The City Bridge Trust - Registered Charity 1035628

Grants


Recent Grants

Grants Approved In July 2010

Reference Organisation And Website Purpose of Grant
WORKING WITH LONDONERS
ACCESSIBLE LONDON
9987 Finsbury Park Methodist Church
£25,000 towards the costs of disabled access provision within the refurbishment of the Church.
9922 London Bubble Theatre Company
www.londonbubble.org.uk
£50,000 towards adaptations to provide full access.
9900 Rainbow Drama Group
www.rainbowdramagroup.co.uk
£30,850 over three years (£10,000; £10,280; £10,570) towards a weekly performing arts project for people with learning disabilities.
BRIDGING COMMUNITIES
9947 Horn of Africa Youth Association - HAYA
www.haya.org.uk
£67,200 over 3 years (£21,800; £22,400; £23,000) towards the salary and associated running costs of a leadership development programme for young refugees in west London which will build stronger links with their elders and the wider community.
9967 Quaker Social Action
www.quakersocialaction.com
£120,000 over three years (£20,000; £50,000; £50,000) towards the costs of the 'Knees Up' community development initiative in east London.
9933 Somali Youth Development Resource Centre (SYDRC)
www.sydrc.org
£73,500 over three years (£24,000; £24,500; £25,000) towards the salary and associated running costs of a programme to develop the leadership skills of young Somali people and other young people in the LB Camden.
9904 Stockwell Partnership
www.stockwell.org.uk
£127,500 over three years (£40,000; £42,500; £45,000) towards a inter-cultural community building project in LB Lambeth.
IMPROVING LONDONERS' MENTAL HEALTH
9839 Crisis
www.crisis.org.uk
£105,900 (£55,900, £30,000, £20,000) over 3 years towards salary costs of a mental health worker working with homeless people in London.
10006 OCD Action
www.ocdaction.org.uk
£36,450 over two years (£20,250; £16,200) towards the salary and operational costs of work to support young people in London with OCD.
9930 Prisoners' Families & Friends Service
www.pffs.org.uk
£75,000 over three years (3 x £25,000) towards the costs of a support project for the families of serving prisoners and ex-offenders.
LONDON'S ENVIRONMENT
10037 Arcola Theatre Production Company
www.arcolatheatre.com
£35,920 to support the post of sustainability projects manager for a third and final year.
10038 Bexley Heritage Trust
www.hallplace.com / www.dansonhouse.org.uk
£10,000 towards a feasibility study establishing demand for and viability of an education centre at Lesnes Abbey promoting environmental and heritage education.
9917 British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
www.btcv.org.uk
£150,000 over three years (3 x £50,000) towards a programme evaluating the potential for change in environmental behaviour within community groups and individuals.
9964 Otesha Project UK
www.otesha.org.uk
£22,200 over two years (£12,200; £10,000) to continue and expand the Change Projects Programme working with young people aged 14-18.
9851 Soil Association
www.soilassociation.org
£90,000 over two years (2 x £45,000) towards an environmental education project around food and farming.
OLDER LONDONERS
9981 InterAct Reading Service
www.interactreading.org
£70,000 over three years (£22,000; £24,000; £24,000) towards the costs of providing a reading service to elderly stroke patients in London hospitals.
9902 Marylebone Bangladesh Society
www.marylebonebangladeshsociety.org
£56,000 over two years (2 x £28,000) for an Older People's Health Project.
POSITIVE TRANSITIONS TO INDEPENDENT LIVING
9909 Advocacy Voice
£45,200 over two years (2 x £22,600) towards the salary and associated running costs of an advocacy project supporting people with learning disabilities to personalise their support services through individual budgets.
9841 Kainos Community
www.kainoscommunity.com
£37,300 over two years (£18,400; £18,900) towards the costs of a rehabilitation and resettlement programme for prisoners on indeterminate sentences held at HMP Swaleside.
9919 Richmond Mencap Ltd.
www.richmondmencap.users.btopenworld.com
£14,125 for a third and final year's support and activities for young people with learning disabilities through transition to adulthood.
9977 Synergy Theatre Project
www.synergytheatreproject.co.uk
£74,000 over three years (£22,000; £23,500; £28,500) towards the salary costs of an education manager and running costs of a project to train and support ex-offenders in drama-related projects.
9955 Young Enterprise London Ltd
www.yelondon.com
£135,000 over three years (3 x £45,000) towards the salary costs and some running costs of the Team Programme helping young disabled people develop employability and entrepreneurial skills.
STRENGTHENING THE THIRD SECTOR
9895 Kairos in Soho
www.kairosinsoho.org.uk
£60,000 over two years (2 x £30,000) towards support for volunteering initiatives within London's LGBT sector.
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
10043 The City Bridge Trust
www.citybridgetrust.org.uk
£30,000 towards a programme of actvities related to the Trust's "Learning and Sharing Strategy".
10044 The City Bridge Trust
www.citybridgetrust.org.uk
£100,000 towards Citylife's East London Bond Issue.
TOTAL GRANTS AWARDED ON 8 JULY 2010: £1,641,145