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
Breadwinners Foundation Towards Breadwinners’ continued work experience, training, and support for young refugees and asylum seekers. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Better opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers London 2023
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
Drake Music Towards DMLab Bristol, a collaborative programme between disabled musicians and instrument makers, coders and hackers, to create new accessible instruments. £22,000
Over 2 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change England 2017
Athena Contemporary Dance Trust Towards delivery of Community Engagement Programme. £1,959
Over 2 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change England 2017
Abandofbrothers Towards the Head of Programmes who will liaise with all new and existing communities and help make the social franchising infrastructure possible. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Other - social England 2017
Gendered Intelligence Community Interest Company Towards the salary of the Trans Youth Work Project Manager who will manage and develop the network of support groups for young people who are trans or gender questioning £60,000
Over 3 Years
Other - education England 2018
Bounce Back Foundation Towards the operational costs of the community training centre where ex-offenders will gain skills in construction, furniture-making and upcycling. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Other - social England 2018
Resurgo Trust Towards the salary of a Corporate Partnerships Manager (Apprenticeships) to lead a programme that aims to help bridge the gap between businesses and disadvantaged young people. £40,000
Over 2 Years
Other - social England 2018
Fine Cell Work Towards establishing and embedding a new programme supporting ex-offenders after release at a textiles workshop in Battersea. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change England 2018
National Activity Providers Association Towards a National Arts in Care Homes Day £10,000
Over 1 Year
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people England 2019
LIFEbeat Towards the salary of an Operations and Programmes Manager to develop a London-based community hub and to seed and establish three further regional LIFEbeat hubs. £40,000
Over 2 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health England 2019
My Home Life Charity Towards Covid-19 Care Platform £20,000
Over 1 Year
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people England 2020
St Mungo's Towards the additional expenses incurred through accommodating homeless people in hotels £20,000
Over 1 Year
Other - social England 2020
Family Rights Group Towards the roll out of a new approach that aims to substantively help build lasting support networks for children in care. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Other - social England 2020
Enabling Enterprise Towards supporting the creation of a series of skills-focused workbooks and workshops for college students. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Other - education England 2020
School-Home Support Services (UK) Towards the salary of the Parental Engagement Co-ordinator £20,000
Over 1 Year
Other - education England 2020
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 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
Resurgo Trust Towards the salary of the Employer Partnership Manager (C-19 Extension) £20,000
Over 1 Year
Other - social England 2021
The Paper Birds Theatre Company Towards a pilot digital project exploring the concept of empathy and what makes us care for others with 90 young people £10,000
Over 1 Year
Other - arts England 2021
Tender Education and Arts Towards preventative education and training in alternative education settings that work with young people who are at high risk of domestic and sexual violence. £48,000
Over 3 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health England 2021
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
OpenUp Music Towards core costs as OpenUp expands its digital offer and shares its learning with others so that more disabled people can participate in music ensembles. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change England 2021
LIFEbeat Towards a year's extension of funding towards the salary of the Operations and Programmes Manager. £20,000
Over 1 Year
Young People's Improved Mental Health England 2021
Dante or Die Theatre Limited Towards a digital artistic and engagement project exploring the harms of online gambling. £16,500
Over 1 Year
Arts as a tool to achieve social change England 2022