The City Bridge Trust - Registered Charity 1035628

Grants


Recent Grants

Grants Approved in February 2010

Reference Organisation and Website Purpose of Grant
WORKING WITH LONDONERS
ACCESSIBLE LONDON
9738 Arts For All
www.artsforall.co.uk
£23,000 over three years (£7,800; £7,600; £7,600) towards a programme of art classes for people with HIV/AIDS attending the Mildmay Hospital.
9798 Civil Liberties Trust
www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk
£2,400 towards an access audit and disability equality training for staff.
9754 Hounslow Community Transport
www.hounslowct.org.uk
£18,000 towards the cost of a new accessible minibus..
9751 Lewisham Community Transport Scheme
www.lewishamctscheme.org.uk
£34,900 towards a third year's salary and on-costs for an operations and training manager.
9763 Memorial Community Church
www.memorialcc.org
£2,760 to meet the costs of commissioning an access audit.
9770 St Mark's Church, Kensal Rise
www.saintms.co.uk
£1,330 for the cost of an access audit in relation to the refurbishment of the community hall.
BRIDGING COMMUNITIES
9675 Southside Young Leaders' Academy
southsideyla.org.uk
£45,000 (3 x £15,000) towards the costs of a leadership programme for young men in Lambeth and Southwark.
IMPROVING LONDONERS' MENTAL HEALTH
9748 Forensic Therapies Ltd
www.forensic-therapies.org.uk
£79,000 over three years (£19,000; £30,000; £30,000) towards the provision of counselling services in London prisons.
9711 Holy Cross Centre Trust
www.hcct.org.uk
£38,000 over two years (£19,000; £19,000) towards the running costs of a refugee befriending project to support refugees and asylum seekers with mental health problems.
9759 Rethink
www.rethink.org
£70,000 over two years (2 x £35,000) for the salary and associated costs of a recovery officer to support the mental health of young Londoners from BME communities.
LONDON'S ENVIRONMENT
9744 Pesticide Action Network UK
www.pan-uk.org
£52,500 over three years (£17,000; £17,500; £18,000) for the salary costs of a volunteer co-ordinator to support London volunteers to work with those responsible for parks who want assistance with reducing the use of pesticides.
OLDER LONDONERS
9724 Alzheimer's Society
www.alzheimers.org.uk
£150,000 over three years (3 x £50,000) towards the salary and on-costs of a London area manager.
9771 Bishop Ho Ming Wah Association
www.bhmwa.com
£18,890 over two years (£9,445; £9,445) towards salary of a centre administrative officer.
9746 Deptford Methodist Mission: Disabled People's Contact
www.deptfordmethodistchurch.org.uk
£18,525 over three years (£6,675; £5,925; £5,925) to meet the running costs of free introductory computer classes for elderly and disabled people.
POSITIVE TRANSITIONS TO INDEPENDENT LIVING
9767 Changing Faces
www.changingfaces.org.uk
£5,255 for the costs of a 6-month pilot project providing group therapy support to newly-discharged head and neck cancer patients.
9678 Clean Break Theatre
www.cleanbreak.org.uk
£114,000 over three years (£37,000, £38,000, £39,000) towards the costs of a student support manager providing advice and support to women ex-offenders in London.
9717 Shoreditch Tabernacle Baptist Church
www.thetabcentre.co.uk
£60,000 (3 x £20,000) towards the salary costs of a recruitment manager helping place women ex-prisoners into employment in London.
9742 Toucan Employment
www.toucanemployment.co.uk
£75,000 over three years (£25,000; £24,700; £25,300) to meet the salary and on-costs of a direct project worker supporting young people with learning disabilities.
STRENGTHENING THE THIRD SECTOR
9692 Timebank
www.timebank.org.uk
£120,000 over three years (3 x £40,000) towards a volunteer mentoring project benefiting small voluntary organisations.
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED ON 18 FEBRUARY 2010: £928,110