The City Bridge Trust - Registered Charity 1035628

Grants


Recent Grants

Grants Approved In October 2009

Reference Organisation and website Purpose of grant
WORKING WITH LONDONERS
ACCESSIBLE LONDON
9597 Centre 70 £70,000 for the capital and associated fees to improve access to the Centre 70 premises.
9595 Face Front Inclusive Theatre Ltd
www.facefront.org
£90,000 over three years (3 x £30,000) towards the costs of a new executive director post.
9591 Parochial Church Council of St James' Church, Merton
www.stjames-merton.org.uk
£50,000 towards improving access and facilities for community use of the church hall.
9612 Parochial Church Council of St Mary, Stoke Newington
www.stmaryn16.org
£50,000 towards the access works within the refurbishment of the Old Church.
BRIDGING COMMUNITIES
9602 Praxis Community Projects
www.praxis.org.uk
£25,000 towards developing a 'language gym' for the teaching of ESOL.
9518 WORLDwrite
www.worldwrite.org.uk
£50,000 over two years (2 x £25,000) towards the salary and running costs of the WORLDbytes project.
IMPROVING LONDONERS' MENTAL HEALTH
9607 Broadway Homelessness and Support
www.broadwaylondon.org
£130,000 over three years (£43,000; £43,000; £44,000) for the salary and support costs of a full-time mental health project worker.
9603 Providence Row Charity
www.providencerow.org.uk/
£49,000 over 3 years (£9,000, £20,000, £20,000) towards the costs of a post of complex needs worker to support homeless people and rough sleepers with mental health needs.
9584 The Kosh
www.thekosh.com
£24,760 for a film project of testimonies enabling young people bereaved by suicide to share their experiences and advocate for change.
OLDER LONDONERS
9537 Age UK
www.helptheaged.org.uk
£186,000 (£62,000, £62,000, £62,000) over 3 years towards the salary costs of a project influencing policy and practice development in London care homes aimed at improving the quality of life of vulnerable older residents in London.
9480 Croydon Darby & Joan Club
www.darbyjoan.org
£45,000 over three years (3 x £15,0000) towards the salary and associated running costs of the manager and assistant manager of the centre.
9619 Tamil Welfare Association (Newham) UK
www.twan.org.uk
£22,500 over three years (£7,250; £7,500; £7,750) towards weekly befriending and lunch club activities for older members of the Tamil community in east London.
9581 The Third Age Project
www.thirdageproject.org.uk
£90,750 over three years (3 x £30,250) to employ a full-time manager to deliver a continuing programme of healthy living activities and support for older people.
POSITIVE TRANSITIONS TO INDEPENDENT LIVING
9633 MENCAP Bromley
www.bromleymencap.org
£60,000 over three years (£20,000; £20,000 £20,000) towards running costs of a supported employment project for people with autism.
9596 St Joseph's Pastoral Centre
www.stjoseph.org.uk
£30,000 over three years (3 x £10,000) towards a programme of healthy living activities for people with learning difficulties.
STRENGTHENING THE THIRD SECTOR
9568 Federation of London Youth Clubs (London Youth)
www.londonyouth.org.uk
£135,000 over three years (3x £45,000) towards the salary and general organisational costs of training volunteer youth workers across London.
9592 Volunteer Centre Merton
www.volunteercentremerton.org.uk
£175,000 over two years (£95,000; £80,000) towards the salary and associated running costs of a good practice project in six volunteer centres in south London.
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED ON 8 OCTOBER 2009: £1,283,010