Hammersmith and Fulham Arts Festival – H&F.  £4,950 towards JOY at the H&F Arts Festival

Langford Primary School – https://www.langfordprimary.org.uk/

£5,000 towards Developing Experts science subscription and supporting resources
Hammersmith & Fulham
Langford Primary School is based in Hammersmith and Fulham.  Developing Experts provides hands-on science lessons for children in Reception through to Year 6.  This science resource will be used to compliment the curriculum teaching, supporting teachers’ subject knowledge to engage and encourage enthusiasm within the subject.

Preston Manor High School – https://www.preston-manor.com/

£5,000 towards the Somali Community Outreach Worker
Brent
Preston Manor is a large comprehensive, all-through school in Wembley, which joined a co-operative Academy in 2013. Somali students make up approximately 10% of the student population.   The Somali Community Outreach Worker (SCOW) engages harder-to-reach families one day per week by providing translation and supporting the school to build relationships with the families.  It aims to ensure a smooth transition to the school and support pupils to achieve their potential.

Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea

£5,000 towards Open Doors 2017
Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea
Successfully piloted by the Tri-Borough Virtual School in 2016, the Open Doors project aims to introduce foster families and looked after children to new cultural and creative opportunities.  Over two events at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, foster carers and foster families participate in activities including music, dance, theatre and arts and crafts.  It aims to inspire families to take part in enrichment activities together and understand their importance to looked after children.

South Harrow Christian Fellowship – https://www.shcf.co.uk/

£5,000 towards the Children and Youth programme
Harrow
South Harrow Christian Fellowship (SHCF) is a small church based in South Harrow, with a specific focus on inclusion and community development.  Most of its services are provided by local Muslim and Tamil communities.  This grant will help fund two weekly clubs, a Kids Club for children aged five to nine and Blaze, a club for 13 to 19 year olds.  The clubs aim to build life skills, crime diversion, healthy living and skill development; providing positive activity for children at a vulnerable age.

Steel Pan Trust – https://www.steelpantrust.com/

£5,000 towards Steel Pan and African Drumming workshops
Ealing
Steel Pan Trust is a specialist steelpan orchestra which delivers projects including Classorama, the national schools’ steelpan competition, and runs classes for young people with special needs and disabilities from Cowgate Day Centre in Greenford.  Following a successful six month trial, this grant will facilitate two hour (each) steelpan and African drumming workshops for young people in schools, two days per week.

The Rhythm Studio Foundation – https://www.rsfoundation.co.uk/

£5,000 towards the Pop & Rock workshop programme and Scholarship Scheme
Kensington & Chelsea
The Rhythm Studio Foundation provides opportunities to children and young people from all backgrounds to access music.  It provides scholarships to talented young people aged 11 to 18, who would be unable to access music without financial support.  This grant will fund pop and rock workshops for Year 5 and Year 6 pupils over ten weeks, culminating in a live performance.  Classes will be divided into smaller focus groups for singing, guitar, drums, keyboard and music composition.

WestPoint-Sustainable Community Development – https://www.westpointcommunity.org.uk/

£5,000 towards the Youth Mentoring Project
Hammersmith & Fulham
WestPoint-Sustainable Community Development (WestPoint) is a small Somali-led charity which aims to improve social inclusion and support people from disadvantaged backgrounds.  The Youth Mentoring Project will work with young offenders, those at risk of offending or who have shown signs of joining a gang, aged 13 to 25.  The inclusion project will involve parent intervention, mentoring support, a youth club and holiday activities; working in collaboration with the police, education, health and social services.

Prison Advice and Care Trust – https://www.prisonadvice.org.uk/

£5,000 towards the salary costs of the Building Stronger Families Worker
Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham
The Prison Advice and Care Trust works to support those in prison, with convictions and their families.  Following a successful pilot, the Building Stronger Families Worker will continue to support families to maintain and build their relationships while a relative is in prison, and create family-friendly bonding opportunities for children to visit a parent in prison.  It also aims to reduce the negative impact that familial imprisonment can have on a child’s life-chances.

