The City Bridge Trust - Registered Charity 1035628

Grants


Recent Grants

Grants Approved in May 2009

REFERENCE ORGANISATION AND WEBSITE PURPOSE OF GRANT
ACCESSIBLE LONDON
9182 Half Moon Young People's Theatre
www.halfmoon.org.uk
£100,000 towards refurbishing the access of the theatre building.
BRIDGING COMMUNITIES
9247 Encompass - Daniel Braden Reconciliation Trust
www.encompasstrust.org
£90,000 over three years (3x£30,000) towards a social action programme for young Londoners.
9304 Finsbury Park Homeless Families Project
www.finsburyparkhomeless.org.uk
£60,000 over three years (£19,000; £20,000; £21,000) for the costs of providing level 1 ESOL classes and volunteering support for homeless families.
9412 Three Faiths Forum
www.threefaithsforum.org.uk
£35,000 for a third and final year of the 'ParliaMentors' programme.
IMPROVING LONDONERS' MENTAL HEALTH
9295 Birth Companions
www.birthcompanions.org.uk
£50,500 over two years (£25,000; £25,500) towards the costs of a director/operations manager.
9302 One North East (London) £23,000 for a third and final year's support of the salary costs of work with young people affected by parental addiction.
LONDON'S ENVIRONMENT
9244 SolarAid
www.solar-aid.org
£90,000 over two years (£45,000; £45,000) towards the salary and associated costs of an environmental education programme, aimed at primary schools, on the topics of solar power and climate change.
POSITIVE TRANSITIONS TO INDEPENDENT LIVING
9294 Action for Kids
www.actionforkids.org
£75,000 over 3 years (3 x £25,000) towards the salary of the director of strategic development to enable a new independent living service for young disabled people to get off the ground.
9323 Blind in Business Charitable Trust
www.blindinbusiness.org.uk
£75,000 over three years (£25,000; £25,000; £25,000) towards salary and running costs of the scheme to help blind school leavers into work.
9206 KIDS
www.kids-online.net
£130,000 over three years (£45,000; £45,000; £40,000) towards the salary and related running costs of a mentoring project to enable disabled young people support their peers in making effective transitions from childhood to adulthood.
STRATEGIC INITIATIVE
The City Bridge Trust
www.citybridgetrust.org.uk
£42,400 towards a series of learning events on the theme of 'linking London's communities' to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the completion of Old London Bridge.
STRENTHENING THE THIRD SECTOR
9248 Africa Educational Trust
www.africaed.org
£79,000 over three years (£24,500; £29,500; £25,000) towards the salary and associated running costs of a capacity building programme supporting African community organisations in London.
9444 Charities Evaluation Services
www.ces-vol.org.uk
£140,000 over three years (£47,000; £47,000; £46,000) towards a programme increasing access to training and support in evaluation and quality for voluntary and community organisations in London.
9210 Telephone Helplines Association
www.helplines.org.uk
£141,550 over three years (£44,350; £48,200; £49,000) to support THA member helpline agencies in making new and strategic use of information and communications technology to improve their help to Londoners.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND PARENTS TACKLING VIOLENCE
9258 All Change Arts Limited
www.allchangearts.org
£59,500 over three years (£24,500; £24,500; £10,500) for the costs of providing creative workshops (plus evaluation and dissemination of the project) for families affected by domestic violence.
9216 Beatbullying
www.beatbullying.org
£147,000 over three years (3×£49,000) for a targeted programme in three Croydon secondary schools working with young people at risk of involvement in violence and gangs.
9223 Brick Lane Youth Development Association (BLYDA)
www.blyda.org
£75,000 over three years (3 x £25,000) towards the salary costs of the Aasha gang conflict mediation project.
9187 Caspari Foundation
www.caspari.org.uk
£75,000 over three years (£24,800; £25,000; £25,200) for psychological support services to children and parents affected by violence.
9279 Conflict and Change
www.conflictandchange.co.uk
£90,600 over three years (£37,000; £26,800; £26,800) towards the salary and running costs of a workshop-based project providing a range of support and skills to young people and their parents.
9219 Coram
www.coram.org.uk
£114,000 (£57,000, £27,000, £30,000) over 3 years to cover the costs of a preventative schools programme for vulnerable children supporting the transition to secondary education and prevent bullying in several London boroughs.
9250 Domestic Violence Intervention Project
www.dvip.org
£135,000 over three years (3 x £45,000) towards the salary and running costs of a project delivering intervention and support services for young people caught up in domestic violence.
9221 Family Action
www.family-action.org.uk
£90,000 (£30,000, £30,000, £30,000) over three years towards the costs of a worker supporting families where young people are the victims or perpetrators of violence in Waltham Forest.
9257 Futures Theatre
www.futurestheatrecompany.co.uk
£87,000 over three years (£28,000; £29,000; £30,000) for the salary and running costs of drama-based workshops for young people to address bullying, violence and its impact.
9173 Grandparents' Association
www.grandparents-association.org.uk
£77,500 over 3 years (comprising 3 x £25,000 towards project costs and up to £2,500 for evaluation costs) towards a service for grandparents whose grandchildren have been, either the victims of perpetrators of crime.
9230 Jigsaw4u
www.jigsaw4u.org.uk
£150,000 over three years (3 x £50,000) for the salary and some running costs of a project supporting young people and mothers affected by domestic violence.
9240 Kiran Asian Women's Aid £96,400 over 3 years (£32,200; £31,600; £32,600) towards the salary and related costs of children's support services.
9228 Nia Project
www.niaproject.info
£150,000 over 3 years (£50,000; £47,000; £48,000 plus £5,000 for evaluation) for work with young people, parents and professionals tackling gender violence.
9213 Parentlineplus
www.parentlineplus.org.uk
£130,000 over 18 months (£87,000; £43,000) to support parents in Croydon violence 'hotspots' to help steer their children away from bullying and aggression.
9229 Redbridge Action Against Domestic Abuse (RAADA) £60,000 over three years (£22,000; £19,000; £19,000) for the salary of a part-time (17.5 hrs) children's support worker and some running costs for the outreach service.
9225 Unicef UK
www.unicef.org.uk
£125,000 (£50,000, £40,000, £35,000) towards the salary and on costs of an education officer to develop the Rights-Respecting School Award in six inner London boroughs.
9300 Victim Support £120,000 over three years (3 x £40,000) for a post managing services for young victims of crime in Croydon and their parents.
EXCEPTIONAL GRANT
9308 Royal National Lifeboat Institution
www.rnli.org.uk
£70,000 over two further years (£40,000; £30,000) towards the training of lifeboat crews at the three stations within Greater London.
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED ON 7 MAY 2009: £2,983,450