The City Bridge Trust - Registered Charity 1035628

Grants


Recent Grants

Grants approved on 1 November 2007

Reference Organisation and website Purpose of grant
MAIN GRANTS
ACCESS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
8255 Cockpit Arts
www.cockpitarts.com
£37,350 for access improvement works at the Deptford Studios.
8359 Hounslow Community Transport £30,000 as a third and final year's contribution towards the director's salary.
8272 Milkwood Residents' Association £3,950 for the costs of an access audit for St. John's Parish Hall, and for a training session in disability awareness.
8244 Richmond Advice and Information on Disability (RAID)
www.richmondaid.org.uk
£60,000 over two years (£31,000; £29,000) to continue and develop an outreach service for families with a disabled member.
LONDON'S ENVIRONMENT
8337 Froglife Trust
www.froglife.org
£98,600 over three years (£26,900; £36,000; £35,700) towards a project promoting the creation, good maintenance and overall care of standing water habitats within London's environment.
8346 London 21 Sustainability Network
www.london21.org
£65,000 over two further years (£40,000; £25,000) towards the core support and development costs of London Sustainability Weeks.
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
8311 Alone in London
www.als.org.uk
£72,000 over three years (3 x £24,000) towards the salary and related costs of a family mediation and schools work manager post.
8338 Harrow Association of Disabled People
www.had.org.uk
£105,000 (3 x £35,000) towards a project breaking down the cultural barriers between young deaf and hearing people.
8325 Shepherds Bush Families Project £90,000 over three years (3 x £30,000) towards the salary costs for 28 hours per week of the children and young people's service co-ordinator.
OLDER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
8246 Al-Manaar, the Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre
www.mchc.org.uk
£20,000 (£10,000; £10,000) towards the costs of a project promoting physical and mental well-being for older people in Kensington and Chelsea.
8238 Bangladesh Welfare Association Croydon
www.bwac.org.uk
£25,000 over two years (£12,200; £12,500; plus £300 towards financial training in the first year) to provide outreach help for ethnic elders.
8291 Family Friends (Voluntary Development Project) £22,000 towards an older people's IT project, involving young people as volunteer trainers.
8235 London Somali Community Alliance (LSCA) £25,000 over three years (£8,250; £8,250; £8,500) towards the salary costs of a part time worker (21 hrs per week) and associated costs of an elders advocacy project.
STRENGTHENING THE VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY SECTOR
8281 Black Training and Enterprise Group
www.bteg.co.uk
£150,000 over three years (3 x £50,000) towards a capacity building programme for Black and Minority Ethnic community organisations in London.
8344 London Voluntary Sector Training Consortium
www.lvstc.org.uk
£144,000 over three years (3 x £48,000) for 50% of the salary and associated costs of the small groups economic inclusion project.
8310 NOVA new opportunities
www.novanew.org.uk
£24,000 over three years (3 x £8,000) for the costs of providing IT training courses to small community organisations.
EXCEPTIONAL GRANTS
8342 The Food Chain
www.foodchain.org.uk
£70,000 (£35,000, £35,000) towards the costs of a service manager, managing the effective and efficient food running of the Food Chain across London.
MAIN GRANTS TOTAL: £1,053,300
SMALL GRANTS: IMPROVING SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE
8334 Exmouth Residents Board
www.exmouth.web4residents.co.uk
£10,300 over two years (£6,000; £4,300) towards establishing a resident's lunch provision two days a week for older members, together with capacity building support of £2,100 (6 days equivalent support).
8356 Greater London Pensioners Association £15,000 over two years (£7,500; £7,500) to meet office rental costs and towards core running costs, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,450 (7 days equivalent).
8321 Indian Cultural Society Drop In Day Centre £20,000 over two years (£10,000; £10,000) towards salary and running costs of an older people's day centre, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,450 (7 days equivalent support).
SMALL GRANTS TOTAL: £45,300
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED ON 1 NOVEMBER 2007: £1,098,600