In Deep – https://in-deep.org.uk/

£1,210 towards funding music therapy classes for children with special needs
Westminster
In-Deep was founded in 2002 to provide support to isolated members of the community on estates in Westminster.  This programme will consist of Saturday music classes designed for young people with special educational needs in Westminster.  Sessions will be run by a qualified and experienced music therapist, with support from trained volunteers.  This will encourage children to communicate through music and interact with peers, alongside a parent support group.

All Saints’ Church of England Primary School – https://www.allsaintsnw2.barnet.sch.uk/

£5,000 towards the Multi Use Games Area
Barnet
All Saints’ is a voluntary aided primary school in Whetstone, Barnet.  Following a capital project to transform a previously unusable, boggy area of the school’s land into a multi-use games area, this grant will cover the cost of the final games court surface area and lines.  This will convert the tarmac into an all weather sports surface suitable for netball, football and hockey.  Other schools will have free access to this facility.

Barnet Churches Action – None

£5,000 towards salary costs
Barnet
Barnet Churches Action (BCA) is a charity set up to formally manage social and outreach projects in High Barnet and the surrounding area.  This grant will contribute towards a new afterschool homework club three days per week, for up to 10 young people each session.  Sessions will be delivered by local part-time and retired teachers at an IT suite.

CityWest Leisure – No website

£5,000 towards the development of the Learning Programme and delivery of accredited sports leadership awards
Westminster
CityWest Leisure was established in 2006 to engage children and young people in Westminster with healthy lifestyles, wellbeing, football sessions, education and training and personal development.  This grant will facilitate 12 months of establishing contact and engaging with 50 to 60 young people in the Maida Vale and Harrow Road estates.  Activities will include football sessions and a learning programme including opportunity to gain accredited sports and community leadership awards.

Futures Theatre Company – https://www.futurestheatre.co.uk/

£5,000 towards the Underwater Love project
Barnet, Brent
Futures Theatre Company was established in 1992 to challenge unfairness towards women through theatre.  Its forum productions entail theatre with participatory scenarios, in which young audiences stop and change the dialogue in order to explore actions and consequences, decision-making, stereotyping and peer pressure. Underwater Love explores young relationships within the pervasive influences of sexual content and imagery.

Haverstock School – https://www.haverstock.camden.sch.uk/

£5,000 towards the Journalism Project
Camden
Haverstock School is a diverse, inclusive community school in Camden in an area of significant need.  The Journalism Project will engage 60 students across three terms in lunchtime and after-school sessions.  Sessions will be delivered by an experienced documentary maker and will focus on the craft of journalism, interview skills and storytelling structures.

Unlocking the Future for Looked After Children / Barnet Virtual School – No website

£4,865 towards sporting opportunities
Harrow
Unlocking the Future for Looked After Children is an initiative which aims to widen opportunities for Looked After Children and maximise their potential.  Through this project, Barnet Virtual School will run taster sports sessions during the school holidays for Looked After Children aged 11 to 14.  Sessions aim to spark interest in a positive activity, which will go on to improve children’s self-confidence.  Activities will include horse riding, cheerleading, athletics, golf and tennis.

Unlocking the Future for Looked After Children / Tri-Borough Virtual School – No website

£5,000 towards the Attachment, Participation and Looked After Children project in partnership with Lyric Hammersmith
Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster
Unlocking the Future for Looked After Children is an initiative which aims to widen opportunities for Looked After Children and maximise their potential.  This enrichment programme will target carers and foster carers to adopt new strategies for engaging with the children in their care through two one-day practical and interactive workshop events at the Lyric and follow-up sessions.  Workshops will be run by partner organisations including the Lyric, the V&A and Chelsea Football Club.

