Community Grants

June 2010

Lighthouse Mission Northampton  £5,000 - VULNERABLE FAMILES FUND

To continue a project working with people involved in the music industry to culminate in a production of various art forms of Swahili culture by young people

Wind and Foster Media  £4,975 - VULNERABLE FAMILIES FUND

To run a project entitled 'Hear Me Sing' producing a short film and micro documentary

Rectory Farm Youth Project  £2,300 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To continue to run the project for young people, providing a safe place where they can play games, take part in team building activities, crafts and cookery

Widows Friendship Club  £640 - ELDERS FUND

For a coach to take members on a trip to Bury St Edmonds

Aprils Dawn  £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To run 'Sesen Festival' and pop up events aroung Northampton

Buckby Feast Trust  £3,000 - COMIC RELIEF

To continue to run the Long Buckby Feast over 2 weekends in August 2010

Corby Hellenic Fisher Girls Football Club  £3,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

For assistance with paying for winter training and equipment

D2R (Dreanz to Reality)  £5,000 - VULNERABLE FAMILIES FUND

To provide a pilot Saturday youth centre for young people who roam Northampton town centre

Friends of Delapre Abbey  £5,000 - VULNERABLE FAMILIES FUND

To put on a community day celebrating the 550th anniversary of the War of the Roses

Greens Norton Community Choir  £3,750 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To run individual and group singing sessions

Highfield Barnes Community Association  £4,200 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To provide activities and trips for children from 8 years during school holidays

Liberty Drum Corps  £3,200 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To provide residential learning and support, transport to competitions and costumes

Long Buckby Youth Centre  £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To provide running costs, renovate the outside area and trips

Milton Keynes City Orchestra  £2,970 - COMIC RELIEF

To provide a family-friendly musical tour/workshop with the theme of 'song and dance'

Ministry of Bicycles  £4,990 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To continue to run monthly bicycle and arts events

New Vision Youth Club (NVYC)  £4,987 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To put on a show similar to 'Glee' addressing youth issues

Northampton African Men's Health Forum  £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To run health days for African men to coincide with World Cup games

Northampton Swimming Club  £5,000 - COMIC RELIEF

To help fund disabled swimming group and new starter sessions

Rushton Cricket Club  £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To purchase new kitchen facilities

Synergy Forum Northampton  £5,000 - VULNERABLE FAMILIES FUND

To provide 'Together we are Stronger' session work for young people

Thorplands Club 81  £4,936 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To hire an all weather pitch, purchase kit and balls

Upper Nene Archaeological Society  £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To add a second toilet with washbasin at Piddington Roman Villa Museum

Weston Community Project  £2,270 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To buy laptops and computer courses at a computer cafe

Zindgani Men's Group  £3,200 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To put on a 10th year celebration party with live music and buy promotional equipment

April 2010 

Benefield Cricket Social Club   £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To seal the surface of the entry drive and car park with tarmac

1st Long Buckby Scout Group   £2,529 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To purchase a box trailer, bulldog stabiliser and twin axle grid lock clamp

Aston-Le-Walls Village Hall   £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To refurbish the washroom facilities and main access area

Big About Singing - Corby Community Choir   £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To buy equipment for the group and training for the conductor

Crick Village Hall Management Trustees   £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To replace the village hall's roof

Drum Stix   £4,428 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To make and buy 35 additional drums and percussion instruments

Feel Good Friday Group   £4,900 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To put on 20 well being sessions for disabled adults

Field Day Arts   £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To run Braunston village festival

Finedon War Memorial Group   £4,667 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

Research and production of a commemorative book of Finedon's casualties in both world wars

The Friend - Leys   £2,900 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To provide talks, exercise periods, at least 2 outings and 4 lunches

Friends of Castle Primary School   £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To run a week long carnival with the theme of 'Out of Africa'

Friends of Northampton Racecourse   £3,240 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To insure play equipment and run a dragon activity day

In2Arts   £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To fund 3 performances involving young people creating and adapting Afro Caribbean versions of Shakespeare plays

