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Official# Grants (Overview and Scrutiny) Sub-Committee 26th January 2021 Summary of grant recommendations Grant (Overview & WGF R16 Scrutiny) Sub- Organisation Project Name Brief Summary of Project Primary Ward Primary Theme ref committee Recommendation The project is a creative exploration of the impact of Covid-19, gathering the stories of those lost 1 Tara Arts (Emergency Grant Process) A Final Farewell to, or during, the pandemic. The stories will be woven into a site-specific performance piece Earlsfield, Tooting, Latchmere Arts and Culture £ 5,000.00 taking place across Wandsworth and culminating at Tara Theatre. The project will allow cadets aged 12-18 to familiarise themselves with the controls of the aircraft 3 34F (Balham and Tooting) Squadron RAF Cadets Flight simulator for Air Cadet training and the simulator will be an attraction to young people to join the air cadets and will open Youth (13-18) £ 3,281.00 opportunities for personal development. Bedford A series of 24 weekly non-audition music workshops, nurturing the passion, confidence and 6 Battersea Arts Centre BAC Beatbox Academy: Remote Sessions understanding of music-making of children and young people living in Wandsworth through the Shaftesbury Children and Young People (All) £ 600.00 provision of 6 digital tablets with appropriate data access to digitally excluded children and young people to allow them to access the programme whilst face-to-face activities are cancelled. A creative film project promoting positive and uplifting stories, kindness, courage and Earlsfield, Roehampton and 7 Be Kind Movement What's Your Story? Children and Young People (All) £ 4,500.00 compassion. Latchmere A creative film project promoting positive and uplifting stories, kindness, courage and 8 Blind Aid BlindAid Virtual Mindfulness and Stretching All Areas Health and Well-being £ 840.00 compassion. The key objective is to ensure that our young people can access the internet and relevant technology in a safe and controlled way to support their access to training and employment 9 Centrepoint Soho Balham & Furzedown Raising Aspiration and Potential £ 8,280.00 Tackling digital exclusion experienced by opportunities. The project seeks to install internet access to 4 properties in the borough where homeless young people in Wandsworth access to the internet is currently limited. We will gift our curated (age relevant, good quality, desirable) Book Bundles to three schools in 10 Children's Book Project Book Heroes Campaign Latchmere ward, ensuring that every child in each school has the chance to choose and take Latchmere Children (0-12) £ 558.00 home at least two books of their own. The pilot of a 'Children of prisoners School Support Project' so that primary school pupils mainly Tooting, Graveney, Roehampton, 11 Corona Kids CIC Children of Prisoners: School Support Project in the wards of Tooting, Graveney, Furzedown, Roehampton, Latchmere and Queenstown Latchmere, Furzedown and Children (0-12) £ 3,735.00 impacted by parent/sibling imprisonment can be more easily identified for help by schools and Queenstown access support from within school to improve their emotional wellbeing. We want to use the second lockdown as a time to equip young people and adults with the 12 Elays Network Health & Wellbeing Workshops Latchmere and Queenstown Health and Well-being £ 1,800.00 information and skills to strengthen their health and mental well being. With the introduction of class bubbles and emphasis on outdoor learning, we would like to 14 Friends of Trinity St. Mary's Development of TSM Upper School Playground Nightingale Children (0-12) £ 8,000.00 develop our large upper playground (years 1-6) to put in seating areas for outdoor classes, tennis tables and a portable sports pitch cage (for football, netball, basketball, rugby and hockey). The project will target young people who face disadvantages and provide engagement, re- 15 JAGS Foundation Wandsworth Upskills Programme Raising Aspiration and Potential £ 9,260.00 training, enterprising opportunities and raised aspirations into meaningful employment. Queenstown & Latchmere To establish a Youth Ambassadors Board (YAB), which will be a forward-thinking group with the responsibility to advise on multiple aspects of the Katherine Low Settlement’s (KLS) outputs. The 16 Katherine Low Settlement KLS’ Young Ambassador Board St Mary's Park Citizenship & Civic Engagement £ 2,480.00 YAB will represent KLS across different platforms – engaging in important conversations with policymakers, researchers, funders and practitioners. BOOST (Basketball for Outstanding Opportunities We will deliver our BOOST programme to BAME/disadvantaged male and female Wandsworth 17 London Basketball St Mary's Park Youth (13-18) £ 9,000.00 Skills and Training in Sports) residents aged 11-18. This programme combines Basketball and Learning, and uses a three-step approach to engage, develop, and challenge young people to help them reach their full potential. Young At Art, crafting and art workshops for 18 Meet & Make Spaces Tooting and Graveney Arts and Culture £ 500.00 anyone over the age of 65 living in Tooting Series of six art and making workshops for people over the age of 65 living in or close to Tooting. Working with a small team of experienced and skilled volunteers, St Michael’s Gardening & Environment & Attractive 20 PCC of St. Michael's with St. Stephen's St Michael’s Gardening & Allotment Project Allotment Project aims to tap into the health and well-being benefits of gardening and have a Southfields £ 6,200.00 Neighbourhoods positive impact on the self-esteem, mood and general health of a rolling average of thirty vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals within our local community. Embedding better mental health strategy into We propose to underpin young people's ability to take part in activities we run with better and 21 Putney Arts Theatre East Putney Children and Young People (All) £ 1,500.00 our practices for young people. more strategic support for their mental health. The programme will work with The Alton, Heathmere and Roehampton Church schools granting 22 Rocks International Arts Ltd After-School R.O.C.K.S pupils from each school 1 afternoon of studio-based art classes at Roehampton R.O.C.K.S each Roehampton Arts and Culture £ 5,000.00 week. The project will engage residents of the estate in growing plants at home that can then be Environment & Attractive 23 Savona Estate Residents Association Sowing From Home - Savona Seedling Project Queenstown £ 3,495.00 incorporated into beds and borders in the area. Neighbourhoods To support the costs of a short term case manager to continue to deliver free mediations due to Recovering from the impact of COVID- 25 Wandsworth Mediation Service Wandsworth Mediation Service Delivery Borough wide £ 9,040.00 increased demand for service. 19 Official# Grants (Overview and Scrutiny) Sub-Committee 26th January 2021 Summary of grant recommendations The project aims to provide 1250 packages of 1kg hygiene products to those in hygiene poverty distributing these through a network of seven community partners across the borough. With 1kg Recovering from the impact of COVID- 28 The Hygiene Bank Wandsworth The Hygiene Bank Wandsworth of basic hygiene goods per month costing £35 supporting a household/family of four with a basic Borough wide £ 10,000.00 19 range of toiletries to last a month or £8 of goods to support an individual, these packages will provide hygiene support to 1250 individuals. £ 93,069.00 .