Organisations supported during the period 6 April 2024 to 5 April 2025 are listed below, for previous years click on the links:
MEDICAL & HEALTH
Care & Treatment
Bedford MS Therapy Centre – Mental Health & Wellbeing Service Coach.
British Epilepsy Association (Working name: Epilepsy Action) – Helpline in Bedfordshire
Cancer Support UK – Cancer Kits and delivery of Cancer Coach service to people living with and beyond cancer in Bedfordshire
Dementia UK – Bedfordshire Admiral Nurse service
Headway Luton – Bridging the Gap placements
Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Centres Trust (Maggie’s) – Maggie’s Cambridge
Meningitis Now – Community Support and Awareness work in Bedfordshire
Motor Neurone Disease Association – Support services in Bedfordshire in 2025
Multiple Sclerosis Society – MS Legal Officer & Benefits Adviser
React – Equipment and aid to three families living in Bedfordshire
Spina bifida-Hydrocephalus-Information-Networking-Equality – Shine – Support for 142 people in Bedfordshire
St Thomas’ Parish Church, Stopsley, Luton – Parish Nurse provision to the community of Stopsley, Luton
Sue Ryder – St John’s Nurses funding
The AT Society – Core family support services / family weekend in 2025
Unique – Rare Chromosome Disorder Support Group – ‘Listening Ear’ service
Research
Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF) – 110 child-friendly KIDSAC information packs to children with type 1 in Bedfordshire
JDRF – Provision of 80 KIDSAC packs in Bedfordshire
Orchid Cancer Appeal – Day long Roadshow in Luton
Hospices
Keech Hospice Care – Adult in-patient unit
Lifelites – Technologies maintenance and ongoing support, dedicated helpline and on-site engineer, palliative care staff training in its use and application
Hospitals
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Charity – Maternity Bereavement Garden at our new Acute Services Block (ASB)
Nursing Homes
Methodist Homes (MHA) – Support for Greencare-enhancing health & wellbeing
Nursing & Help
Little Hearts Matter – Family support services for beneficiaries in Bedfordshire
Magpas Air Ambulance – Trial the use of arterial lines for blood pressure readings
Medical & Health Other
Ailsa’s Aim – Radar Keys, in essential care packs for cancer patients in Bedford.
Al’s Pals – Support for cancer patients in the Bedford area.
Crohn’s & Colitis UK – Support approx. 21,000 Bedfordshire residents
Shift.ms – Expand and strengthen crucial peer support work across Bedfordshire
The Community Heartbeat Trust – Place 8 Defibrillators & training in Bedfordshire
The Lullaby Trust – Care of the Next Infant (CONI) programme
SOCIAL WELFARE
Benevolent
Combat Stress – Core service delivery of mental health treatment and support
Housing & Homeless
Emmaus Turvey Ltd – Replacement windows and door
IMPAKT Housing & Support – Welcome Packs’ and ‘Move-on White Goods’ supporting up to 72 residents across supported housing projects in Bedfordshire
King’s Arms Project (Bedford) – Pathways Programme
SMART CJS – Welfare vehicle running costs
Children & Youth
Bangladesh Youth League Luton – After School Sessions
Be the Band – Five-day programme in two local special schools
Bedfordshire Open Door – Support towards costs of several key posts
Caudwell Youth – Support young people in Luton
Community Interest Luton – Young people’s summer school
Country Days Ltd – Easter and Summer courses
Crescent Summer School (Community Interest Company) – School Holiday Scheme 2024/25
Friends of Ardley Hill – Play equipment sandpit
Fun 4 Young People (F4YP) Ltd – Front-line delivery and salary costs
Go Beyond – Break for 6 disadvantaged children from Bedfordshire
Go Kids Go (Association of Wheelchair Children) – Wheelchair Skills training day in the Luton area
Hope Church Luton Trust – ‘Open House Lounge’ drop-in project
HUMAN VALUES FOUNDATION – Enriching Early Years Project in socio-economically disadvantaged parts of Bedfordshire
KidsOut UK – 100 Christmas Toyboxes to Bedfordshire children in refuges this Christmas.
Luton Roma Trust – Pilot project on improving digital skills.
