Organisations supported during the period 6 April 2013 to 5 April 2014 are listed below the latest grants list can be seen here.
MEDICINE AND HEALTH
Care & Treatment
Bedford Allergy Support Group – Core costs
Beds & Northants Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre – Use of a piece of
land adjacent to Centre to create additional car parking
Brittle Bone Society – Power Wheels for a local lady
CLIC Sargent – Care Grants Programme for Bedfordshire Families
Down’s Heart Group
Everyman Support Group – Wendy Gough’s Schools Talks on Cancer
Awareness
Huntington’s Disease Association – Bedfordshire Regional Care Adviser
Macmillan Cancer Support – Macmillan Breast Care Nurse based at
Luton and Dunstable Hospital
Marie Curie Cancer Care – Nursing Services in Bedfordshire
National Childbirth Trust – Leighton Buzzard and District Branch
Breastfeeding Counsellor Training and Marketing Materials
National Society for Epilepsy – Epilepsy Information Network Service in
Bedford Hospital
Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children – Equipment Grant
Programme for Disabled Bedfordshire Children
Parkinson’s Disease Society of the United Kingdom – Specialist Nurse for
the Luton Area
PBC Foundation – Production and Distribution costs of 8 Issues of “The
Bear Facts” quarterly magazine to Bedfordshire Members
Rapid Effective Assistance for Children with potentially Terminal illness
(React) – Equipment for Terminally Ill Children from Disadvantaged
Families Living in Bedfordshire
Rare Chromosome Disorder Support Group (Unique) – Core Costs
Sue Ryder Care – St John’s, Moggerhanger Reconditioned Portable
Ultra Sound Machine
TB Alert – Bedfordshire Patient Support Fund
Theodora Children’s Trust – Clown Doctors visits to Addenbrooke
Hospital
Hospices
Keech Hospice Care – Core Costs
Hospitals
Bedford Hospitals Charity – Gamma Plus Appeal
Nursing & Help
Hospice at Home Volunteers (Bedford) – 3 Part-time Volunteers
Managers’ Costs
Benevolent Organisations
Blind Veterans UK – Bedfordshire Beneficiaries
Housing & Homeless
Amber Foundation – Ashley Court Maintenance Work
BECHAR (Bedford Concern for the Homeless and Rootless) – Support
Worker
Children & Youth
Bedford Open Door – Project Manager Salary Costs
Bibles for Children – Bibles for Primary Schools in Bedfordshire
British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) – Southern
Region Advice and Information Service
Crescent Summer School Project – 2011 Activities
Farms for City Children
Hope UK – Voluntary Drug Educator Training Costs
Luton and Bedfordshire Youth Association – Structural repairs to the
Pioneer Building
Luton Sea Cadets – Lockable Steel Containers for Boats and Canoes
Mitalee Youth Association – 2011 Summer School
Over The Wall – 2011 Activity Camp place for a Bedfordshire Child
Prince’s Trust – Bedfordshire Programme
ReachOut Plus – Salary and Expenses of Schools Development Work and
Urban Schools Programme
Spurgeon’s – Project 229
YouthNet UK – do-it-org.uk Volunteering Project in Bedfordshire
Elderly
Advocacy for Older People – Part-time SOVA Team Leader
Age UK Milton Keynes – Lunch Club Transport costs
Bedford Guild House – Art and Fitness Workshops and Chair Based
Exercise Classes
Contact the Elderly – Establishment of a new group in Bedfordshire
National Benevolent Fund for the Aged – Day Trip for Bedford Elderly
People
Oakley Rural Day Care Centre – Core Costs
Community Development
Beecroft Balloon Society – 2012 Christmas Party
Cardington PCC
Community Development Support – Brighter Life Sewing Skill Project
Eaton Bray Village Hall – Car Park Resurfacing
Elstow PCC
Hope Church Luton Trust – Building Refurbishment & Fitting Out Costs
Hope Trust (Bedford) – Grove Pregnancy Crisis & Post Abortion
Centre Manager’s Salary Costs
Kempston Community Association – Replacement Water Tanks
Leighton Linslade and District Citizens Advice Bureau – Specialist
Money Advice Caseworker
Luton Irish Forum – Debt Prevention Surgeries and Home Visits Service
Luton Law Centre – Maintenance, Repairs and Redecoration of Premises
Luton West Indian Community Association – Core costs
Marsh Farm Futures – Work Training/Course Project Manager’s Salary
Costs
Mid Bedfordshire Citizens Advice Bureau – Outreach Service
New Covenant Church – Teenage Rehabilitation Project in Luton
NOAH Enterprise – Welfare CentrePREEN Community Interest Company – Training costs for disabled clients
Riseley Village Hall Management Committee – Building Extension Project
Royal Voluntary Service – Bedfordshire Good Neighbours and Home
from Hospital Schemes
SERVE – North Bedfordshire Transport Project
Sharnbrook Village Hall Management Committee – Presentation
Facilities Project
Southill PCC
Southside Family Church Trust – The Coffee Pot Project
St Michael’s Church, Bedford
Steppingley Village Association – New Pavilion
Disabled Groups
Access to Everything Limited – Project Development Officer’s
Employment Costs
Advocacy Alliance – Hear & Now Training Group
Autism Bedfordshire – 2011 Summer Activity Schemes in Bedford and
