The City Bridge Trust - Registered Charity 1035628

Grants


Recent Grants

Grants Approved in May 2008

Reference Organisation And Website Purpose of Grant
MAIN GRANTS
ACCESS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
8693 British Polio Fellowship
www.britishpolio.org.uk
£32,000 for the salary and on-costs of the London Outreach Polio co-ordinator, for a third and final year.
8565 Cardinal Heenan Centre ("CHC") £50,000 towards the installation of a lift and associated capital works.
8628 Caxton House Community Centre £5,000 towards the cost of commissioning an independent access audit.
8631 Disability Hackney
£56,000 over two years (2 x £28,000) for the salary costs of a project supporting parents of children with special educational needs in Hackney.
8755 Greenwich Citizen Advocacy Project
www.gcap.org.uk
£28,200 towards a third and final year of a project supporting parents who have a learning difficulty.
8507 Kew Engines Trust and Water Supply Museum Ltd
www.kbsm.org
£88,000 towards disability access.
8645 Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
www.muscular-dystrophy.org
£90,000 over two years (2 x £45,000) for the salary of a Volunteer co-ordinator and running costs to develop an Expert Patient Network for London.
8625 Royal Mencap
www.mencap.org.uk
£160,000 (£70,000, £60,000, £30,000) over three years towards the costs of an advocacy service supporting parents with learning disabilities understand and cope with child protection issues in East London.
8594 Scope
www.scope.org.uk
£102,000 over three years (£33,000; £34,000; £35,000) for the salary costs of a full-time London Regional Worker within the Scope Response information, support and advice service.
LONDON'S ENVIRONMENT
8644 Deen City Farm
www.deencityfarm.co.uk
£52,860 over two years (£26,260; £26,600) towards the salary and equipment costs of the Growing Gardens project.
8772 Groundwork London
www.groundwork-sel.org.uk
£180,000 over three years (3 x £60,000) towards two full-time posts (one in Southwark / Lambeth; one in south-east London) plus associated costs, working with local community groups to improve their local environment.
8636 London Community Recycling Network
www.lcrn.org.uk
£75,000 over two years (2 x £37,500) to continue LCRN's core development support for re-use and recycling projects across London.
8667 Open House
www.openhouse.org.uk
£79,000 over three years (£33,000; £34,000; £12,000) towards the costs of 'My City Too'.
8566 WWT London Wetland Centre
www.wwt.org.uk
£120,000 over three years (3 x £40,000) towards a programme of education and awareness raising amongst non-traditional audiences.
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
8348 Children Our Ultimate Investment UK (COUI UK)
www.teensandtoddlers.org.uk
£105,000 over 3 years (3 x £35,000) towards delivering teenage pregnancy prevention programmes in 2 London boroughs and enabling them to become sustainable in the future.
8769 London Community Cricket Association
www.thelcca.org.uk
£88,500 over three years (3 x £29,500) towards a sports and lifeskills coaching programme encouraging young people to adopt healthier and safer lifestyles.
8681 Muslim Youth Helpline
www.myh.org.uk
£79,000 over three years (£26,000; £26,000; £27,000) towards the salary and on-costs of a full-time Helpline Volunteer and Training co-ordinator.
8536 Newham Action Against Domestic Violence
www.naadv.org.uk
£36,000 over two years (£18,200; £17,800) towards the salary and associated running costs of a Domestic Violence Youth Support Worker.
8542 Respond
www.respond.org.uk
£103,280 over three years (£32,760; £34,400; £36,120) for the salary of a manager (0.8 FTE) for a service for young people with learning disabilities affected by domestic violence.
8579 Shelter
www.shelter.org.uk
£144,000 (£48,000, £48,000, £48,000) over three years for the salary and running costs of a Shelter's London children's service in London.
8583 Victim Support Kingston £95,500 over three years (£32,500; £31,000; £32,000) towards the employment of a Children's Worker to support children in the 5-11 year age group affected by domestic violence.
OLDER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
8508 Advocacy First
www.advocacyfirst.com
£60,000 over two years (2 x £30,000) for the salary of a part-time (30hrs) Community Care Advocate plus running costs.
8679 Age Concern Tower Hamlets
www.acth.org.uk
£90,000 over three years (£29,000; £30,000; £31,000) towards promotion of volunteering to support Age Concern's activities for older people in Tower Hamlets.
8533 Clapham Arts Association/Studio Voltaire Ltd
www.studiovoltaire.org
£20,000 towards a culturally specific karaoke and film project with the elders of Stockwell.
8571 Merton MIND £120,000 over three years (3 x £40,000) towards the salary and related running costs of a therapeutic project supporting older people with functional mental ill health.
8550 Somali Elderly and Disabled Centre £58,600 over 3 years (£19,000; £19,500; £20,100) towards the part-time salary (17.5 hours) and associated running costs and activities of a Project Officer providing a programme of social, cultural and educational activities for Somali elders in Camden.
8761 St Luke's Hospice Harrow and Brent
www.stlukes-hospice.org
£120,000 over three years (£50,000; £40,000; £30,000) towards the establishment of a hospice at home service benefiting older people in Brent and Harrow.
STRENGTHENING THE VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY SECTOR
8464 Community Action Network (CAN)
www.can-online.org.uk
£60,000 for the revenue costs of establishing a new "Mezzanine" model of shared office space for the Voluntary & Community Sector in London.
8676 Funding Network
www.thefundingnetwork.org.uk
£60,000 over 3 years (£20,000; £20,000; £20,000) towards the salary costs of an Executive Director to promote social change and philanthropy in London.
8668 Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme £70,000 over three years (£15,900; £21,600; £32,500) towards the support and development of community sports organisations across Greater London.
8763 Voluntary Action Camden
www.vac.org.uk
£50,000 (£44,000 salary and associated running costs + £6,000 for software) as a third year's contribution towards an ICT project targeting small third sector organisations in Camden.
MAIN GRANTS TOTAL: £2,479,940
SMALL GRANTS: IMPROVING SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE
8718 Basaira Elderly Centre £18,360 over two years (£11,930; £6,430) towards the salary of a part time co-ordinator and running costs to develop an older people's programme, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,100 (6 days equivalent).
8719 Hillingdon Branch, Cruse £20,000 over two years (£15,000; £5,000) towards the salary of a part time administrator and running costs of a bereavement service, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,100 (6 days equivalent).
8732 In - Deep Community Task Force
£6,600 over two years (£3,300; £3,300) to meet the costs of monthly complementary therapy sessions, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent).
8728 New Citizens Voice
www.newcitizensvoice.com
£20,000 over two years (£10,000; £10,000) towards the salary of a part time director's post and associated costs to increase participation of older people in community engagement and active citizenship programmes, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,100 (6 days equivalent).
8734 Southwark Bereavement Care
www.southwarkbereavement.org.uk
£18,420 over two years (£9,075; £9,345) for the salary and running costs of a bereavement counselling service for older people, together with capacity building support of £1,400 (4 days equivalent).
SMALL GRANTS TOTAL: £83,380
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED IN MAY 2008: £2,563,320