LIST OF GRANTS MADE IN THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2010
The list
includes reference to future intended payments which are conditional upon the
receipt of satisfactory reports.
GRANTS TO HEALTH AND DISABILITY CHARITIES
|
Action
for ME Second of 3 payments towards the cost
of a Telephone Support Line, which provides employment legislation advice
support |
£20,000 |
|
AFASIC First of 3 payments towards the core
costs of supporting children and young people affected by speech, language
and communication impairments |
£20,000 |
|
Alzheimer’s
Society Third of 3 payments towards the cost
of a Senior Information Officer, supplying high quality information to people
with dementia and their carers |
£22,000 |
|
ASPIRE First of 2 payments towards core
funding to support the seven part-time Aspire Independent Living Advisors,
who assist newly spinally injured people |
£25,000 |
|
Auditory
Verbal UK Second of 3 payments towards the cost
of employing an additional trainee Auditory Verbal therapist |
£25,000 |
|
Back-Up
Trust Second of 2 payments towards core
funding to support the delivery of their programmes for spinal cord injured
people |
£25,000 |
|
BEAT
– Eating Disorders Association Second of 3 payments towards the cost
of establishing an online forum for the families of people with an eating
disorder |
£21,000 |
|
Bladder
and Bowel Foundation First of 2 payments towards core
funding |
£30,000 |
|
Brain
& Spine Foundation Second of 3 payments towards the cost
of the helpline service, information and support materials, and the website |
£25,000 |
|
Breast
Cancer Haven Second of 3 payments towards the cost
of part-funding the post of Clinical Director |
£21,000 |
|
Cardiomyopathy Association Second of 3 payments towards the core
activities of providing information and support to people and families
affected by this disease, and educating health professionals |
£30,000 |
|
Child
Brain Injury Trust – CBIT Second of 2 payments towards core
costs, including helpline, information and training |
£20,000 |
|
Clydeside Action on Asbestos Second of 3 payments towards the core
costs of providing a full-time service to people diagnosed with an
asbestos-related disease |
£30,000 |
|
Combat
Stress First of 2 payments towards the core
costs of supporting ex-Service men and women with psychological injuries |
£40,000 |
|
Connect First of 2 payments towards core costs
of developing and expanding the organisation's work with people with aphasia |
£30,000 |
|
Crusaid Second of 2 payments towards the
Hardship fund, providing targeted financial assistance to people living with
HIV in extreme poverty |
£30,000 |
|
DEBRA Second of 3 payments towards post of
Director of Charitable Activities |
£30,000 |
|
DEMAND
– Design & Manufacture for Disability First of 2 payments towards the cost
of the advice/helpline for three years |
£20,000 |
|
Diabetes
UK Second of 2 payments towards the core
costs of the Careline |
£35,000 |
|
Down’s
Syndrome Association First of 2 payments towards the Aim
High project helping young people with the transition to adulthood |
£40,000 |
|
Dystonia Society Second of 3 payments towards the post
of Volunteer and Information Manager, managing volunteer befrienders
and out of hours helpline workers |
£29,000 |
|
Extend Second of 2 payments towards essential
core costs for training and supporting teachers to run exercise classes for
elderly and disabled people |
£10,000 |
|
Foundation
for the Study of Infant Deaths FSID Second of 2 payments towards the cost
of the Helpline |
£25,000 |
|
Haemophilia
Society Second of 3 payments towards the cost
of the Information and Support project providing specialised information and
resources |
£28,000 |
|
Huntington’s
Disease Association First of 3 payments towards the cost
of 2 Regional Care Adviser posts |
£25,000 |
|
I CAN One-off payment towards core funding
that will help to pay for staff who will develop and manage new projects,
produce new resources and pay for independent evaluations of the new
programmes |
£30,000 |
|
Jennifer
Trust First of 2 payments of continuation
funding towards the cost of two Outreach Nurses |
£25,000 |
|
Lymphoma
Association First of 3 payments towards the salary
of a Patient Support Officer on the Helpline Team |
£18,000 |
|
Macular
