Grants agreed in 2008


In 2008 we have agreed grants under the following programmes.

Arts Programme Grants
Core Funding

Organisation Name
Grant (£)
Artsdepot
45,000
BandBazi
45,000
Bridge and Tunnel Voices
45,000
Brouhaha International
75,000
Charnwood Arts
75,000
City Arts (Nottingham) Ltd
74,971
Craftspace
67,974
Ice and Fire
45,000
North East Theatre Trust - Live Theatre
50,000
Sound It Out Community Music Limited
75,000

(To find out more about arts organisations we have funded under the theme of Arts and Refugees since 2004 click here)

 

Joint International Development Programme Grants

 

Organisation Name Purpose of Grant
Grant (£)
Akina Mama Wa Afrika To raise awareness and to build the capacity of women led organisations to enhance services for displaced people in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia., Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. To promote networking between them to encourage lesson-learning and information sharing. (The John Ellerman Foundation have provided a further 50% to add to the amount shown here)
152,330
Camfed International To promote the ability of people displaced by long-term forced migration to access education for girls and participate in its provision and to provide support for school leavers to transition to safe livelihoods in Zimbabwe. (The John Ellerman Foundation have provided a further 50% to add to the amount shown here)
155,410
Minority Rights Group International To develop appropriate remedies to address the forced migration of Endorois community in Kenya, including building local capacity to represent their interests and to enable them to engage wih Kenya government over the African Charter on Human Rights. (The John Ellerman Foundation have provided a further 50% to add to the amount shown here)
166,675
Peace Direct To work with a local partner to find ways to provide security for internally displaced people, assist them to return home, minimise the risk of further conflict through the demobilisation of militia and work with communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (The John Ellerman Foundation have provided a further 50% to add to the amount shown here)
115,247
Send a Cow UK To develop management information systems. (The John Ellerman Foundation have provided a further 50% to add to the amount shown here)
39,374

 

Other Joint International Grants

 

Organisation name Purpose of Grant Grant (£)
One World Action For the purchase of a vehicle for use in Tanzania. (The John Ellerman Foundation have provided a further 50% to add to the amount shown here)
5,000
Book Aid International Towards the preparation of an application to the Baring Foundation and John Ellerman Foundation. (The John Ellerman Foundation have provided a further 50% to add to the amount shown here)
667
Education Action Towards the preparation of an application to the Baring Foundation and John Ellerman Foundation.. (The John Ellerman Foundation have provided a further 50% to add to the amount shown here)
667
Relief International-UK Towards the preparation of an application to the Baring Foundation and John Ellerman Foundation.. (The John Ellerman Foundation have provided a further 50% to add to the amount shown here)
667

 

 

Strengthening the Voluntary Sector Independence Programme Grants

Organisation Name Purpose of Grant
Grant (£)
Action for Advocacy A multi-stranded three year project, working with advocacy schemes to demonstrate the value of advocacy, improve service user involvement, improve finance systems, develop negotiation skills and facilitate greater engagement in social policy issues.
197,626
Advice UK A two year programme, working with New Economics Foundation and Directory of Social Change, to develop the RADICAL user-centred advice service approach, improve tendering skills in advice agencies and improve relationships with central government.
199,979
Avon and Bristol Law Centre A three year programme to support Advice Services for Avon to strengthen its influence and maintain the independence of its members through supported learning, business development and increasing capacity to engage with national debates.
174,831
Coventry Law Centre A two year programme of activities to strengthen individual partners of Advice Services Coventry and strengthen the partnership as a whole. To include, systems review (working with Advice UK), IT investment, governance improvement, user involvement and development of ASC's ability to undertake social policy work and campaigning.
191,113
Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire A range of activities carried out over one year to reassert the values underpinning citizen advocacy, to improve systems for collecting evidence of needs, to strenghthen negotiation skills and to improve ways of measuring quality and impact.
35,591
Law Centres Federation A four year programme to strengthen and reassert the Law Centre service delivery model through improved understanding of local needs and by building the collaborative relationships with government necessary for effective advice services.
200,000
Refugee Legal Centre A one year programme to carry out research on evaluating the cost and impact of quality legal representation for immigrants and asylum seekers.
199,680

 

Climate Change Grants

The Foundation made four grants to support organisations to work with particular non-environmental voluntary organisations to help them explore how climate change will affect their primary charitable purpose. The results of this work will then be shared with other practitioners and policy makers with the aim of influencing wider practice and policy on tackling climate change.

Organisation Name Purpose of Grant
Grant (£)
Climate Outreach Information Network To work with refugee organisations.
57,115
Community Development Foundation To work with community anchors.
74,325
National Council of Voluntary Organisations To work with organisations supporting vulnerable people.
74,750
National Children's Bureau To work with children's and youth organisations.
74,000

 

Contingency/Learning Grants

Organisation Name Purpose of Grant
Grant (£)
Northern Refugee Centre To fund work on consolidating Jantella, the umbrella group for refugee organisations in Yorkshire and Humberside.
10,000
City Parochial Foundation To contribute to the costs of holding a joint seminar on funding campaigning and policy work.
1,000

 

Baring Family Grants

Organisation Name
Grant (£)
The Baring Archive
5,000
Scotswood Natural Community Garden
5,000
Baring Primary School
1,000

 

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