The City Bridge Trust - Registered Charity 1035628

Grants


Recent Grants

Grants approved in September 2007

Reference Organisation And Website Purpose Of Grant
MAIN GRANTS
ACCESS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
8173 Asian People's Disabilities Alliance
www.apda.org.uk
£85,000 over three years (£32,000; £28,000; £25,000) towards the salary and associated running costs of a dance and photography project for Asian disabled people.
7972 Askew Road Church (Methodist/United Reformed) £50,000 towards access improvements to the general community rooms of the church complex.
8152 Bexley and Bromley Citizen Advocacy
www.bbadvocacy.org
£88,600 over 3 years (£29,500; £29,100; £30,000) towards an advocacy service supporting learning disabled parents in Bexley and Bromley.
8340 Child Poverty Action Group
www.cpag.org.uk
£8,000 towards the costs of investigating the impact on families with disabled members of recent changes in social welfare policy and practice.
8182 Children's Discovery Centre, East London (DISCOVER)
www.discover.org.uk
£34,000 over two years (2 x £17,000) for the costs of providing a programme of arts and creative activities for disabled children.
8196 Cricklewood Homeless Concern
www.chc.org.uk
£80,000 towards the cost of providing disabled access to the new Community Resource Centre.
8110 Dormers Wells Trust Ltd
www.dwncc.co.uk
A grant of £5,000 towards an access audit and other access advice regarding Dormers Wells Nursery and Community Centre.
8107 Hackney Community Transport £86,400 towards the establishment of a community transport service in LB Haringey, comprising the purchase of two vehicles (£64,000) and 6-months business development (£22,400).
8184 Lambeth Mind
www.lambethmind.org.uk
£13,000 for a third and final year's contribution to the co-ordinator's salary.
8191 The Log Cabin
www.logcabin.org.uk
£60,000 over three years (£20,000; £20,000; £20,000) towards the staff and running costs of the holiday playscheme.
8151 Merton Community Transport £60,000 towards the purchase of two fully accessible 16-seater minibuses, compliant with all current regulations.
8165 Parents for Inclusion
www.parentsforinclusion.org
£48,000 as a further two years (£26,000; £22,000) support towards the salary and associated running costs of an accredited training programme for parents of disabled children in several boroughs across London.
8124 Pembroke House (Pembroke College Mission)
www.pembrokehouse.org.uk
£80,000 towards the cost of disabled access provision at Pembroke House.
8183 Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon
www.sacredheartwimbledon.org.uk
£46,000 towards the cost of an accessible toilet and associated building works.
8211 South London Gallery
www.southlondongallery.org
£100,000 towards the cost of disabled access facilities in the new extension to the South London Gallery.
8174 Working Families
www.parentsatwork.org.uk
£30,000 over one year towards the production of a publication that will help parents of disabled children prepare for entering employment and training.
LONDON'S ENVIRONMENT
8167 Hammersmith & Fulham Urban Studies Centre
www.hfusc.org.uk
£25,000 for the development and provision of environmental education resources for children and young people in schools and community organisations.
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
8199 The Daneford Trust
www.danefordtrust.org
£5,000 for a third and final contribution to the salary of a full time post to develop and increase volunteering of young people in London.
8355 End Child Poverty
www.endchildpoverty.org.uk
£96,000 (£45,000, £51,000) towards the salary costs of a development officer working with key London agencies in strategies to help eradicate child poverty.
8327 From Boyhood to Manhood Foundation (FBMF)
www.callingtheshots.org.uk
£125,000 (£39,000, £42,000, £44,000) towards the salary and running costs of 'Calling the Shots', an anti-gun/knife project for young people in London.
8341 Hestia Housing & Support
www.hestia.org
£45,000 over one year towards the salary and associated running costs of a support service for children affected by domestic violence.
8053 Red Balloon Learner Centre NW London www.redballoonlearner.cambs.sch.uk £60,000 over three years (3 x £20,000) for the costs of providing therapy to children and families at the NW London Red Balloon Learner Centre.
8330 Sheila McKechnie Foundatio
www.sheilamckechnie.org.uk
£94,000, (£30,000, £31,000, £33,000) towards the costs of work enabling young people to engage positively in their communities in London.