Venus Blazing Music and Theatre Trust – https://www.venusblazingmusictheatre.com/

£4,900 towards music and theatre skills workshops for children with Down’s Syndrome
Camden
Venus Blazing Music and Theatre Trust was founded in 2004 to create music and theatre projects which help the social and communication skills of those who are traditionally excluded, particularly those with learning disabilities.  This grant will fund a music and theatre skills week for 15 to 20 children with Downs Syndrome, aiming to inspire confidence and help find their communicative voice.

Media Trust – https://mediatrust.org/

£2,500 towards Volunteer Films for the Young Brent Foundation and Young Harrow Foundation
Brent, Harrow
The Media Trust is working to strengthen the charity sector by providing communications training and resources for charities and helping them to access audiences, industry talent, volunteers and pro-bono support.  This grant will fund two short films for the Young Brent and Young Harrow Foundations, which capture the essence of each individual foundation within its borough.

College Park Special School – https://www.qe2cp.westminster.sch.uk/page/?pid=6

£5,000 towards the Westminster Special Schools summer arts festival
Westminster
College Park is an Ofsted-rated ‘Good’ school and has 99 students with autism and complex, severe and profound learning difficulties between 4 and 19 years old.  Together with Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee School, they are known as ‘Westminster Special Schools’.  The summer arts festival will be pirate-themed and celebrate their student’s artistic e efforts through sensory and experiential activities over a three week period.

New Diorama Theatre – https://www.newdiorama.com/

£4,100 towards the Youth Theatre
Camden
New Diorama Theatre was founded in 2010 in the West Euston estate in Camden.  In addition to supporting emerging artists and theatre companies, it facilitates a community engagement project for over 8,000 local residents each year.  In partnership with Fitzrovia Community Centre and Camden People’s Theatre, the youth theatre project will target local young people aged 13 to 19 across the academic year.  It aims to build confidence, self-esteem and skills through theatre.

South Westminster Community Festival – https://southwestfest.org.uk/

£4,000 towards the children and young people’s programme at SouthWestFest
Westminster
In its twelfth year, South Westminster Community Festival is an annual fortnight-long festival which aims to showcase local community organisations, charities, culture, talent and people.  Local groups include Pimlico Toy Library, the Migrant Resource Centre, Tate Britain and the Royal Court.  Workshops, shows and events are run by a team of local volunteers and group representatives.  It aims to engage families and children, reduce isolation, encourage participation and widen community networks.

The Harrow Hill Trust – https://www.harrowhilltrust.org.uk/

£800 towards the cost of the May Day Festival
Harrow
The Harrow Hill Trust was established over 50 years ago to care for the heritage and historical value of Harrow and support a sustainable community.  This grant will facilitate the preparation for four local schools to learn about Harrow’s pioneers and participate in a poster competition in the run-up to the May Day Festival.  Other festival activities will include a baking competition, poster exhibition, historical guided tours, street food and a youth-organised children’s activity area.

John Chilton School – https://www.john-chilton.ealing.sch.uk/

£3,900 towards the a two-week, in-school theatrical Shakespeare residency
Ealing
John Chilton is a mixed Community Special School, rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted, which caters for pupils aged 3 to 17 years old with moderate to severe learning difficulties, often as a dual diagnosis to another medical or physical need.  In partnership with Mousetrap Theatre, this project will deliver two week-long residencies, based around A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hamlet.  Pupils will view live performances and participate in workshops before doing their own school performance.

Preston Manor High School – https://www.preston-manor.com/

£5,000 towards the Somali Community Outreach Worker
Brent
Preston Manor is a large comprehensive, all-through school in Wembley, which joined a co-operative Academy in 2013.  The Somali Community Outreach Worker (SCOW) forms part of the school’s response to its changing demographic.  Following a successful pilot, the SCOW will continue to engage harder to reach families by providing translation materials, interpreting at meetings and parents’ evenings and, in doing so, will help the school to build relationships with its Somali families.

