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The City Bridge Trust Annual Review 2008 Registered Charity 1035628

Diversity and Volunteering The changing face of volunteering Building Community Cohesion Timebanking for mutual benefit Business and Passion Don’t Mix? The Pilotlight Scheme Eco-Volunteering Helping London’s environment Victims and Vengeance Tackling violence and its roots a Contents

01 Introduction 02 Overview of our grant-making 04 Why Volunteering? 06 Releasing the value of volunteering 08 Diversity and Volunteering 10 A Volunteer, but not an Amateur 12 Building Community Cohesion 14 Business and Passion Don’t Mix? 16 Eco-Volunteering 18 Volunteers in the Criminal Justice System 20 Victims and Vengeance 22 Leadership and Reconciliation 24 and finally…

26 Total grants spend by London borough 27 List of grants approved 2007/08 31 Overview of grant-making 32 The City Bridge Trust

b Introduction

Mission Bridge House Estates The City Bridge Trust aims to address The City of London Corporation is the sole trustee of Bridge disadvantage by supporting charitable House Estates which reaches out across London in many activity across Greater London through quality grant-making and related important and diverse ways. This review concentrates on its grant- activities within clearly defined priorities. making operation, the City Bridge Trust, but the core business Our values of the Estates, for many centuries, has been looking after its Independence bridges. Bridge House Estates in some cases built, and now As an independent trust we have maintains, five of the bridges that cross the Thames into the City an important role to play in a of London – London Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge, Southwark Bridge, pluralist society. Tower Bridge and the Millennium Bridge. The maintenance and Inclusion replacement of these bridges remains the prime objective of this We value diversity. ancient charity. Fairness We are committed to fairness and The City Bridge Trust transparency in our grant-making. This review looks at the Trust’s grant-making and ancillary activities We believe in consulting widely and in 2007/08. Also available is the Trustee’s Annual Report and regularly so that we can respond Financial Statements which contains the full annual statement to changing needs. We value of accounts and auditor’s report. user involvement in the delivery of services. We know that more can A detailed account of our structure, governance and management be achieved through collaboration is also found in the Trustee’s Annual Report. Our risk management with other funders and with the third sector. We aim to treat applicants statement, reserves policy and other requirements of SORP 2005 with courtesy, respect and offer are in the same document. a speedy and efficient service. Copies and further information are available from: The City Bridge Trust City of London PO Box 270 Guildhall London EC2P 2EJ 020 7332 3710 [email protected] www.citybridgetrust.org.uk

1 Overview of our grant-making

319 grants awarded £16.9m total value

2 Message from the Chairman of the City Bridge Trust Committee

It is with more than a tinge of sadness ‘Opening Doors Across London’ reviewed that I write my last foreword as the outcomes of twelve years of grant- Chairman of the City Bridge Trust as making on our ‘Access to Buildings’ my term of office ends in April 2008. programme. The starting point was that In July, we commenced our Quinquennial refurbishing a building to create access for Policy Review. The Review looked back at disabled people, was likely to be one of the lessons learnt from the work undertaken by most difficult things that an organisation the 2,153 organisations funded over the last attempts to do. Based on the experience five years. We also scanned the horizon with of organisations which we have funded, a ‘futures’ exercise looking at what might we shared the practical steps which happen and also what we would want to can improve the outcomes and reduce happen to improve life for Londoners. the stress. The changing face of London’s social This year we have developed the landscape made it essential to refine and ‘magazine-style’ of our annual review. re-focus our programmes in the light of new Our theme is ‘Volunteering’, vital to all our needs. The terrible events of 7 July 2005 grant programmes and essential for a have left an indelible shadow over London. healthy, civil society. I hope you will enjoy it. How best to promote community cohesion Finally, we are fortunate in having a was a major deliberation in our review. highly professional and committed staff Online consultation, a half-day team. I thank them and the members of the conference and numerous meetings with Grants Committee for all their hard work. third sector leaders, other grant-makers and It is with great confidence that I hand over policy makers have guided us. We thank all the Chairmanship to Deputy Joyce Nash in of you who gave so generously of your time. April 2008. I am delighted to say I will serve The outcomes are programmes building as Deputy Chairman and that we all look on your and our experience but also include forward to rolling out our new programmes new themes. These will be launched in next year. July 2008. The review took nine months to complete and whilst we closed for new applications on 1st October 2007, we still awarded 319 grants (£16.9 million), rather more than William Fraser, OBE in 2006 (307). This is consistent with the Chairman number of grants awarded in previous years. The City Bridge Trust Committee 2007 was a landmark year in many respects. We are committed to sharing our learning and this year produced two editions of ‘The Knowledge – Learning from London’. ‘Greening the Third Sector’ re-cycled findings from our pilot study of environmental audits of a dozen different charities across the Capital. The result was practical tips on how organisations can reduce their carbon footprint. 3 Below and right: The City Bridge Trust team doing its bit.

Commission on the Future of Volunteering Our Vision Our vision is of a society in which we will be united by our common concern for the well being of others; a society in which we enrich our own lives by enriching the lives of others through the giving of time. This may be through offering services to individuals, or it may be through working for a better society in other ways. Our vision, ultimately, is that volunteering becomes part of the DNA of our society – it becomes integral to the way we think of ourselves and live our lives, and we are inspired to contribute in this way. Our aim is for a culture change in society so that helping others and benefiting from a culture of mutual dependence becomes a way of life, from which the whole of society benefits. We would like to see a society where not volunteering would be seen as missing out on something that was life enhancing, enjoyable and useful. Being able to make a contribution by giving time, and deriving satisfaction and enjoyment from doing so, makes volunteering truly a ‘win-win’ situation... Baroness Neuberger DBE, Chair of the Commission

4 Why Volunteering?

Our previous Annual Reviews, inevitably, have been written from a grant-making perspective. We have discussed how best to add value, to share our knowledge and how to distribute funding wisely, efficiently and with maximum impact.

In the heat of the debate about what is the the Voluntary and Community Sector’, most appropriate role for a grant-making we awarded 6 grants totalling £600,000 trust, it is easy to forget that grant-making specifically to infrastructure organisations, is not an end in itself. This review is about supporting volunteering. our grant-making and volunteering – too Ordinary people doing extra-ordinary often overlooked, undervalued or taken things for granted. Volunteering opportunities, like volunteers, Why volunteering now? come in all shapes and sizes. The range The Commission on the Future of and breadth of the volunteering work which Volunteering, chaired by Baroness we have funded is staggering. The work Neuberger DBE, reported in January 2008. described bears testament to the value of We want to do our bit, as funders, to raise volunteering. It helps individuals, bridges the profile of volunteering and its value. Next communities and is a powerful expression year we will take this further and put valuing of good citizenship. I hope you will enjoy volunteering as a cornerstone of ‘good reading more. practice’ in all of our programmes. What motivates volunteers? Altruism – of course. But it can be fun. It can also help your CV if you are a young person aspiring to go to ‘uni’. It can be a route into Clare Thomas, MBE employment. It develops your skills. It can Chief Grants Officer help provide structure and meaning for older retirees. There is no single ‘right or wrong’ motivation and the work described later illustrates this. This year we have funded hundreds of Detailed policies, overall strategy and projects involving thousands of volunteers. achievements of the City Bridge Trust We know that volunteers need to be valued, are found in Bridge House Estates trained and properly supervised. That’s Annual Report 2008. why, on our programme ‘Strengthening 5 6 Releasing the value of volunteering

Volunteering is big news. Over 20 million people get involved each year, giving 100 million hours of time a week, with a notional economic value to the economy of some £40 billion per annum. Volunteering is increasingly recognised as being good for society in building strong, cohesive communities, and good for the individual in building skills and confidence and improved physical and mental well-being. Some researchers have even postulated a link between volunteering and happiness!

