Grants database

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Hideaway Youth Project
Amount: £58,893
Location: North West, UK
Date: 2015
Youth work activity to encourage the integration of young Somalis into the wider Moss Side community and improve their life chances.
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National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy
Amount: £58,500
Location: UK-wide, UK
Date: 2015
In in-depth study to generate learning and good practice relating to better supporting young people with epilepsy in mainstream schools and ensuring their full inclusion in learning, the curriculum and the wider life of the school.
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CEWC – Cymru
Amount: £58,225
Location: Wales, UK
Date: 2015
Extending use of a proven classroom method for developing speaking and listening skills through establishing whole-school practices and inter-school networks.
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Boys Development Project
Amount: £58,100
Location: London, UK
Date: 2015
Early intervention programme to target boys in KS 1 who “stand out” and are at risk of underachieving to address behaviour that leads to truancy and/or exclusion
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The Brightside Trust
Amount: £58,000
Location: Multi-region, UK
Date: 2015
An e‑mentoring programme, created in partnership with NCH for individuals in or leaving care, to enable them to become socially engaged through education and employment.
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Chol Theatre
Amount: £58,000
Location: Yorkshire & Humber, UK
Date: 2015
Imaginary Communities: A pedagogical approach to empower and re-engage children at risk of exclusion from school in Rotherham.
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Voluntary Arts Network
Amount: £58,000
Location: UK-wide, UK
Date: 2015
To support short-term artist workshops, working with intergenerational groups of makers, and training sessions in online marketing and social networking opportunities.
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The Philosophy Foundation
Amount: £57,801
Location: London, UK
Date: 2015
Running philosophical enquiries with Year 7 students to develop a deeper understanding of communication and questioning skills and equipping them to facilitate enquiries with younger children.
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On Road Media
Amount: £57,667
Location: Multi-region, UK
Date: 2015
Testing how young people can influence the way the media reports trans issues and stimulating a wider youth led movement.
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Wellhouse Community Trust
Amount: £57,489
Location: Scotland, UK
Date: 2015
Funding to extend the ‘Music Industry Training and Integration Programme’ which develops participants’ skills, supports progression on to further training, education and employment, enables young people from different territories to integrate, and fosters respect between communities.
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Canterbury Academy
Amount: £57,246
Location: South East, UK
Date: 2015
A flexible, innovative, wrap-around provision supporting young people aged 13–16 at-risk of permanent exclusion to make successful transitions into post-16 education and training, using a combination of academic tuition, vocational activity, youth work, therapeutic, and training and careers guidance. Working initially with four secondary schools in the Canterbury district, this programme will grow to provide a sustainable alternative to permanent exclusion across West Kent.
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African Healthcare & Counselling Services
Amount: £56,668
Location: London, UK
Date: 2015
A two-year project based in Newham that aims to develop a ‘drop-in’ service specifically for young people from the local refugee and asylum seeker communities who are either experiencing, or a risk of developing, mental health problems. Using an arts based approach, the project is an attempt to build relationships, and be able to offer the young people ways of talking about their problems and – as a next stage – accessing appropriate support to help them progress.