Punjabi Theatre Academy – https://punjabitheatreacademy.com/

£2,500 towards art and media skills workshops
Ealing
The Punjabi Theatre Academy (PTA) is a small community organisation in Southall established in 2007 which was registered as a charity in 2011.  It provides positive activities for its local community which aim to increase engagement in contemporary theatre and develop cultural awareness.  This grant will facilitate a 13-week arts and media skills course for 15 young people from the local area. Activities will include writing, acting, stage design and make-up, culminating in a theatre trip.

Theatre Centre – https://www.theatre-centre.co.uk/

£4,500 towards the Level Playing project
Barnet, Brent, Camden
Founded in 1953, Theatre Centre tours productions and delivers workshops to children and schools nationally, with a focus on reaching children in disadvantaged areas that have low engagement with the arts.  The ‘Level Playing’ project will be delivered by creative professionals to Year 5 and 6 pupils in 10 schools in Barnet, Brent and Camden.  It aims to help pupils understand and challenge gender stereotypes, discrimination and the limits or expectations they place on themselves because of their gender.

Arts & Science

Opera Holland Park Friends - operahollandpark.com

£5,000 - Towards matinee tickets for schools
Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham
Opera Holland Park Friends promotes, improves and advances the education and appreciation of opera. It runs a range of community outreach programmes under the name Inspire, including workshops for the elderly, music therapy sessions for adults with learning disabilities and workshops in primary schools. This grant supports three primary schools to engage with Opera Holland Park workshops and to attend a matinee performance.

Theatre Centre - theatre-centre.co.uk

£3,000 – Towards After the Thunder workshops in schools
Barnet, Brent, Camden
Theatre Centre, based in Hackney, tours productions and delivers workshops to children and schools with a focus on reaching children in disadvantaged areas that have low engagement with the arts. ‘After the Thunder’ is a series of workshops which address topics of violence and bullying. The workshops help young children to develop their understanding of how anger affects them and provides practical knowledge on how to control their anger and use it creatively.

Education & Learning

Chess in Schools and Communities - chessinschools.co.uk

£5,000 - Towards chess clubs in primary schools
Barnet
Chess in Schools and Communities enhances children’s academic and social outcomes by teaching chess in state primary schools and inner city communities, with projects reaching approximately 14,500 children each year. Schools who participate with the charity are invited to their yearly event at Olympia which enables over 2,000 children to receive lessons from Grandmasters’.

Creative Wings - creativewings.org.uk

£1,950 - towards extracurricular technology courses for young people in the Charity’s beneficial area
Barnet, Brent, Harrow
Established in 2012, Creative Wings provide life skills training for young people aged 11-22 in partnership with schools and local youth services in Barnet, Brent and Harrow. Creative Wings conduct various half term courses and after-school clubs for young people to improve their IT and creative skills. Courses include app development, website design, how to run a business on eBay, digital photography and WordPress Blog website design.

Ethiopian Community in Britain - ethiopiancommunity.co.uk

£5,000 - Towards the ECB Supplementary School
Camden
Set up in 1984, the Ethiopian Community in Britain is the one of the longest established and most important organisations working with the Ethiopian community in the UK. The community centre runs a variety of services that cater for older and younger generations. For many years it has run informal free classes for young people, and this grant goes towards establishing a formal supplementary school that delivers English and Maths classes on Saturdays.

Arts & Science

W11 Children's Opera Trust - w11opera.org

£5,000 - Towards the Community Programme
Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham
W11 Opera was founded in 1971 to give local children in West London an introduction to opera.  Since then it has commissioned 35 original works and involved over 2000 children from more than 100 schools. It provides younger singers with the opportunity to perform and rehearse with a live orchestra, all of which is delivered by professionals. The Community Programme covers activities that fall outside the annual production cycle, including community and school engagement workshops.

Children & Families

West London Mission Methodist Church - wlm.org.uk

£4,000 - Towards the Families in Crisis project
Westminster
The West London Mission Methodist Church operates the West London Day Centre, a drop-in centre providing health, housing and education services for homeless people in Marylebone. Open Monday to Friday the project offers basic services such as a canteen, shower, and storage for luggage. The Centre have assisted 280 individuals into accommodation and supported 50 to start paid work. The charity has seen an increase in the number of vulnerable families with young children who they support with food, housing and benefit advice and school uniforms.

