ANNUAL REVIEW
2014
Trustees’ Report
THE CLOTH WO R KE R S ’ F O U NDAT I O N Chairman Michael Jarvis
Deputy Chairman Alex Nelson
Trustees Michael Howell Andrewjohn Stephenson Clarke Melville Haggard Tom Ingham Clark John Wake Joanna Dodd Richard Jonas Hugo Slim Dr Carolyn Boulter JP DL Anne Luttman-Johnson Dr Lucy Rawson
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Staff Chief Executive Andrew Blessley (to 31 July 2015) Jocelyn Stuart-Grumbar (from 1 August 2015) Grants Manager Philip Howard
Contents Trustees’ Report 2
Financial Information 2014 4
Main and Small Grants Programmes
• Alcohol and Substance Misuse • Disabled People • Disadvantaged Minority
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Communities Disadvantaged Young People
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Proactive Grants Programme
• Domestic and Sexual Violence • Elderly people • Homelessness • Prisoners and Ex-Offenders • Visual Impairment
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• Better Futures • Conservation • Dramatic Arts
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Grants totalling £5.8m were made during the year: Grants 2010-2014 £000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
5,703 5,281 5,203 5,566 5,831
Financial report Income available for grant-making in 2014 totalled £5.8m, of which £3.8m was generated from the Foundation’s investment portfolio, and £2.0m was received as a donation from The Clothworkers’ Company. A further donation of £0.3m was received as an endowment. The investment (including property) portfolio of the Foundation increased in value by 12% to £147m.
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Grant-making activity We awarded 270 grants compared with 247 the previous year: small grants have continued to dominate, with approximately 43% representing £10,000 or less and 37% representing between £10,000 and £25,000. Grants between £25,000 and £50,000 accounted for 14%, and grants over £50,000 for 6%. Our policy remains for our grant to be meaningful to the overall project. We funded 50% of applications received, a consistent pattern over the last few years. Details of grants over £10,000 awarded during the year, and case studies on a selection of those grants, are contained within the Review.
Trustees’ Report
The Regular and Proactive Grants Programmes are not open to applications and fund revenue and/or capital projects. The Regular Grants Programme currently funds 16 organisations annually, with continuation subject to review of a progress report for the previous year. The range of organisations funded includes: several charities making direct grants to disadvantaged people; two UK-based charities working internationally; two London-based university medical schools; and grants to the University of Leeds and the Textile Conservation Foundation at the University of Glasgow. Grants totalling £355,000 were awarded under the Regular Grants Programme during the year.
Grant programmes All grant programmes have a UK-wide remit. The Main and Small Grants Programmes fund capital projects which work in or across one or more of the programmes listed in the table below. In 2014, a total of £3.4m was awarded under the Main Grants Programme. As a reactive programme open to applications, the Trustees make no allocations, whether by programme area or geography, and merely respond to applications. As has been the case in most recent years, Disabled People has received the largest share, totalling £1.9m in 2014. The largest awards made were to the National Star Foundation, Moor House School and the Thomas Coram Foundation, and profiles of two of these grants feature later in this Review. The Small Grants Programme is also open to applications and makes grants of up to £10,000 to charities with income of £250,000 or less. It is a light touch programme which delivers a quick response to requests for funds. In 2014, 108 grants were made totalling £850,000 under the Programme.
Programme area
Number of grants
Main and Small Grants Programmes Alcohol and substance misuse Disabled people Disadvantaged minority communities Disadvantaged young people Domestic and sexual violence Elderly people Homelessness Prisoners and ex-offenders Visual impairment Proactive Grants Programmes Better Futures Conservation Dramatic arts Textiles Other Other
10 85 47 24 13 20 16 9 10
Amount (%)
4 31 17 9 5 7 6 3 4
2 8 5 13
1 3 2 5
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Now in its eighth year, the Proactive Grants Programme continues to work in areas in which our research has identified a particular funding need, and where we believe our support has the potential to have a lasting impact. We are delighted that our newest programme, in dramatic arts, has got off to a good start. The conservation programme has been running for seven years, and we have commissioned an evaluation of its impact which will be completed during 2015. Grants are generally for multi-year (3-5 years) revenue projects. Application is by invitation only to organisations either individually or through a competitive tendering process, with applicants selected based on our research on the work they do in our areas of interest. Further information on the Proactive Grants Programme can be found on pages 19 - 22. 2015 We will move to online grants applications which will simplify and streamline the process. Since we undertake a review of our grant-making every five years, we will begin preliminary work on the next such review late in 2015. This is likely to include the commissioning of some research into capital grants for charities, which has been at the core of our grant-making for many years. With the review expected to take a year, a new grant-making policy is likely to be implemented at the start of 2017. During 2015, Andrew Blessley will retire as Chief Executive of the Foundation. During his fourteen years’ tenure he has overseen a number of changes in the way we operate and the Trustees are very grateful for his contribution.
