Grants awarded financial year 2004 - 2005
back to grants awarded mainpage Where the name of the organisation appears in green it links to their website. Grant Giving CriteriaDuring the 2004-5, grants were awarded under the following headings:
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| Name of Agency | Purpose of Grant | Amount Awarded | Criteria |
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| Off the Streets and Into Work | Consultancy support in developing their continuation and funding strategy following the cessation of major regeneration funding (SRB and EU). | £14,000 | E & E |
| Providence Row Housing Association | Additional costs for assimilation of St Botolph's Project properties, following the demise of that agency. | £20,000 | E & E |
| Oasis Trust | Funding to start a Structured Day Programme for recovering drug addicts in their centre in Kennington. | £30,000 over two years | QoL/Prev |
| St Giles Trust | Funding of their Prison Service Development Manager, to extend their peer advice project from Wandsworth to other prisons. | £28,000 | Prev |
| Foyer Federation | The Foyer Federation has been providing foyers with a basic skills training programme that is funded and accredited by the Learning Skills Council. In 2002 we supported the Federation to investigate whether other agencies would be interested in the assured training and attached public sector funding support. Three agencies expressed an interest and this grant will assist with the extension of the programme to these non-foyer agencies. | £6,500 | Prev |
| Fairbridge | Bursaries to allow ten homeless young people to participate in their Access course. | £10,000 | Prev |
| Notting Hill Churches Homeless Concern | Support for NHCHC'S award winning 240 Project, an activity centre for people who were formerly homeless. It aims to engage vulnerable people in constructive activities. | £10,000 | QoL |
| West London churches Homeless Concern | The WLCHC is a partnership of West London Churches who provide night shelter accommodation from November to April to people who would otherwise have slept rough. Users have requested more help to move on from their vulnerable lifestyles and the LHF grant will allow the project managers to extend their hours and thereby provide keyworking support. | £6,300 | E & E/QoL |
| St Christopher's Fellowship | Support for a series of Life Skills workshops. This will involve a programme of 1:1 work with homeless people whose lifestyles are still too chaotic to maintain unsupported attendance on their longer term courses. This will involve help regarding employment, basic skills and life skills. The project is designed to increase the interface between staff and homeless users of the centre, whilst helping to equip them with the skills, self-esteem and confidence to move on to more independent lifestyles. | £10,000 | QoL/Prev |
| Homeless Link | Towards a publication and a seminar campaigning for more move-on accommodation for formerly homeless people | £4,500 | E & E |
| Thames Reach and Broadway | This grant will support Thames Reach and Broadway's joint service user employment project including funding for a dedicated project manager for six months. They intend to provide initially supported but ultimately independent employment to each others clients - and thereby prove to their clients that they believe in them. This grant follows an LHF funded survey into the extent of service user employment within English homelessness organisations. | £8,000 | E & E |
| Big Issue Foundation | This grant will support the London aspect of a national service delivery study in consultation with clients, stakeholders and partners, which will inform their service delivery strategy for the coming years. The Big Issue Foundation aims to enable vendors of the Big Issue and others affected by homelessness to achieve self-confidence, self-esteem and independence, providing a gateway to a range of services, both within the community and through their own organisation. | £8,000 | E & E |
| Borderline | Towards a strategic review of their operation (which provides support to homeless and vulnerable people from Scotland) and subsequently to provide mentoring support to the director. | £6,500 | E & E |
| Groundswell | Towards a business plan review | £2,000 | E & E |
