Grants Awarded in 2008

GRANTS FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING

5th Tower Hamlets Scout Group
www.scoutbase.org.uk
£386.48 towards new programme resources for 2008

Bangladesh Youth Movement*
www.bym.org.uk
£11,000.00 (over three years) towards staff costs

Children’s Safety Education Foundation
www.csef.net
£1,000.00 to provide safety education and training for children in schools in the East End

Chinese Association of Tower Hamlets
www.thchinese.org.uk
£4,000.00 towards the costs of the Opportunity Centre

Event Gallery
www.eventnetwork.org.uk
£2,000.00 for a sound art exhibition

The Environment Trust
£1,000.00 to fund a resource pack for primary and secondary schools

The Geoff Ashcroft Community
£2,000.00 towards the project’s set-up costs

Half Moon Young People’s Theatre
www.halfmoon.org.uk
£2,000.00 to continue a workshop programme for four groups in the Trust’s primary area

Listening Books
www.listening-books.org.uk
£600.00 to renew the membership for two years for two users from the Trust’s primary area

Mudchute Park and Farm
www.mudchute.org
£2,100.00 for membership of the Education Project for Wapping schools and nurseries

National Extension College
www.nec.ac.uk
£3,000.00 towards the design and production of a family training package on healthy eating

Pollyanna Training Theatre
www.pollyannatheatre.co.uk
£2,000.00 to finance lighting/sound hire for a musical production at Wilton’s Music Hall

Rainbow Film Society
www.rainbowfilmsociety.com
£1,500.00 to subsidise free screenings for about 500 children, young people and women

School-home Support Service UK
www.schoolhomesupport.org.uk
£2,000.00 towards the cost of the Service Delivery Manager

Spitalfields Crypt Trust
www.sct.org.uk
£1,000.00 towards the costs of the Shoreditch Community Project Drop-in Centre

Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership
www.thebp.org
£50,000.00 (over five years) towards providing services to schools within the Trust’s primary area*
£2,000.00 towards running the 7th Tower Hamlets Summer Business School initiative helping young people in the area to develop enterprise skills

The Trusts executive director, Jenny Dawes, is also a board member of the Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership.

Tower Hamlets Local Intervention Fire Education (LIFE)
www.london-fire.gov.uk/LocalInterventionFireEducationLIFE.asp
£1,000.00 towards the Local Intervention Fire Education Project in Tower Hamlets

Tower Hamlets Schools Gymnastics and Dance Display Team
£2,000.00 towards training and venue hire fees

Tower Hamlets Summer University
www.summeruni.org
£10,000.00 towards the cost of offering places to young people on the 2008 Summer programme

Toyhouse Libraries Association of Tower Hamlets
www.toyhouselibraries.org.uk
£4,000.00 towards the provision of an outreach service to families in Tower Hamlets with pre-school children not accessing local services and classed as ‘hard to reach’

Volunteering England
www.volunteering.org.uk
£2,000.00 towards the cost of a volunteer co-ordinator at Tower Hamlets College

WebPlay
www.webplay.org
£5,000.00 towards the costs of WebPlay Local for children from area schools

SPECIAL PROJECT GRANTS FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Bigland Green School
£400 theatre tickets or an in-school workshop or performance

Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate School
£400 theatre tickets or an in-school workshop or performance

Blue Gate Fields Infants School
£400 theatre tickets or an in-school workshop or performance

Blue Gate Fields Junior School
£400 theatre tickets or an in-school workshop or performance

Cyril Jackson Primary School
£400 theatre tickets or an in-school workshop or performance

English Martyrs School*
£400 theatre tickets or an in-school workshop or performance

Harry Gosling Primary and Infants School
£400 theatre tickets or an in-school workshop or performance
£1,000 for a science in school project

Hermitage Primary School
£400 theatre tickets or an in-school workshop or performance

Mulberry School for Girls
£400 theatre tickets or an in-school workshop or performance
£1,000 for a science in school project

Shapla Primary School
£400 theatre tickets or an in-school workshop or performance

St Mary And St Michael RC Primary School
£400 theatre tickets or an in-school workshop or performance
£1,000 for a science in school project

St Pauls C of E School
£400 theatre tickets or an in-school workshop or performance

St Peters (London Docks) School
£400 theatre tickets or an in-school workshop or performance

GRANTS FOR ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Common Ground East
£5,000.00 towards the costs of the project and to support the growth of the organisation.

Royal Mint Tenants and Residents Association
£1,500.00 towards equipping the office, kitchen and meeting room
£1,000.00 towards the cost of an event to promote the organisation

GRANTS FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE:
ACTIVITIES FOR THE ELDERLY

Connaught Opera
www.connaughtopera.com
£570.00 towards the costs of two concerts for the elderly in care in Tower Hamlets

Garden OAP Club*
£175.00 for a party for pensioners

Summer Holiday Programme for Pensioners
www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
£7,000.00 for coach-hire for summer outings for pensioners

GRANTS FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE:
ACTIVITIES TO BRING TOGETHER DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY AND PROMOTE COMMUNITY HARMONY

Bangladesh Youth Movement
www.bym.org.uk
£1,000.00 towards the costs of the annual multicultural festival, ‘The Mela’

Chinese Association of Tower Hamlets
www.thchinese.org.uk
£1,000.00 towards the costs of the Chinese New Year celebration event

Friends of Arnold Circus
www.foac.org.uk
£1,000.00 towards the costs of the 2008 Community Programme

Glamis Adventure Playground
www.glamisadventure.org.uk
£10,000.00 towards the costs of the playground and its running costs for 2008

Magic Me
www.magicme.co.uk
£4,000.00 towards the costs of an intergenerational arts project

Rainbow Parents
£2,000.00 towards equipment costs

Summer Holiday Programme
www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
£8,385.00 for coach-hire and materials for holiday outings for Tower Hamlets residents

Trees for Cities
www.treesforcities.org.uk
£1,000.00 towards the Community Park Project in King Edward Memorial Park

Wapping Playgroup
£2,337.00 to re-fit the floor covering in the playgroup

SPECIAL PROJECT GRANTS FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE:
ACTIVITIES FOR THE ELDERLY

Berner Estate Tenants Association
£800.00 towards a Christmas/Eid party

Garden OAP Club
£175.00 towards a Christmas/Eid party

Glamis Residents Association
£483.00 towards a Christmas/Eid party

Wapping Bangladesh Association*
£700.00 towards a Christmas/Eid party

Wapping Community Group
£910.00 towards a Christmas/Eid party


* Grants not paid in full at year end