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Summary Financial Information 2014 Year Ended 31 December 2014 £000
2013 £000
2,278 3,776 6,054
2,556 3,716 6,272
INCOMING RESOURCES
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Donations and gifts Investment and rental income Total incoming resources
RESOURCES EXPENDED Costs of generating funds Charitable expenditure: Grants Support costs Governance costs Total resources expended
252
242
5,805 540 19 6,616
5,538 578 15 6,373
Net incoming resources Gains on investment assets
(562) 15,197
(101) 16,004
14,635 133,322
15,903 117,419
147,957
133,322
147,298 3,960 (2,500)
132,071 4,163 (2,640)
NET CURRENT ASSETS
1,460
1,523
Creditors - due after one year NET ASSETS
(801) 147,957
(272) 133,322
RESTRICTED FUNDS Permanent endowment Expendable endowment Members’ endowment Other restricted funds
41,793 5,408 105 35,353
37,543 4,576 67 32,008
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS Designated General and Livery
64,603 495
58,035 1,093
147,757
133,322
Net movement in funds Fund balances brought forward at 1 January Fund balances carried forward at 31 December FIXED ASSETS Investments at market value Current assets Creditors – due within one year
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The full report and accounts of The Clothworkers' Foundation can be found on the Charity Commission website.
Alcohol and Substance Misuse DrinkSense “Living with someone who has a problem with drink is difficult. For every person there will be others affected who often have no idea where to turn for help. Being a child of a father who drank in binges left its mark. As children we were isolated and each grew up with different sets of challenges to address.” (Sarah, 42)
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DrinkSense has more than 30 years’ experience of delivering specialist alcohol services for people in the Peterborough area. They also run ReVive, a dedicated alcohol project which supports people aged 55 and over in their homes to address their drinking behaviour and related social issues they may be experiencing such as debt and bereavement. More recently, they have developed substance misuse work with children, young people and families and emotional well-being projects. DrinkSense also provides tailored training packages for professionals working in the alcohol or substance misuse field. Our £10,000 grant helped with the refurbishment costs of their newly redeveloped building which now offers much improved facilities, including a parenting hub for those with caring responsibilities.
www.drinksense.org/
StreetScene Addiction Recovery Refurbishment of two rehabilitation day centres in Dorset and Hampshire £25,000
OASIS Partnership Vehicle for an organisation which supports those affected by drug and alcohol addiction £15,000
EDP Drug and Alcohol Services Minibus for a charity providing rehabilitation services in Devon and Dorset £20,000
DrinkSense Redeveloping a derelict building for a charity providing addiction services in Cambridge £10,000
NERAF (Northern Engagement into Recovery from Addiction Foundation) Refurbishment of new building in Sunderland £20,000 Cambridge Centre (SADAC) Refurbishment of a supported housing unit for people with drug and alcohol misuse problems in Scarborough £19,000
10 grants including 5 of £10,000 or less Total
£140,900
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Disabled People National Star Foundation ‘‘Thank you for working with my son. It has really built up his confidence and given him independence skills” (parent of National Star learner)
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Based in Cheltenham, National Star is an ‘outstanding’ (Ofsted 2012) independent specialist college offering specialist residential education and training for young people aged 16-25 with complex physical disabilities, acquired brain injuries and associated sensory, learning, medical emotional and behavioural difficulties. Learners are offered a broad, flexible curriculum encompassing residential and non-residential education, training, life skills, a range of specialist therapeutic and health programmes and therapies, as well as social and leisure activities, all tailored to meet the specific needs of individuals. The full-time education provision caters for a wide range of needs, with some students learning at advanced levels, and others perhaps learning to communicate for themselves or gaining the freedom of independent mobility for the first time in their lives. Attending the College offers vulnerable young people with disabilities a stepping stone in their transition to adulthood
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and in gaining the skills, personal confidence and autonomy to lead fulfilling and active lives. “I’ve loved my time at Star, I’ve achieved so much, and have done so many things I thought I could never do” (National Star learner/resident) With most of the 180 or so students attending the college having more severe disabilities (including more than 85% wheelchair users and over 50% needing speech and language therapy) than the existing residential accommodation was designed and equipped for, National Star decided to build new residential accommodation better suited to the complex and multiple needs of learner-residents and day pupils. We awarded £250,000 towards the £5.8m cost of the project which will enable them to continue to develop as a centre of excellence for students with disabilities. The grant was our second to National Star, the first being £20,000 in 2003.