Luton
Braille Chess Association (BCA) – AGM and Congress at the Bedford
Park Inn
Calibre Audio Library – Bedfordshire Members
Changing Faces – East and South East Regional Officer
Deafblind UK – Bedfordshire Members
Jumbulance Trust – Outings for Bedfordshire Care Homes Residents
Livability – Lifestyles Choices Project in Bedfordshire
Monday Club for the Blind – Laptop and Software
PACE Centre – Parent and Child Services
Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation – Care Office and Bleep System
Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) – Talking Books Service for
Bedfordshire Blind and Partially Sighted People
Scope – Scope Response in Bedfordshire
Sight Concern Bedfordshire – Minibus Hire Charges
Step Up Group – Test Track Garden
Family Life & Moral Welfare
Bedfordshire Crimebeat – High Sheriff of Bedfordshire’s Cricket
Initiative
Bedfordshire John Howard Society – Luton Foyer Core Costs
Child Bereavement UK – Family bereavement service in Milton Keynes
Dignity for Women (Luton) – Core costs
Family Action – Regional Manager for the London and the South East
Region
Family Lives – Interactive Workshop on Sexualised Bullying for Young
People and Parents
Home-Start Bedford Borough – Scheme Manager’s Salary Costs
Langley House Trust – Training Houses
Road Victims Trust – Volunteer’s Training Costs
Tilehouse Counselling – Counselling sessions for Bedfordshire Residents
Twins & Multiple Births Association (TAMBA) – Core costs
Victim Support – Volunteers Training Costs within Bedfordshire
Yarl’s Wood Befrienders – Core Costs
Other
Bedfordshire Police Partnership Trust – Bobby Scheme
Cruse Bereavement Care – Bedfordshire Area Co-ordinator
Safety Centre (Hazard Alley) – Internet Safety Sessions for Children
from Luton Primary Schools
EDUCATION
Schools
Mary Bassett Lower School PTA – Explorers’ Nurture Programme
Robert Peel Lower School – Reading Pod Project
Pre-School
Clapham Preschool (Bedford) – New Building and Outdoor Play Area
Special Needs
Bag Books – Storytelling sessions at a Special School in Biggleswade
Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) – New Wellbeing Centre
Other
North Bedfordshire Schools Trust – Values Day – Unity theme
TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT
Employment
Bolnhurst Stables Trust – Pilot Scheme with Ex-offenders
THE ARTS
Art & Art Galleries
Bedford Creative Arts – Core Costs
Cecil Higgins Art Gallery
Dance & Music
Bedfordshire Orchestral Society – Instrument Hire Costs
Live Music Now! – Interactive Music Performances for Special Needs
People in Bedfordshire
Luton Choral Society – African Sanctus Concert
Music in Hospitals – 2011 Bedfordshire Concerts
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain – Training costs for two
young musicians from Bedfordshire
Royal Opera House Foundation – New Steinway D Grand Piano
Drama & Theatre
Full House Theatre Company – Core Costs
Sparx Theatre Company – 2011 Show
Museums & Libraries
Bedfordshire Historical Record Society – The Second Bedfords in
France and Flanders 1914 – 1918 War Diary
Trustees of Bunyan Meeting – Appointment of a Full-time Museum
Curator
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
Animal & Bird Life
Animal Health Trust – Linear Accelerator Appeal
Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue – Baby Bird Appeal
Chillingham Wild Cattle Association – Conservation and Sustainability
Projects 2011 & 2012
Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust – Developing sustainable, multi-
purpose, farmland wildlife crops
People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) – PetAid Practices Scheme
in Luton
Zoological Society of London – Teaching Resources and Learning Tools
Historic Buildings & Churches
Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Historic Churches Trust – 2011/12
Wixamtree Trust Grants Programme and Endowment Fund
St John and St Leonard PCC – St John’s Church Hall Refurbishment
St Nicholas Church, Hockliffe – Tower repairs
Wootton Methodist Church – Remodelling of Worship Area and Extension
Urban Preservation
Groundwork Hertfordshire – Groundwork Luton & Bedfordshire Mary
Brash Court Project
Rural Preservation
Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Bedfordshire Branch –
Core Costs
Riversmeet Hidden Britain – Kingfisher Way Festival 2011
Other
Bedfordshire Natural History Society – Flora of Bedfordshire Publication
Dunton Community Garden Group – Garden Co-ordinator
Royal Horticultural Society – New Field Research Facility
INTERNATIONAL
Other
Fauna & Flora International – Scholarship for a MPhil in Conservation
Leadership
SPORTS & LEISURE
Disabled Groups
Corner Club – Friday Club activities
CP Sport – Table Cricket in Bedfordshire Schools
Youth
Bounce Back – Core Costs
ProgressAbility.org
Southill Park Cricket Club – Youth Development Scheme
Adult
Totternhoe Football, Cricket & Social Club – New Boiler and Heating
System
Centres & Playing Fields
Bedford Sports Foundation – New Carpet