Grants awarded:
Main grants programme 2006

INCREASING ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES AND MAKING CONNECTIONS

Work With Older People

St Luke's Parochial Trust
towards the cost of developing new activities in the Canonbury area in 2006/2007 - £15,000

Work With Young People

St Stephen's Youth project
towards core costs of the youth club - £7,500

The Rose Bowl Youth Club
towards the cost of a senior youth worker over 3 years - £75,000
towards the cost of additional Friday sessions - £7,500

Toffee Park Adventure Playground
towards the cost of providing an outdoor shaded area - £1,500

Triple - M
towards salary costs at the club - £4,275

Education And Training

Winton and Co
towards core costs over 3 years - £60,000

Schools And Work With Schools

Central Foundation Boys School
towards the cost of a writers in schools project - £2,500

Clerkenwell Parochial School
towards the cost of a puppet power project - £2,800

Hanover Primary School
towards the cost of a school journey to Suffolk - £1,300

Hugh Myddelton Primary School
towards the cost of a school journey to Norfolk - £2,000

Laycock Primary School
towards the cost of a puppet power project - £2,800

Moreland Primary School
towards the cost of a writers in schools project - £2,500

New North Community School
Towards the cost of a school journey to the Isle of Wight - £1,500

New North Community School
Towards the cost of a writers in schools project - £2,500

Prior Weston Primary School
towards the cost of running a puppet power project - £2,800

Rotherfield Primary School
towards the costs of a Visual Learning Foundation project over 3 years - £7,160

Rotherfield Primary School
towards additional costs of a Visual Learning Foundation Project - £2,550

Samuel Rhodes School
towards the cost of home school support over 2 years - £20,000

St Andrews Church of England School
towards the cost of home school support and a Black History Month project - £6,300

St Andrews Church of England School
towards the cost of a school journey to Dorset - £800

St John Evangelist RC Primary School
towards the cost of a puppet power project - £2,800

The Bridge School, formerly Rosemary School
towards the costs of school journeys in 2006/2007 - £1,735

Theatre Adad
towards a drugs education project in Islington schools - £6,450
towards the cost of a tour of secondary schools to address the issues of offensive weapons - £1,000

Vittoria Primary School
towards the costs of a school journey to Norfolk - £2,200

William Tyndale Primary School
towards the costs of a school journey to Herefordshire - £1,056
towards the cost of a writers in schools project - £2,500

Writers in Schools Project
towards core costs over 2 years - £30,800
towards project expenses in 2006 - £774
towards leaflet/publicity costs - £476

SOCIAL COHESION

Work With Young People

Chance (Islington)
towards salary costs in 2006/2007 - £10,000

Friends United Network
towards core costs of the befriending service over 3 years - £60,000

Education And Training

Race Equality Foundation
towards the cost of parenting courses for Somali and Bengali families in the Essex Road area -£15,715

Arts Leisure & Environment

Culpeper Community Garden
towards running costs in 2006/2007 - £5,000

Community Groups & Infrastructure

Minik Kardes Day Nursery
towards core costs of the organisation over 2 years - £59,549

Islington Voluntary Action Council
towards the cost of capacity building training for small groups in Islington - £30,000

St Mary's Neighbourhood Centre
towards capital costs to modernise and refurbish the Centre and Crypt for community use - £20,000

Social Welfare & Advice

Islington Bangladesh Association
towards the cost of installation of a new heating system - £5,000

Islington Somali Women & Children Action Group
towards the cost of establishing a new domestic violence support service for Somali women over 3 years - £46,365

Somali Speakers Association
towards the cost of establishing a new domestic violence support service for Somali women over 3 years - £51,365

Union Chapel
towards the core costs of the 'Margins Homelessness Project' in 2006 - £5,000

Health & Mental Health

The Brandon Centre
towards the cost of a counselling service at the Drum Youth Centre over 3 years - £53,440

The Maya Centre
towards the cost of developing a service for Turkish & Kurdish women in the Canonbury area - £5,000

The Women's Therapy Centre
towards the cost of providing therapy services for women over 3 year - £37,500

REDUCING POVERTY

Social Welfare & Advice

Mary Ward Legal Centre
towards the costs of Mary Ward's Advice Service in South Islington over 2 years - £110,000

TOTAL FOR GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS £792,010
GRANTS FOR INDIVIDUAL £48,577
TOTAL FOR MAIN GRANTS PROGRAMME £840,587