OLDER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
8198 Age Concern Merton £93,350 over three years (£30,500; £31,100; £31,750) to maintain and assist with the expansion of an information and advice service for older people.
8179 Bede House Association £65,000 over three years (£15,000; £25,000; £25,000) towards the salary and running costs of 'Inside Outside', a handyperson service for isolated older people provided by volunteers with learning disabilities.
8072 Bonny Downs Community Association
www.bonnydowns.org
£70,000 (2 x £35,000) towards an advocacy service for older people living in LB Newham.
8144 Chinese Community Centre
www.ccc.org.uk
£90,000 over three years (3 x £30,000) for the salary of a full-time health improvement officer and associated running costs.
8294 Disabled Living Foundation
www.dlf.org.uk
£58,000 (£30,000, £28,000) towards the salary costs of a worker developing a pilot telephone service on self-assessment for assistive aids for older people in London.
8190 Dulwich Picture Gallery
www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk
£48,875 for a final year's funding for work with older and disabled people at Dulwich Picture Gallery.
8082 Ladder to the Moon
www.laddertothemoon.co.uk
£54,000 over two years (£26,500; £27,500) towards interactive theatre for elderly residents in mental health care in south-west London.
8175 South Norwood and Woodside Community Association £15,000 towards an accessible minibus.
8210 St Paul's Arts Trust
www.space.org.uk
£9,600 for the costs of using community theatre to provide a reminiscence project for older people.
STRENGTHENING THE VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY SECTOR
8252 Aston-Mansfield
www.aston-mansfield.org.uk
£25,000 for a third and final year's contribution towards the community development officer's salary.
8141 Brent Refugee Forum
www.brentrefugeeforum.org.uk
£75,000 over three years (3 x £25,000) towards a capacity building programme to help sustain refugee community organisations in Brent.
8131 Croydon Neighbourhood Care Association (CNCA)
www.cnca.org.uk
£96,000 over three years (£33,000; £31,000; £32,000) for the salary of a part-time (30hrs) assistant development manager and associated costs.
8349 London Civic Forum
www.londoncivicforum.org.uk
£77,000 over a final two years (£38,000; £39,000) for the continued funding of a policy participation officer and some running costs for a project to enable the voluntary and community sector to participate in regional policy development.
EXCEPTIONAL GRANTS
8222 Royal National Lifeboat Institution
www.rnli.org.uk
£60,000 towards the training costs over one year of London lifeboat crews on the three Thames lifeboat stations within Greater London.
8242 Young Foundation
www.youngfoundation.org
£60,000 over two years (£30,000; £30,000) towards a major piece of mapping research on Britain's changing social needs designed to inform the directions and decisions of major charitable foundations and government departments.
MAIN GRANTS TOTAL: £2,220,825
SMALL GRANTS: IMPROVING SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE
8123 Howbury Friends £18,200 over two years (£9,200; £9,000) to run an arts class and social activities for older people twice a week, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,100 (6 days equivalent support).
8216 Kensington & Chelsea Forum for Older Residents £19,835 over two years (£9,700; £10,135,) towards the salary of a part-time worker (10hrs per week) and associated costs including producing a regular newsletter, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,100 (6 days equivalent support).
8078 Navjivan Vadil Kendra
www.navnat.com
£11,000 over two years (£5,000; £6,000) towards running costs of weekly activities, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent).
8212 Redbridge Disabled Womens Association £10,100 over two years (£5,050; £5,050) to employ two outreach workers (5 hours per week) and associated costs, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
8204 Shorndene Women's Club £1,000 over two years (£500; £500) to meet transport costs for two day trips, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,050 (3 days equivalent support).
8135 Stockwell Good Neighbours £20,000 over two years (£10,000; £10,000) for the salary of a part time co-ordinator (7 hours p.w) and towards running costs, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,450 (7 days equivalent support).
SMALL GRANTS TOTAL: £80,135
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER 2007: £2,300,960