NEWS OF RECENT GRANTS

F N Charrington Tower Hamlets Mission, £75,000
Provision of self-contained flats for homeless men in alcohol/drug recovery and rehabilitation.

St John's Home, Northampton, £75,000
Construction of a stand-alone dementia unit at a residential care home for the elderly

Kids, £50,000
Purchase of care centre for disabled children in Hampshire.

Martha Trust, £32,000
Hydrotherapy pool for young people with profound physical and learning disabilities in South East England.

Refresh, £42,000
Rebuilding and refurbishing a family flat and installing specialist disabled equipment to provide respite care and holiday facilities for disabled young people and their carers.

The Royal Star and Garter Home for Disabled Sailors Soldiers and Airmen, £150,000
Ensuite shower rooms at the new nursing care home in Solihul disabled ex-service people and their partners.

Medical Emergency Relief International Charitable Trust (MERLIN), £80,000
Rapid response assistance in emergencies and crisis situations.

Big Brum Theatre in Education Company, £15,000
Van to enable delivery of Theatre-in-Education and out of school drama activities to deprived young people.

Chorley Unit Sea Cadets Corps No 526, £20,000
Re-roof slate roof, replace timber flooring and other refurbishments to Sea Cadet premises

Leap Confronting Conflict, £15,000
IT upgrades to facilitate improved conflict resolution working with young people.

London Community Cricket Association, £30,000
Flooring, website and marketing material for an indoor cricket centre in London.

North East Norfolk 1st Rural Scout Group, £15,000
Purchase of Roughton Mill to enable the charity to continue to run activities in an area of rural isolation.

Youth Link: NI, £30,000
Purchase of property to enable expansion of youth programmes in Belfast

Cardinal Hume Centre, £20,000
IT server and hardware for homeless young people in London.

Christian Action Resource Enterprise, £25,000
Refurbishment of shop providing furniture to needy people in North East Lincolnshire.

Community Furniture Store (York), £16,000
Steam cleaning workshop and industrial cleaner to supply low cost furniture to low-income families and homeless people.

Killin Community Bus, £16,400
Community minibus for people in rural Perthshire and Stirlingshire.

Mendham and Withersdale Village Hall, £20,000
Internal works for the new village hall in Suffolk.

Missing People, £15,000
Upgrading the IT system for a charity supporting young runaways, missing people and their families.

One25 Limited, £20,000
Refurbishment of supported housing mother and baby unit providing help to overcome addiction and parenting skills for mothers working in the sex industry.

Quaker Social Association, £15,000
Van to deliver furniture to low income families in East London.

The Village Centre, £30,000
Building a new community facility in Glasgow.

Deafax, £15,000
Innovation hub to deliver training to deaf people nationwide.

Fiveways School Trust, £30,000
Creation of a multi-sensory hydrotherapy centre for children with profound disabilities in South Somerset.

Mires Beck Nursery, £25,000
Provision of new building for training, learning and non-work activities for people with learning disabilities in East Yorkshire.

Shape London, £20,000
AV equipment for training rooms to provide a disability arts hub in London for disabled people.

Attlee Foundation, £12,000
Grant for 'Tickets Please' scheme.

Burma Star Association, £17,000
Grants for needy elderly UK resident individuals.

Friends of the Elderly, £22,000
Grants for needy elderly individuals.

Metropolitan Society for the Blind, £30,000
Grants for needy visually handicapped individuals.

St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital, £25,000
Grant for general funds.

Bedford Creative Arts, £5,500
Technical equipment for the 'Whatever' project to offer new skills and training to young people.

St Andrew's Club, £10,000
Replacement minibus for youth football teams in Westminster.

Trojans Youth & Community Development Group, £10,000
Minibus to transport young people to youth projects in Derry City.

Birmingham Rape and Sexual Violence Project, £10,000
Refurbishment of premises in the West Midlands.

Pitstop Leatherhead, £10,000
Replacement van to supply furniture to disadvantaged people in Surrey.

R H Educational and Welfare Trust, £7,700
Base for social and learning opportunities for women from disadvantaged BME communities in Birmingham.

Sheriffs' and Recorder's Fund, £10,000
Printing leaflets for their bicentenary appeal.

Turntable Furniture, £10,000
Replacement vehicle to deliver furniture to low income families in Devon.

Volunteer Centre (Thrapston), £10,000
Purchase an adapted minibus for elderly and disabled people in rural areas of East Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire.

Deafway, £10,000
New minibus to provide access to youth services for deaf people in Lancashire.