www.nationalstar.org
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National Star Foundation New residential unit for a national charity providing specialist education and training for people with disabilities such as muscular dystrophy, emotional and behavioural difficulties, and sensory impairment £250,000 Moor House School and College New residential accommodation and teaching facilities at a school for young people with speech and language disabilities in Surrey £100,000 Northern Ireland Cancer Fund for Children Refurbishment of a therapeutic respite centre for families of young people with cancer £80,000 Action Cancer New therapeutic centre to provide support and services to people with cancer in Belfast £50,000 Annie Mawson’s Sunbeams Music Trust Specialist music therapy room at a centre for people with disabilities in Cumbria £50,000
Croft Community Construction of new accommodation designed specifically for adults with a learning disability in Bangor £50,000 Ear Foundation New building for a charity in Nottingham providing specialist facilities for children, young people and adults who are deaf or hearing-impaired £50,000 James Hopkins Trust New accommodation facilities for disabled children in Gloucestershire £40,000 Sebastian’s Action Trust New centre in Surrey for an organisation which supports children with life-limiting illnesses and their families £40,000 Heel and Toe Renovation of a treatment centre in Durham for children with physical and/or neurological disabilities £33,500
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Disabled People
Back-Up Trust Peer to peer wheelchair training sessions for people paralysed through spinal cord injury £30,000 DEBRA Purchase of a respite home in Wales for families of children with epidermolyis bullosa, a painful genetic skin condition £30,000 Plum Layton Charitable Trust Research project on pancreatic cancer treatments £30,000
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Sleep Scotland Development of an educational and personal development centre in Edinburgh for teenagers with severe and complex learning difficulties £30,000 Style Acre Refurbishment of a centre for adults with learning disabilities in Oxfordshire £30,000 Liverpool Lions Wheelchair Rugby Club Specialist equipment for disability wheelchair rugby training £27,000 Drake Music Specialist music technology equipment for use by disabled and disadvantaged young people £25,000 Ellie’s Haven Refurbishment of respite accommodation in Cornwall for children with life-limiting and life-threatening illnesses and their families £25,000 Hull & East Yorkshire Mind Refurbishment of new premises
£25,000
Northallerton and The Dales Mencap Society New kitchen £25,000 Strode Park Foundation for People with Disabilities Construction of a therapeutic spa suite for people with disabilities in Kent £25,000 United Response Support for the Small Sparks programme which provides small grants to support people with learning disabilities to engage with their communities £25,000 Autism Ventures Renovating and equipping premises for a social enterprise charity in Lancashire providing training, work experience and employment for people with autism £24,000
Birtenshaw Renovation of premises for use as a post-19 education and training service for young people with disabilities in Bolton £22,000 Blyth Star Enterprises Minibus for an organisation supporting people with severe mental health issues or learning disabilities £22,000 Brentwood and District Crossroads Care Attendant Scheme Minibus for an Essex-based charity providing respite for carers £20,000 DeafPLUS Adapted vehicle for a charity supporting deaf and hearingimpaired people £20,000 Dyslexia Institute IT equipment
£20,000
Lanarkshire Association for Mental Health Building renovation £20,000 Noah’s Ark Children’s Venture Refurbishment and equipment for an organisation which offers residential breaks for people with disabilities and disadvantaged young people £20,000 White Lodge Centre Equipment for a therapy centre for people with physical disabilities £20,000 Windmill Hill City Farm Gardening equipment for an organisation providing education, recreation and therapy for disabled and disadvantaged people in Bristol £20,000 Holiday Homes Trust Accessible caravan in Devon for disabled and/or disadvantaged young people and their families £18,000 Upward Mobility Interactive equipment for a multi-sensory therapy room to support people with complex learning and physical disabilities in Edinburgh £18,000 Birmingham Industrial Therapy Association Vehicle and equipment for an organisation supporting adults with mental health issues £17,000 Rotary House for the Deaf Conversion of a flat in Norfolk to provide supported housing for deaf people £16,000
Disabled People
Arch (North Staffs) New windows and door for an accommodation-based service in Staffordshire providing advice and support for people with mental health issues £15,000 Carers Choices Adapted minibus for an organisation in Essex supporting disabled people and their carers £15,000 Castel Froma New boilers in care centres in Warwickshire offering respite care and rehabilitation for people with neurological conditions £15,000 Charlton Park Academy Accessible minibus for a school for children with disabilities in Greenwich £15,000 Headway Cambridgeshire Refurbishment and equipping of a gym for people with an acquired brain injury £15,000 Herefordshire Headway Refurbishment of a day centre for people with an acquired brain injury £15,000 Hounslow Community Transport Accessible minibus for disabled people in West London £15,000 Mind in Tower Hamlets and Newham Mobile coffee barista vehicle for an organisation which supports people with mental health needs £15,000 Options in Life Minibus for an organisation supporting young people with learning disabilities in Fife £15,000 Parity for Disability Minibus for an organisation supporting people with disabilities in Surrey £15,000 Peaceful Place Minibus for an organisation supporting adults with early onset dementia in south east Essex £15,000 TRACKS Autism IT equipment for an organisation providing specialist education and support to children with autism in Hertfordshire £15,000 Worcester Snoezelen Building extension at a centre run by an organisation providing support to disabled people £15,000
Children and Parents and Autism Minibus for an organisation in Down which supports young people with autism and their siblings £14,500 Activate Arts Refurbishment of an outdoor classroom for an organisation that provides training and alternative education for disabled and disadvantaged young people £13,000 Giving World Renovation of a community building to provide work experience for disabled people in Leicester £13,000 Sheffield Steelers Wheelchair Basketball Club Adapted vehicle £13,000 Castle Wood School Accessible minibus for a school for disabled children in Coventry £12,000 Resources for Autism Minibus for the West Midlands branch of a national organisation providing support for people with autism £12,000 Frenford Clubs Sports wheelchairs for a youth club for disabled and disadvantaged young people in Essex £11,000 The Limes Community and Children’s Centre Equipping and furnishing a centre for disabled and nondisabled children in Walthamstow £11,000 Wales Council for Deaf People Sensory garden
£11,000
85 grants including 27 of £10,000 or less Total
£1,864,650
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Disadvantaged Minority Communities Medaille Trust Hundreds of men, women and children are trafficked to the UK every year. Research carried out for the Home Office estimates that the number of women trafficked into the UK is between 4,000 and 10,000. The majority of trafficked victims in the UK are from Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.
