LIST OF GRANTS MADE IN THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2008

 

The list includes reference to future intended payments which are conditional upon the receipt of satisfactory reports.

 

GRANTS TO HEALTH AND DISABILITY CHARITIES

 

ACE Centre Advisory Trust

First of 2 payments towards the development and delivery of accredited training modules for those working with children with communication impairments and/or physical disabilities

 

£25,000

Alzheimer's Society

First of 3 payments towards the cost of a Senior Information Officer, supplying high quality information to people with dementia and their carers

 

£22,000

ARC Antenatal Results and Choices

Second of 2 payments towards the cost of developing support services for parents with a prenatal diagnosis of abnormality                                               

 

£15,000

Arthritis Care

First of 2 payments towards the cost of funding core activities

 

£25,000

Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus

Second of 3 payments towards the cost of setting up and running a helpline and information service

 

£15,000

ASSIST

First of 2 payments towards the cost of providing therapy and support to individuals and families who have experienced trauma

 

£25,000

Asthma UK

First of 2 payments towards the core costs of promoting the health and well-being of the 5.2 million people with asthma

 

£33,300

Back Care

Second of 3 payments towards the cost of employing a Business Development Officer with a medical background

 

£20,000

Beating Bowel Cancer

Second of 3 payments towards funding for a Colorectal Nurse Specialist to provide support and information for people affected by bowel cancer

 

£15,000

Blood Pressure Association

Second of 3 payments towards the post of Projects and Marketing Officer, to develop and run the annual Know Your Numbers week, and establish a year round Know Your Numbers message and campaign

 

£10,000

Body & Soul

First of 2 payments towards the salaries of a service delivery worker and a new full-time post of Volunteer Co-ordinator

 

£20,000

Brainwave

First of 2 payments towards the salary costs of the Head of Therapy

 

£25,000

Bright

Second of 3 payments towards the cost of a programme to improve acute wards housing psychiatric patients

 

£20,000

British Liver Trust

First of 2 payments towards core funding to ensure a predictable income over time

 

£30,000

British Lung Foundation

Third of 3 payments towards the cost of expanding the number of Breathe Easy self help support groups across England

 

£28,500

Changing Faces

Third of 3 payments towards the full-time post of Child Specialist providing disfigurement-specific services to children and their parents

 

£30,000

Children's Liver Disease Foundation

Third of 3 payments towards the cost of employing an additional Family Support Officer

 

£20,000

Continence Foundation

Second of 2 payments towards the cost of the Helpline, literature, internet support and website

 

£25,378

Cerebral Palsy Sport

First of 2 payments towards the cost of employing a National Boccia Officer

 

£15,000

Cystic Fibrosis Trust

Second of 3 payments towards the costs of five Expert Patient Advisers

 

£25,000

Disability Alliance

Second of 2 payments towards the cost of maintaining  and developing the website to meet the needs of disabled people and advice agencies

 

£15,000

Disabled Living Foundation

First of 2 payments towards core costs to sustain its general advice services while developing a new business model to make all data freely available on the internet

 

£25,000

Dystonia Society

First of 3 payments towards the post of Volunteer and Information Manager, managing volunteer befrienders and out of hours helpline workers

 

£29,000

Elizabeth Fitzroy Support

Third of 3 payments towards the cost of developing and managing a programme to enable service users with learning disabilities to volunteer within and outside the organisation

 

£30,000

Endometriosis UK

Third of 3 payments towards support for the Chief Executive Officer post

 

£20,000

ERIC

Second of 2 payments towards the cost of the Information and Helpline Service for children with continence difficulties and their parents

 

£20,000

Huntington's Disease Association

Third of 3 payments towards the core costs of the network of 22 Regional Care Advisors

 

£30,000

Jennifer Trust

Second of 3 payments towards the cost of employing two Outreach Workers to visit families of children newly diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy

 

£10,000

Limbless Association

One-off payment towards the cost of recruiting Senior Volunteer Visitors to visit Amputee Wards nationwide

 