Lifecraft, £3,000
Handbook of local services for people with mental health needs in Cambridge.

Lord Mayor's Appeal 2008, £10,000
Wellbeing for Women and ORBIS.

Sheriffs' and Recorder's Fund, £2,500
Support for children and families of serving prisoners and individuals under the care of the probation service.

Bradford Textile Society Trust, £6,000
Fabric Design Competition 2008

Texprint, £10,000
Support for UK Textile Design Graduates.

Centre of the Cell, £50,000
IT hardware costs in the form of touch screen displays for a new science education centre in East London.

Longridge Scout Boating Centre, £40,000
Purchase of the site in Buckinghamshire that provides land and water-based activities to young people of all backgrounds.

Byker Bridge Housing Association, £40,000
Construction of a 31 bed hostel for homeless men and women in Tyne and Wear.

Emmaus Preston, £50,000
Refurbishment of a building into a fully functioning Emmaus Community in North West Lancashire.

Greyfriars Tolbooth and Highland Kirk, £50,000
Building of a new training and enterprise facility for disadvantaged people in Edinburgh.

Hydrosense Charitable Organisation, £75,000
Installation of a custom built hydrotherapy pool, disabled changing rooms, hoists and multi sensory equipment at a school in Herefordshire for pupils with complex, profound and multiple disabilities.

FunMaths Roadshow, £40,000
Development of an ICT version of their mathematical roadshow materials to enable wider dissemination of the methods and broader coverage.

King's College London, £40,000
Maths teacher meetings to improve the standard of lessons and enthusiasm of pupils.

University of Birmingham, £50,000
Summer school for mathematics teachers to inspire and motivate teachers by immersing them in mathematics for a week.

Institute of Education, £700,000
Creation of a research initiative to carry out evidence based research in educational methodologies to benefit autistic people.

Research Autism, £158,000
Research into behavioural problems among young children attempting to discover whether early intervention can make a difference.

Shared Care Network, £145,000
Increase in provision of respite breaks for children with autism and their families through training of carers and distribution of materials about recruiting carers for autistic children.

Bala and Penllyn Sports and Recreation Association, £15,000
Multi use games area for young people in Gwynedd.

Beatbullying, £15,000
Evaluation tools for measuring the impact of work into anti-bullying strategies nationwide.

Challenge for Youth, £30,000
Refurbishment of a building to provide flexible, functional space to facilitate work with 'at risk' young people in County Antrim.

Cresco Trust, £30,000
Refurbishment of semi-derelict church school to develop social and economic enterprises in Londonderry.

Leeds Theatre Trust, £30,000
Creation of a permanent, designated arts space for at risk young people in Leeds city-centre.

Rural Media Company, £25,000
IT, communications and finance systems, and purchase of a vehicle to enable service delivery of creative media activities to young people in Herefordshire.

Tommy's The Baby Charity, £20,000
Design, print and distribution of information booklet for pregnant teenagers and young mothers across the UK.

YMCA Fairthorne Group, £30,000
Redevelopment of an accommodation block, dining room and heating system for children in Hampshire.

Ayrshire Household Recycling, £15,000
New van for furniture project in Ayrshire.

Burlescombe and Westleigh Community Hall, £12,000
Demolishion and rebuilding of existing community hall in Devon to enable disabled access and use.

Clothall Village Hall Trust, £20,000
Demolition and repair of a village hall in North Hertfordshire.

Dalmally Community Company, £20,000
Building a community centre with a sports facility in Argyll.

Enfield Citizens Advice Bureaux Services, £20,000
Relocation of the charity to a purpose built community resource centre.

Furniture Resource Centre, £20,000
Two trucks to deliver furniture items to socially excluded and homeless people across the UK.

Leeds Citizens Advice Bureau, £15,000
Updating IT facilities to improve access and quality of advice.

Trelya, £30,000
Purchase and refurbish old school to convert it into a youth and community centre.

West Lancashire Women's Refuge, £14,000
Purchase new IT equipment to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the service at a women's refuge.

Age Concern Preston and South Ribble District, £20,000
Upgrade and extension of community building in Preston.

Cobhair Bharraigh, £20,000
Extension of a day care centre on the Isle of Barra to enable an increase in service provision.

BREAK, £20,000
Construction and furnishing of an extension to increase accommodation provision at a family assessment centre in Norfolk.

The Cedar Foundation, £30,000
Purchase, development and refurbishment of a regional resource centre in Northern Ireland to provide services to disabled people.

