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
University of Oxford, Dept. of Experimental Psychology Towards a national research project that will evaluate the effectiveness of KiVa, an anti-bullying intervention, in primary schools to improve the well-being and mental health of c.7000 children. £48,200
Over 3 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health South East 2019
Age Exchange Towards adapting its evaluated Reminiscence Arts (RA) intervention for older people with dementia to support the specific needs of people with young onset dementia. £49,000
Over 3 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change UK-wide 2019
PAC-UK Towards a Leeds based Education and Wellness Worker supporting adopted children and their families. £50,000
Over 2 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health UK-wide 2016
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Towards the Scholarship Fund £50,000
Over 5 Years
Other - arts UK-wide 2017
Changing Futures North East Towards a Family Support Worker to deliver interventions for families experiencing relationship distress. £50,000
Over 2 Years
Other - social North East 2017
Hijinx Theatre Towards Hijinx' Acting for Screen and Television course to improve the work opportunities for learning disabled actors and to address the under-representation of learning disability on our screens £50,000
Over 2 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change Wales 2018
Redthread Youth Ltd Towards the Youth Violence Intervention Programme at Homerton University Hospital. £50,000
Over 3 Years
Other - social South West 2018
Brighton Dome and Festival Ltd Towards Our Place, a resident-led community programme of year-round arts activity for local people in Brighton & Hove. £50,000
Over 3 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change South East 2019
Royal National Theatre Towards the Max Rayne Design Bursary £50,000
Over 5 Years
Other - arts UK-wide 2021
StreetDoctors Ltd Towards a project to empower young people to cope with the physical and mental health effects of experiencing traumatic violence. £50,000
Over 3 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health UK-wide 2021
English National Opera Towards ENO Breathe, a programme for those suffering from ongoing breathlessness, anxiety and other symptoms of Long Covid £50,000
Over 2 Years
Other - health UK-wide 2022
St Giles Trust Towards a project that will work with 40 children and young people per year (80 in total) on the edge of being taken into Local Authority care. £50,000
Over 2 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health England Wales 2022
Royal Exchange Theatre Ltd Towards developing the Elders programme to invest more in Elder leaders, become more representative of the local population, and challenge ageism. £50,000
Over 2 Years
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people North West 2022
The Bike Project Towards the expansion of The Bike Project roadshow model. £50,000
Over 2 Years
Other - social England 2023
Family Action Towards trialling expansion of the Post Sexual Abuse (PSA) service in Leicestershire to pre trial support. £51,000
Over 3 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health East Midlands 2019
Learn English at Home Towards the scaling up and annual evaluation of a programme of ‘bespoke’ English language and social integration support for socially excluded minority ethnic adults. £54,000
Over 3 Years
Other - education London 2020
Body & Soul Towards ‘You Are Not Alone’ - a Graduate Group that will provide ongoing support for young people/adults aged 16-30 who have attempted suicide. £57,000
Over 3 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health London 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
Articulate Cultural Trust Towards employing a specialist Arts and Mental Well-being Co-ordinator. £58,500
Over 3 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health Scotland 2021
Social Finance Towards the development of two models that will be designed to improve quality of life for older people £59,000
Over 1 Year
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people UK-wide 2018
Huntington's Disease Association Towards the salary of the Specialist Huntington’s Disease Adviser for Wiltshire and Dorset. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Other - health North West 2016
The Auditory Verbal Centre Towards core costs to enable AV-UK reach more deaf children directly, and train more therapists. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Other - health UK-wide 2016
St Luke's (Cheshire) Hospice Towards consolidating a model to support end of life care for the homeless. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Other - health North West 2016
Freedom from Torture (FfT) Towards therapeutic and practical support for young survivors of torture in the North West of England. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health North West 2016
Refugee Action Towards The Bradford Working English Project. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Other - social Yorkshire & The Humber 2017