The City Bridge Trust - Registered Charity 1035628

Grants


Recent Grants

Grants approved in June 2007

Reference Organisation and website Purpose of grant
MAIN GRANTS
ACCESS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
8031 Aperfield Women's Institute Hall £20,000 towards disabled access to the Aperfield Community Hall.
7967 Central London Arts Limited as The Drill Hall
www.drillhall.co.uk
£80,000 towards the cost of a new lift installation at the Drill Hall.
8002 Chigwell and District Physically Disabled Support Group £15,000 over two years (2 x £7,500) towards a befriending scheme for physically disabled people.
7795 Crossness Engines Trust £50,000 towards disabled access at Crossness Pumping Station.
8024 Globe Town Community Association £90,000 (£12,000 for fees; £78,000 for construction costs) towards the cost of providing disabled access to Eastbourne House.
7868 National Theatre
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
£50,000 towards disabled access to The Studio.
7982 Pursuing Independent Paths (PIP)
www.piponline.co.uk
£86,500 over three years (£28,000; £29,000; £29,500) towards the full-time salary and running costs of a travel training project for adults with learning disabilities.
7957 Ruislip Northwood Old Folks Association £35,300 towards the costs of an accessible minibus.
LONDON'S ENVIRONMENT
8189 Bat Conservation Trust
www.bats.org.uk
£105,000 over 3 years (3 x £35,000) towards the costs of the London "Count Bat Project".
7995 SolarAid
www.solar-aid.org
£16,750 towards an educational programme for Londoners about the link between climate change and poverty.
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
7858 Black Women's Health & Family Project £81,500 over three years (£28,500; £26,000; £27,000) towards salary costs equivalent to 3 days per week and materials for an education project to reduce female genital mutilation.
7997 Home-Start Hillingdon £60,000 over three years (£19,500; £20,000; £20,500) towards 50% of the salary and associated running costs of a co-ordinator supporting families experiencing crisis as a result of mental health issues.
8010 Prison Advice and Care Trust
www.imprisonment.org.uk
£155,000 (£53,000; £49,000; £53,000) towards the salary and associated costs of a post supporting grandparents and older people caring for prisoners' children in London.
8000 Victim Support Southwark
www.vssouthwark.org.uk
£120,000 over 3 years (£39,000; £40,000' £41,000) for the salary and associated costs of a service for young people in abusive relationships.
7911 Victim Support Wandsworth
www.vswandsworth.org.uk
£10,000 as a third and final contribution towards the running costs of a project supporting young people as victims of crime, conditional upon receipt of a satisfactory monitoring report for year two of the existing grant.
8071 West London YMCA
www.westlondonymca.org
£30,000 as a third and final year's contribution towards the salary and associated running costs of a victim support worker supporting young victims of crime in the Hayes area of the LB Hillingdon.
OLDER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
8008 Age Concern Islington £98,000 over three years (£30,000; £34,000; £34,000) towards the salary and running costs of the "Pathway to Participation" project supporting very isolated older people to take a fuller part in their community.
7907 Age Exchange Theatre Trust
www.age-exchange.org.uk
£40,900 towards the cost of reminiscence projects in residential care settings for one year.
7920 Asian Health Agency
www.taha.org.uk
£23,600 towards the costs of an accessible minibus.
8121 The Building Exploratory
www.buildingexploratory.org.uk
£65,500 over three years (£20,000; £20,500; £25,000) for work with older people both in the community and in residential care settings.
8016 Newham Carers' Network
www.renewalprogramme.org.uk
£143,000 over three years (£49,000; £46,000; £48,000) for the salary of a part-time Older Asian Carers Worker and running costs for activities and events for the benefit of Asian carers aged 60+.
STRENGTHENING THE VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY SECTOR
7985 Action for Advocacy
www.actionforadvocacy.org.uk
£66,000 over 18 months (£43,000 in year one; £23,000 in year two) for the salary and running costs of a project enabling London advocacy groups to demonstrate their quality and impact.
8161 Advocacy Resource Exchange
www.advocacyresource.net
£71,000 over two years (£35,000; £36,000) towards the salary (28 hours per week) and associated running costs of the 'Supported Voices' project helping black and minority ethnic organisations develop advocacy services in London.
8018 Hackney Training & Employment Network (HTEN)
www.hten.org
£70,000 over two years (2 x £35,000) to develop quality standards for voluntary sector training and employment organisations in Hackney and Tower Hamlets.
7971 Hillingdon Association of Voluntary Services (HAVS)
www.havs.org.uk
£80,000 over two years (2 x £40,000) towards the salary and associated running costs of a Training and Quality Co-ordinator delivering a training and quality assurance programme for voluntary and community organisations in Hillingdon.
7999 Migrant Organisations Development Agency
www.moda.org.uk
£105,000 over three years (3 x £35,000) for the salary of a full-time Outreach Development Worker and some support costs for a project supporting and strengthening migrant and minority ethnic groups.
MAIN GRANTS TOTAL: £1,766,250
SMALL GRANTS: IMPROVING SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE
7806 Bangladesh Welfare Association in Middlesex £10,800 for one year towards the salary and on costs of project worker to develop services for older people and new signage (£800), together with capacity building support to the value of £2,450 (7 days equivalent support).
7855 Bexley Borough Pensioners Forum £6,000 over two years (£3,000; £3,000) towards the development costs of the forum including social events, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
7801 Eritrean Elders Welfare Association (EEWA) £14,020 over two years (£6,930; £7,090) towards core running costs including the salary of a part time co-ordinator 1 day a week, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
7820 Over - 50 Bangladeshi Society £9,600 over two years (£4,800; £4,800) towards the running costs of a weekly lunch for Bangladeshi older people, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
7903 St. Paul's Lunch Club £6,350 over two years (£3,350; £3,000) towards the running costs of a weekly lunch club and to purchase new high backed chairs and kitchen utensils in year one, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,100 (6 days equivalent support).
SMALL GRANTS TOTAL: £46,770
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED IN JUNE 2007: £1,813,020