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The grant has enabled us to complete the latest phase of redevelopment of this grand old building. Having the new windows has made a vast difference to our establishment; it is not only more comfortable and warm but is on the whole more welcoming both for residents and staff ”.
Medaille Trust was set up in 2006 in response to the plight of thousands of people who were, and still are, being trafficked into the UK every year. It provides safe housing, offers opportunities for physical and psychological healing and rehabilitation, and campaigns and raises awareness of modern forms of slavery.
www.medaille.co.uk
Our £20,000 grant was towards replacement windows and guttering at a Medaille Trust safe house in Manchester. “On visiting the safe house on a wet day, it was clear that the gutters and downpipes were no longer fit for purpose and, if left as they were, would inevitably lead to other problems with the property. In addition to this, the old wooden windows were draughty and leading to the building not being as energy efficient as we would like. Merseyside and Somali Community Association Refurbishment of a new community centre £30,000 City Gateway Equipping a nursery to provide activities for disadvantaged minority communities in Tower Hamlets £24,000 Asylum Aid Office refurbishment for a London-based charity providing legal services to people seeking asylum £20,000 Medaille Trust Repairs and improvements to a safe house for people affected by human trafficking £20,000 QED Foundation Refurbishment for a charity which supports disadvantaged minority communities in West Yorkshire £20,000 TravellerSpace Play bus to deliver outreach activities to gypsy and traveller families across Cornwall £19,000 Joint Association of Nissa Trust Refurbishment of premises and new IT equipment for a charity working with disadvantaged minority communities in Haringey £16,000
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Netherthorpe and Upperthorpe Community Alliance Equipment for a female-only gym for an organisation supporting disadvantaged minority communities £15,000 Pakistan Association Liverpool Building extension
£15,000
Warm Hut UK Minibus for an organisation supporting asylum seekers and refugees in Greater Manchester £15,000 Ethnic Youth Support Team Minibus for a charity that provides support to young people from BAME communities in Swansea £13,000 New Park Village Tenant Management Co-operative Interactive educational tools for a community housing organisation working with young BAME people in Wolverhampton £11,000 24 grants including 12 of £10,000 or less Total
£308,990
Disadvantaged Young People Thomas Coram Foundation for Children (Coram) Coram, the first children’s charity, was founded in 1739 by Captain Thomas Coram, a philanthropist who wanted to provide care for children left dying on London’s streets. More than 270 years later, his legacy lives on. Today, Coram develops, delivers and promotes good practice in the support of vulnerable children, young people and their families. It runs one of the most successful adoption programmes in the country, finding suitable loving, caring and stable homes for vulnerable children.
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Coram also offers creative therapies, parenting and young people’s programmes, free legal advice and representation, runs an innovative health and drug education programme, and campaigns for change. Our £100,000 went towards a new purpose-built, childfriendly creative therapies centre to support vulnerable children and young people, whilst also being a base for innovative training for specialist art, dance and drama therapists. Creative therapies have been shown to be particularly effective when working with vulnerable children, including those who have suffered some form of trauma or abuse. For many children, creative therapies can be the first step towards finding ways of dealing with their feelings of loss, frustration and emotional trauma so that they can start to learn to trust, love and lead happier lives. Once the new centre is open and running at full capacity, Coram expect to increase their reach from 200 to 1,000 children a year, on site and across London. The training facilities will transform their therapist training programme and will ensure that the sector can continue to grow with rigorously trained professionals. “He was able to show his angry feelings without anything being broken or anyone being hurt, then he could leave it behind” (mother of six-year-old boy) “I think the biggest thing is his confidence. He has really come along in such massive ways” (Clare, whose son has music therapy)
www.coram.org.uk
Thomas Coram Foundation for Children (formerly Foundling Hospital) Therapy centre in central London to support vulnerable children including those in or leaving care, adopted children, and children with behavioural issues £100,000
Somerville Youth and Play Provision Construction of a community centre and adventure playground for disadvantaged young people in South London £50,000
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Disadvantaged Young People
Birmingham YMCA Construction of new premises to provide training, employment and volunteering opportunities for disadvantaged young people £40,000 Maidstone YMCA Construction of a new community centre for disadvantaged young people
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£40,000
Coram’s Fields and the Harmsworth Memorial Playground Volunteering and training programme to enhance employment and training prospects for disadvantaged young people in London £30,000 Buttle UK Towards a child support programme which provides essential items to families with children from disadvantaged backgrounds £25,000 Landau Refurbishment of workshops for a charity working with unemployed and disabled young people in Telford £25,000 Litherland Youth and Community Centre Extension to and refurbishment of a community building for a charity working with disadvantaged young people in Merseyside £25,000 Childhood First New classroom block for a London charity supporting young people who have suffered abuse, neglect and other trauma £20,000 East London District Scout Council New toilet and shower block
£20,000