The recently published Manifesto from the expenses, training, support, and recognition Commission on the Future of Volunteering for volunteers. Rather than balking at such outlined a vision in which volunteering costs, funders should recognise them as a becomes a normal part of everyday life. vital ingredient of good volunteering practice It called for action by government and and an important aspect of full cost recovery. the voluntary sector to make this vision In addition to funding such core a reality. But it also identified a key role for volunteering costs, independent funders independent funders in helping to provide have a role to play in helping to support a supportive framework in which new and innovative forms of volunteer volunteering can flourish. activity. Independent funders have an Volunteering provides significant value impressive track record of supporting to society but it is not cost free. A study pioneering work to engage the most socially by the Institute for Volunteering Research excluded groups in society in volunteering, estimated that for every one pound invested including refugees, asylum seekers and Volunteering can be fun! by an organisation in volunteering, there is people with mental health issues. Funders a notional economic return of some seven also have a role to play in helping to support or eight pounds. Funders have a crucial role the infrastructure, particularly at local to play in underpinning this investment and level, which provides an essential support helping organisations unlock the true value structure to local organisations. of volunteering. The City Bridge Trust has proved itself Funders could play a very significant role over the years to be in the vanguard of good in examining project proposals and funding practice in relation to volunteering, prepared applications for the ways in which volunteers to invest in the core, but also to take risks are to offer particular qualities and added and help forge new pathways. value to the activity or service – not just a The challenge is for independent funders lower cost workforce! to help release the enormous power and In assessing applications from voluntary value of volunteering. organisations, funders should look for evidence of good practice in the involvement of volunteers – a well thought through Dr Justin Davis Smith strategy for engaging volunteers, and policies Chief Executive for providing such essentials as out of pocket Volunteering England 7 Diversity and Volunteering

Is the typical volunteer still a white, middle-aged, middle- class woman? Well no, that’s all changing. But there is evidence that some groups of people engage more than others in ‘formal’ volunteering on a regular basis. Others just don’t identify with the term ‘volunteer’. Refugees from war-torn communities, for example, may associate the word ‘volunteer’ with ‘volunteer militia’.

So, whilst more could be done to remove Health and safety the obstacles which prevent people from Stars in the Sky is a dating and friendship volunteering, we are funding plenty of service for adults with learning disabilities projects upturning the stereotype. Older in Haringey. Steered by a management people and people with learning disabilities group, the majority of whom are people have often been seen as the ‘helped’ with learning disabilities, Stars in the Sky, rather than the ‘helpers’ but Bede House backed by us, has launched a new service, challenges this. in partnership with ‘Consent’ from Hertford Partnership NHS Trust. Being useful, feeling useful The starting point is that people with Inside Outside, run by Bede House in learning disabilities, just like everyone else, Bermondsey, is a classic case of ‘win- Above: Bede House – who’s helping who? need information about sexual health, win’ volunteering. It recruits and supports sexuality and sexual abuse. learning-disabled young adults to provide The partnership will train up to ten a handy-person service for isolated, volunteers, all with learning disabilities, to in local elders. turn train other members and to get across The volunteers gain skills in a time- their ideas to service planners. We know that structured project and a huge sense of services which deal with ‘sensitive’ issues are satisfaction. “I like helping people because often better delivered by peers of the service I am quite strong” says Wayne. users rather than by ‘professionals’. Frail, older people on low incomes welcome help with gardening, spring Open to all cleaning or hoovering. In turn, they enjoy Islington Volunteer Centre is working hard befriending the volunteers with plenty of chat to engage with ‘non-traditional’ volunteers. and chocolate biscuits. “He’s a lovely lad and A common misunderstanding is that I’m glad I can give him this opportunity. He refugees and asylum seekers aren’t allowed likes coming here and I help him when I can” to volunteer. This is not the case and many said Mrs McKenna. are very active within their own communities. Everyone benefits and new local The Diversity Project encourages people relationships are formed. Some of the from black, minority ethnic and refugee volunteers also move on to supported communities to volunteer. Another example employment. Our grant of £65,000 helps of ‘win-win’ volunteering. The community pay for the staff ‘behind the scenes’. benefits and the volunteer gains valuable skills and experience that can help secure paid employment. 8 Ex-offenders or people with a substance One example of this is the Chinese Cecilia had worked as a volunteer misuse history can find it difficult to convince Community Centre located in the bustle of on the befriending project for nearly organisations that they have something to Chinatown in Soho. A relatively small core of five years. offer. Highly vulnerable people, arguably volunteers provides expert support to older With an interest in child psychology, those most ‘at risk’ of re-offending, are people, offering interpretation and translation she engaged with a variety of clients helped by the Metamorphosis Project into services to assist them in navigating housing including young people, who can volunteering. Skills, increased confidence benefits, welfare agencies and health often express a variety of symptoms and work references are all part of breaking services where older people may struggle and who tend to be difficult to engage. negative cycles, helping re-integration into to comprehend how the system operates. In one case, a Hong Kong family the community and starting the journey For example, by understanding the running a ‘take-away’ contacted back into employment. The Metamorphosis cultural attitude to mental health within the Cecilia about their son’s problems Project provides that stepping stone. traditional Chinese community, the volunteer at home, especially around But volunteers from all backgrounds need helps to support those older people in need escalating conflict and anger to be valued, trained and not exploited. That’s of intervention. The medical profession, for management issues. why our grant of £51,000 for a Best Practice its part, increases its cultural understanding Cecilia’s background provided her Manager will help to ensure that organisations of the Chinese community. with the tools to engage both the value their volunteers and provide the very Adding value parents and the son in a professional best experience they deserve. The volunteers provide invaluable and and confidential manner. Her work The cultural value of volunteering appropriate support to the older clients, 80% resulted in a rapprochement between Whilst some organisations develop and of whom live on their own or have no local the parents and their son, which in supplement their services through involving family network. turn has reduced the son’s anger comparatively high numbers of volunteers, The Centre relies heavily on its dedicated management problems and improved others may take a more targeted volunteers who work alongside the staff his school performance. approach, drawing on particular skills and ensuring the delivery of high quality services. Cecilia describes her volunteering experiences within their volunteer pool to The volunteers contribute over 3,000 work as “…very enjoyable. It is like enhance their services. ‘hours’ to the centre. Our grant of £90,000 being a bridge, just like a family.” will sustain the health improvement project which depends so heavily on its volunteers. All in all, a remarkable example of team work.

9 A Volunteer, but not an Amateur

Too often the contributions of volunteers are under valued compared to those of the paid worker or professional. ChildLine’s counsellors are highly skilled, very professional and are volunteers supported by counselling supervisors.

Our grant of £102,000 is helping recruit, about depression and suicidal thoughts train and support an extra 30 volunteer and those in life-threatening situations. counsellors. ChildLine estimates an ChildLine’s policy of confidentiality is usually additional 7,200 children will benefit. guaranteed. Occasionally, in life threatening The confidential helpline, since being situations, a counsellor would have to break launched in 1996, has been overwhelmed confidentiality in order to save lives. ChildLine is a service provided by the NSPCC. with young callers in distress. Some 25,000 Such judgement requires the counsellor Registered charity number 216401 and SC037717. young people were counselled by volunteers to be skilled, sensitive and very highly trained. in 2006-07. Sadly there were many other Training courses last for three months. young people who were unable to get Volunteers are rigorously assessed and through as the lines were jammed. Under- vetted. Would-be counsellors are assessed resourced, ChildLine was unable to answer on their ability to explore a caller’s feelings, 57%. Our grant will make a difference. using empathic responses. Their ability to Originally young callers turned to respond to a variety of callers’ presentations ChildLine if they were being physically or whether that be ‘testing’, ‘silent’, ‘angry’ or sexually abused. Counsellors now deal with ‘crying’ is also assessed. a whole range of issues including concerns