Changing Faces, £20,000
Create and disseminate new self-help information for adults with disfigurements in the UK.

Dial Doncaster, £15,000
A vehicle to collect and deliver second hand goods for disabled people.

Epilepsy Action Scotland, £11,400
IT equipment to improve efficiency and effectiveness of service for people with epilepsy.

Salters Hill Charity, £20,000
Conversion of ground floor of building to accommodate administration offices, and craft workshop and teaching facilities for a charity providing services to people with learning disabilities in West England.

Sussex Autistic Community Trust, £30,000
Development of specialist support services for adults with autism.

Organisation of Blind African Caribbeans, £20,000
Upgrading the telephone and computer equipment to expand the volunteer befriending service for blind and partially sighted African and Caribbean people in London.

Salters' Institute of Industrial Chemistry, £15,000
Summer Chemistry Camps at the University of Leeds in 2008-2010.

Advisory Centre for Education (ACE), £10,000
A new database to improve the collection of evidence from callers for a charity providing education advice for parents and carers in England and Wales.

Bolton Lads and Girls Club Limited, £10,000
Open canoes, trailer and accessories to allow young people with physical and learning disabilities in Greater Manchester to participate in watersports.

Family Care, £5,000
Updating IT facilities at an agency working with vulnerable children and families in Nottingham.

Ventnor Together, £10,000
Creation of a Youth Cafe to provide a safe environment for young people on the Isle of Wight.

Annie Macpherson Home of Industry, £10,000
Furniture and equipment for a weekly group in Tower Hamlets for women who self-injure.

Enfys Foundation, £10,000
Van to collect and deliver white-goods and furniture in Neath Port Talbot and Swansea.

Hope for the Homeless, £10,000
Van to provide a number of social enterprise projects in Nottinghamshire.

Ivorian Advice and Support Campaign, £10,000
Capital costs of ESOL and ICT training for young people from French speaking black communities in Southwark.

Lambeth Law Centre, £4,800
Moving costs and refurbishment work for a charity in Lambeth providing independent specialist legal advice.

South Yorkshire Community Foundation, £5,000
Flood disaster relief.

Women's Therapy Centre Limited, £10,000
Purchase of new PCs and updating the database, website and publicity for a charity providing psychoanalytic psychotherapy to women in London.

Age Concern Leicestershire and Rutland, £10,000
New ambulance to assist elderly people in Leicestershire.

Age Concern Northern Ireland, £10,000
Fitting smoke alarms and window locks to the homes of elderly people in Northern Ireland.

Axess Information Association, £10,000
Equipment for filming and presentations of heritage sites for wheelchair-bound, elderly people in London and the South East.

St Osmund's Community Sport Centre Limited, £10,000
Extension to a community sports facility in Dorset.

Peaceful Place, £10,000
Minibus to enable care and recreational activities for younger adults with dementia in Essex.

Stockport Institute for the Blind the Deaf and the Dumb, £10,000
Building repairs and renovations at a resource centre for people with sensory impairment in Cheshire.

Bristol Children's Help Society, £50,000
To refurbish and expand the Barton Camp Children's Centre in North Somerset.

Eaves Housing for Women, £20,000
An extension at a refuge in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham for women and children affected by domestic violence.

Friends of Astley Scouts and Guides, £15,000
Upgrading the Scout and Guide headquarters in the village of Astley in Greater Manchester.

Girvan Youth Trust, £50,000
Refurbishment of a former hotel to become a dedicated youth facility in South Ayrshire.

Ripon Division Girl Guiding, £30,000
Development of a purpose built Girl Guiding Headquarters with disabled access in North Yorkshire.

Second Chance, £20,000
Purchase of a 4x4 vehicle to transport disadvantaged UK children at an adventure camp in Finland.

Volunteer Centre Westminster, £10,000
Redevelopment of the charity's office and volunteering drop-in centre in Paddington, London.

Wings South West, £50,000
Development of a rural learning and business incubation centre in North Devon.

Alcohol and Drug Addiction Prevention and Treatment Limited (ADAPT), £50,000
Creation of a secondary care unit at a Rehabilitation Centre at Mundesley, Norfolk.

Arch (North Staffs), £20,000
Remodeling of a refuge for woman and children in North Staffordshire.

Caring For Life, £50,000
To build an adult learning centre in West Yorkshire.

Home-Start Winson Green and Hanworth, £20,000
Relocation of a charity supporting disadvantaged families in West Bromwich.