Disease Society First of 2 payments towards core
funding which will help to develop its services including increasing the
number of volunteers and increasing public awareness of the disease |
£30,000 |
|
Maggie’s
Cancer Caring Centres Second of 3 payments towards the
salary of a Development Manager, overseeing the expansion of Maggie's Centres
in England and Wales |
£28,000 |
|
National
Childbirth Trust First of 3 payments towards
co-ordinator for the Special Experiences Register |
£20,000 |
|
National
Society for Epilepsy Second of 2 payments towards the
salary cost of a Community Services Manager, to develop and commission
domiciliary care and housing support services |
£20,000 |
|
OCD
Action First of 2 payments towards core
funding to ensure it is meeting its objectives to support people with
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
£10,000 |
|
Ovarian
Cancer Action Third 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 |
£35,646 |
|
Patients
Association Third of 3 payments towards the cost
of an Information Helpline Officer |
£25,000 |
|
Peach First of 3 payments towards the cost
of a helpline supporting families with autistic children |
£15,000 |
|
Progressive
Supranuclear Palsy Association Third of 3 payments towards the cost
of employing a Deputy Director of Care and Support |
£25,000 |
|
Rainbow
Trust Children’s Charity First of 3 payments towards the
employment costs of a Family Support Worker caring for families who have a
child with a life-threatening or terminal illness |
£15,000 |
|
Rethink Second of 2 payments towards the cost
of funding two advisers who work with patients and families who suffer from a
mental illness |
£30,000 |
|
SANE First of 2 payments towards core
funding of services, including helpline and befriending |
£32,000 |
|
Sense
About Science Second of 3 payments towards a project
liaison post to develop collaborative work with patient groups, helplines and charities |
£14,500 |
|
Shared
Care Network First of 3 payments towards core
funding for the Chief Executive post |
£20,000 |
|
Sick
Children’s Trust First of 3 payments towards the cost
of the House Operations Manager who oversees the daily operations of seven
houses across the country |
£16,000 |
|
SignHealth One-off payment towards the creation
of the first national team of Independent Mental Health Advocates for deaf
people |
£44,000 |
|
Special
Olympics Great Britain First of 3 payments towards the Special
Olympics Volunteer Support Programme which is dependent on a full-time
National Volunteer Development Manager |
£20,000 |
|
Spinal
Injuries Association First of 3 payments towards the cost
of the Head of Service Development post who will manage a new SIA services. |
£32,000 |
|
Survivors’
Poetry First of 2 payments towards premises
and salary costs |
£25,000 |
|
Thrive First of 2 payments towards a two-year
programme to provide a structured theraputic
horticultural programme as part of the recovery for adults recovering from a
stroke |
£29,601 |
|
Tourettes Action First of 2 payments towards a two-year
pilot project for a part-time Groups Support Officer to develop a network of
support groups in central/northern England |
£28,445 |
|
Treloar Trust Second of 2 payments towards the
running costs of the Rehabilitation Engineering Department |
£25,000 |
|
TOTAL
GRANTS TO HEALTH AND DISABILITY CHARITIES |
£1,269,192 |
GRANTS
TO SOCIAL WELFARE CHARITIES
|
Adoption
UK One-off payment towards developing
Adoption UK's core work of regional support groups and to develop an
accredited adoptive parent/training qualification |
£50,000 |
|
Association
of Charitable Foundations One-off payment towards the core costs
of the Association, the representative body for charitable trusts and
foundations |
£4,320 |
|
Association
of Disabled Professionals Second of 2 payments towards the
salary of a Development Officer |
£15,000 |
|
Brathay One-off payment towards top-up funding
for the residential element of the 12-week Prince's Trust programme to help
young people break free from NEET (not in employment, education or training) |
£26,200 |
|
Brendoncare Foundation Second of 3 payments towards the cost
of expanding social clubs for older people in Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire,
West Sussex and Berkshire |
£30,000 |
|
Christians Against Poverty Third
