Awarded grants
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| Applicant | Project details | Amount | Area of Special Interest | Geographical area | Year awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age UK Newcastle | Towards supporting older people with dementia, and their carers, in hospital and upon discharge. |
£25,000 Over 1 Year |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | North East | 2016 |
| The Dementia Adventure Trust | Towards Thinking Differently About Dementia Workshops to help carers find out how to enable a person living with dementia to keep active and enjoy nature-based activities. |
£30,000 Over 2 Years |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | East of England | 2016 |
| UK Men’s Sheds Association | Towards the salary of a Shed Development Worker supporting the growth of the movement and Sheds Ambassadors across the UK. |
£120,000 Over 3 Years |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | UK-wide | 2017 |
| 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 |
| Age UK Cheshire | Towards the salary of a Programme Manager who will oversee the expansion of sheds within Cheshire and share learning of the model across the UK. |
£100,000 Over 3 Years |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | North West | 2017 |
| Suffolk Family Carers | Towards 'Health Coaching for Carers' |
£20,000 Over 1 Year |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | East of England | 2017 |
| Resettlement and Care for Older ex-Offenders and Prisoners | Towards the costs of delivering charitable activities to offenders and key staff working in the criminal justice system. |
£10,000 Over 1 Year |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | UK-wide | 2017 |
| Suffolk Artlink | Towards artists using laughter and creativity to improve the quality of life for people with dementia in hospital. |
£20,000 Over 2 Years |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | East of England | 2017 |
| NL Cares Ltd | Towards outreach work that identifies isolated older neighbours and connects them to a network that includes younger people, to tackle isolation and loneliness in our communities. |
£30,000 Over 3 Years |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | London | 2017 |
| Literature Works | Towards a rolling programme of activity which places specially trained practicing poets into community settings for dementia. |
£20,000 Over 2 Years |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | South West | 2017 |
| Alive Activities Limited | Towards Alive's coaching programme for 240 care staff in 60 care homes, providing on-the-job training for care staff in developing meaningful activities and relationships with their residents. |
£45,000 Over 3 Years |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | South East | 2017 |
| Playlist for Life | Towards core costs in order that Playlist for Life can help an estimated 15,000 people with dementia to create and use their own playlists. |
£30,000 Over 2 Years |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | Scotland | 2017 |
| Grampian Hospitals Art Trust SCIO | Towards the development of work with older patients and carers. |
£10,000 Over 1 Year |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | Scotland | 2018 |
| 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 |
| Social Finance | Towards the development of two models that will be designed to improve quality of life for older people |
£59,000 Over 1 Year |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | UK-wide | 2018 |
| Age UK South Lakeland | Towards the development of 'Compass': a new approach to tackling poverty, ill-health and loneliness amongst older people. |
£60,000 Over 3 Years |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | North West | 2018 |
| Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology (TIMP) | Towards a project that seeks to equip care staff to support people with dementia and their partners to sustain the quality of their relationships. |
£10,000 Over 1 Year |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | London North East South West West Midlands | 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 |
| Hourglass (Safer Ageing) | Towards operating a volunteer-led Elder Abuse Recovery Service which supports older victims of financial, psychological, physical, sexual abuse and scams each year. |
£10,000 Over 1 Year |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | UK-wide | 2019 |
| Capital Theatres | Towards working with older people living with and affected by dementia and expanding the demographics of the participants who are reached. |
£20,000 Over 1 Year |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | Scotland | 2019 |
| Nightingale Hammerson | Towards a Dietician to implement & evaluate nutritional strategies for residents and to educate more care staff around the role of nutrition in supporting quality of later life |
£124,200 Over 3 Years |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | London | 2019 |
| St Margaret's Somerset Hospice | Towards Project Echo which will share specialist palliative care knowledge wtih care staff, improving identification and care of residents approaching the end of life. |
£10,000 Over 1 Year |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | South West | 2019 |
| UK Men’s Sheds Association | Towards the construction of a shed building at Anchor Hanover’s West Hall retirement village in partnership with UKMSA and Woking Men’s Shed to pilot a working shed in a care setting. |
£10,000 Over 1 Year |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | South East | 2019 |
| The Bluecoat | Towards Where the Arts Belong, a collaboration with the Belong Care Group exploring how the arts can support people with dementia. |
£42,000 Over 2 Years |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | North West | 2019 |
| Royal Exchange Theatre Ltd | Towards the Elders Programme in order that the Royal Exchange Theatre can further develop its work with older people and share its learning. |
£60,000 Over 3 Years |
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people | North West | 2019 |