The City Bridge Trust - Registered Charity 1035628

Grants


Recent Grants

Grants approved on 5 November 2008

Reference Organisation and website Purpose of grant
WORKING WITH LONDONERS
ACCESSIBLE LONDON
8969 Corali Dance Company
www.corali.org.uk
£23,500 over two years (£12,000; £11,500) towards the salary and associated costs of a client participation project.
9077 Magpie Dance
www.magpiedance.org.uk
£53,000 over three years (£17,000; £17,500; £18,500) towards the salary costs of a full-time General Manager.
9083 Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
www.manorgardenscentre.org
£147,000 towards the costs of making Manor Gardens Centre accessible for disabled people.
9152 Streatham Darby and Joan Club £5,000 towards an access audit.
9084 West House & Heath Robinson Museum Trust (HRMT) £2,500 for an access audit of West House.
BRIDGING COMMUNITIES
9091 Barbara Melunsky Refugee Youth Agency Ltd
www.refugeeyouth.org
£60,000 over two years (2×£30,000) towards the core costs of continuing to integrate young refugees into London life.
IMPROVING SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE
8859 Croydon Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Support Group
www.cscats.org
£2,570 over two years (£1,380; £1,190) to run a computer training course, and arts project in year 1 and social trip in year 2, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,400 (4 days equivalent support).
8830 East London Chinese Community Centre £18,000 over eighteen months (£11,750; £6,250) towards the salary of a part-time project worker (7 hrs p.w.) and weekly lunch activities for older people of Chinese & Vietnamese origin, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,450 (7 days equivalent).
8877 Enfield Caribbean Association £17,000 over two years (£8,500; £8,500) towards the salary costs of a part time befriending co-ordinator (10 hours p.w) and associated costs, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent support).
8865 Moorlands Golden Age Club £10,000 over two years (£4,760; £5,240) towards weekly activities for older residents of the Moorland Estate and surrounding area, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,750 (5 days equivalent).
8897 Music for People £20,000 over two years (£10,000; £10,000) towards developing and expanding a programme of interactive music performance with older and disabled people in London and purchasing equipment, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,400 (4 days equivalent).
8875 South Croydon Centre Trust £10,000 over two years (£5,000; £5,000) towards the salary of an existing part time centre co-ordinator (24 hours p.w) and transport costs, together with capacity building support to the value of £1,400 (4 days equivalent support).
8872 Trinidad & Tobago Association
www.trinidadandtobagoassociation.org.uk
£3,090 to continue basic IT sessions over twelve weeks and associated costs for older people, together with capacity building support to the value of £2,100 (6 days equivalent).
OLDER LONDONERS
9079 Downs Syndrome Association
www.downs-syndrome.org.uk
£68,300 over three years (£22,000; £22,800; £23,500) towards a project providing training on assisting older people with Down's Syndrome who have dementia or Alzheimer's.
8970 Kew Community Trust
www.kewcommunitytrust.org.uk
£30,000 over three years (3 x £10,000) for the costs of transporting and assisting frail older people to the centre and its events and activities.
9080 Pepper Pot Day Centre £25,000 towards the capital costs of purchasing an accessible minibus for transporting elderly and/or frail Londoners.
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED ON 5 NOVEMBER 2008: £494,960