If you are interested in volunteering, please visit www.nspcc.org.uk Main problems children contacted ChildLine about in 2007 were: Bullying 23% Family issues 13% Physical abuse 9% Sexual abuse 7% Concern for others 7% Facts of life 6% 10 Day in the life of a counselling supervisor

shelter – and I call the emergency services*. Every day we receive about one or two calls from children in such serious danger that we need the help of the emergency services. After the counselling shift we have a debrief session during which we talk through the morning’s calls. The counsellors share their thoughts and feelings about the calls which helps relieve any distress and anxiety about their callers. I remind the group that ChildLine aims to empower children to make safe choices and decisions for themselves, but it can be hard for counsellors when they don’t know the outcome of a call. In the afternoon I run a training session with a group of fifteen volunteers who are training to be ChildLine counsellors. They are halfway through their 40-hour training. This session is entitled ‘Coping with Strong Feelings’. In it we practice working with children and young people presenting strong feelings – anger, grief, mistrust – and also look into what happens My first task of the day is being on-call in when a child’s story evokes strong feelings in the counselling room. I greet the volunteer us as counsellors. A trainee in the group shares counsellors as they arrive – it really makes a with us that she had a baby at the age of 15, and difference to know you’re welcome – and I brief we explore how she might feel if a teenager calls them about any issues they need to be aware of. who is herself pregnant. Yesterday, a counsellor spoke to a 14 year old girl who had run away and was considering allowing ChildLine to refer her to Social Services. We have arranged for her to call back this morning so it is important that all the counsellors know about her and are prepared for her call. We have ten counsellors on duty this morning; most of them have been volunteering with ChildLine for two or more years, but Mandy is still in her six-month probationary period after training, so needs closer supervision. Half way through the morning Mandy alerts me to the fact that she has a child on the line who is suicidal. I plug in a head-set to listen in on the call and it turns out that the child has taken a potentially lethal quantity of painkillers. * ChildLine will only break confidentiality if a child’s life is in immediate danger. In this particular circumstance, the counsellor worked towards obtaining the child’s Mandy succeeds in persuading the child to consent for intervention from a third party, empowering the child to take control tell us her whereabouts – she is alone in a bus of her situation and agree to providing details which allowed her to be found. 11 Building Community Cohesion

12 Timebanking is volunteering based on a mutual but cashless exchange. A ‘community’ of people – it could be health centre users or a school – contribute their own talents and draw on those of others for mutual benefit and the greater good.

Rushey Green Timebank is based in a Getting involved primary care health centre in Lewisham. Too often young people are presented by Some people run classes or lead walks the media as a ‘problem’. There is little that related to healthy living. Some befriend is newsworthy about young people ‘getting isolated elders and maintain phone contact involved’ and taking an active interest in with them. Their contribution is rewarded their communities. with ‘time credits’ which can be ‘cashed in’ The Citizenship Foundation helps young for return favours or day trips. people who want to achieve political or Everyone benefits. The GPs have an social change in their school, youth club ‘early warning’ resource for elderly patients or community. The Youth Act project trains and all timebank members participate in young people in problem solving, team healthy activities or health education. Most building and co-operation, influencing importantly, social fabric has been rebuilt decision makers and campaigning. in an area where people had become The young volunteers identify a problem disconnected from each other. such as anti-social behaviour. A campaign Our funding of £73,200 will pay for the called ‘Unity in the Community’ was set co-ordination costs of getting and keeping up by the young people themselves and older people involved. was one way of tackling it. ‘Understood’ was a project that grew out of the concerns of east London young people about tension in their community towards Muslims following the 7th July London bombings.

Our grant of £60,000 will help the Citizenship Foundation roll out more projects like ‘Understood’ in eight more London boroughs.

“Walthamstow is a very diverse area, there are many religions and cultures but it never feels like we are mixing as one when we are in the community. We want to tackle the fact that communities exist separately with very little interaction between the faiths and build real diversity in the borough. This is really important for the community, especially as the Olympics are coming, as it will show the world what real multiculturalism is. We are trying to break down stereotypes and paranoia and one way we’re trying to do this is by reaching the younger people first, like year 5 and year 6 primary school children.” ‘Understood’ member 13 Pilotlight, launched in 2003, brings together the passion and expertise of the third sector with the best of business thinking. Successful, senior business volunteers are matched with smallish charities to help them build measurably more sustainable organisations. Business and Passion Don’t Mix?

It is rare that a struggling charity needs help The charities said… with just a single, overriding problem. More “From not having a fundraising strategy at likely there is a package of needs, starting all, with Pilotlight’s help we developed one with a business plan, from which other which enabled us to go on and win nearly assignments flow. Each volunteer commits half a million pounds in funding”. up to three hours per month to coach Julie Wright, Deputy Chief Executive, charities on specifics. Unlock How was it for you? “I commend the work of Pilotlight to any We asked a few volunteer ‘Pilotlighters’ what third sector organisation looking to renew was in it for them? its organisational structure or strategic “You get to use your skills in a way which direction. The twelve months that we spent is demonstrably good for society… working with Pilotlight enabled us to do taking money out of your pocket and both and today, two years later, the benefits putting it into a tin is conscience solving are clear in terms of the clarity of focus and but using your skills is much more valuable the durability of the organisational form and worthwhile”. developed during our time working together. Mark Pullen, Chairman, Nisa – Today’s Their advice and guidance, their prompting and cajoling – and the ability of the team “I can give £1,000 to a charity, but by we worked with to mix rigour, patience and working with Pilotlight I am helping humour in equal measure, represents the thousands of people and its self- best in business mentoring practice and has sustaining… at the end of the day produced a legacy from which we continue where would a £1,000 go?” to benefit” Sam Berwick, Chief Executive, Tony Breslin, Chief Executive, Mizuho International Citizenship Foundation

Where next? Monitoring and evaluating the impact a charity has on its service users is notoriously difficult. And becoming increasingly so in an outcome focused funding environment. That’s why we are helping Pilotlight develop basic evaluation tools so that each charity Pilotlight £52,500 for an evaluation can demonstrate how it is making manager a difference to the people that matter most, the service users. 14 15 Eco- Volunteering One of our smallest grants programmes is London’s Environment. One thing the programme is big on though and that’s volunteer involvement. The environmental sector involves literally millions of volunteers. Many would not define themselves as volunteers, nowadays they are more likely to describe themselves as environmental activists. Recent rises in the numbers of people involved in the environment are due to increased awareness of climate change and its impact both globally and locally.

16 Love London ‘Love London, Love your Planet’ celebrated local, grass-roots action where small organisations involved hundreds of volunteers showing what they were doing to make London a better place to live. The ‘hot topic’ was climate change and what to do about it. Over a quarter of the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions come from our

homes. ‘Love London’ demonstrated that relatively small changes in our homes like Not a rubbish job? energy saving light bulbs, better insulation Thames 21 Ltd is a smallish organisation with and more efficient boilers can benefit the a big job. It aims to deliver clean and safe planet and our wallets. waterside environments for all throughout Saving the planet is not all ‘doom and London. It can only do this with the help of gloom’ – this festival was fun. Camden some 5,000 volunteers. Our grant of £50,000 Green Fair was the most popular free is towards the Chief Executive’s post. event. It featured an Ethical Fashion Show, Every three months Rapid Appraisal the Green Road Show, a mini city farm, Surveys are conducted along both banks a solar-powered cinema and the of the River Thames, from Erith upstream Greenhouse Installation. Half a million to Teddington Lock. Litter measurement Londoners had a great time and came is also carried out on the tributaries and away with a host of new ideas on how to canal network. get involved and make a real difference. Last year Thames 21 Ltd and its Bonkers about bats volunteers removed 568 tonnes of litter from Bats are commonly misunderstood by the the Thames alone and held 50 volunteer litter general public and misrepresented in the clean ups. media. Bats are a key indicator species for Why do volunteers do it? the health of a local environment. Louise Taylor, a regular volunteer from West The Bat Conservation Trust’s vision is of a London says, “It’s nice to see that there is world where bats and people live in harmony. something you can do. It really does make There are seventeen bat species in the a difference.” UK, some on the brink of extinction. The The rewards include improved bat population, over the last fifty years, has neighbourhoods, safeguarded habitats and been decimated due to a loss of habitat, bio-diversity and a significant contribution use of pesticides, pollution and rebuilding. towards London’s sustainable development. London is home to ten bat species including On a personal level, local projects engage the common and soprano pipistrelles which local residents and build up a sense of are among the UK Biodiversity Action Plan’s ownership and community pride. priority species. Lesley, an Adopt-a-River volunteer at We have invested £105,000 in the Limekiln Dock, agrees, “I’ve got a better ‘Count Bat Project’. This aims to involve understanding of the Thames and it’s people who have never encountered bats Eco- rewarding to organise the community and before and who are traditionally under- be part of it. What I like is the way that represented as volunteers. A steering group people start taking a pride in the Thames made up of representatives of disability once they get involved.” and ethnic minority organisations will help open doors. New volunteers will work with A success story councils and local government, landowners It is rare that we make a five year, Volunteering and managers to ensure they consider bats revenue grant. The exception is when an and their habitats when making decisions organisation can demonstrate that its work that affect the built and natural environment. is of strategic importance to Londoners. Other roles for volunteers include being London Sustainability Weeks had humble ‘bat champions’ in your locality, leading bat- beginnings. Our grant of £19,000 helped walks and carrying out survey work using kick off a ‘week’ showcasing and celebrating bat detectors. ‘green action’. The week ‘blossomed’ beyond expectations and comprised hundreds of events with thousands of activists. A further £100,000 in 2004, helped the ‘week’ expand into a ‘fortnight’ of events. Our ‘seed-corn’ investment paid off and the weeks attracted corporate partnership and government support. Now, two years further grant will help the ‘weeks’ plan for the future and their own sustainability.

