Grants made in 2002

Strategic work and Shared grants

Strategic work: ARTS & HERITAGE

Regional Theatre Initiative
A strategic programme that provides directors with their first opportunity to direct a major production in regional theatres in England and Scotland. From an overall fund of £450,000 three grants were approved in 2002.

Regional Museum Initiative
A strategic programme to help regional museums to strengthen their exhibition programmes. From 2003, grants will be allocated from a total fund of £800,000.

Strategic work: EDUCATION

Engaging Hard to Reach Learners – a joint initiative between Esmée Fairbairn, NIACE and WEA
A £500,000 project to support the development of new strategies for engaging hard-to-reach adult learners in Barnsley and the Forest of Dean.

Head Support
A programme that aims to develop the leadership skills of middle managers in five schools in Birmingham.

Esmée Fairbairn/Villiers Park Partnership
A research project to identify new professional development opportunities for subject teachers in primary and secondary schools.

Strategic work: ENVIRONMENT

Allotment initiative
An initiative worth £500,000 to develop 'how to' models for regenerating underused allotment sites or finding alternative ways of maintaining them as publicly accessible open spaces. Grants will be allocated in 2003; a single grant was made in 2002 to support the
development of the initiative.

Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens
A grant of £90,000 towards the costs over two years of a Project Officer to develop the capacity of voluntary allotment societies to contribute to the regeneration of UK allotments.

Esmée Fairbairn UK Biodiversity Programme
A £500,000 programme to support the recovery of threatened UK species that are not benefiting from other funding sources. Grants will be allocated in 2003.

Strategic work: RETHINKING CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

A strategic initiative worth £3 million over three years from 2001 which is designed to raise the level of debate about responses to crime, and to identify credible alternatives to prison.

RCP Grants approved over £10,000

Centre for Crime and Justice Studies - £77,500
Towards the costs of developing and maintaining a public information criminal justice website, designed to raise the level of debate about crime and criminal justice issues.

CIVITAS - £28,500
Towards the salary and costs of a researcher to research and review evidence outlining the most succcesful way of reducing re-offending by convicted criminals in the US and UK.

Common Purpose UK - £50,000
Towards the salary over two years of a Project Director, to help educate and inform local opinion leaders from the community, public and private sectors about crime and punishment.

DrugScope - £95,600
Towards the salary over two years of a Campaign Worker, and associated costs, to run a campaign to inform public attitudes to women drug offenders in prison.

Inside Out Trust - £70,336
Towards the salary over two years of a part-time Events Organiser to hold a series of events and discussions in prisons in England and Wales, and to engage with the local community.

Justice Research Consortium - £63,750
Towards the costs of a Programme Co-ordinator and support staff to involve opinion formers and policy-makers in restorative justice conferences.

National Children's Bureau - £152,000
Towards the salary over two years of a Co-ordinator, Campaigns Officer and Administrator, to run a public awareness campaign 'Rethinking Child Crime', to help raise the level of debate about policy and practice with young offenders.

National Probation Service of England and Wales, Staffordshire area - £13,667
Towards the salary of a Project Manager to develop case studies of offenders/ex-offenders for national and regional media outlets, and community education initiatives.

Payback - £39,864
Towards the salary of the Broadcast Manager and costs to enable Payback to work more effectively with the media.

Prison Advice and Care Trust - £17,851
Towards the costs of producing and distributing a resource pack to 15,000 Anglican and Catholic Parishes in England and Wales to raise awareness of the needs of prisoners and their families.

Prison Reform Trust - £27,000
Towards the dissemination and policy proposal costs of the research findings of the RCP funded 'Use of Custody and Other Sentencing' report.

Prison Reform Trust - £72,000
Towards the costs over two years of supporting exprisoners and their families, increasing the debate about alternatives to prisons and engaging local MPs.

Revolving Doors Agency - £54,264
Towards the salary over two years of the Head of Communications and Policy who will establish a unit to raise the profile of those with mental health problems in contact with the criminal justice sector.

SACRO - £100,000
Towards the costs of improving knowledge and understanding of community penalties and restorative justice in Scotland.

Scottish Consortium on Crime and Criminal Justice - £36,500
Towards the costs of producing proposals and disseminating information to promote restitution and rehabilitation as key principles in sentencing.

Thames Valley Partnership - £50,000
Towards the salary, publicity and dissemination costs, over two years, of the 'Restorative Justice, Community Involvement and Community Justice Project.'

RCP Grants approved up to £10,000
British Society of Criminology - £2,000
Essex Restorative Justice Group - £6,000
Legal Action Group - £9,800
NACRO - £9,950
Prison Advice and Care Trust - £3,000
Salvation Army United Kingdom Territory HQ - £3,000
University of Central England - £3,000
Victim Support London - £1,500
YMCA England - £9,950

		RCP Total value for Programme	£997,032
		Total number for Programme	25

		Shared grants Total value for Programme	£1,382,397
		Total number for Programme	20

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