of 3 payments towards the new money management course 'CAP Money' |
£25,000 |
|
Contact the Elderly First
of 3 payments towards the recruitment of additional resources to further
increase Contact the Elderly's national coverage ,
regional teams and central office |
£25,000 |
|
Counsel and Care Second
of 2 payments towards the salary of a Policy and Information Officer |
£45,000 |
|
Cranfield
Trust Second
of 2 payments towards the salaries of two Project Managers |
£28,000 |
|
Derwen
College First
of 2 payments towards the revenue shortfall of a new café providing in-work
training for young people with a learning disability, until it becomes
self-financing |
£10,000 |
|
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award One-off
payment towards a project that will enable at least 500 disadvantaged young
people to begin to fulfil their potential in life |
£50,000 |
|
Elizabeth Finn Care Second
of 3 payments towards the Volunteer Case Consultants development programme |
£49,000 |
|
Environmental Vision Second
of 2 payments towards the cost of a Project Co-ordinator for work with young
people in the West Midlands |
£25,000 |
|
Fairtrade
Foundation Second
of 2 payments towards the cost of implementing the Foundation's new strategy
for 2008-12 |
£50,000 |
|
Families Need Fathers First
of 3 payments towards core funding including the expansion of support group
networks and the helpline |
£25,000 |
|
FareShare Second
of 3 payments towards the salaries of the National Development Manager and
National Operations Manager |
£30,000 |
|
Farms for City Children Second
of 3 payments towards the new full-time post of Deputy to the Chief Executive |
£25,000 |
|
Fostering Network One-off
payment towards the cost of supporting foster carers to set up and run
voluntary foster care associations in their own localities |
£42,000 |
|
Grandparents’ Association Second
of 2 payments towards core costs, including management, governance, support
services, information and training |
£25,000 |
|
HACT – Housing Associations
Charitable Trust First
of 2 payment towards the cost of a housing and intergenerational project
bringing older and younger people together to reduce isolation and loneliness |
£15,000 |
|
Home-Start UK First
of 2 payments towards the core funding of the organisation to sustain their
essential services to families through developing and strengthening their
volunteer base and volunteering practice |
£50,000 |
|
In Kind Direct Second
of 3 payments towards core funding to help them double the number of
charities benefitting from surplus goods |
£30,000 |
|
Independent Age Second
of 3 payments towards the cost of recruiting 50 Organising Volunteers who
will recruit and manage 12 volunteers each |
£37,000 |
|
Jubilee Sailing Trust First
of 3 payments towards the core costs of providing integrated tall ship
sailing for able-bodied and disabled people |
£20,000 |
|
Law Centres Federation First
of 2 payments towards LCF Young People's Programme, in particular the
National Programme Manager's post |
£30,000 |
|
Listening Books One-off
payment towards the purchase of audiobook 'masters'
rights enabling print impaired members to download audiobooks
on personal listening devices |
£35,000 |
|
Marine Society & Sea Cadets One-off
payment towards core funding which would support a programme of vital
improvements to the organisation's infrastructure |
£50,000 |
|
National Benevolent Fund for
the Aged - NBFA First
of 2 payments towards the cost of the Breaks Away programme providing
holidays for 1,000 older people |
£20,000 |
|
People First (Self Advocacy) First
of 2 payments towards core funding for the Director's work |
£20,000 |
|
Place2Be Second
of 3 payments towards the cost of posts involved in recruiting, training and
retention of Volunteer Counsellors |
£50,000 |
|
Post-Adoption Centre Second
of 2 payments towards adding capacity to the Advice Line, and improving
outreach |
£20,000 |
|
REACH Second
of 3 payments towards the cost of a full-time post to manage the UK volunteer
placement team |
£40,000 |
|
React First
of 3 payments towards the salary of a part-time Finance Officer who will help
with the bookkeeping and accounting needs of the organisation |
£14,560 |
|
Refugee Action First
of 2 payments towards the post of National Volunteer Co-ordinator working