17 Volunteers in the Criminal Justice System

Feltham Community Chaplaincy Trust Often volunteers bring something extra to a public service whether in hospitals, schools and even prisons. This is nowhere more true than in Feltham Young Offenders Institute. Feltham Community Chaplaincy Trust (FCCT) works across various faith communities. As well as catering for spiritual needs, volunteer befrienders support young ex-offenders leaving Feltham. Precisely because the ‘befriender’ is not in a position of power and control they can connect with and build up a relationship of trust with a prisoner. A volunteer’s eye-view Hubert (40 years old) has befriended John for over a year since he left Feltham. Hubert comments: “After a few months John hit problems which meant he was going to be homeless. I met with him several times and got him to various appointments with housing agencies and the council”. Not many of the councils wanted to or were able to help. Homelessness and re-offending go hand in hand. The situation was critical. FCCT pulled out all the stops. Befrienders accompanied John to an interview at a supportive housing project and finally he was successful. Hubert says Abdullah’s story “A fantastic result for John and a definite high point for me”. Earlier experiences had left Abdullah with strong feelings of resentment towards the Probation Service and Social Services. When, after his release, his child was put on the child protection register there was a strong risk that his response would create even greater problems for him. His befriender supported and encouraged him through this difficult process, represented his interests at child protection meetings and has helped him to improve greatly his relationship with his probation officer. He remains out of custody. Feltham Community Chaplaincy Trust £99,000 for its befriending scheme 18 Supporting victims Dating violence Particularly at risk are young mothers and many experiencing violence from their Volunteers are active throughout the criminal Nowadays domestic violence is much more partners during pregnancy. The prevalence justice system. But there are some areas out in the open with more sensitive specialist of ‘dating violence’ is often overlooked by where they play an unique and highly services for victims. agencies dealing with domestic violence who specialised role. Victim Support provides But domestic violence is not confined to tend to focus on children and young people emotional support, practical help and adult relationships. Research in Southwark who have witnessed violence. information to victims and witnesses of has highlighted that violent and abusive Southwark Victim Support is running a crime and their families. The free, confidential relationships affect many adolescents too. new service for young people. A Domestic service is available to anyone affected by • 42% of 16-20 year olds knew at least Violence Advocate will work preventatively crime irrespective of whether or not the one girl who had been hit by her with young people in schools, youth clubs crime was reported. boyfriend, some 40% knew a girl who and young mothers’ groups challenging Victim Support London provides high had been pressurised into having sex their views on domestic violence and quality training to local schemes and our by their boyfriend. giving advice on what to do if they, or grant of £120,000 will train hundreds • 42% of young people (both sexes) had someone they know, is suffering domestic of volunteers to respond with skill and experienced some form of abusive violence. One to one support for victims sensitivity to victims of even the most serious behaviour from a partner. to help them rebuild their confidence crime such as gun crime and hate crimes. • 4% of girls experience regular attacks and self-esteem and a personal safety from their partners. plan are all part of the service. In 2005/06 nearly 30,000 victims • One third of young people said they of racially motivated crimes were would forgive violent behaviour. £120,000 for Victim Support offered services by Victim Support • 1 in 8 think it’s OK to respond violently Southwark nationwide. (Home Office). if their partner has cheated on them. Almost 12,000 incidents of racist and • 50% of young people feel that women religious hate crime were recorded provoke men into using violence. by the Metropolitan Police in 2005. Survey commissioned by the Safer Southwark Partnership (Home Office).

Young victims and to reduce crime as well as supporting the witnesses – a hidden need victims.Trained volunteers help young people overcome the trauma of experiencing crime Of the total victims for all crime in London or support witnesses who have to appear over a six month period in 2007, 7.4% were in court. Working in schools the volunteers, aged 17 years and younger. One in four in partnership with the police, advise on young victims were victims of robbery. personal safety and what to do if you’re Victim Support Lambeth, recognising that being bullied. Victims of school bullying are young people are over-represented as both frequently withdrawn from school by their victims and perpetrators of crime, applied parents. The volunteers will advise on how to to us for a children and young people’s properly support the victim, at the same time worker. Sadly there is some evidence that tackling the root causes of bullying without young people who have been the victim them needing to change schools. of crime at aged 12 years, later become offenders at 15 or 16 years. The causes of £90,000 to Victim Support Lambeth crime are complex and Victim Support aims 19 20 Newham, one of the most multi-cultural boroughs in the UK, is an area of multiple disadvantage. With more than 50 or more spoken languages misunderstandings can easily develop. Those refugee children coming from conflict zones, have grown up in a climate of conflict.

Victims and Vengeance

Knife crime is high on the national agenda Peer pressure and in parts of the borough there is a Peer pressure can be a force for good or ‘fighting culture’. Young people who have ill. The peer-mediators are helping create been ‘picked on’ feel that they should get a culture where it is OK to say ‘no’ to drugs, their own back and may resort to carrying bullying or criminal activity. knives mistakenly for self-defence or are “Yes it has really changed me. I feel more lured into the apparent safety of the ‘gang’. responsible and people trust me. I have told people outside the school about it, am Conflict and Change proud to be a mediator… Before I thought Now, more than ever, there is an urgent people were just being horrible, but now need to tackle violence and its root causes. I realise that they have their own stuff going Conflict and Change trains young people on inside… My confidence has grown. in schools in how to develop non-violent, I don’t respond any more to the pressure conflict resolution skills. The peer-mediators people put on me to steal or make fun (they are not called volunteers) are taught to of others. In the long term I don’t want to support their fellow students with the chance grow up to be a hard person. I hope to to talk through their conflicts and to develop pass on the skills I have learned to others.” their relationship skills. The mediators, boys Nazim, 16 years and girls in equal numbers, have learnt to manage their anger and become more Changing lives confident and responsible. One mediator, Helping young people take control of their Leroy, commented lives and make positive choices are not part “I have become more responsible and of the school’s formal educational curriculum. have found out that I get into less fights. But perhaps they should be? Emotional I take things a bit more seriously now. I am literacy and anger management are skills more friendly towards people and respect to take through life. Our grant of £119,000 them more, even people who get on my is helping change for the better hundreds nerves. I’m calmer now.” of young people in Newham. 21 Leadership and

Reconciliation22 In April we funded the last of the applications to our Leadership and Reconciliation initiative. Set up as a positive response to the 7th July London bombings, its aim was to help contribute to a more peaceful harmonious London and to diffuse conflict and tension between London’s diverse communities. Work funded included projects developing young community leaders, conflict transformation and bridge building across communities.

Most of the projects rely heavily on volunteer Communities of interest leaders, mentors and befrienders. Many of The Consortium of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual them are from community groups which and Transgender (LGBT) Voluntary and have been underrepresented in more Community Organisation is a grass roots traditional forms of volunteering. initiative grown out of the vision of a few Interfaith Action, is a partnership building community activists. With 470 groups up understanding and mutual respect in membership, of which 160 are youth between young people from Christian, projects, the Consortium ensures that the Jewish, Islamic, Sikh and Hindu communities. voices of LGBT community groups are heard Crossing religious divides is never easy. by government and statutory agencies. Universities are particularly important as they The Consortium wanted to engage are meeting points for people of all faiths positively with the social and community ‘Interfaith is supporting and those with none. ‘Inter-Act’, Interfaith issues raised by the terrible events of 7 July. volunteering, providing Action’s magazine, produced with the help of Too often LGBT young people feel opportunities for volunteers, will be distributed to thirty Interfaith excluded from mainstream services although societies and students will be encouraged they want to have their voices heard. The young people of all faiths to work together and share ideas through a Consortium’s young people want to take to work together for the common mentoring programme. on leadership roles and contribute to the benefit of all communities.’ Interfaith is supporting volunteering, community cohesion agenda, but need providing opportunities for young people training and support. More likely than their of all faiths to work together for the benefit heterosexual peers to have been the victims of all communities. The students themselves of bullying, they have first-hand experience devise the projects. The community benefits of discrimination and hate-crime. whilst the students increase their tolerance Youth leaders and participation and understanding of each other’s faiths In response the Consortium set up their and culture. London Youth Council. Our grant of £62,000 will help identify, train and provide mentoring to young participants so that they have the skills they need to lead active roles in the work of the Youth Council. The project will bring together young LGBT people with those from other minorities who face discrimination to discuss their experiences and to draw strength from this. 23 24 and finally…

Small charities, with a turnover of less than £50,000 per annum face particular challenges. Often they survive because of the goodwill and commitment of volunteers supported by part-time staff, themselves former volunteers.

