Awarded grants

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This a list of recent grants awarded by The Rayne Foundation.

Awarded grants

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Grants awarded under our areas of special interest
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Applicant Project details Amount Area of Special Interest Geographical area Year awarded
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
Academy Concerts Society Towards the creation of an integenerational orchestra in Newham for older and younger learners to epxlore classical music together. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Other - arts UK-wide 2018
Playlist for Life Towards materials and staff time to deliver training and webinars to healthcare professionals throughout the UK. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Other - arts Scotland 2021
Scottish Ballet Towards the delivery of Dance for Parkinson’s sessions in five new areas of Scotland, creating a total of seven regional hubs. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Other - arts Scotland 2018
The Jerusalem Foundation Towards the Jerusalem Music Centre. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Other - arts London 2016
Capital Theatres Towards staff costs and the delivery of its digital engagement programme ‘Raise the curtain’. £20,000
Over 1 Year
Other - arts Scotland 2020
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
NoFit State Community Circus Ltd Towards core costs to safeguard NoFit State's community team and redesign to better meet the needs of the communities it serves. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Other - arts Wales 2021
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Towards the Scholarship Fund £19,000
Over 1 Year
Other - arts UK-wide 2021
Royal National Theatre Towards the Max Rayne Design Bursary £50,000
Over 5 Years
Other - arts UK-wide 2021
Hospital Rooms Towards commissioning 6 world class artists to co-produce highly inventive, compelling and NHS compliant artistic environments for a locked acute mental health unit in St Pancras. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Other - arts London 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
Chicken Shed Theatre Trust Towards the Annual Gala evening - 2017 £10,000
Over 1 Year
Other - arts London 2017
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Towards the Scholarship Fund £50,000
Over 5 Years
Other - arts UK-wide 2017
Future Frontiers Ltd Towards extending support over the 2020/21 academic year. £20,000
Over 1 Year
Other - education London 2020
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
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
Learn English at Home Towards the scaling up and annual evaluation of a programme of ‘bespoke’ English language and social integration support for socially excluded minority ethnic adults. £54,000
Over 3 Years
Other - education London 2020
Why me? Victims for access to Restorative Justice Towards the pilot of Why Me’s restorative justice approach in Alternative Education Units, with the aim of reducing violence and improving the mental wellbeing of both pupils and staff. £60,000
Over 3 Years
Other - education UK-wide 2023
Autism Early Support Trust Limited Towards the expansion of its Autism Early Support Services for children with autism or other communication difficulties. £45,000
Over 3 Years
Other - education South East 2020
Yes Futures Towards a programme of personalised coaching and inspirational trips so young people develop key skills and tools to enable them to fulfil their personal potential and be mentally healthy. £34,500
Over 2 Years
Other - education UK-wide 2020
School-Home Support Services (UK) Towards the salary of the Parental Engagement Co-ordinator £20,000
Over 1 Year
Other - education England 2020
Young Enterprise Towards the inclusion of enterprise education in schools and the development of work-ready skills. £10,000
Over 1 Year
Other - education UK-wide 2016
Straight Talking Peer Education Towards expansion of the work in the West Midlands to run courses in secondary schools about the realities of early parenthood. £40,000
Over 2 Years
Other - education West Midlands 2016
The Talent Foundry Trust Towards a series of targeted pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programmes for disadvantaged young people in the aftermath of the Covid-19. £20,000
Over 1 Year
Other - education UK-wide 2021