The City Bridge Trust - Registered Charity 1035628

Grants


Recent Grants

Grants approved in July 2007

Reference Organisation and website Purpose of grant
MAIN GRANTS
ACCESS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
8127 Bexley Accessible Transport Scheme (BATS)
www.bexleyct.co.uk
£25,000 for a fourth year's support of a core post (Assistant Coordinator) within the organisation.
8231 Disability Advice Service Lambeth £86,500 over two years (£42,750; £43,750) towards the full-time salary and associated running costs of an Advice Service Manager of an advice service for disabled people.
8081 Elfrida Society
www.elfrida.com
£90,000 over two further and final years (2 x £45,000) for a project developing support services for parents with learning difficulties.
7960 Freightliners City Farm
www.freightlinersfarm.org.uk
£73,000 over three years (£24,500; £24,000, £24,500) for the salary of a full-time Recreation Access Project Co-ordinator and associated running costs of a project to support disabled people's participation. The grant in the first year includes an element for Disability Awareness training for the Farm's staff and volunteers.
LONDON'S ENVIRONMENT
8177 Campaign to Protect Rural England (London)
www.cprelondon.org.uk
£35,000 for a third and final year of a project encouraging good environmental practice in the development of the Thames Gateway.
7987 Croydon Appliance Reuse Centre (Croydon Arc)
www.arc-croydon.org.uk
£87,950 over three years (£49,400; £25,450; £13,100) towards the salaries of the General Manager and the Administrative Assistant.
8060 Environment Trust for Richmond Upon Thames
www.environmenttrust.co.uk
£91,500 over three years (£34,500; £28,000; £29,000) towards the development costs of Twickenham River Centre.
8066 Global Action Plan UK
www.globalactionplan.org.uk
£105,000 over three years (£40,000; £40,000; £25,000) to develop and expand the EcoTeams process to encourage London's communities to adopt more sustainable ways of living.
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
8105 Box Clever Theatre Company
www.boxclevertheatre.com
£20,000 towards the costs of an anti-bullying theatre production within primary schools in three London boroughs.
8006 National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT)
www.nyt.org.uk
£35,000 towards the Tower Hamlets element of "Identity 1000", a community project exploring identity, culture and heritage.
8046 Newham Asian Women's Project
www.nawp.org
£61,500 over three years (£20,000; £20,500; £21,000) towards the full-time salary and associated running costs of a Child Support Worker.
8039 Refug
www.refuge.org.uk
£123,000 over three years (£39,000; £41,000; £43,000) for the costs of a psychologist working with children and families affected by domestic violence.
OLDER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
8049 Advocacy for Older People in Greenwich
www.afop.org.uk
£21,000 for a third and final year's support for an advocacy service for older people in Greenwich.
8061 Age Concern Enfield
www.ageconcernenfield.org.uk
£112,500 over three years (3 x £37,500) towards a programme of health related activities for older people across the London Borough of Enfield.
8079 Age Concern Lewisham
www.ageconcernlewisham.org.uk
£20,000 for a third and final year towards the salary and associated costs of co-ordinating volunteering.
8065 Bankside Open Spaces Trust (BOST)
www.bost.org.uk
£33,000 towards the costs of an older people's reminiscence and gardening project
8080 Barking & Dagenham Crossroads £50,000 over two years (2x £25,000) to pilot "Homeshare" in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
8063 Bosnia - Herzegovina Community Advice Centre Brent
www.bhcacb.org.uk
£79,000 over three years (£24,500; £28,300; £26,200) towards the salary and associated running costs of a part-time worker supporting older refugees principally from the Bosnia-Herzegovina community.
8068 Brent Carers Centre £75,000 over three years (3 x £25,000) towards the part-time salary (21 hours) and associated running costs of a post supporting older carers who are moving on from their caring role.
8034 British Film Institute (BFI)
www.bfi.org.uk
£75,000 over three years (£30,000; £25,000; £20,000) towards a project designed to increase older people's participation in the BFI's activities.
8044 Hampton & Hampton Hill Voluntary Care Group
www.greenwoodcentre.co.uk
