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
Spread the Word Towards a poetry, volunteering and skills-building programme that aims to reach out to some of London’s most disadvantaged young people £20,000
Over 2 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change London 2017
The Kendal Brewery Arts Centre Trust Limited Towards a pilot of an arts programme which draws on motivational theories from sports psychology and which aims to build reslience in students making the transition from primary to secondary school £25,000
Over 3 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change North West 2017
Told by an Idiot Ltd Towards Let Me Play the Lion Too, a professional training opportunity to give power to emerging disabled and non-disabled artists to effect change in the performing arts industry. £2,000
Over 1 Year
Arts as a tool to achieve social change UK-wide 2018
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
Mind the Gap Limited Towards the development and roll-out of Anna, an interactive forum theatre piece looking at people with learning disabilities as parents. £29,500
Over 2 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change UK-wide 2018
OpenUp Music Towards the expansion of Open Orchestras enabling more young people to improve their music skills and to develop musical progression routes. £75,000
Over 3 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change South West 2018
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
Create London Towards a pilot public programme as part of 'A House for Artists', a new residential space for artists in Barking Town Centre. £40,000
Over 3 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change London 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
New Note Projects Towards a multi-media project that will see a members of a 'recovery' orchestra create a new musical score and film. £5,000
Over 1 Year
Arts as a tool to achieve social change South East 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
Student Hubs Towards a (pilot) project that aims to develop summer workshops for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC). £5,000
Over 1 Year
Arts as a tool to achieve social change South East 2019
Wishing Well CIC Towards participatory music making activities for acute mental health settings for people with dementia and 2 focus group sessions with the National Alliance of Musicians in Healthcare. £40,000
Over 2 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change South East 2019
Philharmonia Ltd Towards a creative music-making project for Looked After Children. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Arts as a tool to achieve social change East Midlands 2019
Manchester Jewish Museum Towards addressing growing racial intolerance in Greater Manchester through the recruitment, training and support of non-Jewish volunteers from local migrant communities. £10,000
Over 2 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change North West 2019
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
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
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
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
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
Orchestras for All Towards a programme that aims to tackle inequalities in the provision of music making opportunities and music education across the UK. £45,000
Over 3 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change UK-wide 2019
National Theatre of Scotland Towards using the arts to effect change within Renfrewshire Council's care system by bringing young people and caregivers together in a three-year programme to creatively reimagine relationships. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change Scotland 2019
Aspex Visual Arts Trust Towards the extension of a programme of visual arts workshops for people with dementia and a carers support group. £13,700
Over 1 Year
Arts as a tool to achieve social change South East 2020
OpenUp Music Towards the remote training sessions for professionals in order to support existing schools and expand to new schools £10,000
Over 1 Year
Arts as a tool to achieve social change South West 2020
Changing Tunes Ltd Towards researching and developing a music rehabilitation programme for Secure Children’s Homes. £20,000
Over 1 Year
Arts as a tool to achieve social change UK-wide 2020