The City Bridge Trust - Registered Charity 1035628

Grants


Recent Grants

Grants approved in February 2009

Reference Organisation and website Purpose of grant
WORKING WITH LONDONERS
ACCESSIBLE LONDON
9395 Theatre Peckham
www.theatrepeckham.co.uk
£5,000 for an access audit and related costings/architectural fees.
9386 Twickenham United Reformed Church
www.twickenhamurc.org.uk
£850 towards an access audit.
IMPROVING LONDONERS' MENTAL HEALTH
9296 Waterloo Community Counselling £102,000 over three years (£33,000; £34,000; £35,000) towards the project management salary and free-lance fees of the Multi-Ethnic Counselling Service, focusing on trauma for refugees and asylum seekers.
IMPROVING SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE
9110 Asian Carers Support Group £10,000 for a further year towards increasing therapies sessions for older carers and running costs, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,400 (4 days equivalent support).
9107 Enfield Bangladesh Welfare Association £17,700 over two years (£8,850; £8,850) to meet the salary and on costs of a part time project worker (10 hrs p.w) to continue and develop weekly activities for older people, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,100 (6 days equivalent support).
9112 Kilburn Older Voices Exchange (KOVE) £20,000 over two years (£10,000; £10,000) towards the salary of a part time co-ordinator (21 hrs p.w), together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
9113 Lambeth Asian Centre
www.multikulti.org.uk/agencies/english/
london/24301/index.html
£18,550 (£12,300; £6,250) towards continuing and developing weekly activities for older people of Asian origin, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,100 (6 days equivalent support).
9115 West Euston Time Bank
www.westeustontimebank.org.uk
£20,000 over two years (£10,000; £10,000) towards the salary of a part time development worker (17.5 hours p.w) to develop the capacity and sustainability of the time bank services for older people, together with capacity building support to the value £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
LONDON'S ENVIRONMENT
9327 Camden and Westminster Refugee Training Partnership £24,400 over 18 months towards the continuation of an environmental education project benefiting refugees and asylum seekers in Camden and Westminster.
POSITIVE TRANSITIONS TO INDEPENDENT LIVING
9310 Advocacy Project - Camden & Westminster Citizen Advocacy
www.advocacyproject.org.uk
£120,000 (3 x £40,000) towards the salary and associated running costs of an advocacy service supporting adults with learning disabilities in Camden, Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea in increasing their independence.
9336 Spitalfields Music
www.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk
£22,180 for an arts project for young people with learning difficulties, to support their transition from full time education to work.
9123 Sutton Mencap
www.suttonmencap.org.uk
£41,420 over two years (£20,250; £21,170) towards the costs of the post of an adult and youth services manager.
STRENGTHENING THE THIRD SECTOR
9317 Life Education Centres
www.lifeeducation.org.uk
£21,500 to provide an evaluation protocol and template to help Life Education Centres' member groups to deliver health and drug education work in London.
9362 Voluntary Action Camden
www.vac.org.uk
£100,000 over two years (2 x £50,000) as a final contribution towards the salary and associated running costs of an ICT project targeting small third sector organisations in Camden.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND PARENTS TACKLING VIOLENCE
9239 London Centre for Personal Safety
www.londoncentreforpersonalsafety.org
£50,000 over two years (£24,000; £26,000) for the costs of providing personal safety and self-defence training for 280 young women in London.
9237 Open Door Young People's Consultation Service
www.opendooronline.org
£110,000 over three years (£37,000; £36,000; £37,000) towards the therapist salary costs and some running costs of an early-intervention project for young people and their parents.
9275 Solace Women's Aid
www.solacewomensaid.org
£100,000 over a final two years (£49,000; £51,000) for the costs of a children and young people's service manager.
EXCEPTIONAL GRANT
9360 Ethical Property Foundation
www.ethicalproperty.org.uk
£60,000 over two years (2 x £30,000) as a final contribution to the salary and associated running costs of the London property advice manager.
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED ON 19 FEBRUARY 2009: £843,600