£49,500 over three years (£16,500; £16,500; £16,500) towards the costs of the Neighbourhood Care project.
8208 Holy Mission
www.holymission.org.uk
£20,000 for a third and final year's support of the part-time salary of an Administrator and some running costs to work exclusively with older people.
8064 Inspire at St Peter's Ltd
www.in-spire.org.uk
£80,000 over three years (£32,300; £32,700; £15,000) to develop programme for elderly people, including IT classes and reminiscence group.
7955 Iraqi Association
www.iraqiassociation.org
£24,000 over two years (£11,800; £12,200) towards the part-time salary (18.5 hours) and associated running costs of an Elderly Worker supporting older people from the Iraqi community in London.
8021 Kurdish Association £83,000 over 18 months (£55,000; £28,000) towards the salary and other related costs of a project supporting older people from the Kurdish community.
8007 London Mozart Players
www.lmp.org
£24,000 (3 x £8,000) towards a programme of live musical concerts for older people living in residential care and other settings.
8037 Redbridge Panjabi Sabhiacharik Sabha £4,000 over one year for the costs of providing transport and some volunteer help to enable older people to access activities.
8062 Roma Support Group
www.romasupportgroup.org.uk
£78,000 over three years (£26,000; £27,000;£25,000) for the salary of a part-time (18hrs) Advice Worker and running costs for a project providing advice and information to excluded Roma people aged 60+.
8045 Vitalise
www.vitalise.org.uk
£93,000 over three years (3 x £31,000) for the costs of providing Londoners aged 60+ with access to volunteering opportunities as well as support for older carers.
STRENGTHENING THE VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY SECTOR
8022 Brent Association for Voluntary Action
www.brava.org.uk
£135,000 over three years (3 x £45,000) towards the full-time salary and associated running costs of a Small Groups Development Worker supporting small community groups in the London Borough of Brent.
8069 Hackney Voluntary Action
www.hackneyvoluntaryaction.org.uk
£110,000 over two years (2 x £55,000) for the salaries of a part-time Co-ordinator for the East London Network and a full-time Circuit Rider for Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham and the City, together with associated costs, to provide ICT support and development to voluntary and community sector organisations.
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
8136 Lea Rivers Trust
www.leariverstrust.co.uk
£45,000 towards a third and final year of a programme of environmental education based at the Mile End Park Ecology Pavilion, subject to the receipt of a satisfactory report on the second year's work.
  Miscellaneous £10,300 for miscellaneous consultancy and events.
MAIN GRANTS TOTAL: £2,053,250
SMALL GRANTS: IMPROVING SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE
7956 Capital Age Festival (CAF)
www.capitalagefestival.org.uk
£20,000 over two years (£7,400; £12,600) towards programming costs of the Capital Age Festival 2007 & 2008, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
8095 Ealing No. 1 Old Age Pensioners Club £5,500 over two years (£2,500; £3,000) towards weekly club activities for older people, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,400 (4 days equivalent support).
7966 Lee Fair Share £15,700 over two years (£7,500; £8,200) to employ a time broker 12 hours a week (self employed) and associated costs specifically targeting older people, together with capacity building to the value of £2,450 (7 days equivalent support).
7965 Southwark Cyprus Turkish Association £13,840 over two years (£6,800; £7,040) to meet transport costs, a driver for 48 weeks per annum and towards admin costs, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,450 (7 days equivalent support).
7945 Sutton Seniors Forum £20,000 over two years (£10,000; £10,000) for the salary of a part time administrator (13hrs p.w) and towards running costs, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
7994 Time of our Lives Community Music Theatre Ltd
www.toolmusictheatre.co.uk
£15,000 for one year towards community theatre performances for older people in the Greater London area for older people, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
SMALL GRANTS TOTAL: £90,040
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED IN JULY 2007: £2,143,290