Youth Clubs & Youth Activities

Kidscamp – kidscamps.com

£2,000 - towards summer camp for young people in the Charity’s Beneficial Area
Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster
Founded in 2010, Kidscamp grew out of the Kensington & Chelsea Summer Camp which originated in North Kensington during the early 80s by the voluntary sector Adventure Playgrounds in the borough. Kidscamp now run a one-week summer camp based in Hindleap Warren, a 300 acre woodland in East Sussex owned and managed by London Youth. This grant supports 30 young people aged 8-12 years to attend summer camp.

Youth Issues

St Mary-le-Bow Young Church - stmarylebow.co.uk

£5,000 – Towards the Homeless Project
Multiple Boroughs
St Mary-le-Bow Young Homeless Project works with young homeless people, providing them with accommodation, training and job opportunities to get their lives back on track.   The project takes on eight young homeless people at time providing them with the support, care and guidance they need to recover from what got them to being homeless. The charity works closely with Pret A Manger’s apprenticeship scheme, of which takes on these young people, offering them full time positions after a three month trial.

Arts & Science

Apollo Music Projects - apollomusicprojects.org

£5,000 – To bring live classical music into primary schools
Camden
Apollo Music Projects is a music education charity that brings live classical music to children who might not otherwise get to experience it. This grant supports Apollo Music Projects’ work in three primary schools in Camden. Each school partakes in six interactive classroom sessions, a chamber orchestra workshop in Shoreditch Town Hall and a symphony orchestra concert at Hackney Empire.

Siobhan Davies Dance – siobhandavies.com

£1,800 - Towards the ‘Darkened Room’ project with the Photographer’s Gallery
Westminster
Siobhan Davies Dance is an investigative contemporary arts organisation that works across the fields of dance, performance, visual arts, film and craft. It delivers an extensive programme of live and commissioned work, participatory projects, workshops, courses, talks and exhibitions. This project brings together choreography and the camera obscura in an educational project that enables young people aged 16-21 to explore the interplay between movement, sound and image outside a formal learning context.

Southbank Sinfonia - southbanksinfonia.co.uk

£4,700 - towards the Family Concerts ticket scheme
Kensington and Chelsea
Southbank Sinfonia works with up to 33 postgraduate music students each year, providing an annual performing and development programme for the leading musicians of the future. It runs a number of educational programmes to encourage the appreciation of music to the wider community. This grant goes toward proving free family concert tickets to enable disadvantaged families in North Kensington to attend the charity’s Family Concert Series.

The Rhythm Studio Foundation - therhythmstudio.co.uk

£5,000 – Towards the scholarship and outreach programme
Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster
The Rhythm Studio Foundation works with school and community groups to provide opportunities for economically underprivileged young people who have limited access to making music. It delivers rock and pop music workshops for primary schools and works in secondary schools to support Music Technology BTEC and GCSE students to support them with creative music technology sessions. The Rhythm Studio Foundation also runs a scholarship scheme for talented and passionate 11-18 year old musicians in need of financial support.

Education & Learning

Thames21 - thames21.org.uk

£5,000 - Towards the Thames River Watch programme
Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster
Thames21 is an environmental charity which educates and engages people in practical volunteering activities to care for rivers, streams and ponds across Greater London. The Charity builds constructive and sustainable relationships between urban communities and the natural water environments in their neighbourhood.

Youth Clubs & Youth Activities

Bengali Workers Association - bwa-surma.org

£5,000 - Towards after-school sessions
Camden
The Bengali Workers’ Association was founded in 1976 and is one of the longest established and most influential Bengali organisations in London. The Bangladeshi community is the largest BME community in Camden, estimated to be about 10% of the total population. Primarily the charity was set up to develop the Bengali community however now they provide numerical services to all communities in Camden such as; employment training and welfare advice. This grant supports a six month programme of after-school sessions.

