The City Bridge Trust - Registered Charity 1035628

Grants


Recent Grants

Grants approved on 25 November 2008

Reference Organisation and website Purpose of grant
WORKING WITH LONDONERS
ACCESSIBLE LONDON
8967 St George's Church, Southall £47,000 towards the cost of providing fully accessible toilet and kitchen facilities.
BRIDGING COMMUNITIES
8881 Baytree Centre
www.baytreecentre.co.uk
£105,000 over three years (3 x £35,000) towards the salary and teaching resource costs of providing entry 1 and entry 2 level ESOL classes.
9319 Ealing Mediation Service
www.ealingmediation.org.uk
£32,775 over two years (£13,275; £19,500) towards the development of young people in school by teaching conflict resolution (mediation) skills enabling them to establish a successful peer mediation scheme in school.
8968 GHARWEG Advice, Training and Careers
www.gharweg.org
£58,000 over two years (£28,500; £29,500) towards the salary and associated running costs of ESOL classes targeting those not currently accessing existing provision.
9072 Tutu Foundation UK
www.tutufoundationuk.org
£150,000 over three years (3 x £50,000) towards a community based mediation programme in east London.
IMPROVING LONDONERS' MENTAL HEALTH
9085 Post-Adoption Centre
www.postadoptioncentre.org.uk
£50,000 over three years (£16,000, £17,000, £17,000) towards the costs of a child and family services co-ordinator providing therapeutic, post-adoption support to London families.
IMPROVING SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE
8943 Ealing Homes Elders Forum - Wiser Heads £4,920 over two years (£2,520; £2,400) towards the development costs of the Forum including social activities and purchasing computer equipment (£500) in year 1, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,100 (6 days equivalent support).
8892 Myanmar/Burma Relief & Welfare Association (MBRWA)
www.myanmar-burmarelief.org.uk
£10,000 for one year towards the salary of a part-time project development officer (28 hours p.w) and running costs, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
8863 Satkar Health Pensioners Club £8,200 over 2 years (£4,350; £3,850) towards weekly activities for older people, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,400 (4 days equivalent support).
9031 West and North West London Vietnamese Association
www.wlvc.org.uk
£18,720 over two years (£9,360; £9,360) to meet the salary costs of a part-time project co-ordinator to continue and develop activities for older people of Chinese and Vietnamese origin, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,100 (6 days equivalent support).
LONDON'S ENVIRONMENT
9103 Trees for Cities
www.treesforcities.org
£105,000 over three years (3 x £35,000) towards 'Green Cohesive London' - a programme of community environmental activities and education.
OLDER LONDONERS
9134 Newham Music Trust
www.newham-music.org.uk
£93,850 over three years (£33,000; £31,600; £29,250) towards a project providing music therapy for people with Alzheimer's or dementia
POSITIVE TRANSITIONS TO INDEPENDENT LIVING
9138 Children with AIDS Charity (CWAC)
www.cwac.org
£66,000 over three years (£21,000; £22,000; £23,000) towards the salary costs of the education co-ordinator to provide a range of support services to children living with HIV and AIDS and their families.
9081 Disablement Association Hillingdon
www.dash.org.uk
£122,000 over three years (£42,000; £41,000; £39,000) towards the full-time salary and associated running costs of a transitions officer supporting young people with a range of disabilities make the transition into adulthood.
9075 Independent Living Alternatives
www.ilanet.co.uk
£45,500 over three years (£19,500; £13,500; £12,500) towards the establishment of an on-line training resource for disabled people employing personal assistants, on condition that the required balance of funds can be raised from other sources.
9094 Maggies Centres
www.maggiescentres.org
£100,000 over three years (£45,000; £30,000; £25,000) towards the salary and associated running costs of a cancer support specialist and welfare benefits advisor supporting cancer patients and their carers in west London.
9144 Prisoners Advice Service
www.prisonersadvice.org.uk
£60,000 over three years (£20,000, £20,000, £20,000) towards the salary costs of a caseworker assisting London prisoners resettle into the community in London.
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
9256 The City Bridge Trust
www.citybridgetrust.org.uk
£50,000 to commission an intergenerational education project designed to involve the participation of charities in the Lord Mayor's Show 2009.
STRENGTHENING THE THIRD DECTOR
9136 Greater London Volunteering
www.glv.org.uk
£153,500 (£49,750; £51,150; £52,600) for the salary of the director, one day per week of administrative support, and contribution to costs of travel, conferences and training and development.
9093 Haringey Association of Voluntary and Community Organisations (HAVCO)
www.havcoharingey.org.uk
£90,000 over two years (2 x £45,000) towards the continuation of its strategic communications and partnerships work.
9015 Volunteer Centre Westminster
www.volunteer.co.uk
£149,000 over three years (£49,000; £49,000; £51,000) towards the salary and associated running costs of a full-time volunteer engagement and best practice manager.
EXCEPTIONAL GRANTS
9142 First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal Volunteer Corps)
www.fany.org.uk
£84,000 over three years (3×£28,000) for the salary of an administrator.
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED ON 25 NOVEMBER 2008: £1,569,840