£10,000

Lost Chord

First of 2 payments towards core funding of this charity providing interactive musical sessions for dementia sufferers

 

£20,000

Macular Disease Society

Second of 2 payments towards the core costs of the helpline and counselling services

 

£30,000

MDF The Bipolar Organisation

Second of 3 payments towards the cost of supporting the network of 110 self-help groups across England

 

£34,830

Meningitis Trust

First of 2 payments towards the cost of specialist long-term support for meningitis patients

 

£20,000

MIND (National Association for Mental Health)

Second of 2 payments towards the Local MIND Associations Grant Fund, awarding £190k pa to a variety of projects

 

£50,000

Myeloma UK

First of 2 payments towards the development of Myeloma Support Groups across the UK

 

£25,000

National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society

First of 2 payments towards the cost of recruiting and training more volunteers

 

£25,000

National Society for Epilepsy

First of 2 payments towards the salary cost of a Community Services Manager, to develop and commission domiciliary care and housing support services

 

£20,000

No Panic

Second of 2 payments towards the cost of training 30 new helpliners who support people suffering panic attacks

 

£10,000

Oesophageal Patients Association

Second of 2 payments towards annual running costs

 

£10,000

Ovarian Cancer Action

Second of 3 payments towards the cost of an Outreach Worker for 3 years to work with GPs to spread awareness of the causes and symptoms of Ovarian Cancer

 

£34,608

Papworth Trust

First of 2 payments towards the cost of expanding the rehabilitation programme for disabled people with complex needs

 

£25,000

Patients Association

First of 3 payments towards the cost of an Information Helpline Officer

 

£25,000

Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Foundation (UK) Limited

First of 2 payments towards the cost of providing information to patients and  health professionals

 

£15,000

Pelican Cancer Foundation

First of 2 payments towards basic infrastructure costs while a new national focus on very low rectal cancers is developed

 

£35,000

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association

First of 3 payments towards the cost of employing a Deputy Director of Care and Support

 

£25,000

React

Third of 3 payments towards the salary of a Family Liaison Officer, the first point of contact for families having a child with a life-limiting illness

 

£20,000

REMAP

First of 2 payments towards the core costs of Head Office, Regional Organisers and Panel support

 

£20,000

Soundabout

Second of 2 payments towards the cost of expanding music-making sessions for young people and adults with physical and learning disabilities

 

£12,000

Terrence Higgins Trust

Third of 3 payments towards core funding, to give the charity an element of guaranteed and predictable income over a period of time

 

£30,000

Tuberous Sclerosis Association of Great Britain

One-off payment towards the new post of Head of Development and Support Services who will manage the team of specialist advisers

 

£25,000

Vitalise

First of 2 payments to support the posts of Director and Assistant in the Directorate of Contracts and Services, managing statutory and other contracts in support of short breaks for disabled people and carers

 

£30,000

WellChild

Second of 3 payments towards the cost of a Wellchild Children's Nurse for children with chronic medical conditions

 

£30,000

Wheelyboat Trust

First of 2 payments towards the cost of broadening the leisure use of Wheelyboats and extending links with the disability sector

 

£10,000

 

TOTAL GRANTS TO HEALTH AND DISABILITY CHARITIES

 

£1,214,616

 

 

GRANTS TO SOCIAL WELFARE CHARITIES

 

Age Concern

Third of 3 payments towards the cost of employing an Intergenerational Development Officer to encourage more Age Concern branches to start intergenerational projects

 

£30,000

AgeCare

First of 3 payments towards the cost of a Dementia Care Training  Specialist to develop training courses for AgeCare staff and others

 

£15,000

Army Cadet Force Association

Second of 2 payments towards the cost of training programmes for 700 students aged 12-14 at risk of offending behaviour

 

£15,000

Association of Charitable Foundations

One-off payment towards the core costs of the Association, the representative body for charitable trusts and foundations

 

£4,140

Beth Johnson Foundation

Second of 2 payments towards the cost of a development worker to manage the accreditation of an Approved Provider Quality Standard for organisations running intergenerational projects

 