South Harrow Christian Fellowship - shcf.co.uk

£5,000 - Towards the Kids Club and Youth Club
Harrow
South Harrow Christian Fellowship is a small church based in South Harrow. The membership of the church is small however they deliver a wide range of services such as a Kids Club, a youth club, a senior’s coffee morning/lunch club and home visiting service to cater to the wider community. The Kids Club is for four to nine year olds and includes games, storytelling and craft activities, and the youth club serves young people aged nine to 13.

Arts & Science

Rhyl Primary School – rhylprim.camden.sch.uk

£995 - Towards the ‘Let’s Illustrate’ project with the House of Illustration
Camden
Rhyl is a very large, ‘Good’ two-form entry school in the heart of Kentish Town. There are above average proportions of pupils supported by the pupil premium, those who speak English as an additional language and from minority ethnic backgrounds. The topic of workshops with the House of Illustration is ‘Blood and Guts,’ where the children learn how to illustrate medical aspects and organs.

Emotional Wellbeing

Otakar Kraus Music Trust - okmtrust.co.uk

£4,990 - Towards the OK Youth Group
Ealing
Otakar Kraus Music Trust was established in 1991 to provide subsidised music therapy for people of all ages who have physical, psychological, neurological or learning difficulties, in order to improve their wellbeing and quality of life. Each year it helps over 250 people, providing individual and group sessions from its music therapy studio in Twickenham. The OK Youth Group is a music project for young people who have experienced their first episode of psychosis, and is run in partnership with the Ealing Early Intervention Service, part of the West London Mental Health Trust.

Special Needs & Disabilities

SeeAbility – seeability.org

£2,000 - Towards the Children in Focus school’s training programme
Brent, Harrow
SeeAbility specialises in working with people who have a combination of visual, cognitive and physical disabilities. It provides specialist support and accommodation together with a range of therapeutic services – speech and language therapy, rehabilitation and physiotherapy. The Children in Focus Campaign aims to transform how children with disabilities receive and access eye care by ensuring specialist sight tests are standard practice in special schools. This grant supports the development and delivery of a training programme to assist teachers in special schools with recognising potential sight problems and tailoring their practice to support children to make the most of their education.

Sport

Afghan Association of London - afghanassociation.com

£5,000 - Towards the Football project
Harrow
The Afghan Association of London was established in 1995 to assist Afghan refugees in the process of their integration into the UK society. The Association provides a wide range of practical support, help and advice to the community, including projects for women, the elderly, youth programmes, a supplementary school, health project and a variety of sports programmes. This is an application to establish a football team in Harrow for Afghan youth to participate in regular training and sport activities.

Youth Issues

Wise Thoughts - wisethoughts.org

£5,000 - Towards ‘OUT!’ awareness workshops in secondary schools
Barnet, Camden
Wise Thoughts aims to improve the quality of life for marginalised communities by using the arts as a tool to challenge stereotypes and encourage social cohesion. This grant supports school outreach sessions focussed on addressing the complex issues and challenges around LGBT and BAME identities. Each workshop is planned and facilitated by a trained drama practitioner addressing a specific issue, such as 'bullying'. Four secondary schools from the Charity’s Beneficial Area receive five sessions each, based on the preferences and needs of each school and the issues its pupils are facing.

Special Needs & Disabilities

1Voice Community - 1voicecommunity.co.uk

£4,500 – Towards a playgroup for children with special needs and disabilities
Brent
1Voice Community is a small charity in Brent run by volunteer parents and carers who are experienced with looking after children with disabilities. 1 Voice’s mission is to relieve the needs of the families of children and young people with special educational needs living in Brent by providing support, education and practical advice. Regular activities include free training sessions for parents covering topics such as disability benefits, completing DLA forms and organising parent participation consultations with the Department for Education. This grant goes towards the costs of running inclusive play activities for SEND children and their families.