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
Spitalfields Festival Ltd Towards a cross-arts project in three Tower Hamlets care homes, aiming to reduce isolation, reimagine care relationships and improve the wellbeing of up to 180 older people. £30,000
Over 3 Years
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people London 2018
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
Liberty Choir UK Towards the salary of an Operations & Partnerships Manager in order that Liberty Choir can expand to new prisons. £30,000
Over 2 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change South East 2019
Cardboard Citizens Towards a programme of intensive creative residency projects in areas of low arts engagement that will draw in local expertise, empower communities to explore stories and create change. £30,000
Over 2 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change UK-wide 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
Local Welcome CIO Towards the creation of Local Welcome groups for older people and their local community to interact with each other. £30,000
Over 1 Year
Other - social UK-wide 2020
Breadwinners Foundation Towards the core costs of a social enterprise that provides work experience, training and mentoring to young refugees and people seeking asylum by selling artisan organic bread across London. £30,000
Over 3 Years
Other - social London 2020
The Anna Freud Centre Towards the training of eight mental health professionals who will roll out a Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention in the UK. £30,000
Over 1 Year
Young People's Improved Mental Health UK-wide 2016
The Choir With No Name Towards improving the wellbeing of homeless people through singing. £30,000
Over 2 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change England 2016
YoungDementia UK Towards piloting a new early support service for individuals with young onset dementia and their families. £30,000
Over 3 Years
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people South East 2017
Partnership for Children Towards training of professionals to deliver PfC's programmes to young carers, aged 7-12, contributing to increased social, coping and emotional skills in this group. £30,000
Over 3 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health UK-wide 2021
Somerset and Avon Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Towards a programme of developing resources and professional training to support adult survivors of sibling abuse. £30,000
Over 2 Years
Other - health South West 2022
Rosetta Life Towards further development of the Brain Odysseys Ambassador Network £31,566
Over 2 Years
Other - health South East 2023
Yes Futures Towards a programme of personalised coaching and inspirational trips so young people develop key skills and tools to enable them to fulfil their personal potential and be mentally healthy. £34,500
Over 2 Years
Other - education UK-wide 2020
Beating Time Towards an in-prison Employment Consultancy for people serving sentences, led by people serving sentences. £35,000
Over 2 Years
Other - social England 2022
The Reader Organisation Towards its Reading Heroes project - reading aloud with care experienced children to improve confidence, wellbeing and develop a love of reading for pleasure. £35,000
Over 2 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health UK-wide 2022
The Verbal Arts Centre (Northern Ireland) Ltd Towards an evidence based pilot monitoring the impact of a 30-week Reading Rooms programme on the mental health and wellbeing of 'hard to reach' adults in the criminal justice system. £35,600
Over 2 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change Northern Ireland 2018
Community Drug and Alcohol Recovery Services Towards the salary of a Domestic Violence Specialist Worker working with male perpetrators of domestic violence. £36,000
Over 3 Years
Other - social London 2016
The Bike Project Towards the core costs of a social enterprise that provides second-hand bikes to refugees and asylum seekers. £36,000
Over 2 Years
Other - social UK-wide 2017
The Jewish Volunteering Network Towards the provision of volunteering opportunities for 30 offenders, contributing to research by the University of Cambridge measuring the effect of a range of interventions on offending rates. £36,000
Over 3 Years
Other - social London 2019
Soundcastle Ltd Towards the development and expansion of a music group that encourages and celebrates the creative talent of adults with lived experience of mental ill health. £36,000
Over 3 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change England 2021
Rethink Mental Illness Towards expanding a project which co-produces mental health workshops for young people at university. £37,000
Over 2 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health England 2020
The Whitworth, The University of Manchester Towards the development of a programme for midwives that is complimentary to its existing programme for bereaved parents, responding to the need for both programmes to be rolled out nationally. £38,000
Over 3 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change UK-wide 2023
Working Chance Limited Towards a contribution to the salary of the Head of Office – Manchester, for a restorative Recruitment Consultancy that supports women ex-offenders and care leavers. £38,400
Over 2 Years
Other - social North West 2017
The Society for Mucopolysaccharide Diseases Towards developing an Advocacy Support Service for MPS teenagers and young people. £40,000
Over 2 Years
Other - social South East 2016