with UK and refugee volunteers |
£15,000 |
|
Scout Association Second
of 2 payments towards start-up costs of projects for young people aged 14-25 |
£25,000 |
|
Skill Force Development First
of 2 payments towards the core costs of Skill Force so that they can work
with up to 10,000 disadvantaged young people in order to increase their life
chances |
£25,000 |
|
Streetwise Opera First
of 2 payments towards core funding to underpin and support its plans for
developing and expanding the charity in the next three years |
£20,000 |
|
Tall Ships Youth Trust First
of 2 payments towards the Young People First programme - extending the
project's reach to those young people who are disabled and/or have special
needs |
£26,000 |
|
TaxAid First
of 2 payments towards the cost of casework for complex, long-running cases
where older people are not able to act for themselves |
£15,000 |
|
TaxHelp
for Older People First
of 2 payments towards the salaries of two part-time Regional Co-ordinators
and one call centre staff member |
£25,000 |
|
UBS Universal Beneficent
Society Third
of 3 payments towards the cost of employing a National Volunteer Manager to
recruit 300 volunteer visitors |
£30,000 |
|
Voice Second
of 3 payments towards the cost of employing a marketing consultant and
external courses consultant |
£35,000 |
|
Volunteer Reading Help Second
of 2 payments towards the support costs of the Head of Volunteering and Best
Practice |
£39,000 |
|
Waterways Trust First
of 2 payments towards core funding to continue and extend the project work |
£25,000 |
|
Who Cares? Trust First
of 2 payments towards core funding which will help to fund ongoing activities
that support young people in care |
£25,000 |
|
Women’s Royal Voluntary Service Third
of 3 payments towards the cost of employing a Recruitment Manager (Retirees)
to signpost enquirers to a suitable volunteering opportunity |
£30,000 |
|
TOTAL
GRANTS TO SOCIAL WELFARE CHARITIES |
£1,346,080 |
GRANTS
TO ARTS CHARITIES
|
Association of British Choral
Directors Second
of 3 payments towards expansion of courses and major national choral music
programmes |
£30,000 |
|
Battersea Arts Centre First
of 2 payments towards core funding which will enable BAC to develop its
capacity to produce and tour professional theatre aimed at children and young
people |
£30,000 |
|
Benslow
Music Trust First
of 2 payments towards core costs of the loan scheme which include a part-time
administrative assistant |
£11,000 |
|
Charles Dickens Museum First
of 2 payments towards core costs in order to be adequately staffed and equipped
for Charles Dickens’ bicentenary |
£20,000 |
|
Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust Second
of 2 payments towards the cost of devising new displays in the new maritime-themed
galleries |
£25,000 |
|
Craft Central First
of 2 payments towards core funding so that Crafts Central can continue to
carry on its work supporting craftspeople |
£25,000 |
|
Ditchling
Museum First
of 2 payments towards core funding to enable the museum to continue its work
during redevelopment |
£15,000 |
|
English Folk Dance & Song
Society Second
of 2 payments towards the cost of a national outreach programme |
£10,000 |
|
English Touring Opera Second
of 2 payments towards core funding in order to continue to provide
high-quality accessible opera despite rising costs |
£30,000 |
|
Foundling Museum First
of 2 payments towards the cost of the Front of House Co-ordinator post, which
recruits, supports and manages the museum's large volunteer team |
£20,000 |
|
House of Illustration First
of 2 payments towards the post of a dedicated full-time administrator to
support the Project Director |
£25,000 |
|
Jewish Museum London First
of 2 payments towards core funding during the major redevelopment project |
£25,000 |
|
Lakeland Arts Trust First
of 2 payments towards core costs of Abbot Hall Art Gallery |
£20,000 |
|
London Mozart Players Third
of 3 payments towards core funding to stabilise the financial position and
enable restructuring |
£15,000 |
|
Music of Life Foundation First
of 2 payments towards core funding to enable the organisation to continue its
on-going collaboration with Guildford Choral Society |
£10,000 |
|
National Association of Youth
Theatres Second
of 2 payments towards core funding in order to diversify funding sources,