Red Balloon Learner Centre Group IT hardware for an organisation which supports disadvantaged young people in Cambridge, Norwich, North West London, Reading and Braintree £20,000 Soft Touch Arts Construction of and equipping a space for use as a crafts studio for disadvantaged young people in Leicester £20,000 Brent Adolescent Centre Repairs and refurbishment
£18,000
Valleys Kids Installing a bio-sewerage treatment plant at a residential eco-learning centre for disadvantaged young people in Rhondda £18,000
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SkyWay Charity Refurbishment of a youth club and purchase of a shipping container for a London charity supporting disadvantaged young people £17,000 Paddington Development Trust IT, media, music equipment and furniture for a London charity supporting disadvantaged young people £16,000 1st St Neots (Hardwicke) Scout Group Refurbishment of the hall to run activities for disadvantaged young people in Cambridge
£15,000
Edinburgh University Children’s Holiday Venture Minibus for a charity working with disadvantaged young people £15,000 Eikon Charity Purchase of a building to be converted into an activity centre for vulnerable young people in Surrey £15,000 Ahoy Centre Dinghies for a charity which offers water-based activities to disadvantaged young people in Deptford £13,000 Sunlight Development Trust Refrigerated vehicle for use by an organisation providing work experience for disadvantaged young people in Kent £13,000 47 grants including 26 of £10,000 or less Total
£769,740
Domestic and Sexual Violence Derby Women’s Centre “I came to Derby Women’s Centre quite a while ago. I don’t know what I would do or where I would be right now without them. At the moment, I’m going through counselling. It’s nice to come somewhere where you can see people that you can trust and talk to. It’s a pleasure to come here and for me, it’s like a home from home.You come here and just feel safe, and it’s a wonderful experience”. (Carole)
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From humble beginnings in 1978, Derby Women’s Centre has grown to become a leading provider of support services for women in the local area. Their aim is to empower women, regardless of background or situation, and reduce inequality by providing support and guidance in a safe and non-judgemental environment. Derby Women’s Centre offers survivors of abuse support in a number of ways including: • the Freedom programme domestic violence support group, a rolling 12 week programme • low-cost counselling supporting women through a range of issues including depression, anxiety, stress and trauma following abuse; and • support and advice (including legal advice) on issues such as benefits, debt, employment and housing. Our £40,000 grant was towards urgently needed repairs to the roof and basement at the Centre.
Haven Wolverhampton New purpose-built centre to provide support services to women and children affected by domestic violence £60,000 Derby Women’s Centre Building repairs £40,000
My Sister’s Place Building extension for a charity providing a specialist domestic violence service to women in Middlesbrough £40,000 Derbyshire Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse Service Building refurbishment £25,000
www.derby-womenscentre.org.uk
Westmorland Association for Social and Moral Welfare Building extension, refurbishment and repairs for a charity in Cumbria that provides a secure living environment for women at risk of domestic violence £23,000 Staying Put iPads, panic alarms and personal safety alarms for a charity in West Yorkshire that provides services to women and children who experience domestic violence £18,000 Ross-shire Women’s Aid Fit-out and furnishing a refuge on Skye
£15,000
13 grants including 6 of £10,000 or less Total
£258,100
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Elderly People Age UK Trafford Age UK supports and assists a network of more than 170 local Age UKs, which between them provide an extensive network throughout England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Local Age UKs in England provide vital direct services to people in later life throughout the UK, working in partnership with the national organisations.
Having outgrown their existing premises, the charity bought a new larger building in order to extend and improve services. We awarded £30,000 towards the refurbishment costs. Our support for individual Age UKs since 2004 now stands at more than £450,000.
As one of the 170 Age UKs, Age UK Trafford aims to make life more fulfilling for people aged 50 plus in the local area. It offers a wide range of services including information and advice, a home library scheme, a ‘handy help’ scheme, and a ‘silver surfers’ computer training course. It also runs a dementia-specific day support service for older people diagnosed with dementia. Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution Refurbishment of a care home for elderly members of the farming community in England and Wales £50,000 Age UK Trafford Building refurbishment and IT equipment £30,000
Supporting Friends Support for disadvantaged older people
£25,000
Glendale Gateway Trust Conversion of two properties into affordable housing for elderly people in Northumberland £24,000
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www.ageuk.org.uk/trafford
Burma Star Association Support for disadvantaged elderly UK veterans and their dependants £20,000 Age Concern Dudley Minibus
£15,000
Lomond & Clyde Care & Repair Vehicle for an organisation which undertakes repairs and some improvements for elderly and disabled home owners £11,000 20 grants including 13 of £10,000 or less Total
£280,900
Homelessness Missing People Every year around 250,000 people go missing in the UK. There are clear links between homelessness and ‘missing’. A proportion of those who are homeless will have been reported missing, with research into the experiences of people who have been missing suggesting that sleeping rough is a common experience among both adults and young runaways. Research also suggests a link between running away or going missing as a child and adult homelessness. Missing People aims to be a lifeline when someone disappears. It provides confidential support and advice to reconnect young runaways, missing adults and their families. Missing People is there for them 24 hours a day, every day of the year, at the end of a phone, text or email, to search for and find their missing loved ones and to provide vital ongoing support to families where the agonising wait can turn from days to weeks, to months, to years.
