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
The Bluecoat Towards the additional costs of Where the Arts Belong, a collaboration with the Belong Care Group exploring how the arts can support people with dementia. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people North West 2021
National Museums Liverpool Towards On the Road, bringing House of Memories museum experiences to older people in their communities. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people North West 2021
Dementia UK Towards a new Admiral Nurse service in Torbay and South Devon supporting patients and families who move from hospital into a care home. £20,000
Over 2 Years
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people South West 2022
St Joseph's Hospice Hackney Towards the running costs of St Joseph’s Hospice’ Namaste Care East London Project, enabling the evolvement and expansion of the service to future proof in light of the pandemic. £20,000
Over 2 Years
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people London 2022
Age UK South Lakeland Toward an extension of funding to the Compass programme so it can further expand outside of Cumbria. £20,000
Over 1 Year
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people North West 2022
Magic Me Towards developing, testing and implementing sustainable ways of scaling up Magic Moments in care homes across England. £20,000
Over 1 Year
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people England 2022
Royal Exchange Theatre Ltd Towards developing the Elders programme to invest more in Elder leaders, become more representative of the local population, and challenge ageism. £50,000
Over 2 Years
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people North West 2022
Alive Activities Limited Towards core costs while Alive consolidates its digital and meeting centre programmes, reaching more older people and their carers. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people South West 2022
UK Men’s Sheds Association Towards men's sheds work £13,400
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people South West 2017
The Baring Foundation Towards the second edition of the Treasury of Arts Activities for Older People £8,000
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people UK-wide 2020
North Central London Councils Apprenticeship and Leadership training for carers working in adult social care £340,000
Over 2 Years
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people London 2023
University College London Hospitals Charity Towards core costs to support a rapid-access, community-based health service for asylum-seeking people (AS-R) living in precarious circumstances. £90,000
Over 3 Years
Better opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers London 2023
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
Breadwinners Foundation Towards core costs to keep growing and improving its employability programmes for young refugees. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Better opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers South East 2023
Irene Taylor Trust Towards core costs to develop link longer-term work in prison with a stronger community programme, and to reach more people. £45,000
Over 3 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change UK-wide 2016
Caryl Jenner Productions Ltd Towards the salary of the Schools Relationship Manager delivering programmes tailored to the needs of individual schools. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Arts as a tool to achieve social change UK-wide 2016
Writing East Midlands (WEM) Towards the delivery of writer-led activities to build the confidence of refugees using English. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Arts as a tool to achieve social change East Midlands 2016
Collective Encounters Towards a project using the arts to improve the quality of life for paid and unpaid carers and people with dementia. £9,800
Over 1 Year
Arts as a tool to achieve social change North West 2016
Chapter (Cardiff) Ltd Towards developing dementia friendly film screenings. £22,500
Over 3 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change Wales 2016
Athena Contemporary Dance Trust Towards the engagement programme for hard to reach participants across the UK based on the themes and methods of each new touring production. £10,000
Over 2 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change UK-wide 2016
Synergy Theatre Project Towards core costs to enable the development of a roleplay training initiative. £30,000
Over 3 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change London 2016
Rhythmix Towards the development of a music in healthcare programme for people with mild to advanced stage dementia in healthcare and residential settings. £17,500
Over 1 Year
Arts as a tool to achieve social change South East 2017
Aspex Visual Arts Trust Towards a programme of visual arts workshops for people with dementia and a carers support group. £29,900
Over 3 Years
Arts as a tool to achieve social change South East 2017
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