Kettering Lodge Bowling Club   £4,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To purchase a replacement mower

Kings Cliffe and Area Community Sports Project   £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To install a playground for the children of Kings Cliffe and surrounding areas

Liberian Association   £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To purchase bicycles to form a fitness group

Newnham Village Hall Management Committee   £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To replace the boiler, add ventilation and skylights to the toilets

Northampton Sparks Volleyball Club   £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To allow the club to enter the national volleyball league

Northants Steelbacks VICC   £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To improve communications to access a greater number of visually impaired people wishing to play cricket

The Notivate Trust   £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To provide 5 groups of young people with the opportunity to write and record music

Rainbow Community Northampton   £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To run a theatre group that plans to address social issues affecting communities

Rushden Rockets Junior Badminton Club   £4,240 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To provide coachcing in badminton to young people, parents and volunteers

Southbrook Youth Club   £3,944 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To continue to run the Youth Club at The Phoenix Centre on Mondays during term time

St David's Allotment Association   £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To develop and fund an orchard to preserve types of ancient varieties of fruit

Talking With Hands (TWH) Ltd   £5,000 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To provide visual books to deaf and hard of hearing children

Zimwomen Association Northamptonshire   £3,500 - GRASSROOTS GRANT

To support the group's running costs and allow it to expand

African & Caribbean Elders Services (ACES)   £5,000 - COMIC RELIEF

To provide training in IT and internet skills for older people and their carers

Seahouses   £4,895 - CONSTANCE TRAVIS TRUST

To develop a series of creative workshops to design and make costumes for Northampton Carnival

The Spitfire Club   £5,000 - CONSTANCE TRAVIS TRUST

To run workshops on car repair for young people
 

December 2009

Evans Boxing Academy   £5,000.00   - GRASSROOTS GRANTS/COMMUNITY YOUTH FUND  

To provide training in boxing and general exercise to help people keep fit  

The Film Lab   £2,510.00   - COMMUNITY YOUTH FUND 

To create up to 4 pop videos for young musicians/bands as promotional material  

 Friends of Northampton Bach Choir   £4,830.00   - GRASSROOTS GRANTS  

To cover the cost of the orchestra for the St Matthew Passion concert in March 2010 

Gleneagles Community Action Group   £2,497.50   - GRASSROOTS GRANTS  

To train 3 facilitators of a parenting course for them to be licensed to run the course  

Greens Norton Village Hall Management Committee   £4,999.00   - GRASSROOTS GRANTS 

To install a solar thermal hot water system in the village hall  

Kettering & District Theatrical Society   £4,865.00   - GRASSROOTS GRANTS 

To provide a UHF Wireless Microphone System to allow up to 8 individuals at once to operate as solo artists  

Nene Valley Firbromyalgia Support Group   £4,946.00   - GRASSROOTS GRANTS  

To raise awareness and educate the medical profession, clinicians, members of the public and the third sector with regard to Fibromyalgia  

Northampton Banshees Korfball Club   £3,670.00   - GRASSROOTS GRANTS  

To provide equipment to help the club start up for training, coaching and playing matches 

Northampton Carnival Arts Consortium   £3,980.00   - EMDA FUND 

To provide 2 workshops on costume design and build  

Northampton Table Tennis League (NTTL)   £4,820.00   - GRASSROOTS GRANTS 

To offer a structured, enjoyable and challenging activity with expert coaching, skill development and local league competition

Northampton Urban Farm Project   £5,000.00   - GRASSROOTS GRANTS  

To equip the farm to open it's doors as an educational resource and supply equipment for it's initial actitivies  

Northampton Utsav Organisation   £4,950.00   - GRASSROOTS GRANTS  

To hire a member of staff on a part-time basis to organise and co-ordinate the Diwali Celebrations for 2010  

Overstone Playing Field Association   £3,430.00   - GRASSROOTS GRANTS  

To undertake professional tree surgery on several tall trees on the playing field to ensure the public's safety and to replace a wooden bench 

