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Grants Approved In February 2012

Reference Organisation and Website Purpose of Grant
WORKING WITH LONDONERS
ACCESSIBLE LONDON
10904 Active Horizons
www.activehorizons.org.uk
£24,800 over two years (£12,900 and £11,900) towards the costs of an accessible sports project with disabled black and minority ethnic young people in Bexley.
10944 Children's Discovery Centre, East London (DISCOVER)
www.discover.org.uk
£24,000 for a third and final year towards the staffing and running costs of the Saturday Arts Club.
10959 Diamond Centre for Disabled Riders
www.diamondcentre.org.uk
£80,290 over three years (£26,200; £26,770; £27,320) to meet the salary costs a full time centre administrator.
10898 Earls Court Youth Club
£30,000 over two years (2 x £15,000) towards the staffing and transport costs of providing activities for disabled young people.
10951 Interactive
www.interactive.uk.net
£120,000 over three years (£35,000; £40,000; £45,000) towards the costs of a full time Relationship Manager plus on costs.
10897 South London Special League
www.sl-sl.co.uk
£66,000 over three years (3 x £22,000) towards the salary and associated costs of a p/t (20hpw) Programme Manager.
BRIDGING COMMUNITIES
10907 Afghanistan and Central Asian Association
www.afghanistan-central-asian.org.uk
£33,300 over three years (£10,350; £10,050; £12,900) for provision of Level 1 ESOL classes to Afghan and Central Asian refugees.
10799 I-Serve
www.iserve.org.uk
£56,000 over two years (£28,000 x 2) towards the costs of a part-time Project Coordinator (10 hours per week) and costs of a leadership development project with young people from a range of different black and minority ethnic communities.
11016 JAN Trust
www.jantrust.org.uk
£25,000 towards a third year's support for ESOL classes.
10915 Learn English at Home
www.leah.org.uk
£132,000 over three years (£43,000; £44,000; £45,000) towards a part time Volunteer Coordinator (four days per week) and part time Director (one day per week) with associated running/overhead costs.
10930 Migrant Voice
www.migrantvoice.org
£40,000 over two years (2 x £20,000) towards the salary of a part-time Co-ordinator and associated running costs of the London Migrant Voices for Change project.
IMPROVING LONDONERS’ MENTAL HEALTH
10980 Raw Material Music and Media
www.raw-material.org
£38,000 over two years (£21,300; £16,700) towards provision of music and media opportunities for clients experiencing early onset of severe mental health problems.
OLDER LONDONERS
11007 Advocacy for Older People in Greenwich
www.afop.org.uk
£29,000 for a third year's support for a dementia advocacy project.
10975 Indian Cultural Society Drop In Day Centre
£10,000 for a third and final year towards the salary and running costs of an older people's day centre.
10949 Music for People
www.musicforpeople.org.uk
£10,000 for a third and final year towards developing and expanding a programme of interactive music performance with older and disabled people.
POSITIVE TRANSITIONS TO INDEPENDENT LIVING
10931 Auditory Verbal UK
www.avuk.org
£30,000 towards salary and running costs, but excluding the bursary scheme, of a specialist service for deaf children in London.
STRENGTHENING THE THIRD SECTOR
10989 Haringey Association of Voluntary and Community Organisations (HAVCO)
www.havcoharingey.org.uk
£150,000 over three years (3 x £50,000) towards the salary and on-costs of a full-time volunteer centre manager.
10994 Volunteer Centre Camden
www.volunteercentrecamden.org.uk
£120,600 over 2 years (£59,700; £60,900) towards the costs of a Best Practice Service for Volunteer involving organisations in Camden.
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
11043 Celebrate the City
£100,000 towards the costs of staging/presenting the Celebrate the City event in June 2012.
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED ON 16 FEBRUARY 2012: £1,118,990

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