In 2014, Missing People answered nearly 60,000 helpline calls. However, their existing telephone system was outdated and inflexible. We awarded £17,000 for the purchase and installation of a new bespoke telephone system designed to suit their specific needs in continuing to deliver their vital telephone helpline service. It is our third grant to Missing People, with previous grants made in 2008 (£15,000) and 2002 (£29,000) bringing the total to £62,000.
www.missingpeople.org.uk/
Tyne Housing Association Construction of accommodation for homeless people in Newcastle £40,000 Worthing Churches Homeless Projects Construction of six self-contained accommodation units for rough sleepers £30,000 Justlife Foundation Purchase of a centre to provide services and support for homeless people in Manchester £27,000 Missing People Upgrading the telephone system for a charity which supports missing people and their families across the UK £17,000
Benjamin Foundation New windows at supported accommodation for homeless young people in Norfolk £15,000 Portman House Trust Installing a chair lift at a centre for homeless women in London £13,000 16 grants including 10 of £10,000 or less Total
£214,140
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Prisoners and Ex-Offenders Prisoners’ Education Trust (PET) “The fact that I have stopped committing crime is to a very large extent because of PET. I will always be grateful for that, and for setting me on this wonderful, lifechanging, all-consuming journey of education”. (Frank Spencer, 53, who has spent much of his life in and out of prison)
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PET supports prisoners to engage in rehabilitation through learning. Operating initially from HMP Wandsworth, today PET works across 125 prisons in England and Wales providing distance learning courses, advice and support in subjects and levels not available in prisons. Prisoners can choose from over 200 courses, depending on their interests, career plans and personal aspirations. Around 2,000 prisoners are supported each year, with more than 28,000 helped to achieve their potential through learning since the charity was set up in 1989. In addition to distance learning courses, PET uses its considerable experience, its networks with prisoners and other organisations to carry out research exploring what is and isn’t working in prison education in order to improve policy and practice.
Our £20,000 grant was for equipment and office furniture following their move to new premises. It was our second grant to PET, the first being £10,000 in 2009 to upgrade their database.
A recent Ministry of Justice report showed that people supported by PET to study distance learning courses in prison are a quarter less likely to reoffend than a matched sample of ex-prisoners with the same characteristics. www.prisonerseducation.org.uk
Prisoners’ Education Trust Office equipment for an organisation providing distance learning courses for prisoners across England and Wales £20,000
Tees Valley Women’s Centre Kitchen refurbishment at a centre supporting vulnerable women including offenders and those at risk of offending in Middlesbrough £20,000 9 grants including 7 of £10,000 or less Total
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£89,200
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Visual Impairment WESC Foundation Located in Exeter in Devon, the WESC Foundation is a specialist day and residential centre offering high quality education and care for people with visual impairment including complex needs. It takes a multi-disciplinary approach in which teachers, therapists, mobility specialists and a health-care team deliver comprehensive services in consultation with other specialists. An increasing number of students at WESC are presenting with complex communication impairments which have a significant impact on their well-being and ability to participate; our £24,000 grant was for specialist communication aids to help people like Tyrone. Tyrone rocks at VI Radio! Tyrone, 20, is registered blind with congenital microphthalmos and sclerocornea and requires a non-visual approach for all his teaching and learning. He is a weekly boarder and has chosen to study a vocational course in Radio Production and Music Technology. Tyrone also studies a core and specialist curriculum which is personalised to meet his individual needs and includes core skills such as literacy and numeracy, and specialist skills
such as mobility and Braille. He is a very sociable and charismatic young man who has increased his independence and confidence through mobility training, learning how to use specialist equipment such as Braille, gaining employability skills in WESC’s charity shops, hosting his own radio show, making new friends and getting fit! “During my time at WESC I have learnt, through mobility training, how to get myself around on and off campus all on my own by using my cane. I am a competent Grade 1 Braillist and am working towards Grade 2 which is much more complex but gives me another way to access text for my college work. I also use Braille as a way of reading books for pleasure. I’m learning money skills at the moment with the help of a specialist note detector which means I can distinguish if I have a £5, £10 or £20 which makes working in the Exmouth Charity Shop and shopping so much easier”. Tyrone has also become a whizz at technology: he uses his iPhone and iPad to research topics
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The future is bright for Tyrone; his long-term goal when he leaves WESC is to have supported work in a radio station and everything he does at the College goes towards achieving this goal, including his work experience as a DJ at the onsite disco and at a disco near his home.
he’s studying and the voiceover system on his phone helps him locate the apps with his finger. He’s adept with the Siri voiceover software, enabling him to dictate a story or report onto his iPhone. Having this knowledge at his fingertips has helped him grow in confidence.
