The City Bridge Trust - Registered Charity 1035628

Grants


Recent Grants

Grants approved in May 2007

Reference Organisation and website Purpose of grant
MAIN GRANTS
ACCESS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
7864 Mind in Croydon Ltd.
www.mindincroydon.org.uk
£122,000 over three years (£42,000; £40,000; £40,000) for the salary of a full-time Community Engagement Worker and some recruitment and running costs for a project supporting people with mental health needs to access mainstream arts and leisure services.
LONDON'S ENVIRONMENT
7940 Hackney City Farm
www.hackneycityfarm.co.uk
£106,000 over three years (£40,500; £35,000; £30,500) for the salary of the Director and for development of the Farm as an Environmental Improvement Centre and Social Enterprise.
7928 Prince's Trust
www.princes-trust.org.uk
£80,000 over 3 years (£32,000, £28,000, £20,000) to support young people in improving London's environment.
7851 Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
www.rspb.co.uk
£105,000 over three years (3 x £35,000) towards an environmental education programme based around Rainham Marshes.
7939 Together in Waddon Community Project £20,000 for the running costs of a year-long programme of activities and events to encourage the local community to recycle and reduce waste.
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
7850 Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) Ltd
www.ace-ed.org.uk
£40,000 (£20,000, £20,000) to provide education advice to London parents for children facing educational crisis.
7992 Brandon Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy for Young People
www.brandon-centre.org.uk
£90,000 over three years (3 x £30,000) towards the salary of a psychotherapist supporting young people at risk.
7913 Tommy's, the baby charity
www.tommys.org
£10,000 towards the costs of a programme trialling methods of advice provision to teenage mothers-to-be.
7866 Victim Support Bromley £52,000 over three years (£16,850; £17,300, £17,850) towards the salary and running costs of a Young People's Worker, to enable support for young victims and to promote crime awareness among young people.
7916 Victim Support Lambeth £90,000 over three years (£35,000; £30,000; £25,000) towards the employment of a Children and Young People's Worker.
OLDER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
7927 Age Concern Southwark
www.ageconcernsouthwark.org.uk
£10,600 towards the costs of providing transport and activities for older people at the North Southwark Healthy Ageing Centre for one year.
7917 Camden Cypriot Women's Organisation www.ccwo.org.uk £90,000 (3 x £30,000) towards the development and co-ordination of projects for Cypriot elders.
7930 Carers of Barking and Dagenham
www.carerscentre.org.uk/
£84,000 over three years (£27,250; £28,000; £28,750) towards a programme of activities for older people and their carers.
7929 Highgate Newtown Community Centre
www.hncc.freeuk.com
£78,250 over two years (£37,750; £40,500) for a programme to improve health and fitness among older people, the second year to include an external evaluation.
7752 Maya Centre
www.mayacentre.org.uk
£37,500 (£7,500; £15,000; £15,000) towards the salary and other costs of a counselling service for older women who have experienced violence or other trauma.
7793 Tower Hamlets Community Transport www.thct.org.uk £80,000 over two years towards the costs of the Access Bus project.
7902 Vietnamese Community Association in South West London
www.vietcomlondon.co.uk
£13,800 for a final year's contribution to the salary and costs of a part-time Elderly Project Worker.
STRENGTHENING THE VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY SECTOR
7914 Charity Bank Limited
www.charitybank.org
£100,000 (£50,000, £50,000) towards salary costs of a Lending Advisor to support London charities and social enterprises acquire skills necessary for non-grant funding in London.
8028 City Centre for Charity Effectiveness Trust Ltd
www.centreforcharityeffectiveness.org
£120,000 over three years (3 x £40,000) towards a programme of capacity building support designed to strengthen organisations funded by The City Bridge Trust and make them more sustainable.
7717 Council for Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations
www.cemvo.org.uk
£118,000 (£53,000, £40,000, £25,000) towards the costs of outreach work developing the capacity of black and minority ethnic groups in London.
MAIN GRANTS TOTAL: £1,447,150
SMALL GRANTS: IMPROVING SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE
7784 Association for Veterans of Foreign Wars
www.avfw.org.uk
£20,000 over two years to meet the costs of roof repairs and for the salary of a part time administrator (15 hrs), together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
7800 Balham Milap Group £10,600 over two years (£5,150; £5,450) towards hire of premises, general running costs and outings, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,400 (4 days equivalent support).
7794 Club Terza ETA £16,000 over two years (£8,000; £8,000) towards running costs and developing services, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent).
7785 Richmond Users Independent Living Scheme (RUILS)
www.ruils.co.uk
£20,000 over two years (£10,000; £10,000) towards developing services for older people, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
7798 TimeLine £20,000 over two years (£10,000; £10,000) towards core running costs and for developing work with older people, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
SMALL GRANTS TOTAL: £86,600
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED IN MAY 2007: £1,533,750