The City Bridge Trust - Registered Charity 1035628

Grants


Recent Grants

Grants approved in September 2006

Reference Organisation and website Purpose of grant
MAIN GRANTS
ACCESS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
7310 AbilityNet
www.abilitynet.co.uk
£130,000 over two years (£70,000; £60,000) towards the establishment of a network of 33 centres for remotely assessing the information communication and technology needs of disabled people across London.
7327 Action Space London Events www.actionspace.org £81,000 over three years (£26,000; £27,000; £28,000) for the salary costs of a Project Manager.
7474 Bexley Heritage Trust
www.hallplace.com
£91,750 toward full disabled access at Hall Place (£86,750) and developing a marketing strategy and materials (£5,000).
7478 Clapham Arts Association/Studio Voltaire Ltd
www.studiovoltaire.org
£4,600 towards a nine-week programme of artist-led workshops benefiting young people with learning disabilities in Lambeth.
7404 Daffodil Advocacy Project £80,250 over three years (£26,000; £26,750; £27,500) towards costs of developing advocacy services for adults with a learning disability.
7480 Huddleston Centre in Hackney £38,200 over one year as a third and final year's contribution to the Director's salary.
7427 John Grooms
www.johngrooms.org.uk/
£96,000 over three years (£35,000; £30,000; £31,000) towards the salary and associated running costs of an Activities Co-ordinator to develop a programme of leisure activities for disabled people.
7541 London Ethnic Minorities Deaf Association £50,000 towards the salary of a Development Manager, together with running costs for the organisation and consultation and capacity building support to help maintain its future sustainability.
7462 Merton Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Group
www.msctg.org.uk
£25,900 as a third and final year's contribution towards the salary of a Project Manager supporting people affected by Sickle Cell Anaemia and Thalassaemia disorder and their families.
7403 Stubbers Adventure Centre
www.stubbers.co.uk
£3,400 for an access audit.
7416 Vocaleyes
www.vocaleyes.co.uk
£17,400 as a third and final year's contribution towards work increasing access to London theatre for visually impaired people.
LONDON'S ENVIRONMENT
7368 Carbon Disclosure Project
www.cdproject.net
£132,000 over three years (£47,000; £48,000; £37,000) for the salary of a London Investors & Companies Manager and the London-related project costs of a project aimed at reducing "greenhouse gas" emissions.
7184 Conservation Foundation
www.conservationfoundation.co.uk/
£63,000 (£24,000, £24,000, £15,000) for costs of a programme of works promoting environmental activity amongst London faith groups.
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
7386 Hackney Schools Mentoring Programme www.hsmp.org.uk £56,200 over two years (£27,700; £28,500) for the salary of a Programme Co-ordinator.
7248 Ideas Foundation
www.ideasfoundation.org.uk
£39,000 towards the costs of a project for young fathers through film, radio and music production in five London boroughs.
7505 International Social Service of the United Kingdom
www.issuk.org.uk
£120,000 over three years (3 x £40,000) for the salary of a Project Manager and some running costs for work engaging with 20 local authorities in London to provide more appropriate services for young people in crisis.
7351 Lambeth Mediation Service £24,000 over two years (2 x £12,000) towards the costs of a young people's peer mediation scheme in Lambeth.
7371 PAN Centre for Intercultural Arts
www.pan-arts.net
£50,000 over two years (2 x £25,000) towards a programme of workshops enabling young people to explore identity and culture.
7187 Tacade
www.tacade.com
£136,000 over 3 years (£52,000, £62,000, £22,000) towards the costs of a pilot project tackling homophobia in schools.
OLDER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
7408 Age Concern Waltham Forest
www.ageconcernwf.org.uk/v2/
£108,000 over three years (£35,000; £36,000; £37,000) towards a programme of IT training for older people in Waltham Forest.
7334 Bromley by Bow Centre
www.bbbc.org.uk
£105,000 over three years (3 x £35,000) for the salary and tutor costs of an older people's programme combating isolation, poor health and poverty.
7383 East London Somali Youth & Welfare Centre £45,000 over three years (3 x £15,000) for the salary of a part-time (14 hrs) Co-ordinator and some running costs of a project enabling Somali elders living in sheltered accommodation to access computers.
7332 London Tamil Sangam
www.ltsuk.org
£18,000 over two years (2 x £9,000) for the salary of a part-time Elders Support Worker and some running costs of an activities programme for older people.
7358 Maxitech.biz Ltd
www.maxitech.biz
£75,000 over three years (3 x £25,000) for the salary costs of a full-time Project & Training Co-ordinator and some marketing costs for the Computers for Older People Project.
7433 St. Peter's Community and Advice Centre
www.stpetersadvice.org
£61,000 over three years (£20,000; £20,200; £20,800) towards the costs of a post running services for older people.
7428 Toynbee Hall Older People £90,000 over three years (3 x £30,000) towards the provision of services for older people in Tower Hamlets.
STRENGTHENING THE VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY SECTOR
7406 Barnet Play Association £69,500 over three years (£22,700; £23,200; £23,600) towards the salary and associated running costs of a part-time Advice and Information worker to support organisations in Barnet concerned with children's play, subject to the receipt of signed audited accounts for 2005/6.
7364 Eaves Housing For Women
www.eaves4women.co.uk
£117,000 over 3 years (£35,000, £40,500, £41,500) towards the costs of the Lilith project, strengthening and supporting smaller organisations working in the field of sexual violence.
7238 Federation of Voluntary Sector Care Providers £16,200 for the costs of a project to develop a model of contracting for domiciliary care with the voluntary sector in Lambeth and Lewisham.
7405 Greater London Volunteering
www.glv.org.uk
£73,750 over two years (£36,350; £37,400) towards the salary of the Director.
7470 Housing Justice
www.housingjustice.org.uk
£32,000 as a third and final year's contribution to a project supporting small church-based groups working with homeless people.
EXCEPTIONAL GRANTS
7502 London Civic Forum www.londoncivicforum.org.uk £140,000 over three years (£50,000; £45,000; £45,000) towards a project ensuring the full involvement of the voluntary and community sector in the planning and delivery of London 2012.
MAIN GRANTS TOTAL: £2,270,750
SMALL GRANTS: IMPROVING SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE
7339 Active Women
www.activewomen.org.uk
£12,000 over two years (2 x £6,000) towards the salary of a part-time worker and associated costs to develop services for older people along with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
7347 AM Arts
www.amarts.co.uk
£18,000 over two years (2 x £9,000) towards the cost of delivering a programme of African arts therapy in four day centres in Southwark, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,470 (7 days equivalent support).
7373 Camden Canals & Narrowboat Association (CCNA)
www.camden-canals.demon.co.uk
£20,000 towards the cost of repairs to a historic community narrowboat 'Tarporley', together with capacity building support to the value of £1,400 (4 days equivalent support).
7343 Isle of Dogs Bangladeshi Association & Cultural Centre £14,000 over two years (2 x £7,000) towards the salaries and running costs of a Bangladeshi Pensioners Club, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,100 (6 days equivalent support).
7361 Oke-Osisi Afrika Org
www.ealingnetwork.org.uk/e-web
£10,000 over two years (2 x £5,000) towards running costs of an older people's luncheon club, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
7278 Organisation for the Advancement of African Women
£7,500 over two years (£3,500; £4,000) towards running costs of monthly forums aimed at older women to improve lifestyles together with capacity building support to the value of £2,100 (6 days equivalent support).
SMALL GRANTS TOTAL: £81,500
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER 2006: £2,270,750