| Reference |
Organisation and website |
Purpose of grant |
| WORKING WITH LONDONERS |
| ACCESSIBLE LONDON |
| 8962 |
Jacksons Lane
www.jacksonslane.org.uk |
£9,600 towards the costs of a premises and business review
exercise to help secure the organisation's long-term
viability. |
| 8887 |
Samaritans - Lewisham, Greenwich & Southwark Branch
www.samaritans.org/lewisham |
£60,800 for disability access works to premises at 1-5 Angus
Street, SE14, and for disability awareness training. |
| 9050 |
Walthamstow Cricket, Squash and Lawn Tennis Club Ltd
www.stowcc.org |
£5,000 towards an access audit, disability equalities training
and related consultancy. |
| IMPROVING LONDONERS' MENTAL
HEALTH |
| 8889 |
999 Club Trust
www.999club.org |
£50,000 over two years (2 x £25,000) for the salary and related
costs of a part-time (28hrs) advice & advocacy
worker. |
| 8895 |
TaxAid U
www.taxaid.org.uk |
£100,000 over two years (£49,000; £51,000) towards a project
helping people with mental health problems resolve financial
difficulties. |
| IMPROVING SERVICES FOR OLDER
PEOPLE |
| 8867 |
Good Retirements |
£18,000 over two years (£9,000; £9,000) to run seated exercise
programme and line dancing sessions for older people in
Deptford. |
| 8838 |
Twirlys |
£4,600 over two years (£2,300; £2,300) towards weekly gentle
exercise classes for older people and insurance cover, together
with capacity building support to the value of £1,400 (4 days
equivalent support). |
| OLDER LONDONERS |
| 8886 |
Age Activity Centre
www.ageactivity.org |
£17,000 towards a minibus to transport frail older people to a
day centre and on trips. |
| 8963 |
Holloway Neighbourhood Group |
£90,000 over three years (£29,000; £30,000; £31,000) towards
the costs of a project encouraging healthy and active lives for
older people in LB Islington. |
| POSITIVE TRANSITIONS TO INDEPENDENT
LIVING |
| 8901 |
The Foundation Training Company
www.foundation-training.org.uk |
£150,000 over 3 years (£50,000, £50,000, £50,000) towards the
costs of training and resource centres in Hackney and
Lambeth. |
| STRENGTHENING THE THIRD
SECTOR |
| 8898 |
Volunteer Centre Sutton
www.vcsutton.org.uk |
£84,000 over a further two years (£41,600; £42,900) for the
salary and associated costs of promoting good practice in
volunteering. |
| EXCEPTIONAL GRANTS |
| 9005 |
Parents and Abducted Children Together
www.pact-online.org |
£52,000 towards the costs of a feasibility study and towards
the running costs of a resource centre for abducted and missing
children. |
| TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED IN OCTOBER 2008:
£641,500 |