Improving Services for Older People This programme funds smallish organisations working in the heart of their communities. East Finchley Neighbourhood Contact scheme runs on a shoestring, so our grant of £19,000 was a very helpful contribution towards core costs. Equally valuable was the free consultancy we provided to help build the organisation. Top priority was help with setting up more effective management systems. Offering a helping hand Fifty-nine volunteers, supported by five part-time staff, achieve so much. There is both a Muslim Lunch Club and a Traditional Lunch Club and volunteer drivers ensure that frail older people and those with mobility problems can get to the clubs. Others are transported to medical appointments and twice a week a ‘shopping bus’ takes people on a rota basis to a local supermarket.

Volunteers are critical in visiting and One volunteer’s story Volunteer gardeners help older people who befriending older people who are “I am now a befriender to my second elderly can’t manage their own gardens but their housebound and isolated. As well as lady. I was with the first one for about gardens mean even more to them than ever. monitoring the well-being of the older 5 years before she died and now I am into The final word goes to Miss N. people, help may be given in the form of odd my second full year with my ‘new’ lady. “As I am stuck inside most of the time, being jobs like gardening, minor repairs, organising I believe the experience is enriching for both able to look out on a pleasant garden is very belongings, writing and posting letters and of us. I now have her full confidence and important, it brings nature into the lounge. reading. Befrienders are carefully matched, because of this she has just been fitted Also, the gardener chopped back a bush all have references and have been police- with hearing aids – although there are a few that was always alive with wasps, so I feel checked. Jackie’s story is typical. teething problems at the moment – and safer too, because I was concerned about she has been told she will be able to hear them nesting there.” the birds again. I also got her to change her handbag as the one she was using was over the arm and not across the body. She had previously had her handbag ‘dipped’ into twice. I am there for her to ask when she has something bothering her, but of course this only comes from having confidence and trust. I enjoy our meetings, especially as my dog comes along too. She has a store of doggy biscuits hidden in the kitchen and guess who races there as soon as the front door is opened!” Jackie 25 Total grants spend by London borough September 1995 to March 2008

Trust rank Deprivation index rank Borough Amount Approved £ no. of Grants

1 1 Tower Hamlets £7,800,527 240 2 2 Hackney £6,281,788 199 3 7 Southwark £5,792,694 201 4 3 Newham £4,407,665 142 5 8 Camden £4,395,829 108 6 5 Islington £3,704,952 130 7 6 Lambeth £3,615,741 125 8 17 Hammersmith and Fulham £3,411,988 95 9 28 Merton £3,008,792 105 10 10 Lewisham £2,974,639 135 11 18 Croydon £2,713,696 111 12 22 Kensington and Chelsea £2,585,168 69 13 11 Brent £2,510,724 79 14 12 Westminster £2,461,716 86 15 26 Bromley £2,454,201 119 16 9 Greenwich £2,356,633 78 17 15 Ealing £2,199,819 68 18 19 Wandsworth £2,152,446 78 19 31 Sutton £2,097,591 81 20 20 Hounslow £2,086,753 71 21 13 Waltham Forest £1,949,780 120 22 33 Richmond upon Thames £1,942,638 123 23 14 Barking and Dagenham £1,922,297 67 24 16 Enfield £1,901,195 78 25 21 Barnet £1,899,862 83 26 23 Redbridge £1,870,103 65 27 4 Haringey £1,793,988 90 28 27 Havering £1,624,424 89 29 25 Bexley £1,315,785 98 30 32 Kingston upon Thames £1,248,325 53 31 24 Hillingdon £1,224,416 93 32 29 Harrow £1,117,893 53 33 30 City of London £123,360 7 Several Inner Boroughs £16,612,397 448 Several Outer Boroughs £5,554,010 153 Other combination £22,420,840 504 London-wide £71,602,421 1,012

Total £205,137,096 5,456

26 List of grants approved 2007/08

Access for disabled people Breathing Space at the London Buddhist Access – strengthening families Centre (LBC) / for access improvements / £50,000 Access to arts and leisure / 1yr Anna Freud Centre / for a family-based support service / £93,300 / 3yrs Access to Art / for a volunteer co-ordinator Central London Arts Limited as The Drill Hall / £58,500 / 3yrs for access improvements / £80,000 / 1yr Bexley and Bromley Citizen Advocacy / for an advocacy service / £88,600 / 3yrs Asian People’s Disabilities Alliance / for a dance Centre 70 / for an access audit / £4,500 / 1yr and photography project / £85,000 / 3yrs Bexley SNAP / for a family services co-ordinator Cockpit Arts / for access improvements / and running costs / £88,000 / 3yrs Chicken Shed Theatre Company / for an access £37,350 / 1yr audit / £5,000 / 1yr Carers UK / for a BME carers policy development Couper Collection Public Trust / for an access worker / £96,000 / 3yrs Chigwell and District Physically Disabled audit / £4,850 / 1yr Support Group / for a befriending scheme / Child Poverty Action Group / for a research £15,000 / 2yrs Cricklewood Homeless Concern / for access project / £8,000 / 1yr improvements / £80,000 / 1yr Children’s Discovery Centre, East London Disability Action in the Borough of Barnet / (DISCOVER) / for arts and creative activities for Crossness Engines Trust / for access for an advice project / £35,000 / 1yr improvements / £50,000 / 1yr disabled children / £34,000/ 2yrs Disability Advice Service Lambeth / for an Chiswick Horticultural and Allotments Society Croydon Playcare Company / for an access audit advice service manager and running costs / / for a small community building / £2,800 / 1yr and disability equality training / £6,625 / 1yr £86,500 / 2yrs Community Focus / for a marketing and Dormers Wells Trust Ltd / for an access audit / Elfrida Society / for a project developing support development officer / £75,000 / 3yrs £5,000 / 1yr services / £90,000 / 2yrs Core Arts / for a Centre for Creative Communities / Globe Town Community Association / for Haven House Foundation / for an activity £200,000 / 1yr access improvements / £90,000 / 1yr co-ordinator / £90,000 / 3yrs Deafinitely Theatre / for the development and Holy Cross Centre Trust / for an access audit / Headway – The Brain Injury Association / for expansion of deaf theatre / £105,000 / 3yrs £3,500 / 1yr a programme supporting carers / £100,000 / 3yrs Freightliners City Farm / for a recreation access Kent Association for the Blind / for access Lambeth Mind / for a co-ordinator / £13,000 / 1yr improvements / £90,000 / 1yr project co-ordinator and running costs / £73,000 / Markfield Project / for a support worker / 3yrs Kingston & Wimbledon YMCA / for access £101,500 / 3yrs improvements / £55,000 / 1yr Hackney Music Development Trust / for National Autistic Society / for a training activities for young people in Special Needs schools Milkwood Residents’ Association / for an programme for parents / £150,000 / 3yrs / £12,500 / 1yr access audit / £3,950 / 1yr NOFAS-UK / for support groups for families and JAMI (The Jewish Association for the National Theatre / for access improvements / carers / £24,000 / 3yrs Mentally Ill) / for an arts and leisure programme / £50,000 / 1yr £24,000 / 3yrs Parents for Children / for short-term respite care Parochial Church Council of St Saviour’s breaks / £50,000 / 1yr The Log Cabin / for a holiday playscheme / Church, Eton Road / for access improvements / £60,000 / 3yrs £34,000 / 1yr Parents for Inclusion / for a training programme for parents of disabled children / £48,000 / 2yrs Mind in Croydon Ltd / for a community Pembroke House (Pembroke College Mission) engagement worker and running costs / £122,000 / for access improvements / £80,000 / 1yr Parents of Autistic Children Together (P.A.C.T.) / 3yrs / for a family support worker and running costs / Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon / for access £68,000 / 3yrs One-To-One (Enfield) / for a programme improvements / £46,000 / 1yr developing arts and leisure opportunities / £70,500 Parents of Ealing Self-Help Training Scheme / 3yrs South London Gallery / for access improvements (P.E.S.T.S.) / for a project manager / £33,850 / 3yrs / £100,000 / 1yr River Thames Boat Project / for running costs of Richmond Advice and Information on Disability an accessible barge / £24,000 / 3yrs St Anne & All Saints South Lambeth Parochial (RAID) / for an outreach service / £60,000 / 2yrs Church Council / for access improvements / Soho Theatre / for an audience development £18,500 / 1yr Three Wings Trust / for an information & advice officer / £75,500 / 3yrs co-ordinator and running costs / £40,900 / 2yrs St Michael and All Angels, London Fields / Stars in the Sky / for the development of a sexual for an access audit / £940 / 1yr Working Families / for the production costs of a health training model / £68,000 / 2yrs publication / £30,000 / 1yr St Swithun’s Parochial Church Council / for Wheels for Wellbeing / for a cycling project / access improvements / £65,000 / 1yr Subtotal £1,394,650 £45,000 / 3yrs St. Bride Foundation / for access improvements / Access to transport Subtotal £1,154,800 £70,000 / 1yr Bexley Accessible Transport Scheme (BATS) / Access to buildings Strawberry Hill Trust / for access improvements / for an assistant co-ordinator / £25,000 / 1yr £90,000 / 1yr The Actors Centre / for access improvements / Hackney Community Transport / for the £70,000 / 1yr The Woodberry Down Community & Function establishment of a community transport service / Hall / for an access audit / £3,800 / 1yr £86,400 / 1yr Aperfield Women’s Institute Hall / for access Subtotal £1,259,015 improvements / £20,000 / 1yr Hounslow Community Transport / for a director / £30,000 / 1yr Askew Road Church (Methodist/United Reformed) / for access improvements / £50,000 Lewisham Community Transport Scheme / for / 1yr an operations and training officer / £55,000 / 2yrs