£25,000

Brake

Second of 2 payments towards the cost of developing and extending BrakeCare’s services to road crash victims

 

£20,000

Bristol Crisis Service for Women

Second of 2 payments towards core costs, including helpline, information and training, for their national service for women at risk of self-harming

 

£25,000

Care & Repair England

Second of 2 payments towards the cost of promoting housing policies enabling older and disabled people to live independently

 

£20,000

Carers UK

Second of 3 payments towards the cost of a 3-year project to lift 25,000 carers out of poverty

 

£25,000

Christians Against Poverty

First of 3 payments towards the cost of the new money management course 'CAP Money'

 

£25,000

Clubs for Young People

Second of 3 payments towards the post of Sports Development Manager, responsible for CYP's sports development strategy and national sports programme

 

£15,000

Council for Music in Hospitals

First of 2 payments towards the cost of providing 200 live concerts for 5,000 older people in healthcare settings

 

£32,000

Counsel and Care

Third of 3 payments towards the salary of a Policy and Information Officer who will ensure that the Advice Service is up-to-date with the latest policy, legislation and developments

 

£40,000

Country Trust

First of 2 payments towards the cost of training farmers to conduct day visits for groups of children and their teachers

 

£20,000

Cruse Bereavement Care

Second of 3 payments towards the cost of developing policy and welfare work for older people

 

£20,000

CSV Community Service Volunteers

Second of 2 payments towards the cost of establishing tele-conference book clubs and befriending services across the UK for elderly housebound people

 

£20,000

Depaul Trust

Second of 3 payments towards the cost of employing four part-time regional volunteer co-ordinators for work with disadvantaged and/or homeless young people

 

£40,000

Emmaus UK

Third of 3 payments towards the cost of developing four new communities for homeless people

 

£50,000

Fairbridge

Second of 2 payments towards the salaries of the Operations Director and three Training Development Managers

 

£30,000

Families Need Fathers

Second of 2 payments towards the continued employment of a fundraiser

 

£22,000

Federation of Stadium Communities

Second of 2 payments towards core funding to improve the quality of life in neighbourhoods with a major sports stadium

 

£10,000

FPWP Hibiscus

Second of 2 payments towards the cost of continuing and expanding the delivery of services to 1500 women in prison, and their children

 

£27,000

Friends of the Elderly

Second of 3 payments towards the cost of starting a new telephone befriending service for lonely and isolated elderly people

 

£25,000

Furniture Re-use Network

First of 2 payments towards the cost of establishing furniture re-use fora in all counties which currently lack one

 

£20,000

Help the Aged

Second of 2 payments towards the cost of the SeniorLink service, providing telephone-based 24-hour emergency response

 

£40,000

Home-Start UK

Third of 3 payments towards the cost of developing and sustaining the service to families, and of supporting a further 10,000 families and 35,000 children by 2008

 

£50,000

Kiloran Trust

Second of 2 payments towards the cost of two part-time workers providing direct support to carers

 

£10,000

Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture

Third of 3 payments towards the salary of a principal groupwork therapist for the Child and Adolescent Team.

 

£15,000

Methodist Homes for the Aged

First of 2 payments towards the cost of The Final Lap - a project exploring End of Life Care

 

£20,000

Missing People

Second of 3 payments towards the cost of establishing a Research and Development department to inform practice, policy, media and public audiences

 

£30,000

Personal Support Unit

First of 2 payments towards the salary of the Director of this charity providing practical and emotional support to unrepresented litigants

 

£30,000

Pilotlight

Second of 2 payments towards the cost of appointing an administrator and setting up a database to monitor all activities for providing mentors to small charities

 

£22,000

Prison Advice and Care Trust - PACT

First of 2 payments towards the development and roll-out of  the 'First Night in Custody Toolkit' for all British prisons

 

£20,000

Prisoners Abroad

Second of 2 payments towards the core costs of services to Britons affected by imprisonment overseas

 

£25,000

Re-Solv

One-off payment towards the cost of developing resources on substance abuse for children of primary school age

 

£10,000