Grants agreed in 2010


In 2010 we agreed grants under the following programmes.

Arts Programme Grants
Core Funding


Entelechy Seven Ages performing company
Photograph courtesy of Roswitha Chesher

Courtesy of Art in Hospital


Courtesy of
Akademi South Asian Dance in the UK
Organisation Name
Grant (£)
Akademi South Asian Dance in the UK
60,000
Art in Hospital
75,000
Big Telly Theatre Company
45,000
Capital Age Festival
66,000
Chapter (Cardiff) Ltd
75,000
Entelechy Arts Ltd
58,365
Equal Arts
60,600
Green Candle Dance Company
45,000
Library Theatre Company
75,000
Suffolk Artlink
75,000

Courtesy of
Equal Arts

Right Moves Dance
Photograph courtesy of
Suffolk Artlink

Courtesy of
Big Telly Theatre Company

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

 

Joint International Development Programme Grants
In collaboration with the John Ellerman Foundation

Project in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Photographs courtesy of Children in Crisis

 

Organisation Name Purpose of Grant
Grant (£)
ARTICLE 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression Empowering IDPs in four Provinces in Kenyato claim their 'right to know' with a view to ensure their social protection and achieve crucial rights.
163,912
Busoga Association UK Tackling systemic issues such as lack of access to education, healthcare, changing societal and women's vulnerability to poverty in Uganda.
126,513
Children in Crisis Training teachers in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo and developing the capacity of Eben Ezer Ministries.
165,571
Homeless World Cup Foundation Creating sustainable futures through sport and social enterprise for displaced women whose lives have been destroyed by Uganda's civil war.
39,926
Homeless International The strengthening of Tanzanian organisations to develop a relocation project for evicted slum dwellers and set a precedent.
166,078

 

Workers manufacturing interlocking compressed earth blocks
at the project in Chamazi, Tanzania
Photograph courtesy of Homeless International

The fist pilot unit at the Homeless International project in Chamazi, Tanzania nears completion
Photograph courtesy of
Centre for Community Initiatives

(To find out more about organisations we have funded under the Joint International Development programme click here)

 

Strengthening the Voluntary Sector - Independence Programme

Courtesy of Barton Hill Settlement

Organisation/Grantee Name Purpose of Grant Grant (£)
Action for Advocacy To recruit a Head of Policy to lead on A4A's work creating a means of communication with Government, promoting the independence of the advocacy sector.
60,000
Advice UK To secure evidence of the effectiveness and economic value of the BOLD intervention, develop a sustainable method for its extension and secure support from central and local government.
134,789
Asylum Aid To expand Asylum Aid's legal policy advocacy; strengthening the organisation's independence by enhancing its credibility and influence, and providing a potential new income stream.
60,000
Barton Hill Settlement To support the development and dissemination of Barton Hill Settlement's Information Management System database.
10,000
Coventry Law Centre To develop, implement and evaluate a mixed economy model for community-based advice delivery in Coventry- to strengthen agencies involved and to influence commissioners of advice services.
150,000
Law Centres Federation To develop a new business model for third sector agencies delivering specialist legal advice.
149,500
Law Centres Federation To complete and disseminate research into the cost and impact of quality legal representation for immigrants and asylum seekers.
29,900
Legal Action Group To conduct a poll on the availability of social welfare law services to the public and test public support for social welfare law advice services.
8,000
Legal Aid Practitioners Group To encourage parliamentary involvement and scrutiny of Legal Aid reform by supporting the development of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid and developing a team of Legal Aid Champions.
19,986
Nottingham Law Centre To complete the redesign of independent advice services, based on evidence of client demand and to influence service commissioning and reduce unnecessary demand for advice from public service failures.
86,859
Youth Access To support the youth advice sector to evidence how access to independent advice is being compromised, to provide direct support to a number of local advice providers to improve their capacity to demonstrate impact and to contribute to national policy on planning and funding youth advice services.
150,000

 

Learning Grants, Special Initiatives, and Other Funding

Organisation/Grantee Name Purpose of Grant
Grant (£)
Andrew Purkis A commission to support a research project on housing associations and independence from Government.
3,500
Baring Primary School Towards taking part in a "Forest School."
1,000
Birmingham Voluntary Service Council To convert the Impact Toolkit into an Impact of Infrastructure Toolkit and support its take up by other local infrastructure bodies.
20,000
British Africans in Government An organisational development grant to help establish and advertise BIG.
5,000
British Association of Settlements & Social Action Centres To support the design and publication of the Shared Energy toolkit, reflecting lessons generated by the Climate Change Special Initiative.
2,000
Climate Outreach and Information Network To support the design and publication of three publications reflecting lessons generated by the Climate Change Special Initiative.
1,986
Comic Relief To fund a full-time post.
25,000
D G Legal Feasibility and planning work on a range activities associated with the support of South West London Law Centre. This grant is jointly funded with City Bridge Trust, City Parochial Foundation, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and Lankelly Chase Foundation.
10,000
Haltwhistle Partnership Towards expanding volunteering in Haltwhistle in Northumberland.
7,500
Healthlink Worldwide Travel costs of an African NGO partner to attend the meeting of the Joint International Development Committee.
667
Institute of Community Cohesion To run the Awards for Bridging Cultures 2010.
150,000
Interact Worldwide Towards taking Healthlink Worldwide's application to the Joint International Development programme forward to the final interview process. (The John Ellerman Foundation provided a further 50% of the funds)
667
Jubilee Action Towards the cost of preparing an application to the Joint International Development programme and travel costs of an African NGO partner to attend the meeting.(The John Ellerman Foundation provided a further 50% of the funds)
1,333
National Children's Bureau To support the design and publication of the "Climate Smart" toolkit reflecting lessons generated by the Climate Change and the Third Sector Special Initiative.
5,478
Restless Development Towards the cost of preparing an application to the Joint International Development programme and travel costs of an African NGO partner to attend the meeting. (The John Ellerman Foundation provided a further 50% of the funds)
1,333
St. Michael's Fellowship Towards a mock flat for parents.
5,000
Stichting European Climate Foundation To engage non-environmental voluntary organisations in a major new campaign to secure an ambitious government energy efficiency strategy to lead to major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
100,000

 

 

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