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Merton Community Transport / for two fully SolarAid / for an educational programme / £16,750 End Child Poverty / for a development officer / accessible vehicles / £60,000 / 1yr / 1yr £96,000 / 2yrs Newham Community Transport / for a business Thames Explorer Trust / for a multi-sensory, Feltham Community Chaplaincy Trust / development officer / £97,500 / 3yrs environmental river education resource / £50,550 / for a befriending scheme / £99,000 / 3yrs Pursuing Independent Paths (PIP) / for a travel 2yrs From Boyhood to Manhood Foundation training project / £86,500 / 3yrs Thames21 Ltd / for a chief executive / £50,000 / (FBMF) / for an anti-gun/knife project for young Ruislip Northwood Old Folks Association / for 2yrs people / £125,000 / 3yrs an accessible minibus / £35,300 / 1yr The Pumphouse Educational Trust / for an Harrow Association of Disabled People / for a Subtotal £475,700 environmental sustainability education programme / project breaking down the cultural barriers between £77,250 / 3yrs young deaf and hearing people / £105,000 / 3yrs Total £4,284,165 Together in Waddon Community Project / for Hestia Housing & Support / for a support service activities to encourage recycling and waste reduction for children affected by domestic violence / £45,000 / £20,000 / 1yr / 1yr London’s environment Walworth Garden Farm / for an education officer Home-Start Barking and Dagenham / Bat Conservation Trust / for the ‘Count Bat and costs for the ‘School Orchards’ project / for services to support children affected by domestic Project’ / £105,000 / 3yrs £20,354 / 1yr violence / £65,000 / 3yrs Camden and Westminster Refugee Training Wandle Valley Festival / for the environmental Home-Start Haringey / for a community Partnership / for an environmental training education aspects of the festival / £10,500 / 2yrs development co-ordinator / £119,000 / 3yrs programme / £23,400 / 18 months Total £1,486,854 Home-Start Hillingdon / for a co-ordinator and running costs / £60,000 / 3yrs Campaign to Protect Rural England (London) / for a project encouraging good environmental Children and young people Home-Start Sutton / for a project supporting practice / £35,000 / 1yr families affected by domestic violence / £115,000 / Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) Ltd / for 3yrs Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action (CIVA) education advice to parents / £40,000 / 2yrs / for an operations manager / £45,000 / 2yrs Housing for Women / for a support service for All Change Arts Limited / for a creative learning children affected by domestic violence / £120,000 Croydon Appliance Reuse Centre (Croydon programme for young fathers / £25,350 / 1yr Arc) / for a general manager and administrative / 3yrs assistant / £87,950 / 3yrs Alone in London / for a family mediation and London Brook Advisory Centre / for work with schools work manager / £72,000 / 3yrs Environment Trust for Richmond Upon young people in the delivery of sexual health related Thames / for the development of Twickenham River Alternatives Trust East London / for a services / £75,000 / 3yrs Centre / £91,500 / 3yrs programme of life skills training for young parents / Migrant Media / for the Black Experience Archive £21,000 / 3yrs Trust / £24,000 / 3yrs Froglife Trust / for a project promoting standing water habitats / £98,600 / 3yrs Amnesty International UK Section Charitable National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) Trust / for human rights and citizenship education / for a community project exploring identity, culture Furniture Aid South Thames / for a project to young people / £96,000 / 3yrs and heritage / £35,000 / 1yr manager / £21,000 / 1yr Beis Brucha Mother and Baby Home / for a NCH / for a psychotherapeutic service to children Global Action Plan UK / for a project encouraging senior project officer / £21,000 / 3yrs and their families / £86,000 / 2yrs sustainable ways of living / £105,000 / 3yrs Bexley Women’s Aid / for a post supporting New Horizon Youth Centre / for a health and Groundwork West London / for a sustainable children affected by domestic violence / £90,000 / fitness key worker / £90,000 / 3yrs schools project / £111,500 / 3yrs 3yrs Newham Asian Women’s Project / for a child Hackney City Farm / for a director and an Black Women’s Health & Family Project / for an support worker / £61,500 / 3yrs environmental improvement centre / £106,000 / education project to reduce female genital mutilation 3yrs Outside Chance / for a project tackling crime and / £81,500 / 3yrs violence amongst young people / £32,000 / 2yrs Hammersmith & Fulham Urban Studies Centre Box Clever Theatre Company / for an anti- Prison Advice and Care Trust / for work / for environmental education resources / £25,000 bullying theatre production / £20,000 / 1yr / 1yr supporting grandparents and older people caring Brandon Centre for Counselling and for prisoners’ children / £155,000 / 3yrs Horniman Museum and Public Park Trust / for Psychotherapy for Young People / for a a garden education officer / £77,500 / 2yrs Red Balloon Learner Centre NW London / for psychotherapist supporting young people at risk / work providing therapy to children and families / In Kind Direct / for the delivery of recycled goods to £90,000 / 3yrs £60,000 / 3yrs London charities / £35,000 / 1yr Cardboard Citizens / for the ‘Forum for Change’ Refuge / for a psychologist working with children London 21 Sustainability Network / for London theatre programme / £15,000 / 1yr and families affected by domestic violence / Sustainability Weeks / £65,000 / 2yrs Chain Reaction Theatre Company / for theatre £123,000 / 3yrs Old Vic Theatre Trust / for the ‘Go For Green’ workshops on health and social issues / £17,000 / Sheila McKechnie Foundation / for work project / £24,000 / 1yr 1yr enabling young people to engage positively in their Prince’s Trust / for work supporting young people Children’s Society / for work with young runaways communities / £94,000 / 3yrs improving London’s environment / £80,000 / 3yrs / £99,000 / 3yrs Shepherds Bush Families Project / for a children Royal Society for the Protection of Birds / for City YMCA, London / for a sexual health service and young people’s service co-ordinator / £90,000 an environmental education programme / £105,000 for young people / £102,000 / 3yrs / 3yrs / 3yrs The Daneford Trust / for work to increase Southall Black Sisters / for a domestic violence volunteering of young people / £5,000 / 1yr and mental ill health project / £70,000 / 2yrs 28 Therapeutic Arts Scheme / for work with children Barnet Carers Centre / for an information and Havering Crossroads Limited / for a respite care and families identified as ‘at risk’ / £20,000 / 1yr advocacy service / £61,500 / 3yrs service / £75,000 / 3yrs Tommy’s, the baby charity / for work trialling Bede House Association / for a handyperson Highgate Newtown Community Centre / for a methods of advice provision to teenage mothers-to- service / £65,000 / 3yrs programme to improve health and fitness / £78,250 be / £10,000 / 1yr Beormund Community Centre / for classes in / 2yrs Victim Support Bromley / for a young people’s aerobics and art and reminiscence / £12,000 / 3yrs HIV/AIDS Association of Zambia / for a project worker / £52,000 / 3yrs Bishop Creighton House Settlement / for a worker and running costs / £54,000 / 3yrs Victim Support Kensington & Chelsea / for work ‘Homelink’ service / £104,000 / 3yrs Holy Mission / for an administrator and running with young victims of crime / £90,000 / 3yrs Bonny Downs Community Association / costs / £20,000 / 1yr Victim Support Lambeth / for a children and for an advocacy service / £70,000 / 2yrs Hoxton Health Group / for a manager / £87,000 young people’s worker / £90,000 / 3yrs Bosnia – Herzegovina Community Advice / 3yrs Victim Support Southwark / for a service for Centre Brent / for a worker supporting older Inspire at St Peter’s Ltd / for IT classes and a young people in abusive relationships / £120,000 / refugees / £79,000 / 2yrs reminiscence group / £80,000 / 3yrs 3yrs Brent Carers Centre / for work supporting older Iraqi Association / for a support worker / £24,000 Victim Support Wandsworth / for work carers who are moving on from their caring role / / 2yrs supporting young people as victims of crime / £75,000 / 3yrs Irish in Greenwich / for two elder outreach workers £10,000 / 1yr British Film Institute (BFI) / for work to increase / £21,700 / 2yrs WAVE Trust (Worldwide Alternatives to older people’s participation in the BFI’s activities / Kurdish Association / for work with older people Violence) / for office rent costs / £24,000 / 3yrs £75,000 / 3yrs from the Kurdish community / £83,000 / 18 months West London YMCA / for a victim support worker The Building Exploratory / for work with older Ladder to the Moon / for an interactive theatre £30,000 / 1yr people in the community and in residential care / project / £54,000 / 2yrs Total £3,185,350 £65,500 / 3yrs London Mozart Players / for a programme of Camden Arts Centre / for an arts group and musical concerts / £24,000 / 3yrs courses / £24,000 / 3yrs London Somali Community Alliance (LSCA) / Older people in the community Camden Cypriot Women’s Organisation / for for an elders advocacy project worker / £25,000 / work supporting Cypriot elders / £90,000 / 3yrs 3yrs Adfam National / for work supporting grandparents raising grandchildren as a result of Carers of Barking and Dagenham / for a Maya Centre / for a counselling service for older parental substance misuse / £100,000 / 3yrs programme of activities / £84,000 / 3yrs women / £37,500 / 3yrs Advocacy for Older People in Greenwich / Carers Support Harrow / for an older carers’ Middlesex ITeC Ltd / for a computer training for an advocacy service / £21,000 / 1yr worker plus some running costs / £30,000 / 2yrs programme / £10,000 / 1yr Age Concern Enfield / for a programme of health Centre For Armenian Information & Advice / for National Extension College Trust / for work related activities / £112,500 / 3yrs a health advocacy and outreach worker and running supporting older carers / £24,000 / 1yr costs / £46,500 / 3yrs Age Concern Hammersmith and Fulham / Newham Carers’ Network / for work supporting for a co-ordinator to develop a ‘Living Well’ project / Chinese Community Centre / for a health older Asian carers / £143,000 / 3yrs £109,500 / 3yrs improvement officer and running costs / £90,000 / Open Age / for a director / £60,000 / 3yrs Age Concern Islington / for the ‘Pathway to 3yrs Participation’ project / £98,000 / 3yrs Parchmore Methodist Church, Youth & Contact the Elderly / for services for older, isolated Community Centre / for a project worker / Age Concern Lewisham & Southwark / for people / £62,500 / 30 months £76,400 / 3yrs transport and activities / £10,600 / 1yr Disabled Living Foundation / for a pilot telephone Red Sea Community Programme / for a day Age Concern Lewisham & Southwark / for the service on self-assessment for assistive aids / centre / £22,100 / 2yrs costs of co-ordinating volunteering / £20,000 / 1yr £58,000 / 2yrs Redbridge Panjabi Sabhiacharik Sabha / for Age Concern London / for training for workers Dulwich Picture Gallery / for work with older and transport and some volunteer help / £4,000 / 1yr and volunteers / £120,000 / 2yrs disabled people / £48,875 / 1yr Roma Support Group / for an advice worker Age Concern Merton / for an information and Dyscover Ltd / for outreach work with older and running costs / £78,000 / 3yrs advice service / £93,350 / 3yrs dysphasic people / £17,800 / 2yrs Rushey Green Timebank (RGTB) / for work Age Exchange Theatre Trust / for reminiscence Family Friends (Voluntary Development engaging older people in time banking / £73,200 / projects / £40,900 / 1yr Project) / for an IT project, involving young people 3yrs as volunteer trainers / £22,000 / 1yr Al-Manaar, the Muslim Cultural Heritage Society of Genealogists / for a family history Centre / for work promoting physical and mental Finsbury and Clerkenwell Volunteers / for a project / £60,000 / 3yrs well-being / £20,000 / 2yrs volunteers organiser / £42,000 / 3yrs South Norwood and Woodside Community Asian Health Agency / for an accessible vehicle / Fulham Good Neighbour Service / for a Association / for an accessible vehicle / £15,000 £23,600 / 1yr befriending support programme / £67,500 / 3yrs / 1yr Bangladesh Welfare Association Croydon / for Green Candle Dance Company / for an older Southwark Pensioners Centre / for a computer outreach help for ethnic elders / £25,000 / 2yrs people’s community dance worker / £84,000 / 3yrs training room refurbishment / £8,000 / 1yr Bankside Open Spaces Trust (BOST) / for a Hampton & Hampton Hill Voluntary Care St Paul’s Arts Trust / for a reminiscence project reminiscence and gardening project / £33,000 / 1yr Group / for a neighbourhood care project / £49,500 / £9,600 / 1yr / 3yrs Barking & Dagenham Crossroads / for a ‘Homeshare’ pilot / £50,000 / 2yrs 29 List of grants approved 2007/08 continued

