The City Bridge Trust - Registered Charity 1035628

Grants


Recent Grants

Grants approved on 2 November 2006

Reference Organisation and website Purpose of grant
MAIN GRANTS
ACCESS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
7540 Circus Space
www.thecircusspace.co.uk
£50,000 towards the cost of works to ensure full disabled access, within a programme of building refurbishment.
7660 Community Transport Barnet £70,000 over two years (£36,000; £34,000) towards the cost of a full-time business development officer.
7507 Council For Music in Hospitals
www.music-in-hospitals.org.uk
£30,650 over three years (£10,200; £10,200; £10,250) towards live music concerts at establishments/projects working with disabled people across London.
7510 Mind in Enfield
www.mind-in-enfield.org.uk
£70,000 (2 x £35,000) towards the continuation of a project, through a full-time post, providing opportunities for young people with mental health problems.
7437 St Mary Islington Church (SMI)
www.stmaryislington.org
£70,000 towards the installation of a lift as part of the development of the Church crypt for wider community access and use.
7494 West Hampstead Womens Centre (WHWC)
www.whwc.co.uk
£65,700 towards access improvements at West Hampstead Women's Centre's new premises in Kilburn library.
7481 Women & Health
www.women-and-health.org
£45,000 over 3 years (£14,500; £15,000; £15,500) towards the salary and associated running costs of an arts and health project supporting women with learning disabilities in Camden.
LONDON'S ENVIRONMENT
7530 Commonside Community Development Trust
www.commonside.net/
£30,000 as a third and final year's contribution towards the salary and associated running costs of a Sustainable Development and Environment Officer.
7514 London Wildlife Trust
www.wildlondon.org.uk
£66,000 over two years (£37,000; £29,000) towards the salary and associated costs of a part-time Co-ordinator (three days a week) of the London Environmental Educational Forum.
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
7509 Connection at St. Martins
www.connection-at-stmartins.org.uk
£23,750 for a second year of a project supporting young homeless people who are subject of behaviour orders.
7554 Synergy Theatre Project £23,000 over two further and final years (£11,000; £12,000) for the costs of a prisoner-led crime prevention project for young people.
7419 Women In Prison
www.womeninprison.org.uk
£90,000 (£40,000, £30,000, £20,000) towards the salary costs of 2 workers re-uniting London women prisoners with their children.
OLDER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
7472 Arthritis Care
www.arthritiscare.org.uk
£30,000 over three years (3 x £10,000) towards a London project supporting volunteers to provide elderly people with arthritis with information on managing their condition.
7529 Integrated Neurological Services
www.ins.org.uk
£90,000 over three years (£30,000 x 3) towards the costs of employing a social worker to support older people with neurological conditions in Richmond and neighbouring areas.
7434 Island Neighbourhood Project
www.inp.org
£50,000 over three years (£16,200; £16,600; £17,200) for the salary costs of a part-time (21 hrs) Project Worker, the costs of a Sessional Worker and some running costs of a project delivering social and creative activities to elderly people in sheltered housing.
7496 Latin American Women's Rights Service (LAWRS)
www.lawrs.org.uk
£85,000 over 3 years (£33,000; £34,000; £18,000) towards the salary and running costs of a homelessness and housing project supporting Latin American older people.
STRENGTHENING THE VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY SECTOR
7430 Acton Community Forum
www.acton.net.org
£55,000 over three years (£20,500; £17,000; £17,500) for the costs of providing "hotdesk" office facilities for small voluntary organisations.
7553 Hackney Voluntary Action
www.hackneyvoluntaryaction.org
£80,000 (2 x £40,000) towards the costs of a full-time volunteer centre manager.
MAIN GRANTS TOTAL: £1,019,100
SMALL GRANTS: IMPROVING SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE
7452 Turkish Elder's Club £13,600 over two years (£6,800;£6,800) towards running costs of a weekly Turkish Elders Club, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
7467 Wapping Bangladesh Association £19,400 (£9,800; £9,600) over two years towards the salaries and running costs of a Bangladeshi Elders Project, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 ( 5 days equivalent support).
SMALL GRANTS TOTAL: £33,000
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED IN NOVEMBER 2006: £1,052,100