Awarded grants

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This a list of recent grants awarded by The Rayne Foundation.

Awarded grants

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Applicant Project details Amount Area of Special Interest Geographical area Year awarded
Athena Contemporary Dance Trust Towards the engagement programme for hard to reach participants across the UK based on the themes and methods of each new touring production. £10,000
Over 2 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change UK-wide 2016
Literature Works Towards a rolling programme of activity which places specially trained practicing poets into community settings for dementia. £20,000
Over 2 Years
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people South West 2017
Empire Fighting Chance Towards core costs £15,000
Over 1 Year
Young People's Improved Mental Health South West 2020
One25 Limited Towards expanding its service for women in early recovery from addiction and trauma. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Other - social South West 2020
The Green House Bristol Towards testing a replicable whole family approach to supporting children who have experienced sexual abuse with potential to inform the national response to child abuse. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health South West 2023
UK Men’s Sheds Association Towards men's sheds work £13,400
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people South West 2017
OpenUp Music Towards the remote training sessions for professionals in order to support existing schools and expand to new schools £10,000
Over 1 Year
Arts as a tool to achieve social change South West 2020
Bluebell Care Trust Towards developing a programme of activity for young fathers whose partners are experiencing perinatal mental illness. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Young People's Improved Mental Health South West 2016
Hospiscare Towards extending the Care Navigator programme into Exeter and Mid Devon. £15,000
Over 1 Year
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people South West 2016
Off the Record (Bristol) Towards core costs to transition from a provider of specialist mental health services that treat young people to a mobiliser of young people and communities so they can look after themselves. £90,000
Over 3 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health South West 2019
Bosence Community Farm Limited Towards a new Team Leader to support young people from Cornwall, in a residential unit, recover from drug and alcohol misuse. £58,000
Over 2 Years
Other - health South West 2016
SAFE Foundation Towards a 12-month pilot of Working Together to Stay Together. £20,000
Over 1 Year
Other - health South West 2023
St Margaret's Somerset Hospice Towards Project Echo which will share specialist palliative care knowledge wtih care staff, improving identification and care of residents approaching the end of life. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people South West 2019
Key4Life CIO Towards the salary of a caseworker in the South West team to work wtih young men on the cusp of involvement in serious youth violence or other crime. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Other - social South West 2019
Bluebell Care Trust Towards the development of Dads in Mind, a service to support fathers experiencing anxiety and depression related to pregnancy and birth. £40,000
Over 2 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health South West 2019
Alive Activities Limited Towards core costs while Alive consolidates its digital and meeting centre programmes, reaching more older people and their carers. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people South West 2022
Redthread Youth Ltd Towards the Youth Violence Intervention Programme at Homerton University Hospital. £50,000
Over 3 Years
Other - social South West 2018
Life Cycle UK Towards the provision of bike mechanic workshops in HMP Bristol, linking prisoners with community members. £20,000
Over 2 Years
Other - social South West 2016
Alive Activities Limited Towards core costs while Alive seeks to consolidate its digital expansion £20,000
Over 1 Year
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people South West 2021
Circles South West Towards adapting the Circes of Support and Accountability for men convicted of sexual offences, providing support pre-release, 'through the gate' and on into the community. £30,000
Over 2 Years
Other - social South West 2018
One25 Limited Towards the development of a service for women are in recovery from addiction and street sex work, to help them to secure an escape route and prevent further relapsing. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Other - social South West 2018
OpenUp Music Towards the expansion of Open Orchestras enabling more young people to improve their music skills and to develop musical progression routes. £75,000
Over 3 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change South West 2018
Dementia UK Towards a new Admiral Nurse service in Torbay and South Devon supporting patients and families who move from hospital into a care home. £20,000
Over 2 Years
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people South West 2022
Shared Lives Plus Towards developing Shared Lives support for parents who have a learning disability and/or complex support needs, to care for themselves and their children by sharing a Shared Lives carer’s home £68,000
Over 2 Years
Other - social South West 2017
First Light South West Towards a piloting a family centred approach to recovery support for young person victims (11-18yrs) of sexual abuse or exploitation in Devon. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health South West 2022