St. Johns Community Development Project / Islington Volunteer Centre / for a project manager This Way Up Mediation CIC / for leadership and for a senior citizens co-ordinator / £24,400 / 1yr / £51,000 / 2yrs reconciliation work between young people and the Tower Hamlets Community Transport / for the Kensington and Chelsea Social Council / police / £60,000 / 2yrs ‘Access Bus’ project / £80,000 / 2yrs for a training development officer / £70,000 / 2yrs Windsor Fellowship / for a cross-cultural Turkish Cypriot Women’s Project / for an elders Lady Margaret Hall Settlement / for a capacity leadership programme / £60,000 / 2yrs support worker / £105,000 / 3yrs building service / £70,000 / 3yrs Total £575,100 Vietnamese Community Association in South London Civic Forum / for a policy participation West London / for an elderly project worker / officer / £77,000 / 2yrs Exceptional grants £13,800 / 1yr London Rebuilding Society / for a training and Royal National Lifeboat Institution / for training Vitalise / for work providing access to volunteering support programme / £36,300 / 2yrs London lifeboat crews / £60,000 / 1yr opportunities / £93,000 / 3yrs London Voluntary Sector Training Consortium The Food Chain / for a service manager / £70,000 The Wimbledon Guild / for a befriending / for a small groups economic inclusion project / / 2yrs co-ordinator / £14,000 / 1yr £144,000 / 3yrs Young Foundation / for mapping research on Total £3,878,075 Migrant Organisations Development Agency Britain’s changing social needs / £60,000 / 2yrs / for an outreach development worker / £105,000 / 3yrs Total £190,000 Strengthening the Voluntary and NOVA new opportunities / for work providing IT Strategic initiatives Community Sector training courses / £24,000 / 3yrs Access to Buildings Evaluation / for a launch Action for Advocacy / for work enabling advocacy Pilotlight / for an evaluation manager / £52,500 / event for the ‘Opening Doors Across London’ report groups to demonstrate their quality and impact / 3yrs / £4,300 / 1yr £66,000 / 18 months Play Association Hammersmith and Fulham / Arts Express / for a private view at Guildhall Arts Advocacy Resource Exchange / for the for a play development worker / £48,000 / 2yrs Gallery / £400 / 1yr ‘Supported Voices’ project / £71,000 / 2yrs Victim Support London / for a training programme Holy Mission / for capacity building consultancy / Aston-Mansfield / for a community development / £120,000 / 3yrs £1,400 / 1yr officer / £25,000 / 1yr Voluntary Action Enfield / for a volunteering Improving Services for Older People / for a Black Training and Enterprise Group / for a standards project / £102,000 / 3yrs programme of capacity building consultancy / £150,000 / 1yr capacity building programme / £150,000 / 3yrs Volunteer Network Centre Newham / for Brent Association for Voluntary Action / for a a volunteer development and training project / Knowledge Management / for the production of small groups development worker / £135,000 / 3yrs £68,000 / 2yrs the first edition of ‘The Knowledge – Learning from London’ / £6,000 / 1yr Brent Refugee Forum / for a capacity building Total £2,422,200 programme / £75,000 / 3yrs Lea Rivers Trust / for a programme of environmental education / £45,000 / 1yr Charity Bank Limited / for a lending advisor / £100,000 / 2yrs Leadership and reconciliation Leadership and Reconciliation / for a networking event at Mansion House / £5,000 / 1yr City Centre for Charity Effectiveness Trust Ltd / Academy of Youth (University of the First Age) / for a capacity building programme / £120,000 / 3yrs for a student leadership course / £54,600 / 1yr Leadership and Reconciliation / for evaluation of the initiative / £32,500 / 1yr Council for Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Citizenship Foundation / for further development Organisations / for outreach work developing the of Youth Act in London / £60,000 / 2yrs Total £244,600 capacity of BME groups / £118,000 / 3yrs Global Generation / for a young people’s multi- Croydon Neighbourhood Care Association faith leadership project / £34,000 / 2yrs Total Main Grants (271 grants) (CNCA) / for an assistant development manager / £16,266,344 £96,000 / 3yrs Interfaith Action / for a programme of inter-faith Total Small Grants (48 grants) activities / £40,000 / 2yrs Ealing Community Resource Centre Limited / £638,070 for a support worker / £76,400 / 3yrs Kingston Friends Mediation / for a programme Grand total of school mediation workshops / £39,000 / 2yrs Evelyn Oldfield Unit / for organisational £16,904,414 development training for refugee community LGBT Consortium / for a leadership development Less Write backs organisations / £42,000 / 1yr programme / £60,000 / 2yrs £953,713 Hackney Training & Employment Network Luqman Institute of Education and Total grants chargeable in 2007/08 (HTEN) / for work developing quality standards Development / for a series of seminars for young £15,950,701 for voluntary sector training and employment Muslims / £37,500 / 1yr organisations / £70,000 / 2yrs Peace Direct / for a leadership and conflict Hackney Voluntary Action / for a co-ordinator resolution programme / £60,000 / 2yrs and a circuit rider / £110,000 / 2yrs Race On The Agenda / for the ‘Building Bridges’ Havering Association of Voluntary & project / £25,000 / 1yr Community Organisations (HAVCO) / for a chief executive / £120,000 / 3yrs St. Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace / for a training programme and learning bank Hillingdon Association of Voluntary Services / £45,000 / 2yrs (HAVS) / for a training and quality co-ordinator / £80,000 / 2yrs