“I love working in the VI Radio station. I have learnt mixing skills and enjoy synchronising records together so they play more harmoniously”.
www.wescfoundation.ac.uk
Blind Aid Grants for disadvantaged visually-impaired people £40,000 St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Grant for general funds
£30,000
WESC Foundation – The Specialist Centre for Visual Impairment Specialist communication aids at a specialist education centre in Devon for visually-impaired students £24,000 Surrey Association for Visual Impairment Adapted minibus £15,000
Visualise Scotland Refurbishment of a day centre to support multi-disabled visually-impaired people in Edinburgh £25,000
10 grants including 5 of £10,000 or less Total
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£172,400
Proactive Grants Programme Better Futures
Reclaim
Launched in 2013 with the aim of addressing some of the underlying causes of the 2011 riots, Better Futures funds projects which offer effective, long-term solutions for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds; it has an allocation of £1.25m. Having awarded major grants to Catch22 (£300,000) and YMCA England (£290,000) that year, in 2014 we awarded two further Better Futures grants to One in a Million (£143,000) and RECLAIM (£136,000). “I turned my life around by taking part in One in a Million Projects.” (TJ Stokes, former One in a Million Participant who is now a Sports and Activities Youth Development worker at the charity). One in a Million aims to improve the lives of disadvantaged young people in Bradford by helping them break through the barriers of deprivation and inequality to achieve their full potential by gaining educational qualifications and life skills. Projects are focused on sports and arts activities, delivered from one of their five youth centres situated on housing estates. Our grant will enable them to expand an existing, successful, out-of-school-hours project into three additional deprived areas of Bradford over the next three years. RECLAIM’s mission statement is ‘working class young people being seen, being heard and leading change’. Their aim is to challenge the homogeneity that exists in the leadership profiles across UK society. In politics, economics, media, culture and sport, a recognisable working-class presence is rapidly disappearing: RECLAIM believe that at a time of widening social inequality, overlooked young people who demonstrate clear leadership capabilities should be supported in their ambitions into positions of power and influence within their families, peer groups, schools and communities.
19 Previous participants in RECLAIM projects are now finding academic success at university, have led their own social change projects and started their own social enterprises. Our grant will enable them to offer their innovative, successful LEAD (Leadership, Enterprise, Activism and Development) Fellowship programme to an additional 21 young people for the next three years. “Judge the tree by the fruit it bears, not where the roots are laid” (Jordan McGlacken, RECLAIM participant). “RECLAIM took me out of the mind-set of ‘this is it for me, South Manchester is my life’.We challenged our idea of what success was like…It was an eye-opener of what’s out there and what we’re up against” (RECLAIM participant) We expect to complete the Better Futures programme by awarding two further grants in 2015 and 2016.
One in a Million To deliver a three year programme extending a successful existing out-of-school hours activities scheme into three additional deprived areas of Bradford £143,000 Reclaim Project To deliver a three year fellowships programme which will involve extending the LEAD initiative to 21 people from disadvantaged backgrounds in seven of the most deprived areas of Greater Manchester £136,000 2 grants Total
£279,000
One in a Million
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Conservation
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This is the seventh year of the conservation programme which has been allocated £2m. It covers ‘moveable heritage’, does not include the natural environment, and is focused primarily on ensuring that endangered conservation skills do not die out.
by them) to carry out a research project. Since we did not award a fellowship in 2013 (having not received any applications), we were in a position to award two in 2014 if they were of a sufficiently high quality, which was indeed the case with applications from Tate and English Heritage.
Key to the programme was our early grant in 2008 of £180,000 to the Institute of Conservation (ICON), the lead voice for the conservation of cultural heritage in the UK, for the CEO’s salary for three years to support her in developing ICON’s reach and increasing its profile. In 2014 we gave ICON a further £20,000 for them to award bursaries to conservation professionals on low incomes to attend their next conference.
The Tate fellowship (£80,000) was for a two year project on the detailed study of early 20th century paintings by Picabia, Picasso, and Ernst, their materials, techniques, related literature and context. Work on the project has begun and research has focused on key paintings which are known to have been re-worked by these artists, exploring both the motivations for the changes and the technical art history, as well as the impact of the technique on the condition and future care for these works. To date, findings have revealed fascinating insights to the artists’ working practices.
We funded four internships in ‘at risk’ conservation disciplines in 2014, which brings the number of internships funded through the programme to more than 25. They were £34,400 to the National Maritime Museum for an 18 month internship in ship model conservation, and three one-year internships at: Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service for parchment, paper and book conservation (£25,800), Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons for anatomical and biological conservation (£24,500), and at the British Library for parchment conservation (£21,000). We also funded two conservation fellowships via our annual competition for UK public institutions to apply for up to £80,000 over two years for a senior conservator (employed
National Maritime Museum
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The English Heritage fellowship (£37,500) was for a one year research project on improving the care and conservation of archaeological copper and stone. Our bursaries for continuing professional development continued to be popular, with 25 grants of up to £1,000 (totalling more than £30,000) awarded to qualified conservators to attend courses, conferences and events in the UK and abroad which will benefit their careers in conservation. We have commissioned an external evaluation of the programme and expect to publish the findings late in 2015.
