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
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited Towards a pioneering collaborative programme, STROKESTRA, designed to enhance stroke recovery for patients and their carers using group creative music-making alongside professional musicians. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Other - arts Yorkshire & The Humber 2019
Leeds Gypsy and Traveller Exchange Towards the salary costs of a mental health advocate for Gypsy and Traveller people and costs associated with training and resource production. £45,000
Over 2 Years
Other - health Yorkshire & The Humber 2017
Leeds Community Foundation Towards homelessness in Leeds and Bradford £20,000
Over 1 Year
Other - social Yorkshire & The Humber 2018
Refugee Action Towards The Bradford Working English Project. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Other - social Yorkshire & The Humber 2017
Pause Creating Space for Change Towards developing and testing a relational model of support for care-experienced young women so that they can build firm foundations for the future. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health Yorkshire & The Humber 2023
Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire Ltd Towards organising a critical mass of Coventry’s 300,000 people - (1000) to become active participants and leaders of Connecting For Good which aims to end isolation. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Other - social West Midlands 2021
China Plate Theatre Ltd Towars a 1-year creative healthcare programme aiming to improve healthcare worker wellbeing and develop self and workplace compassion during and post the pandemic. £20,000
Over 1 Year
Arts as a tool to achieve social change West Midlands 2021
The Clay Foundation Towards artist-facilitated workshops, visits and residencies for people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. £22,200
Over 2 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change West Midlands 2019
Straight Talking Peer Education Towards expansion of the work in the West Midlands to run courses in secondary schools about the realities of early parenthood. £40,000
Over 2 Years
Other - education West Midlands 2016
The Clay Foundation Towards a one year extension of the ReCast project. £15,000
Over 1 Year
Arts as a tool to achieve social change West Midlands 2022
The Stroke Association Towards developing the first model of mental health support for stroke survivors in Wales. £20,000
Over 1 Year
Other - health Wales 2023
Wales Millennium Centre Towards a choir project bringing together children in care, the families who care for them, and care-experienced people of all ages. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Arts as a tool to achieve social change Wales 2019
Llamau Ltd Towards piloting a primary prevention project working to identify and support young people at risk of homelessness. £30,000
Over 3 Years
Other - social Wales 2020
Hijinx Theatre Towards the salary and running costs of Hijinx Film. £40,000
Over 2 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change Wales 2022
NoFit State Community Circus Ltd Towards redesigning NoFit State’s vibrant Youth Circus programme to increase accessibility for children and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder. £10,000
Over 2 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health Wales 2019
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
Chapter (Cardiff) Ltd Towards developing dementia friendly film screenings. £22,500
Over 3 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change Wales 2016
NoFit State Community Circus Ltd Towards core costs to safeguard NoFit State's community team and redesign to better meet the needs of the communities it serves. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Other - arts Wales 2021
Missing People Towards the live webchat service. £45,000
Over 3 Years
Other - social UK-wide 2017
Association of Charitable Foundations Towards running the Asylum, Refugee & Migration Interest Based Network and the Housing & Homelessness Interest Based Network. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Other - social UK-wide 2016
Re-engage Ltd Towards the salary of a National Development Officer who will focus on the creation of more tea parties groups, contributing to reduced isolation for participants. £25,000
Over 2 Years
(OLD) Improved Quality of Life for Older People UK-wide 2016
Social Finance Towards the growth of community sponsorships in the UK as part of the Syrian refugee resettlement programme. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Other - social UK-wide 2017
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
The Silver Line Helpline Towards the core running costs of the helpline. £75,000
Over 3 Years
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people UK-wide 2017
Terrence Higgins Trust Towards core costs £500
Over 1 Year
Other - health UK-wide 2016