Grants agreed in 2005

In 2005 we have agreed grants under the following programmes.
Click on the programme to see a detailed list of grants.

 

Strengthening the Voluntary Sector Projects

Organisation Project Description
Grant
(£)
Action for Advocacy To strengthen financial management procedures within the organisation.
13,000
Action on Elder Abuse For the purchase of a fundraising database.
7,975
Adopt A Minefield UK To assist with the transition to an independent charity by carrying out work to put financial systems in place and train staff to understand their new roles and responsibilities.
6,000
Afghanistan Culture and Art Association For consultancy fees for producing a business plan and operational procedures for Refugee TV.
6,000
African Initiatives To work with African partners to develop a 5-10 year strategic plan.
14,770
Al-Hasaniya Moroccan Women's Centre For a programme of staff development.
8,500
Angolan Advice and Information Centre To purchase, install and train staff to use the AIMS database.
2,408
Blind in Business For a new database to improve the effectiveness of the organisation.
4,000
Bluecoat Arts Centre Limited For consultation with disabled and deaf people over a full spectrum of access issues tn the redeveloped arts centre.
10,670
Bosnia & Herzegovina UK Network To provide business planning training to Bosnian community groups and provide opportunities for groups to share skills and experience.
12,484
Central African Association To fund a conference bringing together refugee community organisations in Wales with UK refugee organisations and statutory agencies.
9,180
Centre for Research into Economic and Social Trends To increase the research capacity of 25 refugee and migrant groups, build links between these groups and academics and promote joint working.
9,162
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers For a strategic review.
7,500
Chrysalis Domestic Violence Services To develop a website providing advice and support to people experiencing domestic violence.
4,237
City Gateway For financial and accountancy training and for a consultancy for organisational review and development of a business plan.
10,000
Communities Empowerment Network Towards freeing up staff to implement a business plan.
10,000
Community Foundation Network To enable the establishment of beacon foundations.
14,000
Community Hub To evaluate co-location by Bassac and the Development Trusts Association and draw lessons for debates on community sector infrastructure.
12,000
Congolese Community Support Group To support a training and development programme for the management committee.
3,950
Creative and Supportive Trust To carry out a five-year organisational strategy.
7,480
Dial UK To fund 18 months costs of developing and piloting a programme for providing member groups with financial systems support.
22,500
Education for Development To develop a database to facilitate the utilisation of local trained personnel in developing and delivering adult education programmes.
9,580
Employment Focus For a consultancy to complete the process of restructuring the organisation.
7,500
Exeter Community Initiatives Towards the costs of developing formal working relationships with other organisations.
11,570
Fathers Direct To support the transformation of the organisation into a new high profile national body.
13,200
Food Chain Towards the costs of improving the volunteer management system.
5,266
Groundswell UK To set up a website with on-line directory of homeless-led self help groups.
19,927
Hackney City Farm For a consultancy to produce a new strategic plan.
8,450
Inquest Charitable Trust Towards the cost of an external review and redesign of casework, statistical and administrative databases.
10,000
Kairos in Soho Towards freeing up the CEO's time to carry out a strategic review, develop a business plan and carry out development work on wider organisational development issues in the LGBT sector.
17,706
KIDS VIP Towards the costs of a good practice manual for children's visits to prisons.
10,000
Kurdish Human Rights Project To implement a new centralised database to support KHRP's institutional development
7,622
Law Centres Federation To produce a governance training manual for London Law Centre management committees.
11,950
London Advice Services Alliance Towards creating a network of staff from BME and mental health organisations to share experience and develop skills in providing legal representation for clients.
22,455
Mind in Harrow For the costs of consultancy to establish the viability of a mental health awareness training programme.
4,000
Ockenden International Towards a strategic review plan for the organisation.
16,934
One World Trust To increase beneficiary accountability in developing NGO's through the development of complaint and response mechanisms.
18,667
Peaceworkers UK To re-develop the website into a comprehensive recruitment and training gateway.
8,620
PhotoVoice To contribute to the production and dissemination of a PhotoVoice manual which will teach organisations how to carry out participatory photography projects with vulnerable people.
16,690
Place2Be To develop and deliver a management development programme to support managers with dual clinical and management responsibilities.
15,000
Platform Towards the cost of producing a communications strategy for the organisation at a critical point in its development.
5,000
Praxis A programme of staff development accompanying an organisational change process.
10,500
Reprieve To carry out improvements to IT systems.
8,585
RNID To support the development of the Association of Lipspeakers and the Association of Verbatim Speech to Text Reporters over eighteen months.
16,068
Ruralnet UK To promote collaboration through ICT by designing and implementing an action research project that will observe a process of engaging and working with organisations new to using ICT for collaboration through eight training workshops.
14,537
Sheila McKechnie Foundation Towards the development of the vision and business plan.
11,380
St Michael Associates For a consultancy to review current activities and produce a three-year development plan.
9,250
Starlight Music Academy To fund the production of a business plan and fundraising strategy and the design and launch of a website.
7,130
Streetwise Opera Towards the purchase and installation of QuickBooks accounting software.
1,500
TaxAid UK To support one year's costs of developing the research capacity of the organisation.
10,000
TimeBank To develop a scheme to provide voluntary sector staff with secondment opportunities in media organisations.
15,738
Tribal Tree To develop relationships with companies in the music industry through piloting a long-term work placement scheme.
10,440
Victim Support Cornwall To strengthen the financial management of Victim Support Cornwall.
10,853
VSO To provide grants of £4,000 to five UK diaspora organisations to strengthen their capacity to develop international volunteering programmes.
20,000
Working With Men To develop a five year strategic and business plan.
6,500
YoungMinds Towards purchase of software that will make it possible to provide remote e-working for staff, helping to reduce travelling time and to relieve overcrowding at the London office.
10,420