The Indian Community Centre Association Ltd, £50,000
To relocate the community centre in Nottingham providing services to all members of the community.

Kings Cross - Brunswick Neighbourhood Association, £108,000
Refurbishment and expansion of the Marchmont Community Centre in King's Cross, London. It provides a range of services to combat deprivation and disadvantage in an area with high levels of poverty.

London Baptist Association, £35,000
Refurbishment of a community centre in East London.

Open Road, £10,000
Environmental and building improvements to a drug and alcohol advice and support centre in Clacton, Essex.

St Thomas's Community Network, £20,000
Renovations and van for a furniture project in the West Midlands.

Toynbee Hall, £100,000
Restoration of the first and second floors of Toynbee Hall, which provides a range of social care programmes in the East End of London.

Age Concern Norfolk, £10,000
Upgrading the information systems and IT to provide support for elderly people in Norfolk.

Age Concern Portsmouth, £10,000
A multi-use vehicle providing support for older people living at home in Portsmouth.

Dial A Ride (Scarborough and District), £7,000
A new minibus to offer community transport to the elderly and disabled in Scarborough.

Elderly Accommodation Counsel, £16,500
A client database to improve information on older people's housing and care needs throughout the UK.

Acre Housing, £35,000
Building accommodation for people with learning and physical disabilities in South Oxfordshire.

Bethel Health and Healing network, £10,000
Furniture for accommodation for people in need of health and social support in Birmingham.

Burton Street Foundation, £37,000
The renovation and installation of equipment to ensure compliance with health and safety legislation at a community organisation in Sheffield.

Camden Society, £50,000
Alterations to a cafe at the new YMCA centre at King's Cross, London, that will provide employment and training opportunities for disabled people.

Children's Hospice South West, £23,000
An interactive and sensory play garden within a children's hospice in Bristol.

Cooltan Arts, £10,000
Refurbishment of the gallery for people with mental distress in London.

Crossroads Association, £10,000
Developing the IT to support schemes for carers and people with care need throughout England and Wales.

Freshwinds, £10,000
IT equipment to train volunteers to support people living with life-limiting and life threatening illnesses in Birmingham.

Garvald Training Centre, £50,000
New Textiles Studio in Edinburgh for people with learning disabilities.

MDF The BiPolar Organisation, £18,000
Equipment and website development for a charity helping people with bipolar disorder in England and Wales.

Mildmay Mission Hospital, £50,000
Renovation of a family care centre to temporarily house the Mildmay Mission Hospital for people with HIV and AIDS, whilst a new hospice is being built.

Nightingale House Hospice, £30,000
Refurbishments to the reception area at a hospice and cancer support centre in North East Wales.

People for Animal Care Trust, £8,800
Renovation of the Henry Hallam Therapy Centre in Norfolk to allow mentally and emotionally disabled people to interact with animals.

Phab, £30,000
Building a holiday lodge for disabled and non-disabled young people in England and Wales to use together.

Queen Alexandra Hospital Home, £50,000
Renovation of a ward at a residential nursing care home in East Sussex for disabled ex-service personnel.

VOCAL - Voice of Carers Across Lothian, £15,500
Refurbishment of the reception area and information library for carers in Edinburgh and Midlothian.

Woodlarks Camp Site Trust, £75,000
Rebuilding a camp site for disabled adults and children in Farnham, Surrey, which provides activities including swimming, canoeing and horse riding.

Beacon Centre for the Blind, £100,000
Redevelopment of the facilities at a centre for the blind in Wolverhampton.

University of Leeds International Textile Archive, £98,000
Cataloguing, documentation and conservation of the textile collections.

University of Manchester - Department of Textiles & Paper, £60,000
A laboratory scale bicomponent spinning system capable of manufacturing bicomponent fibres, microfibres, nanofibres and meltblown fibres.

African Future Development, £2,800
Upgrading IT equipment to provide educational and recreational facilities for disadvantaged young African people in Newham, London.

Asian Resource Centre of Croydon, £5,000
Materials and equipment for a young people's training project in Surrey.

Basantu Outreach Project, £1,000
Training programme for young unemployed people in Waltham Forest, London.

Brent Schools' FA, £2,800
Reinforced rubber playing pitch for young disabled people in Brent, London.

Carefree Kids, £2,500
New photocopier and new website for playscheme in Waltham Forest, London.

Forest of Dean Music Makers, £5,000
Conversion of a disused caretaker's bungalow into a specialist music rehearsal, training and recording facility in Gloucestershire.

