Organisations supported during the period 6 April 2022 to 5 April 2023 are listed below, for previous years click on the links:
MEDICAL & HEALTH
Care & Treatment
Bedford Hospital Charity and Friends – New paediatric A&E department and CT Scanner
Bedford MS Therapy Centre – Physiotherapy Service
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Charity (Previously Luton & Dunstable Hospital Charitable Fund)
Cancer Support UK – Post Treatment Support Service in Bedfordshire
Child Brain Injury Trust – East of England ABI Service
Epilepsy Action – Advice and Information provision
Huntington’s Disease Association – Local Specialist Adviser
Macmillan Cancer Support – Grants Programme
Maggie’s – Maggie’s Cambridge
Meningitis Now – Meningitis aftercare services in Bedfordshire
Motor Neurone Disease Association – Care and Support Services in Bedfordshire
MS Society – MS Helpline
Multiple System Atrophy Trust – MSA Nurse SpecialistNewlife the Charity for Disabled Children – Equipment Grant Service
React – Palliative Care
Shine – Spina bifida-Hydrocephalus-Information-Networking-Equality – Funding to deliver Specialist Service
Society for Mucopolysaccharide Diseases – Support and Advocacy Service
Sue Ryder St. John’s Hospice – St John’s Nurses funding
Teenage Cancer Trust – Youth Empowerment Programme
Hospitals
Luton & Dunstable Hospital Radio – Outside Broadcast equipment
Nursing & Help
Little Hearts Matter – Family Support Package in Bedfordshire
Medical & Health Other
Crohn’s & Colitis UK – Helpline Service
Terrence Higgins Trust – THT Direct Helpline
SOCIAL WELFARE
Housing & Homeless
Amicus Trust – Support homeless community in Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton.
Cardington Cople & Eastcotts Charity – Almshouse renovations
King’s Arms Project – 200Pathways Programme
Smart CJS – Prebend Day Centre
Children & Youth
Bangladesh Youth League Luton – After School Sessions / Workshops
Bibles for Children – Bibles for six schools in Bedfordshire
Community Safety Education CIC – ‘Money Wise’ programme
Country Days Limited – 2023 Courses
Crescent Summer School (Community Interest Company) – School Holiday Scheme
Fun 4 Young People (F4YP) – Core costs
Happy Days Children’s Charity – Professional Visiting Theatre Performances
Link to Change – Core Costs
The Feast Youth Project – Holiday Programme
The Lord’s Taverners – Wicketz Luton
The Prince’s Trust – Local Programmes
Working Options in Education – Staff Salaries
YoungMinds – Parents Helpline Service
Youthscape – ‘Fearless’ Project
Elderly
Bedford Guild House – Activities Programme.
Friends for Life Bedfordshire – Core services
Rothsay Education Centre (Bedford) Ltd – Communication Project
Community Development
BLCF – Bedfordshire Coronavirus Emergency Fund
Buzzer Buses (Dial-a-Ride) Ltd – Adapted Minibus
Carers in Bedfordshire – Benefits & Welfare Advice Service
Citizens Advice Luton – Crisis Adviser Salary
Citizens Advice Mid Bedfordshire – Home Visiting Outreach Project
Dunstable and District Citizens Advice – Admin assistant salary and core costs
Family Action – Deputy Director’s costs
Houghton Regis Memorial Hall – Leaking Roof Repairs
Leighton Linslade Helpers – “Dinner in a Box” initiative
Luton Irish Forum – Welfare Service Support Worker
Luton Law Centre – Advice helpline
Luton Tamil Welfare CIC – School Holiday Activities
Mile Road Allotments & Leisure Gardeners Association. (MRALGA) – Improved toilet facilities
New Covenant Church Dunstable Luton – Support Project
NOAH Enterprise – Welfare Centre Food Provision
The Chellington Centre – Core funding.