One further grant was agreed for a merger under the Strengthening the Voluntary Sector project grant programme but, owing to it's confidential nature is not listed.

 


Strengthening the Voluntary Sector Core Grants


Organisation
Grant
(£)
Black Training and Enterprise Group
75,000
Community Foundation for Merseyside
75,000
Groundswell UK
75,000
Ruralnet UK
75,000
The Young Foundation
75,000

 

Arts Core Grants

Organisation

Grant
(£)

National Museums Liverpool
180,000
Oval House
75,000
Pan Centre for Intercultural Arts
45,000
Photovoice
45,000
Refugees and the Arts Initiative
45,000
Sound It Out Community Music Limited
15,000
Theatr Fforwm Cymru
45,000

 

Joint International Development Programme Grants

Organisation Project Description

Grant
(£)

Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers To establish and support a network of organisations in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Cote d'Ivorie seeking to stop the use of child soldiers and support regeneration of former child soldiers into society. (The John Ellerman Foundation awarded an additional 50% to the amount shown here).
148,128
Oxfam GB Towards providing livelihood and educational opportunities to displaced women in shanty towns around Port Sudan. (The John Ellerman Foundation awarded an additional 50% to the amount shown here).
30,938
Reason Partnership Towards implementation of a national plan to address post-traumatic stress disorder among displaced people returning to their homes in former conflict zones in Peru.
75,000
South Sudan WomenConcern Towards capacity building of 30 groups of displaced women in South Sudan and provision of support to former child soldiers. (The John Ellerman Foundation awarded an additional 50% to the amount shown here).
71,425
Transform Africa Towards assistance to build the capacities of NGOs and CBOs in Sierra Leone to support the long-term integration of former refugees and displaced people. (The John Ellerman Foundation awarded an additional 50% to the amount shown here).
30,938
Village AiD To support partner organisations in Ghana and Sierra Leone working with displaced and excluded young people. (The John Ellerman Foundation awarded an additional 50% to the amount shown here).
92,143

Other International Grants


Organisation
Grant (£)
Consortium for Education and Training for Southern Sudan (The John Ellerman Foundation awarded an additional 50% to the amount shown here).
714
CARE International UK (The John Ellerman Foundation awarded an additional 50% to the amount shown here).
714

 

Other Grants/Commissions**

Organisation/Grantee Project Description
Grant (£)
Association of Charitable Foundations Towards a bursary fund for small trusts to attend the 2005 ACF conference.
1,000
Association of Charitable Foundations Towards the costs of the production of the Philanthropy UK newsetter.
2,000
ING Bank N.V Joint funding with ING Bank for arts project "Invisible City".
4,000
Wimbledon School of Art Towards the Re-Inventing Exhibition.
2,500
Julia Unwin** Joint funding towards the costs of an evaluation of the Collaborative Working Unit at the National Council of Voluntary Organisations.
3,000
Norah Fry Research Centre, University of Bristol ** Further funding towards a mapping study and literature review regarding parents with learning difficulties.
8,000
Norah Fry Research Centre, University of Bristol ** For additional work on the mapping study and literature review.
5,000

Margaret Bolton and Megan Abdy**

Towards work on a publication "Foundations and Organisational Development" (including £5,000 for the costs of printing).
10,000

Discretionary Fund
Organisation Name Project Description
Grant (£)
Elizabeth Finn Trust For a conference on alleviation of adult poverty in the UK.
500
Portsmouth Cathedral Trust  
1,000

 

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