Marley’s Aart Foundation – Art Therapy for children in secondary school targeting years 7 to 11
Rock UK Adventure Centres Ltd – Children from Westfield Primary School, Bedford to attend a residential adventure centre.
Tall Ships Youth Trust – 10 young people to participate in a TSYT residential voyage
The Cirdan Sailing Trust – Voyage for group of young people from Luton area
The Feast Youth Project – Holiday Programme 2024
The King’s Trust (formerly The Prince’s Trust) – Local programmes
The Lord’s Taverners – Funding for ‘Luton Wicketz’
TOKKO Limited – Gym equipment
Young People’s Puppet Theatre – 9 puppetry projects in Luton Schools.
Elderly
Friends for Life Bedfordshire – Increase Befriending Service
GoodGym – Launch of GoodGym Bedford
Small Acts of Kindness – 250 Warm in Winter gift bags.
Community Development
AMgivingback – Warblers & Wobblers singing group and the Grasmere Community Garden
Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity – 6 ‘Jazz up your Life’ events
Buzzer Buses (Dial-a-Ride) Ltd
Choir at All Saints church Leighton Buzzard – Expenses to sing at Exeter Cathedral Aug 24
Dunstable and District Citizens Advice – Admin assistant salary and core costs
Houghton Regis Memorial Hall – Kitchen Refurbishment
Luton Law Centre – Core service costs
Luton Phoenix Football Club – Playing kit, equipment and pitch hire
Luton Total Wellbeing CIC – School holiday activities
Marsh Farm Futures – Community Garden
Marston Moreteyne Playing Field Committee – Security System for Multi User Games Area
New Covenant Church Dunstable/Luton – Continuation of health awareness project to wider
Bedfordshire community
NOAH Enterprise – Welfare services
Shillington Memorial Playing Fields – Pavilion Refurbishment works
The Chellington Centre – Develop low-cost residential experience
Timebanking UK – Continue to support the evolution of timebanking in rural Bedfordshire / introduce timebanking to Bedford the for the first time
Disabled Groups
Calibre Audio – Support all members in Bedfordshire
FLAG Bedford (Friendship Link & Action Group) – Activities and Events
Jumbulance Trust – 5 day trips for the elderly and their carers
Kids in Action – Running and activity costs of the charity
Listening Books – Audiobook Service in Bedfordshire
MacIntyre Care – MyTime Lifelong Learning
MOBILITY TRUST – Powered mobility equipment for disabled people in Bedfordshire.
Royal Mencap Society – Advice Finder Helpline
Sense – Re-decorate Sense College Bedford
Spinal Injuries Association – Specialist services for people affected by spinal cord injury (SCI) in the East of England
The 3H Foundation – Holiday Grant Programme
Family Life & Moral Welfare
Above & Beyond Cancer Foundation – Co-Founders salary
Adoptionplus – Therapeutic support group for Bedfordshire fathers
Amy And Friends – Activity / Support sessions
Azalea – Encompass Project
British African Caribbean Cultural Association – Food Bank Project
Carers in Bedfordshire – Continuation of Benefits & Welfare Advice service
Changing Faces – 2024-25 Support Services for 30 clients in Bedfordshire
CHUMS Charity – Babyloss Service
FACES Bedford – CEO’s salary 2024/25
Family Action – Deputy Director’s salary
Luton South Beds and Harpenden Samaritans Charity no 1170449 – Recruitment of new listening volunteers
Marriage Care – Counselling sessions for three couples / training costs of new volunteers
Mind BLMK – ‘Influence and Participation’ Project
Ormiston Families – Breaking Barriers
Parallel Lives Programme CIC – Parallel Lives Project
Queen’s Park Community Organisation – Overhead costs
Revolution Arts – Farley Hill Elders Creative Club
The Ebonista Project CIC – Costs associated with running 9 x groups
The For Baby’s Sake Trust – Intensive, long-term therapeutic programme
The Road Victims Trust – Counselling and emotional support in Bedfordshire
Twins Trust – Family Service / Healthcare Engagement Team
Unseen (UK) – Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline
Social Welfare Other
Airfield Volunteer fire service [ charity ] – PPE
Autism Bedfordshire – Loads of Autistic Fun (L.O.A.F.) sessions / places
Elizabeth Finn Care (known as Turn2us) – Delivery costs of Turn2us Benefits Calculator, benefitting 25,000 users in Bedfordshire
Flitwick Town Mayor’s Charity CIO – Secondhand van for Flitwick Community Fridge
Food Etc – Programme of Workshops
Horatio’s Garden – Running costs
Look Good Feel Better (registered as Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery Foundation) – Confidence boosting, skincare and makeup workshops at Luton and Dunstable Hospital for cancer patients.