The Dalton Charity – Facilities refurbishment
UNIKA – AfroFest
Disabled Groups
Bedfordshire Downs Syndrome Support Group – Saturday Speech Therapy Groups
Families United Network – Clubs / Workshops
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People – Support in Bedfordshire
Jumbulance Trust – Day trips / residential holidays
Kids in Action – Core costs
Listening Books – Audiobook Service
MacIntyre – The Grove in Bedfordshire
Rett UK – Family Support Manager
Revitalise Respite Holidays – Hardship Fund
Sense – Accessible bathroom at Sense College Bedford
Special Needs out of school club SNOOSC – Saturday & Holiday Clubs
Whizz-Kidz – Powered wheelchair & Clinical costs
Family Life & Moral Welfare
Beyond Detention – ‘In-detention’ Support Services
Child Bereavement UK – Bereavement Support Practitioner.
CHUMS Charity – Babyloss Service
Marriage Care – Counselling sessions
QUEEN’S PARK COMMUNITY ORGANISATION – Core costs
Road Victims Trust – Counselling / Emotional Support.
Willow Foundation – Special Day Services
Social Welfare Other
Bedfordshire Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support – Specialist Support
Cruse Bereavement Support- Bedfordshire branch – Bereavement Services
Poetsin – The Creative Mental Health Charity – Delivery of Programmes
Safety Centre (Hazard Alley) Ltd – Free of charge Internet Safety Lessons
Shri Guru Ravidass Sangat – Engaging with deprived communities
The Coroners Court Support Services – Staff and helpline costs
Transitions UK – Bedfordshire Achieve
EDUCATION
Schools
Voices Foundation – Singing Schools Programme in Bedfordshire
Colleges & Universities
Bedford College – Artificial Intelligence maths programme
Education Other
Engineering Development Trust (EDT) – STEM Project
First Give – Schools Sponsorship Programme
Level Trust – Running / Project costs
Schoolreaders – Sustain and continue the expansion of the scheme
Young Enterprise – Programmes / Workshop in Schools
TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT
Training
Blind in Business – Help 5 people into employment
Enterprising Youth Education – Facilities Refurbishment
THE ARTS
Art & Art Galleries
Living Paintings Trust – Library Service / Production of New Titles
Dance & Music
BEEE Creative CIO – Core costs
CONNAUGHT OPERA – Concert at Shuttleworth House
Home Counties Community Media CIC (T/A Bedford Radio) – Relaunch Bedford Radio
Live Music Now South East – Continued programme of 16 interactive live music performances and workshops
Drama & Theatre
Bedford Players Trust – Two Planned Projects
Full House Theatre – Core costs
Festivals & Carnivals
Bedfordshire Festival of Music, Speech and Drama – Celebration of Music from Schools
Museums & Libraries
Garden Museum – Clay for Dementia
John Bunyan Museum & Library, Bedford – Curator Salary
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
Animal & Bird Life
National Animal Welfare Trust (Bedfordshire branch) – Onsite accommodation
The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust – Barn Owl GPS tagging
The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire – Flitwick Moor Nature Reserve
Historic Buildings & Churches
Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Historic Churches Trust – Support for BHHCT
Bedford Churches of Cardington PCC, Elstow PCC, Southill PCC and St Michael and All Angels Church Bedford
Urban Preservation
Fields in Trust – Green Spaces for Good
Rural Preservation
Countryside Learning – Countryside Classroom Days
CPRE Bedfordshire, the countryside charity – Core costs
The Greensand Trust on behalf of the Greensand Country Landscape Partnership – Support of Greensand Ridge
INTERNATIONAL
International Other
Fauna & Flora International (FFI) – Continuation of the annual Whitbread Scholarship in Conservation Leadership
SPORTS & LEISURE
Disabled Groups
Elisabeth Curtis Centre, Riding for the Disabled – Core costs
Youth
SALTO Gymnastics Charitable Foundation Limited – Alterations to Construction of Salto Centre
SportsAid Trust – SportsAid Awards for 3 athletes from Bedfordshire
Adult
Luton Town Bowls Club & Ashcroft Bowls Club – Improvements
Sports & Leisure Other
Ampthill Bowls Club – Clubhouse Improvements
Registered Charity No 210089