The City Bridge Trust - Registered Charity 1035628

Grants


Recent Grants

Grants approved in March 2008

Reference Organisation and website Purpose of grant
MAIN GRANTS
ACCESS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
8456 The Actors Centre
www.actorscentre.co.uk
£70,000 towards disability access improvements to the Actors Centre in Covent Garden.
8418 Carers UK
www.carersonline.org.uk
£96,000 over three years (£31,000; £32,000; £33,000) for the for the salary of a full-time BME Carers Policy Development Worker plus some running costs.
8481 JAMI (The Jewish Association for the Mentally Ill
www.jamiuk.org
£24,000 (£8,000, £8,000, £8,000) towards the salary and running costs of an arts and leisure programme for people with severe mental health problems.
8577 Kingston & Wimbledon YMCA
www.kwymca.org.uk
£55,000 towards access improvements to the John Innes Youth Centre in Wimbledon.
8297 St. Bride Foundation
www.stbridefoundation.org
£70,000 towards the installation of four platform lifts to improve accessibility at St Bride's Institute.
LONDON'S ENVIRONMENT
8652 Groundwork West London
www.gwk-wl.org.uk
£111,500 over three years (£36,750; £37,250; £37,500) towards a sustainable schools project in West London, involving local communities.
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
8438 Home-Start Barking and Dagenham £65,000 over 3 years (£22,000; £21,000; £22,000) towards the salary and associated running costs of a part-time (18 hours) co-ordinator providing services to support children affected by domestic violence.
8477 London Brook Advisory Centre £75,000 over three years (3 x £25,000) towards the engagement of young people in the delivery of sexual health related services.
8437 NCH
www.nch.org.uk
£86,000 (£43,000, £43,000) towards the salary and on-costs of a project providing a psychotherapeutic service to children and their families in a community centre in west London.
8599 Southall Black Sisters
www.southallblacksisters.org.uk
£70,000 over two years (2 x £35,000) for further and final support for the salary and running costs of the Domestic Violence and Mental Ill Health Project for girls and young women.
8553 WAVE Trust (Worldwide Alternatives to Violence)
www.wavetrust.org
£24,000 over three years (3 x£8,000) towards the office rent costs.
OLDER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
8709 Middlesex ITeC Ltd
www.mitec.org.uk
£10,000 as a third and final year's contribution towards a computer training programme for older people.
8480 Parchmore Methodist Church, Youth & Community Centre £76,400 over three years (£24,850: £25,460; £26,090) for the salary of a full time (35hrs) Project Worker and associated costs of the Good Neighbour Scheme.
8672 Southwark Pensioners Centre £8,000 to refit a computer training room.
STRENGTHENING THE VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY SECTOR
8558 London Rebuilding Society
www.londonrebuilding.com
£36,300 over 18 months (£16,000; £20,300) to deliver training and support in financial sustainability planning to voluntary organisations and social enterprises.
8555 Pilotlight
www.pilotlight.org.uk
£52,500 (£17,500, £17,500, £17,500) over 3 years towards the costs of an Evaluation Manager working with Pilotlight's London charities.
8430 Voluntary Action Enfield
www.evoice.org.uk
£102,000 over three years (£33,000; £34,000; £35,000) towards the costs of a volunteering standards project for community groups in LB Enfield.
MAIN GRANTS TOTAL: £1,031,700
SMALL GRANTS: IMPROVING SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE
8689 Gargaar Somali Welfare Association £10,540 over two years (£5,270; £5,270) towards weekly activities for Somali elders, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent).
8698 Muslim Women's Welfare Association (Essex)
www.mwwa.co.uk
£8,920 (£4,525; £4,395) over two years towards setting up an older women's forum, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,400 (4 days equivalent).
8697 Somali Bravanese Welfare Association in Barnet £18,660 over two years (£8,980; £9,680) to run an older people's programme, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,100 (6 days equivalent).
8671 Stonebridge Older Persons Forum £6,200 over two years (£3,000; £3,200) towards core running costs of an annual festival, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent).
SMALL GRANTS TOTAL: £44,320
TOTAL GRANTS AWARDED IN MARCH 2008: £1,076,020