expand membership and offer regional events |
£20,000 |
|
National Gallery First
of 3 payments towards the Outreach Programme, especially Ageing Creatively
for older people |
£20,000 |
|
National Trust Third
of 3 payments towards the cost of a training programme for a Photographic
Conservator |
£10,000 |
|
National Youth Orchestra of
Great Britain Second
of 3 payments towards core funding to support the Orchestra's new creative
vision |
£20,000 |
|
National Youth Theatre Second
of 3 payments towards the cost of the
creative development of summer season productions over the next three years |
£50,000 |
|
Prince’s Foundation for
Children & the Arts Second
of 2 payments towards the salary of the senior Start Project Manager,
enabling programmes to introduce children to arts performances |
£32,500 |
|
Royal National Theatre First
of 2 payments towards core funding, specifically developing new audiences,
and in particular disadvantaged young people |
£30,000 |
|
Sadler’s Wells Second
of 2 payments towards the cost of producing and commissioning new dance works |
£30,000 |
|
Sinfonia
VIVA First
of 2 payments towards core funding which will cover costs associated with
employing a Principal Conductor |
£10,000 |
|
Soho Theatre First
of 2 payments towards The HUB - a new programme of work that puts artists at
the forefront of the Company's commissioning process and programme design |
£20,000 |
|
Unicorn Theatre Second
of 2 payments towards core costs, in order to maintain production quality and
educational work |
£15,000 |
|
York Minster Fund Second
of 3 payments towards the conservation, restoration and interpretation of the
15th-century Great East Window |
£10,000 |
|
Young Vic Theatre Company Second
of 2 payments towards core costs, to enable a focus on expanding activity
through new initiatives |
£20,000 |
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
GRANTS TO ARTS CHARITIES |
£598,500 |
GRANTS
TO CONSERVATION CHARITIES
|
Association of Rivers Trusts Second
of 3 payments towards core funding to sustain the organisation until
community river initiatives come of age |
£25,000 |
|
BioRegional
Development Group First
of 2 payments towards the Director's work of championing sustainable
enterprise, forging new partnerships and directing strategic development
across the UK |
£30,000 |
|
BirdLife
International First
of 3 payments towards supporting the implementation of BirdLife's
Climate Change Programme |
£20,000 |
|
British & Irish Hardwoods
Trust First
of 3 payments towards core funding and in particular a full-time Development
Officer post |
£25,000 |
|
Durrell Wildlife Conservation
Trust First
of 2 payments towards the implementation and evaluation of endangered species
monitoring that involves local communities in Madagascar |
£20,000 |
|
Earthwatch
Institute First
of 3 payments to train 18 volunteers from Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique to
research the carbon sequestration value of mangrove plantations |
£20,000 |
|
Elephant Family Second
of 3 payments towards the cost of creating a structured internship programme |
£12,000 |
|
Environmental Investigation
Agency Charitable Trust Second
of 2 payments towards the expansion and running costs of the Investigations
Unit |
£20,000 |
|
Friends of the Earth Trust First
of 3 payments towards Get Serious About CO2 project, in particular
the Project Manager’s post |
£30,000 |
|
Green Alliance One-off
payment towards the cost of securing commitment and action on climate change
from the three main political parties |
£30,000 |
|
Marine Conservation Society First
of 3 payments towards core funding which will support the Head of
Conservation post |
£25,000 |
|
Marine Stewardship Council Second
of 3 payments towards the cost of expanding and accelerating the fisheries
certification programme |
£25,000 |
|
Natural
History Museum Third of 3 payments towards the cost of rehousing, databasing and digitising the small mammals collection |
£30,000 |
|
Pond
Conservation One-off payment towards the cost of supporting the post of Supporters Scheme Manager for one year |
£20,000 |
|
Red
Squirrel Survival Trust First of 3 payments towards the salary of a Programme Administrator, co-ordinating and expanding the network of projects |
£30,000 |
|
Royal
