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
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
The Cirdan Sailing Trust Towards an Early Intervention in Psychosis Services Adventure Therapy project. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Young People's Improved Mental Health UK-wide 2023
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
Bluebell Care Trust Towards developing a programme of activity for young fathers whose partners are experiencing perinatal mental illness. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Young People's Improved Mental Health South West 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
The Race Equality Centre Towards the integration of refugees, supporting them into employment, education and volunteering. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Other - social East Midlands 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
Sunderland Carers Centre Towards general donation £10,000
Over 1 Year
Improved quality of life for carers and for older people North East 2020
Association of Charitable Foundations Towards running the Asylum, Refugee & Migration Interest Based Network and the Housing & Homelessness Interest Based Network. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Other - social UK-wide 2016
The Turnaround Project Towards a bike enterprise that will reduce social isolation and improve the mental and physical health of young people leaving the criminal justice system. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Other - social Northern Ireland 2021
Young Futures Towards additional expenditure related to Covid-19 £10,000
Over 1 Year
Young People's Improved Mental Health London 2020
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
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
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
Scottish Ballet Towards weekly dance classes for people with Parkinson’s Disease. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Arts as a tool to achieve social change Scotland 2016
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
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
Dementia UK Towards a two-year pilot Admiral Nurse service to provide specialist family centred support to people living with a diagnosis of young onset dementia. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Other - health UK-wide 2018
Reaching Higher Limited Towards an initiative that will create a referral pathway for highly vulnerable young people engaged in a Youth Offending Service to integrate into trauma-informed community-based programmes. £10,000
Over 2 Years
Young People's Improved Mental Health London 2022
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
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
Family Lives Ltd Towards support for children and their parents in families where young people have caring responsibilities. £12,500
Over 1 Year
Other - social London 2021
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
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
Blue Cabin CiC Towards Blue Cabin's work with young people who have experience of being in care or 'looked-after'. £15,000
Over 1 Year
Arts as a tool to achieve social change North East 2021