Free Time Children's Club, £3,000
Resources for re-establishing an after school club for children in South Lanarkshire.

Recycle to Cycle, £5,500
Five office computers, a printer and redesign of the website for a bicycle recycling project in Edinburgh.

Ripon YMCA, £10,000
Refurbishment of a hostel for single young people aged between 16 and 25 in North Yorkshire.

Braintree District Voluntary Support Agency, £3,400
Replacement of computer system to provide support for voluntary and community groups in Braintree, Essex.

Clydesdale Citizens Advice Bureau, £2,800
Upgrade of computer system.

Full House Furniture and Recycling Service, £10,000
Replacement of 7.5 tonne vehicle used for delivering furniture to people living in poverty in Herefordshire.

High Street Centre, £10,000
Building improvements to a community centre in South Yorkshire.

House of Heroes, £5,000
Conversion of garage into offices to provide support to homeless/dependent men in Devon.

LAACC, £5,000
IT equipment and furniture for an organisation providing services to deprived groups in North London.

Northampton Hope Centre, £5,000
New kitchen and office equipment, and general furnishings for a centre for homeless people.

NOVA New Opportunities, £9,000
IT equipment to help socially excluded people in London find employment and training.

Oromo Relief Association UK, £1,500
New computer, a fax machine, broadband connection and computer training for an organisation supporting Oromo refugees in the UK.

Ottringham Village Hall Committee, £4,000
Second stage of the refurbishment of a village hall in East Yorkshire (upgrading the toilet facilities), to improve energy efficiency and eradicate damp.

PLIAS Resettlement, £10,000
Computer and training equipment to help move disadvantaged and socially excluded people in Brent, London into employment and further training.

Rag Tag 'n' Textile Collective, £5,000
Website development, training, workshop refurbishment and purchase of a trailer for a textile recycling project in the Highlands of Scotland, supporting adults with mental health issues.

Stuart Low Trust, £2,600
Upgrade of computer systems at the offices of a mental health charity in Islington, London.

Aston & Birchfield Community Organisation, £6,000
Replacement minibus for an over 50s social club in the West Midlands.

Brecon and District Disabled Club, £7,000
Replacement of a minibus for a Dial-A-Ride service in Powys.

Centre for Armenian Information and Advice, £8,000
Purchase of new wheelchair accessible minibus for older and disabled people in West London.

Middlesex ITeC Ltd, £5,000
Purchase of items to facilitate training in computer skills, internet and email to the over 60s in Ealing, London, to improve confidence and communication, and to combat isolation.

Somali Special Needs Scheme, £2,000
Office equipment for a charity providing services to the elderly Somali community in Sheffield.

Wigan and Leigh Pensioners Link, £4,000
IT and computer equipment for an older people's computer suite in Wigan.

Corali Dance Company, £2,000
Purchase of an accessible technical equipment (video and sound) for use in education and outreach programmes for people with learning disabilities in London.

Disability Wessex, £1,700
Replacement PCs and printer for disability advice service in Dorset.

East Lothian Roots and Fruits, £1,500
Purchase of a computer and other start up costs for a food co-op which will enable disabled people to purchase fruit and vegetables more easily.

East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre, £5,000
Fitting out a vehicle which serves isolated and disabled people in East Sussex with up-to-date hearing testing equipment.

Exeter Community Transport Association, £5,000
Scooter/wheelchair accessible car for a service for disabled people in Devon.

Laycock Primary School, £6,000
Creation of a DVD library to enhance provision for deaf and hard of hearing children in Islington, London.

Nailsea Disability Initiative, £2,000
Rent and alterations of new premises in North Somerset to enable accessibility for disabled people and greater opportunity for people to use the service.

North Yorkshire Music Therapy Centre, £3,000
Laptops and recording equipment for a peripatetic music therapy service in North Yorkshire.

PUSH (Perth and Kinross), £5,000
An IT system and software for a charity providing services to people with learning disabilities in Perth and Kinross.

Ryedale Special Families, £5,000
Replacement minibus to transport children with disabilities in North Yorkshire.

The Spring Centre Trust Fund, £5,000
Rubberised play area with specialist equipment for children with disabilities in Gloucestershire.

St Helens District Society for Deaf People, £6,000
Refurbishment of kitchen in centre used by deaf people for education and recreation in Merseyside.

Trafford Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre, £5,600
Alteration of drop in centre in Greater Manchester to provide more space and create resource centre.

Blindart, £4,300
Website development for a charity providing arts projects to visually impaired and disabled people across the UK.