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
Third of 3 payments towards empowerment of widows, orphans and vulnerable children to have equal rights to land access, use and control in Lango Region, North Uganda

 

£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