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Pablo Picasso Girl in a Chemise, 1905 This painting by Picasso is rare in that it is relatively untouched and in excellent condition, thought to be still on its original stretcher, unlined and unvarnished. The paint layers are thin and sparingly applied but X-ray imaging has shown that beneath the head of the girl is the head of a Harlequin boy. His white collar is still visible beneath the flesh colour of the girl’s décolletage. The Harlequin and the Girl are being studied through multi-spectral imaging and the transformation from one to the other with only a few strokes of paint will be examined. This painting is also a point of comparison for studies into the materials and techniques of contemporary works by Picasso in other institutions and this examination is benefitting from the expertise already gained by these projects.
Tate (Conservation Fellowship) Study of early 20th century paintings by Picabia, Picasso and Ernst, their materials and techniques, related literature and context £80,000 English Heritage (Conservation Fellowship) Research project based on improving the care and conservation of archaeological copper and stone £37,500 National Maritime Museum Internship in ship model conservation
Francis Picabia The Fig Leaf, 1922 The Fig Leaf has an unusually complex structure, as the poor quality, artistprepared canvas carries two finished paintings. In 1921 Hot Eyes was exhibited at the Autumn Salon in Paris, on top of which lies the current painting exhibited only one year later. It has at least five layers of thickly-applied paint, which render the painting particularly fragile and prone to cracking. Analysis has shown that the paint layers are largely made up of a commercial house paint called Ripolin, with which Picabia experimented at this time, partly in a bid to shock the art establishment and to undermine nationalistic pride in classical French painting techniques.
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service Internship in parchment, paper and book conservation £25,800 Royal College of Surgeons of England (Hunterian Museum) Internship in anatomical and biological conservation £24,500 British Library Internship in parchment conservation
£21,000
£34,400
Conservation bursaries Bursaries for fees and travel to enable qualified conservators to attend courses and conferences which support their continuing professional development £30,245
Institute of Conservation Bursaries for conservators to attend the next ICON conference £20,000 8 grants Total
£273,445
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Dramatic Arts With an allocation of £1.25m from 2014 for five years, Dramatic Arts is the newest initiative in our proactive grants programme. This exciting new venture will focus on mainstream provision and on achieving excellence, and has two key strands: an annual £150,000 Clothworkers’ Theatre Award for a regional producing theatre; and bursaries for talented students from economically-disadvantaged backgrounds to attend a leading drama school.
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Clothworkers’ Theatre Award A different England region will be selected each year, starting with the Southwest in 2014. Future regions will be Yorkshire, East and West Midlands, Northwest and Northeast, and East and Southeast. The inaugural 2014 award went to the Theatre Royal Plymouth to support the transfer of five of their repertory productions to London over three years. The theatre’s location in the far South West means that, when shows which have been co-produced by them enjoy national recognition or critical acclaim, they are often not credited. This limits the development of their own creative reputation around the country which, in turn, inhibits their ability to attract new creative talent at the scale and quality needed. The Clothworkers’ Award will support the theatre to showcase their best produced work in London, enhancing their national profile and diversifying their existing audience base.
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
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Six producing theatres from the Yorkshire region will be invited to apply for the 2015 award. Support for drama students There is concern in the dramatic arts sector that there are significant barriers to entering the profession for young people from low income backgrounds. We have awarded £180,000 each to the London Academy of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts to enable them to offer three year bursaries to one talented student a year for the next five years to complete a course in acting or technical theatre studies. By the end of the programme, our funding will have supported ten students to complete their training at these leading UK drama schools. We have also awarded: £50,000 to the National Youth Theatre to fund places in their repertory company or to commission young writers; and £37,500 to the Society of London Theatre for their annual Laurence Olivier bursary which helps drama students at accredited drama schools in their final year of study. As with the LAMDA and RADA grants, the purpose of both is to support students from low income backgrounds.
Proactive Grants Programme
Photo: Helen Maybanks
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National Youth Theatre
London Academy of Music and Drama Full three-year bursaries for the next five years for talented undergraduate students from disadvantaged backgrounds £180,000
Other King’s College London Intercalated BSc bursaries to medical students
£30,000
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Full three-year bursaries for the next five years for talented undergraduate students from disadvantaged backgrounds £180,000
Registered Engineers for Disaster Relief (RedR) Natural disaster risk reduction training project in Pakistan £30,000
Theatre Royal Plymouth Clothworkers’ Theatre Award to support the transfer of five productions to London for three years £150,000
The Honourable the Irish Society Small grants to local cross-community organisations in Northern Ireland £30,000
National Youth Theatre of Great Britain Bursaries for disadvantaged students to join the repertory company, or to commission young playwrights £50,000
UCL Medical School Intercalated BSc bursaries to medical students
Society of London Theatre Annual Laurence Olivier bursaries to talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds £37,500
Royal Institution of Great Britain Grants to State schools in disadvantaged areas to access maths enrichment and enhancement activities £25,000
5 grants Total
£30,000
8 grants including 3 of £10,000 or less £597,500
Total
£170,000
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