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New Grants 2006/2007


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Schools, Education & Training

Action Acton £10,000 towards the Somali Summer University

Action Acton £10,000 towards the Somali Summer University

Archive Room £10,000 towards the second phase of digitisation of the Hills & Saunders photographic collection

Barwaqa Relief Organisation £10,000 towards the Homework Club

British Museum Development Trust £15,000 towards the running costs of the Brent Outreach Project in 2007

Camden & Westminster Refugee Training Partnership £10,000 pa for three years towards the running costs of the supplementary school

Cardinal Wiseman School £50,000 capital grant towards the new Hospitality and Catering Kitchen

Challenger Trust £25,000 towards the Learning through Activities schools programme

Chelsea Physic Garden £10,600 towards the education outreach programme

Claremont High School £5,000 towards partnership work with Masakheke School in South Africa

East-Side Educational Trust £30,000 pa for three years towards the Trans-Lingual Express project

Esforal £7,500 pa for three years towards salary costs

Friends of St George’s Catholic School £25,000 to equip the new drama studio

Global Action Plan £9,600 towards the Action at School programme

Harrow Association of Voluntary Service £10,000 pa for three years towards the running costs of the Trans-Age Project

Harrow Dyscalculia Project £20,000 pa for three years towards an action-based programme for school children in Harrow

Helena Kennedy Foundation £20,000 towards bursaries for Further Education students

Hunterian Museum £22,500 towards the Exhibiting Difference exhibition

Kentish Town City Farm £30,000 pa for three years towards the salary costs of the Education Development Officer

London Diocesan Board for Schools £250,000 pa for four years towards a City Academy in Chelsea

London Diocesan Board for Schools £100,000 for distribution as capital grants to Church of England schools

Mayor’s Thames Festival £10,000 towards the Puzzle Pathway Project

National Literacy Trust £6,000 pa for three years towards the Reading is Fundamental scheme

Notting Dale Technology Centre £250,000 as capital towards the refurbishment of Maxilla Walk Training Centre, North Kensington

Queen’s Park Bangladeshi Association £20,000 towards salary costs

Somali Supplementary Schools Association £10,000 towards the costs of the central educational advancement project

St Michael’s Community Renewal Project £5,000 pa for three years towards the Bengali Children’s Drama Project

St Paul’s Girls’ School Development Trust £24,000 towards bursaries

St Vincent’s RC Primary School £10,000 towards the redevelopment of the playground

Sudanese Refugees Support Programme UK £12,000 pa for three years towards the costs of a project coordinator

WebPlay £8,000 pa for three years towards WebPlay Local for children in Harrow

The Westside School £8,762 towards bursaries

Westway Development Trust £20,000 for supplementary schools

Zoological Society of London £50,000 towards Gorilla Kingdom at London Zoo

Arts in Education

Camden Arts Centre £10,000 pa for three years towards the running costs of the Get the Message project for children and young people from SEN schools

Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design £25,000 towards the Protégé project

Chamber Music For Schools Trust £8,000 towards the cost of the National Chamber Music for Schools competition

Donmar Warehouse £10,000 towards ticket subsidies for schoolchildren

English National Ballet School £20,000 for bursaries

Flying Gorillas £10,000 towards the education programme

Foundling Museum £20,000 pa for two years towards running costs

London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham £15,000 towards the Go Create! secondary schools project

London Borough of Harrow - Sports and Cultural Services £15,000 pa for three years towards the Under One Sky cultural fusion event

Mousetrap Foundation £20,000 pa for three years towards the development of the Play the Critic programme

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith £20,000 pa for three years towards the education programme

Mousetrap Foundation £13,500 towards the Play the Critic programme

Opera East Productions £24,000 over three years towards running costs

Opera Holland Park £10,000 towards the ticket subsidy scheme

Royal Albert Hall £10,000 for the Young Persons Ticket Access Scheme

Royal College of Art £32,000 pa for two years towards bursaries

Royal Court Young Writers Programme £50,000 towards the Young Writers Festival

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra £20,000 towards the Urban Symphony Project

Royal Shakespeare Company £30,000 pa for three years towards the running costs of the Learning Playback schools programme

Sir John Lillie Primary School £7,000 towards the creation of an arts space

Soho Theatre and Writers Programme £10,000 towards the Young Writers’ Programme

Spare Tyre Theatre Company £10,000 towards the Pretend Families programme for primary schools

Tate Education £25,000 towards Young Tate

Topolski Memoir £30,000 towards the running costs of an education programme

Wallace Collection Education £30,000 pa for three years towards the running costs of the Primary Schools Programme and the Gifted and Talented Programme

Sports in Education

Brentford Football Club £20,000 pa for three years towards the running costs of the inclusion project

Canons Cricket Academy £6,480 towards sessional coaching costs

The Cricket Foundation £20,000 pa for three years towards sessional coaching and equipment costs for cricket in schools

Somerset House Trust £30,000 for free skating for schools and community groups

Watford Football Club £20,000 pa for three years towards the Safer Neighbourhoods Football Project in Harrow

