Grants we have made

Grants list

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This section lists all grants we have made since 2013. The categories from 2013 to 2018 were Arts, Environment and Welfare. This changed in 2018 when Welfare was replaced with Social Action. There are also separate categories for grants to the Museums and Galleries Fund and to the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) Fund.

Please note that the Visit Website button under each grant listed is a link to the listed grant-holder's website.

Britten Sinfonia

Towards core costs to enable them to deliver their ambitious musical programme across a broad repertoire.

Category
Arts
Year awarded
2018
Grant size
£90,000
Duration
3 years
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Bromley by Bow Centre

Towards the salary of a National Development Coordinator to support the roll out of social prescribing schemes in England, enabling frontline NHS staff to refer patients to local non-clinical services

Category
Welfare
Year awarded
2018
Grant size
£71,000
Duration
2 years
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Cambridge Conservation Initiative

Towards the salary of a joint Public Engagement Officer to work across CCI and Cambridge Conservation Forum to increase public awareness of biodiversity conservation through a programme of events, lectures and exhibitions

Category
Environment
Year awarded
2018
Grant size
£80,000
Duration
3 years
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Campaign for Better Transport Charitable Trust

Towards the core costs of their work developing affordable transport for communities that improves quality of life and protects the environment

Category
Environment
Year awarded
2018
Grant size
£100,00
Duration
3 years
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Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB)

Towards the salary costs of a Business Development Manager to enable them to reunite more children with their families after separation due to conflict, trafficking, abduction, migration or family break up

Category
Welfare
Year awarded
2018
Grant size
£98,744
Duration
3 years
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Choir with No Name

Towards the core costs of their work with homeless and marginalised people, helping them build confidence and skills through singing

Category
Welfare
Year awarded
2018
Grant size
£75,000
Duration
3 years
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Circles UK

Towards the salary of the National Development Manager to support their work with sexual offenders upon their release from prison to assist their transition back into the community, thereby reducing the risk of re-offending

Category
Welfare
Year awarded
2018
Grant size
£90,000
Duration
3 years
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City of London Sinfonia

Towards the salaries of the Chief Executive and Creative Director to continue the orchestra's aim of breaking down barriers between musicians and audiences though its 'seriously informal' style of performance

Category
Arts
Year awarded
2018
Grant size
£75,000
Duration
3 years
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Colchester and Ipswich Museums

Towards the costs of the Evolving our Natural Science project, to transform organisational understanding of four natural science collections and develop their in-house curatorial expertise

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2018
Grant size
£87,255
Duration
3 years
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