Botanic Gardens Kew First of 3 payments towards funding a UK-based Restoration Ecology Co-ordinator |
£22,500 |
|
Scott
Polar Research Institute Third of 3 payments towards the cost of research to investigate the dimensions and flow of glaciers and ice caps in several areas of the Arctic islands |
£30,000 |
|
Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust First
of 3 payments towards the full cost of supporting the new Head of Wetland
Conservation |
£20,000 |
|
Wildscreen
Trust First
of 2 payments towards the continued development of the Arkive
database, a permanent digital library for films and photographs of endangered
species |
£20,000 |
|
Woodland Trust Second
of 2 payments towards the core costs of the Planted Ancient Woodland Sites
restoration programme |
£40,000 |
|
World Pheasant Association Second
of 2 payments towards enhancing their ability to train and nurture tomorrow's
conservation leaders |
£30,000 |
|
TOTAL
GRANTS TO CONSERVATION CHARITIES |
£524,500 |
GRANTS
TO OVERSEAS CHARITIES
|
Ashden Awards Two one-off payments towards the cost of one international award for a sustainable energy initiative in 2009 and 2010 |
£130,000 |
|
Rachel Swart Fund First
of 2 payments towards the core funding of assistance to disabled people |
£40,000 |
|
|
|
13
grants of joint funding in collaboration with the Baring Foundation:
|
Afrikids First
of 5 payments towards capacity building of AfriKids
Ghana and local partners to prevent north-south migration in Ghana, including
direct resettlement and rehabilitation of displaced children |
£21,012 |
|
Akina
Mama Wa Afrika Second
of 3 payments towards the cost of building African women's leadership to
address forced migration |
£35,106 |
|
Anti-Slavery International First
of 3 payments towards local partners being enabled to bring together
different groups of displaced migrants in constructive problem-solving
dialogue, while also advocating for their rights |
£27,775 |
|
Camfed
International Second
of 3 payments towards supporting the education and economic empowerment of
displaced children and young women in rural Zimbabwe |
£24,745 |
|
Link Community Development First
of 3 payments towards the improvement of the standard of education for children
affected by conflict and support the resettlement of dispaced
communities in Katakwi, Uganda |
£29,098 |
|
Minority Rights Group Second
of 3 payments towards a solution to the enforced displacement of the Endorois in Kenya |
£27,631 |
|
One
World Action Second of 3 payments towards the cost
of strengthening the capacity of refugee communities to respond to sexual and
gender-based violence |
£21,890 |
|
Peace Direct Second
of 3 payments towards the cost of improving the human security of internally
displaced persons in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo |
£19,228 |
|
Skills for Southern Sudan Fourth
of 4 payments towards the cost of strengthening the capacity of
community-based organisations in Western Equatoria
and Jonglei States in South Sudan |
£14,348 |
|
Skills
for Southern Sudan One off payment to extend the work of
strengthening the community-based organisations in Lakes State to take
positive action in improving girls’ access and attainment in basic education |
£17,683 |
|
St Matthew’s Children’s Fund
Ethiopia First
of 3 payments towards developing the capacity of the displaced Negede Woitto community to
develop social and economic programmes and advocate for their rights |
£20,630 |
|
Uweso
UK Trust |
£22,416 |
|
World
Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) Second of 3 payments to recruit and
train 35 volunteer guide leaders and to develop and deliver training
programmes to refugees and displaced girls and young women in the Republic of
Chad |
£19,047 |
|
Plus
five grants Paid to finalists of the Joint
International Programme towards the cost of developing proposals |
£3,001 |
|
TOTAL
GRANTS TO OVERSEAS CHARITIES |
£473,610 |
|
|
|
|
TOTAL OF 165 GRANTS PAID IN THE YEAR ENDED
31 MARCH 2010 |
£4,211882 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Unicef UK Refund
of part of the 4-year grant towards the cost of work to integrate child
soldiers in south Sudan |
(£17,683) |
|
|
|
|
TOTAL GRANTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH
2010 |
£4,194,199 |
|
|
|
|
AVERAGE GRANT |
£25,419 |