West London Sports Trust £50,000 pa for three years towards running costs, mentoring and bursaries for young athletes

Westminster Sports Unit £100,000 as capital for a new Sports Centre on Compton Street

Westway Development Trust £50,000 towards the extension of the climbing wall

Youth Clubs and Youth Services

Acton Park Playcentre Leisure Events (APPLE) £10,000 pa for three years towards school holiday arts programmes

Brunswick Club Trust £16,000 towards the running costs of the Holiday Playscheme Programme

Castlehaven Community Association £5,000 towards the Junior Youth Inclusion Programme

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Primrose Hill £10,000 towards youth worker costs

Harrow Club W10 £51,200 towards salaries, consultancy and sports activities

Kings Cross Brunswick Neighbourhood Trust £30,000 pa for three years towards the youth work programme

Pirate Club £100,000 towards construction work on the Pirate Castle

Response Community Projects £11,000 towards the running costs of the homework clubs

Rugby Portobello Trust £20,000 towards sessional youth worker and training costs

Samuel Lithgow Youth Centre £70,000 towards refurbishments

St Joseph the Worker, Dovetail Centre £15,000 pa for three years towards youth worker costs at the Dovetail Centre

St John’s Wood Crypt Club £5,000 pa for three years towards running costs

Stonegrove / Spur Road Youth Action Group £30,000 pa for two years for a youth worker

Stowe Centre £30,000 pa for three years towards the costs of youth training workers

Vital Regeneration £15,000 pa for three years towards the running costs of the FreqOUT! project

Childcare & Support for Families

African Child £12,000 pa for three years towards running costs

Barnet After School Provision £8,000 towards running costs

Breakaway Holiday Project £3,000 pa for three years towards support worker costs

British Arabs Resource Centre £15,000 pa for three years towards salary costs

Coram Family £15,000 towards the Music Therapy Service

Eaves Housing for Women £20,000 pa for three years towards a Children and Family Worker

Family Welfare Association £25,000 pa for two years towards the running costs of the Westminster Pyramid Project in primary schools

Forward £20,000 pa for three years towards the running costs of the Young People Speak Out programme

Grandparents Plus £20,000 towards the running costs of an intergenerational project on the White City Estate

Hornimans Adventure Playground £10,000 towards activity costs

North Kensington Womens Textile Workshop £3,500 towards the running costs of the crèche

Oasis North London £4,000 pa for three years towards the running costs of the Children’s Playgroup and Homework Club

Punch & Judy Family Centre £20,000 pa for three years towards running costs

Salusbury WORLD £20,000 pa for three years towards running costs

St Francis Community Church £25,000 towards refurbishment work

St Mary with All Souls, Kilburn £3,000 pa for three years towards a Children and Families Worker

St Paul’s Church Centre £25,000 as capital towards refurbishments

St Paul’s NEWPIN £15,000 pa for three years towards the running costs of the Family Play and Personal Development Programme

Venture Community Association £10,000 pa for three years towards a sports and outreach play worker at Notting Hill Adventure Playground

Westbourne Park Family Centre £15,000 towards a youth work initiative on the Warwick Estate in Bayswater

Westminster Befriend a Family £25,000 pa for three years towards running costs

Westminster Children’s Society £40,000 as capital for the South Westminster Children’s Centre

Women & Health in Camden £10,000 pa for three years towards the Arts 4 Health Project for young women with learning difficulties

Counselling

Brent Centre for Young People £30,000 pa for three years towards a specialised therapy programme for young people aged 18-23

Harrow Council for Racial Equality £10,000 towards the running costs of the Mentoring and Advocacy Programme

Rephael House £10,500 towards salary costs

SW5 £20,000 pa for three years towards the running costs of the Resettlement Programme for young men

West London Centre for Counselling £20,600 pa for three years towards services for young people

Women’s Therapy Centre £12,000 pa for three years towards therapy sessions for young women

Special Needs/Disability

Calvert Trust £25,000 towards the London Getaway Project

Asian People with Disabilities Alliance £15,000 pa for three years towards sports and leisure activities

Ataxia UK £7,000 towards the Talk in Weekend for young people

Binoh Trust £18,000 pa for three years towards the “Roving SENCO” project at schools in the Charity’s beneficial area

Caxton Youth Organisation £15,000 pa for three years towards the costs of an administrator

Equal People (Kensington & Chelsea) £17,500 pa for three years towards the Circles of Support programme for young people

Harington Scheme £20,000 pa for three years towards the salary of a foundations skill team leader

Harrow Mencap £13,000 pa for three years towards the summer holiday programme for young adults

Independent Panel for Special Education Advice (ISPEA) £12,000 towards the Tribunal Support Service

National Autistic Society £10,000 towards playground refurbishments at Sybill Edgar School

Turtle Key Arts £7,000 pa for three years towards the Key Club

Housing

Cricklewood Homeless Concern £40,000 as capital for refurbishments at the Ashford Road Centre.

Promotion of Youth Issues

Young Foundation £15,000 pa for two years as a contribution towards the Mapping Britain’s Needs project