Safety Centre (Hazard Alley) Ltd – Online Safety education sessions to schools in Bedfordshire and Luton.
Spring Therapeutic Services CIC – Therapeutic Support to Children
The Compassionate Friends – Peer support in Bedfordshire
UK DRC BRIDGE – Support French African people and Asylum Seeker and refugees
YouTurn Futures – Update Website
EDUCATION
Schools
Governors for Schools – Pathway to Governance for 15-20 young people within Bedfordshire
Education Other
Engineering Development Trust – STEM Project
First Give – Delivering First Give programme in seven Bedfordshire secondary schools in 2024/25 academic year
Green Schools Project CIC – Expand Zero Carbon Schools (ZCS) programme in Bedfordshire
Level Trust – Running and activity costs
Schoolreaders – Sustain and continue the expansion of the scheme
The Institution of Engineering and Technology – FIRST® LEGO® League STEM Programme: Challenge Division (for ages 9-16) in Bedfordshire-based schools
TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT
Training
Blind in Business – Help 8 Bedfordshire residents into employment.
THE ARTS
Dance & Music
Alina Orchestra – Band in a Van events
Bedfordshire Festival of Music, Speech and Drama – 12
Bedfordshire Music Trust – Bedfordshire Youth Opera – Funding to help reach more young people in Bedfordshire
Bedford Sings Ltd – Core costs
BEEE Creative CIO – Admin support costs
CONNAUGHT OPERA – Concert for Tibbs Dementia Foundation
Leighton Buzzard Festival Singers – Christmas concert in November 2024
Live Music Now – Continued programme of 16 interactive live music performances and workshops
Luton Music Club – Music on Mondays
Drama & Theatre
Cambridge Arts Theatre – Panto Wheels
Full House Theatre – Core revenue running costs
Museums & Libraries
The Living Paintings Trust – Service to 121+ children in Bedfordshire
The Arts Other
HOPE THROUGH MUSIC – Food Aid & budgeting courses / finance & budgeting courses / cooking classes
Luton Literature CIC – Continuation of award winning Community Bookshop based in High Town, Luton
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
Historic Buildings & Churches
Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Historic Churches Trust – Support for BHHCT.
Bedford Churches – Cardington PCC, Elstow PCC, Southill PCC and St Michael’s Church Bedford
Rural Preservation
CPRE Bedfordshire – Core costs
The Greensand Trust on behalf of the Greensand Country Landscape Partnership – Support of Greensand Ridge
Environment & Conservation Other
South Bedfordshire Friends of the Earth – Mulch to help an already-planted project of trees and native hedgerows
INTERNATIONAL
International Other
Fauna & Flora – Annual Whitbread Scholars in Conservation Leadership
SPORTS & LEISURE
Disabled Groups
Bedford and County Athletic Club – Wheelchair Racing – Cost of repairing and upgrading 7 wheelchairs
Youth
Chance to Shine – Primary Schools’ and Street Cricket programmes in Bedfordshire 2024/25.
Khalsa Youth Football Academy – 35 year anniversary Futsal exhibition
Progressability.org (Angling 4 Success) – Positive Steps programme
Adult
Dunstable Town Cricket Club – Outdoor net practice area
Wilstead Bowls Club – Refurbish clubhouse main Ladies and Mens toilets.
Centres & Playing Fields
Ampthill Town Cricket Club – Club Pavilon Extension
Sports & Leisure Other
Elstow Cricket Club – New net facility
Harrold Lawn Tennis Club – Fit Smart Access gate to enable ad hoc access to playing for non club members
Luton Town FC Community Trust – Deliver free football sessions (Kicks)
LUTONIAN CRICKET CLUB – Membership fees to support low income families
The Cricket Society Trust – Kit / administration fees
Registered Charity No 210089