Awarded grants
Browse or search our awarded grants with the table below.
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| Applicant | Project details | Amount | Area of Special Interest | Geographical area | Year awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Men’s Sheds Association | Towards research to understand and demonstrate the intrinsic value of men's sheds |
£26,600 |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | UK-wide | 2021 |
| Christians Against Poverty | Towards the expansion of CAP Release, an eight-week programme for people with an identified low-grade habit or addiction who have decided they want to stop. |
£30,000 Over 3 Years |
Other - social | UK-wide | 2017 |
| Music In Detention | Towards the delivery of creative music sessions with detainees and community members living next to Immigration Removal Centres. |
£45,000 Over 3 Years |
Arts as a tool to achieve social change | UK-wide | 2016 |
| British Refugee Council | Towards therapeutic support for unaccompanied asylum seekers and refugees to improve their emotional wellbeing and help their integration into the UK. |
£60,000 Over 3 Years |
Young People's Improved Mental Health | UK-wide | 2017 |
| 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 |
| Upswing Aerial Ltd | Towards a three-year programme to positively affect the lives of care home staff, care home residents and professional circus artists. |
£60,000 Over 3 Years |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | UK-wide | 2020 |
| My Life Films Limited | Towards the three-year national roll out of My Life TV, the world’s first Video on Demand streaming service specifically designed for people living with dementia. |
£60,000 Over 3 Years |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | UK-wide | 2021 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Other - arts | Wales | 2021 |
| Chapter (Cardiff) Ltd | Towards developing dementia friendly film screenings. |
£22,500 Over 3 Years |
Arts as a tool to achieve social change | Wales | 2016 |
| 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 |
| FareShare | Towards FareShare Merseyside to help FareShare distribute food to more charities in North Wales and the North West. |
£45,000 Over 3 Years |
Other - social | Wales | 2015 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Arts as a tool to achieve social change | West Midlands | 2021 |
| Birmingham YMCA | Towards the salary of the Community Engagement Officer at the YMCA's The Orchard Community Hub. |
£21,000 Over 3 Years |
Other - social | West Midlands | 2015 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Other - social | Yorkshire & The Humber | 2018 |
| Transforming Lives for Good (TLG) Ltd | Towards the expansion of TLG's early intervention programme through which trained volunteers provide pupils with one-to-one support in literacy, numeracy and behaviour. |
£32,000 Over 2 Years |
Other - education | Yorkshire & The Humber | 2015 |
| Refugee Action | Towards The Bradford Working English Project. |
£60,000 Over 3 Years |
Other - social | Yorkshire & The Humber | 2017 |
| 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 |