30 Overview of grant-making

Main Grants 2008 Main grants by type of funding Small grants by type of funding (number of grants) (value of grants) (value of grants)

2 or 3 Year Revenue Running costs and salaries Running costs and salaries 70% 86% (£14,069,279) 71% (£451,710) 1 Year Revenue Building works Specific events or activities 21% 9% (£1,436,650) 29% (£185,360) Capital Specific events or activities Day trips and outing 9% 1% (£229,750) 0.2% (£1,000) Vehicle purchase 1% (£220,300) Feasibility/research/evaluation/ start-up costs 2% (£272,200) Access audits 0.2% (£38,165)

Main Grants by programme area Main Grants by programme area (number of grants) (value of grants)

Access for disabled people Access for disabled people 29% (76) 25% (£4,284,165) Older people in the community Older people in the community 26% (71) 24% (£3,878,075) Children and young people Children and young people 17% (47) 20% (£3,185,350) Strengthening the Voluntary and Strengthening the Voluntary and Community Sector Community Sector 11% (29) 15% (£2,422,200) London’s environment London’s environment 9% (25) 9% (£1,486,854) Leadership and Reconciliation Leadership and Reconciliation 4% (12) 4% (£575,100) Strategic grants and initiatives Strategic grants and initiatives 3% (8) 2% (£230,000) Exceptional grants Exceptional grants 1% (3) 1% (£190,000)

31 The City Bridge Trust

The City Bridge Trust Committee Grants unit staff External advisers The Rt. Hon the Lord Mayor Chief Grants Officer Tanzeem Ahmed David Thomas Rowell Lewis MA(Oxon) Clare Thomas MBE Sean Baine Alderman Tania Bronstein Deputy Chief Grants Officer Steven Burkeman Chairman Sara Llewellin Mike Cantor William Barrie Fraser OBE Deputy Principal Grants Officer – Monitoring David Carrington Deputy Chairman and Evaluation Centre for Accessible Environments Joyce Carruthers Nash OBE Deputy Jenny Field Charities Evaluation Services Libby Cooper Aldermen Principal Grants Officer Clare Croft-White Benjamin Robert Hadley Hall Stewart Goshawk Sandhya Dass Simon Walsh MA Principal Grants Officer – Policy Gillian Davies OBE Commoners Ciaran Rafferty Alison Harker Kenneth Edwin Ayers Institute for Voluntary Action Research Grants Officer – Small Grants John Alfred Barker OBE Deputy Julia Kaufmann OBE Sandra Davidson John Leslie Bird OBE Bridget Keegan Raymond Michael Catt Grants Officer – Monitoring and Andrea Kelmanson William Harry Dove MBE JP Evaluation Barry Knight The Revd. Dr Martin Raymond Dudley John Merivale Lemos & Crane John Holland, CBE JP DL Deputy Donnachadh McCarthy PA to Chief Grants Officer Barbara Patricia Newman CBE The Media Trust Pat Edwards Perry Richard Nove CBE QPM Joan Millbank MBE Esmond Patrick Thomson Roney CBE MA Website and Information Officer Sarah Mistry Emma Le Poidevin (job share until July 2007) Janice Needham The following were Members of the Graham Lee Des Palmer MBE Committee during the period Barbara Riddell MBE 1 April 2007 – 31 March 2008, Small Grants Administrative Officer Nigel Siederer but resigned before 31 March 2008: Martin Hall Carol Stone Administrative Officer Julia Unwin CBE Dr Peter Bernard Hardwick, QHP Christine Jelliman (until August 2007) Lisa Weaks The Rt. Hon the Lord Mayor John Stuttard Elaine Willis Alderman Administrative Officer The Young Foundation Michael Shona (from July 2007) Administrative Officer Anita Williams Clerical Officer Hannah Ham (from October 2007) Clerical Officer Dylan Mitchell (until September 2007) Clerical Officer Muhibur Rahman

32 Acknowledgements The Trust would like to thank the following for their contributions: Baroness Neuberger DBE, Chair of the Commission on the Future of Volunteering Dr Justin Davis Smith, Chief Executive of Volunteering England

Photography Page 8 / Bede House Association Page 9 / Bottom left: Islington Volunteer Centre Page 11 / Photographs by Larry Bray, posed by models – provided courtesy of the NSPCC. Page 16 / Thames 21 Ltd Page 17 / Bat Conservation Trust / J J Kaczanow Page 18 / Feltham Community Chaplaincy Trust / Daniel Craig, Youth Justice Board Page 23 / The City Bridge Trust / Janie Airey Page 25 / East Finchley Neighbourhood Contact

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