Welfare Grants
Please see below for a detailed list of grants made since April 2015 for sums of £10,000 and over. We also make smaller grants but these are not listed seperately.
Family Welfare
Barnet Home-Start |
£15,000 |
One to one volunteer home-visiting support to vulnerable families with young children | |
Ocean Somali Community Association |
£13,900 |
Training parents on parental skills and managing children behaviour | |
EFA London |
£10,000 |
Two free weekly ESOL courses, supported by free crèches, for parents in Wandsworth to improve their ability to support their children’s education | |
Birth Companions |
£14,400 |
Structured specialist and peer support to vulnerable pregnant women and new mothers in HMPs Holloway and Bronzefield | |
Missing Persons |
£11,500 |
Support for missing children and their families in London |
Support for Young People
Arts Against Knives |
£17,981 |
Development of two nail bars aimed at disadvantaged, at-risk young females, offering them training as nail technicians and support with personal development, life and workplace skills | |
Cultivate London |
£11,225 |
Landscape Gardening Training Programme for disadvantaged young people | |
East London Advanced Technology Training |
£20,000 over two years |
Support for young people who have dropped out of, or excluded from, education to help them sort out their issues and meet role models and mentors | |
Brandon Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy for Young People |
£15,000 |
Counselling and psychotherapy for 16 to 24 years old struggling with the transition to adulthood due to mental health problems | |
Covent Garden Dragon Hall trust |
£40,080 over three years |
NEET (not in Education, Employment and Training) Youth Digital Inclusion |
Care for the Elderly
Entelechy Arts |
£25,835 over two years |
Meet Me on the Move – a project to provide opportunities for socially isolated frail older people to engage with cultural activities that reconnect them with the wider community | |
Spitalfields City Farm |
£17,631 |
Harvest Hands – a project that works with older volunteers | |
Redbridge Concern for Mental Health |
£15,000 |
Dementia Befriending Service | |
Contract the Elderly |
£15,500 |
Development of three new monthly Sunday tea parties groups in London | |
Waterloo Action Centre |
£14,500 |
Provision of the necessary support to enable older people to better ageing in the community |
Social Welfare
Kennington Association |
£27,454 over two years |
Inclusive outdoors activities for disabled children and young people with additional needs | |
South London Special League |
£21,000 over three years |
Regular competitive sports for disabled adults | |
CareTrade Charitable Trust |
£21,000 |
Support for young Londoners with autism to develop their employability skills and secured paid employment or an apprenticeship | |
Richmond Homes and Lifestyle Trust |
£26,208 |
Salary costs of the Opportunities Development Manager to further expand provision of activities and develop volunteer and employment opportunities for people with a learning disability | |
Women’s Therapy Centre |
£12,000 |
Community-based therapy and support for disabled women experiencing mental ill health |