Passion Northampton   £5,000.00   - GRASSROOTS GRANTS  

For young people from churches across Northampton to work together to put on events aimed at bringing young people together  

Sinfonia VIVA Ltd   £4,500.00   - COMMUNITY YOUTH FUND  

To develop 'Identity', an intergenerational creative music project  

Stitch and Bitch Northampton   £4,500.00   - GRASSROOTS GRANTS  

To refurbish and make fit an old dress factory into a working studio to expand the range of workshops 

Threshold Studios Ltd   £2,220.44   - COMMUNITY YOUTH FUND  

For 10 BME young people in care to create 6-8 short animated films that inform their peer group and care practitioners, foster carers, social workers, etc of a range of key problems and difficulties  

The Tithe Barn Museum   £4,011.78   - GRASSROOTS GRANTS  

To provide an environmentally controlled display cabinet for the metal objects from archaeological excavations 

Waterloo Drummers & Colour Guard   £5,000.00   - GRASSROOTS GRANTS  

To purchase drums and associated equipment  

Wilby Riding for the Disabled Trust   £5,000.00   - GRASSROOTS GRANTS  

To cover costs for a part-time volunteer, feed, accommodation and Moulton College fees 

September 09

Afghan Communuty Association in Northamptonshire   £3,279.00    To conduct a needs analysis/feasibility study     - GRASSROOTS GRANTS 

Back to Books    £5,000.00   

To undertake research by purchasing books and documents, holding workshops, creating prints and holding an exhibition   - GRASSROOTS GRANTS

Baobab Venture    £5,000.00    To provide a mentoring, coaching and peer to peer training support service - COMIC RELIEF

Cine-Centric    £4,750.00    To co-ordinate the placement of 20 volunteers on the production of a feature film - NCC COMMUNITY YOUTH FUND

Collyweston Community Shop Association Ltd    £5,000.00    Setting up costs of a community shop in Collyweston where there has been no shop since the post office closed in 2008 - GRASSROOTS GRANTS

CPRE Northamptonshire - £5,000.00    ‘Buy Local, Eat Local’ project to encourage people to understand the importance of local food - GRASSROOTS GRANTS

Crouch Road Allotment Association    £5,000.00    The purchase and installation of an ‘Eco Loo’ on the allotment site - GRASSROOTS GRANTS 

The KidsAid Foundation  £4,856.80    To extend the Administrator’s working week by 10 hours due to growing workload - NCC COMMUNITY YOUTH FUND

K R Collective    £5,000.00    To provide cinema screenings for mums and babies, families and inter-generational promotions - NCC COMMUNITY YOUTH FUND

NAYC – Youth Development    £5,000.00    For 64 youth leaders to take part in a one day training course with the local Arts Team - NCC COMMUNITY YOUTH FUND

Need to Know Shop    £5,000.00    To set up a ‘Managing Your Money – a whole life approach’ project to help people suffering high levels of debt - GRASSROOTS GRANTS

New Pastures Community and Youth Work    £4,992.00    To employ a part-time youth worker to run the youth club, organise and co-ordinate youth work and volunteers - NCC COMMUNITY YOUTH FUND

Northampton Door-to-Door Service    £4,520.00    For a new telephone system providing directly connected lines and a queueing facility - EMDA

Northampton Male Voice Choir    £2,700.00    To raise awareness of the Choir to improve recruitment by producing advertising materials - GRASSROOTS GRANTS

Seahouses    £4,980.00    Contribution to core costs to develop different types of workshops for new groups of young people - NCC COMMUNITY YOUTH FUND

Talking With Hands Youth Group    £5,000.00    For volunteers and brothers and sisters of young deaf children to learn sign languages - GRASSROOTS GRANTS

Union of Somali Women    £5,000.00    To put on sewing classes with a tutor to make clothes to sell - COMIC RELIEF

 
Westone Club 81 FC £2,860.00    To provide supervised coaching for young people during the dark evenings to keep them off the streets - NCC COMMUNITY YOUTH FUND