Grants 2023
Young people and children first
We provided funding of £13,221 to provide essential housing costs, to provide accommodation in a family sized home for young people. It will also provide funds towards specialised training for staff and activity days for young people.
Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity
We provided funding of £15,000 to contribute to the cost of new Roald Dahl Epilepsy Specialist Nurse in Warwickshire caring for over 200 seriously ill children living with epilepsy.
The Felix Project
We provided funding of £15,000 to support Felix's Kitchen to produce 5,000 meals daily, from surplus food, reducing food waste and delivering more meals to the vulnerable in London.
Havering Women's Aid
We provided funding of £15,000 to provide counselling for children and young people.
NOMAD Youth and Community Project
We provided funding of £15,000 to be used towards core costs (salaries), to continue the support of vulnerable young people, children and families in the local community.
Children with cancer fund
We provided funding of £14,674 to purchase a computer, and provide funding towards our media assistant's wages.
Farncombe Community Garden
We provided funding of £10,000 to provide wheelchair accessible pathways across the site so that visitors can take part in gardening activities in all areas of the garden.
Wiltshire Tree House
We provided funding of £13,837 for the recruitment of additional bereavement support worker to cover the retirement of our current employee and hand-over/training period. And £5k contribution towards charities core costs.
Holding On Letting Go
We provided funding of £15,000 to enable them to continue to provide their much-needed support for children and young people, living in a family where someone has a terminal illness.
St Augustine's Community Care Trust known as Homelink Day Respite Care
We provided funding of £15,000 to ensure the smooth running of their day-to-day operations and improve the wellbeing of older people and their carers.
The Ickle Pickles Children's Charity
We provided funding of £14,796 for a Saturation Monitor to help the neonatal team to assess blood oxygen, heart rate and CO2 levels at Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton. Contribution towards salary costs of one Fundraising Ambassador.
Armed Forces Para Snowsport Team
We provided funding of £14,000 to contribute to the AFPST Competition Winter Park training camp. This training will unite wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans to provide inspiration and direction to their recovery pathways.
Rowan Humberstone Ltd
We provided funding of £15,000 to contribute towards staff costs to run creative workshops in Wood, ceramics, Textiles, Print, Mixed Media, Music and Drama and Rowan Rangers forest school.
Norwich City Community Sports Foundation
We provided funding of £10,000 to support the Disability Mini Kickers programme supporting children's personal, social and emotional development by allowing them to 'play, learn and grow' with other children in a safe environment.
The Lewis Foundation
We provided funding of £10,500 to cover the rental costs for their charity hub. Providing storage and work space for their volunteers/community to come together to prepare/package gifts for adult cancer patients.
Legacy Youth Zone
We provided funding of £15,000 to fund 1,357 hours of key youth worker support which would enable them to deliver their services during the cost of living crisis whilst having a long-term positive impact on young people.
Youth Adventure Trust
We provided funding of £10,000 to support vulnerable young people from Swindon to attend the Resilience Programme, a year-long Programme of monthly activity days, supplementary take-home activities, and a coherent thread of progressive experience.
Whirlow Hall Farm Trust
We provided funding of £15,000 to support the running of their educational and therapeutic activities on their working farm which aim to reduce anxieties and support re-engagement with education for vulnerable youngsters.
Longfield Hospice Care
We provided funding of £10,000 for travel costs incurred daily, caring for patients at end of life in their homes across Gloucestershire.
Lifespace Trust
We provided funding of £15,000 to contribute towards salaries of the mentoring team who work with Special Educational Needs and Disability young people including those with Autism Spectrum Conditions.
Woking and Sam Beare Hospice
We provided funding of £15,000 to enable the Community Nursing Service to deliver home visits to 168 patients over the next 12 months. Helping patients to make informed decisions about their care.
The Stoke-on-Trent & District Gingerbread Centre
We provided funding of £15,000 to assist with funding the 23 people Family Support Team who run the Supporting People Programme. They provide face to face contact with families 24 hours a day.
PDA Society
We provided funding of £14,964 to support 5,500 households which include a PDA person to access Q&A sessions/written resources by PDA experts, so they are better equipped to tackle challenges they face.
Accuro (care services)
We provided funding of £15,000 towards Accuro's staff and project costs, supporting over 180 children, young people and adults with disabilities in West Essex, providing opportunities to enjoy a better life in 2023/24.
Children First Derby
We provided funding of £14,942 to deliver intensive mentoring and establish a Creative Club, that will deliver arts and wellbeing activities to help improve social isolation, build greater confidence and self-esteem amongst young people.
ENABLE Scotland
We provided funding of £14,984 to redevelop and expand their youth services in Fife to support disabled children from 8-12 and 13-15 as well as expand their service for 16-18yr olds with a learning disability.
Neuro Wellbeing Centre
We provided funding of £15,000 to contribute towards exercise costs at the Centre - neuro physiotherpay in their purpose built gym and neuro physio led exercise classes for all neuro conditions.
Cavendish Cancer Care
We provided funding of £12,713 to support their specialist Young People's Service, which cares for anyone under 18 affected by a cancer diagnosis in South Yorkshire and the surrounding regions.
Fields of Life
We provided funding of £15,000 to help increase access to safe, clean water and strengthen community management systems for water facilities in two vulnerable communities in Kole District, Northern Uganda.
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People
We provided funding of £15,000 to contribute towards the partnering of deaf children with a life-changing hearing dog, trained to provide practical assistance, emotional support and companionship.
South Central Ambulance Charity
We provided funding of £12,254 to train and equip Co-Responders across Wiltshire and Hampshire borders and to provide replacement equipment and uniform as needed.
Sue Ryder
We provided funding of £15,000 to fund a specially adapted minibus, to ensure that people in their care at the centre can continue to be part of the local community.
Youth at Heart
We provided funding of £6,000 to increase awareness and expand the visibility of their charity to reach more young people and families, who can take advantage of the free services they offer.
Wiltshire Air Ambulance Charitable Trust
We provided funding of £8,534 to fund the purchase of a Lucas 3 mechanical CPR device to support patients in cardiac arrest.
Child Bereavement UK
We provided funding of £8,365 as a contribution to a Bereavement Support Practitioner who will provide support to bereaved children, young people and families in Milton Keynes.
Allsorts Gloucestershire
We provided funding of £15,000 to fund a proportion of Allsorts Youth Project for the next 12 months to continue their young adult sessions, aimed at 18 to 25-year-olds.
Edward's Trust
We provided funding of £12,742 to help Edward's Trust to become more accessible to bereaved children, young people and parents across the West Midlands, helping them to cope better with their grief.