (£25,800 £25,500; £13,200) towards salary costs of delivering day centre activities and outreach services for Latin American elderly people in South London.
7126 Photoworks Westminister £24,000 over two years (£9,600; £14,400) towards photography courses for older people in West and North West London.
7195 Pineapple Luncheon Club £50,150 over three years (£17,250; £16,450; £16,450) towards salaries to co-ordinate activities for African Caribbean elders in LB Bromley.
STRENGTHENING THE VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY SECTOR
7116 King's Cross Community Development Trust www.kings-cross.org.uk £120,000 over three years (3 x £40,000) towards the salary and associated running costs of a small groups worker to build the capacity of small groups in the King's Cross area.
7100 Refugee Council
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
£90,000 over three years (3 x £30,000) towards salary costs to support refugee community organisations in London to raise sustainable funding.
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
7281 Charities Evaluation Services
www.ces-vol.org.uk
£25,000 towards the London element of a research project to review the extent to which the voluntary and community sector, funders, and policy makers have benefited from the evaluation field over the last fifteen years and how effectively evaluations are being used by the sector.
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED IN MAY 2006 £1,450,200