The City Bridge Trust - Registered Charity 1035628

Grants


Recent Grants

Grants approved in February 2007

Reference Organisation and website Purpose of grant
MAIN GRANTS
ACCESS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
7708 Deaf Access
www.deaf-access.co.uk
£76,000 over three years (£28,000; £24,000; £24,000) towards a part time post (3.5/3/3 days per week) and associated running costs, assisting families where one or more members is deaf or hard of hearing.
7575 Heart 'n Soul
www.heartnsoul.co.uk
£90,000 (£30,000; £30,000; £30,000) to develop accessible arts events for learning disabled young people and adults in London.
7599 Kings Cross - Brunswick Neighbourhood Association £100,000 towards building works to provide disabled access to Marchmont community centre in LB Camden, conditional upon production of SORP compliant audited accounts for 2006-07 and any subsequent year(s) in which the grant is to be spent.
7602 MENCAP Harrow £55,500 over three years (£18,000; £18,500; £19,000) towards a project supporting carers of adults with learning difficulties.
7676 Mousetrap Foundation
www.mousetrap.org.uk
£45,000 over three years (3 x £15,000) towards the costs of a programme enabling blind and visually-impaired young Londoners enjoy visits to West End theatres. Any grant must not be used towards the costs of subsidising commercial ticket sales.
7611 Norwood
www.norwood.org.uk
£60,000 over 3 years (£25,000, £20,000, £15,000) towards the running costs of a service for adults with learning disabilities in North West and East London.
LONDON'S ENVIRONMENT
7604 The Green Corridor
www.greencorridor.org.uk
£99,000 over three years (£32,000; £33,000; £34,000) towards the "Tree Buddy" environmental education programme in west London.
7590 Oxford House in Bethnal Green
www.oxfordhouse.org.uk
£53,000 over two years (£28,000; £25,000) towards the salary costs of a full-time manager for a bike recycling social enterprise.
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
7621 Latin American Women's Aid £76,000 over three years (£25,500; £25,000; £25,500) towards the salary and associated running costs of a part-time Children's Support Worker to work with children affected by domestic violence.
7650 London Youth
www.londonyouth.org.uk
£75,000 for a third year's continued support to fund the Volunteer Co-ordinator of the Activenture project and the Volunteer Training Co-ordinator of the Youth Action Scheme, plus associated running costs.
7673 Off The Record
www.richmondyouth.org.uk
£30,000 over three years (3 x £10,000) towards a counselling project supporting young people at risk, on condition that signed audited accounts for Richmond Youth Partnership for 2005/06 are provided.
7644 Samaritans, London Branch
www.samaritans.org
£148,000 (£48,000; £49,000; £51,000) towards the salary costs of an Outreach and Communications Officer and a contribution towards costs of SMS text messaging.
7558 Three Faiths Forum
www.threefaithsforum.org.uk
£60,000 (2 x £30,000) towards a multi-faith education programme in London-based schools, colleges and universities, to improve understanding and respect between communities of young people.
7625 YWCA Vineries Young Women's Project
www.ywca-gb.org.uk
£109,500 over three years (£35,000; £36,500; £38,000) towards a project working with young women encouraging responsible attitudes to relationships and sexual health.
OLDER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
7680 Age Concern Richmond Upon Thames
www.ageconcernrichmond.org.uk
£90,000 over three years (3 x £30,000) towards the costs of a handyperson scheme assisting older people living in LB Richmond-upon-Thames
7568 Drug and Alcohol Service for London £108,000 over three years (3 x £36,000) for the salary of an Older People & Alcohol Worker (full-time) and some running costs to support older people in Greenwich and Bexley.
7588 Enfield Mental Health Carers
www.enfieldmentalhealthcarers.co.uk
£54,500 over three years (£19,000; £17,500; £18,000) for the salary of a part-time (21hrs) Elderly Carers Outreach Worker and associated running costs.
7545 Hanover Housing Association-Charitable Trust £81,500 over three years (£26,200; £27,800; £27,500) towards a loft clearance project for older people in Merton to facilitate the provision of loft insulation and energy efficiency measures.
7576 Limehouse Project
www.limehouseproject.org.uk
£19,000 for one year's salary support of a part-time (21 hrs p. week) BME Elders Advice & Support Worker and some running costs to provide advice and information to older people.
7606 Live Music Now! (London)
www.livemusicnow.org
£60,000 over 3 years (£20,000: £20,000; £20,000) to support live musical performances for older people.
7830 Prostate Cancer Charity
www.prostate-cancer.org.uk
£87,000 over three years (3 x £29,000) for the salary of a part-time (19hrs per week) Community Involvement Manager and some running costs for the "Older & Wiser Programme" to raise awareness of prostate cancer amongst men aged 60+ from BME communities in six London boroughs.
STRENGTHENING THE VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY SECTOR
7546 Consortium of Bengali Associations
www.cba-uk.org.uk
£64,200 over two years (£32,200; £32,000) to build the capacity of Bengali women's groups in London, the second year's grant being subject to the receipt of SORP compliant accounts for March 2007.
7592 Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Centre
www.hfvc.org.uk
£120,000 over three years (3 x £40,000) towards the salary and associated running costs of a project providing employment advice to voluntary and community organisations in the boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham and Brent.
7646 Hammersmith and Fulham Refugee Forum
www.hfrf.org
£86,500 over three years (£27,500; £28,500; £30,500) towards salaries and related running costs of a capacity building project for refugee community organisations in Hammersmith & Fulham, on condition that a satisfactory cost-centred budget for 2007/08 is provided.
7745 Redbridge Racial Equality Council
www.redbridgerec.org.uk
£30,000 towards a third and final year's support for the BME community groups network..
7743 Volunteer Centre Kensington & Chelsea
www.voluntarywork.org.uk
£86,000 over three years (£26,500; £28,500; £31,000) towards the salary and associated running costs of a project training volunteer involving organisations to improve their volunteering good practice.
7670 Volunteer Centre Lewisham
www.volunteeringlewisham.org.uk
£82,000 (2 x £41,000) for two further and final years towards the salary of a full-time Access Project Worker plus some Administrative support and some running costs of a project enabling excluded communities to engage in volunteering.
MAIN GRANTS TOTAL: £2,161,850
SMALL GRANTS: IMPROVING SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE
7512 Barawa Community Association (BCA) £16,780 over two years (£6,810; £9,970) towards the salary and of a part time support worker and associated costs to develop services for Barawan older people, along with capacity building of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
7525 British Keralites Association £17,900 over two years (£8,950; £8,950) towards the salaries and associated costs to develop services for vulnerable older people within the Keralite community, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
7555 Muslim Elders Group £10,000 over two years (£5,000; £5,000) towards running costs of weekly activities aimed at Muslim older women to improve lifestyles together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
7551 Parkside Stroke Club £10,000 over two years (£5,000; £5,000) towards the costs of accessible transport, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
7586 Wellspring Wisdom Group £10,000 over two years (£5,000; £5,000) towards running costs of weekly club activities, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
SMALL GRANTS TOTAL: £64,680
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY 2007: £2,226,530