Grants made in 2004

Education

Grants approved over £10,000

Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) Ltd - £72,970
Towards salary costs to support the parents of children with special educational needs or those in danger of exclusion in England and Wales.

Art Works - £20,000
Towards the costs of arts activities with severely disabled children.

Autism Cymru- £ 19,100
Towards the cost of setting up and running a forum for secondary teachers working with young people with autism.

Bexhill Community Partnership 'Learning Link' - £20,000
Towards the salary over two years of the Development Worker and costs of running taster courses for hard-toreach adult learners in coastal Sussex.

Bridging The Gap - £15,911
Towards the salary and costs of a part-time Schools Project Worker to reduce the risk of exclusion of children in Glasgow.

Britannia Educational Services - £10,440
Towards the costs of training teachers in Liverpool in new uses of ICT and creativity strategies.

Broad African Representative Council Manchester - £20,000
Towards the salary of an Education Development Worker to support excluded young people from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups to engage with mainstream learning.

Campaign for Learning, The - £240,000
Towards the costs over three years of a scheme promoting the development of high quality family learning oportunities in England, Scotland and Wales.

Carmarthen Family Centre - £19,516
Towards the costs of outreach work to target hard-to-reach, young, employed parents.

Catholic Children's Society - £10,534
Towards the costs of a part-time worker to establish a programme in 20 primary schools in the Wirral to improve behaviour and reduce exclusions.

Cedar Centre, The - £20,000
Towards the salary costs of providing informal learning and volunteering opportunities for people from BME backgrounds in the Isle of Dogs, London.

Centre for Crime and Justice Studies - £25,000
Towards the costs of research in 12 prisons on the role Prison Officers play in prisoners' learning.

Centre for Research In Early Childhood - £288,470
Towards the salaries and costs over three years of a project to improve pre-school education for children from BME groups in the UK.

Children in Scotland - £68,930
Towards the costs over two years of a Development Officer to research barriers to pre-school education for young people with additional support needs.

Children's Discovery Centre, East London - £90,000
Towards the salary and costs over three years of an Operations Manager to support management of a literacy centre in East London.

Choysez - £20,000
Towards the salaries and costs over two years of providing informal education opportunities for under-13-year-olds excluded from school in Northumberland.

Centre for Information and language Teaching (CILT) - £158,400
Towards project costs over two years of piloting new approaches to modern foreign languages in eight primary and four secondary schools in England.

CLD Youth Counselling Trust - £20,000
Towards the costs over two years of running a peer support programme for vulnerable 11-18-year-olds in six Herefordshire high schools.

Community Link Up - £14,000
Towards the salary over two years of a Manager to improve access to informal learning opportunities for adults with learning disabilities in Harrow.

Connection at St Martin's, The - £28,525
Towards the salary over two years of a Co-ordinator to provide informal education and vocational guidance for vulnerable, hard-to-reach adults in Central London.

Council for Education in World Citizenship - Cymru - £20,000
Towards the costs of a citizenship project.

Cued Speech Association UK - £20,000
Towards the costs of 12 training courses to teach cued speech to up to 144 parents of deaf children and the professionals who work with them.

Curiosity and Imagination - £89,640
Towards the salary over two years of a part-time Manager and Communications Officer to support family learning through heritage work in disadvantaged communities.

Daycare Trust - £160,000
Towards the costs over three years of a project to increase access to childcare services for BME group parents.

De Montfort University Leicester - £36,072
Towards the costs over two years of a project to reduce behavioural difficulties in children aged under five years old.

Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford - £20,000
Towards the costs of a project to explore religious understanding among children of primary school age from different cultural backgrounds.

Donaldson Trust, The - £12,837
Towards the costs of producing and distributing materials to help deaf children learn core vocabulary.

Down Syndrome Educational Trust, The - £19,358
Towards the salary of a part-time Research Psychologist and related project costs.

Drake Music Project Scotland - £30,000
Towards the salary and costs over two years of the Director to run music making and learning programmes for hard-to-reach disabled adults and children.

Dunluce Family Centre - £20,000
Towards the salary of a Family Visitor to promote family learning in a disadvantaged area of Northern Ireland.

Early Childhood - £47,274
Towards the costs over two years of developing training in speaking and listening for early years' practitioners and parents.

Early Years Equality - £64,000
Towards the salary over three years of the Chief Executive.

Edinburgh University Settlement - £46,000
Towards the costs over two years of expanding informal learning opportunities for 300 hard-to-reach adult learners from deprived parts of Edinburgh.

Education Renaissance Trust - £15,000
Towards the costs over two years of teacher training events to encourage new approaches to teaching religious education.

Education Research Centre, University of Brighton - £58,217
Towards costs over two years of a project exploring the value of peer learning in pre-schools.

Elizabeth Foundation, The - £13,000
Towards the costs of a project to help families develop their deaf babies' listening and talking skills.

Fairbridge - £150,000
Towards the costs over three years of a National Co-ordinator to develop a new, national programme for young people aged 13-16 who are excluded, or at risk of exclusion, from school.

Festival of International Theatre Research - £20,000
Towards the costs of a family education programme and the salary of a part-time Community Development Manager for hard-toreach adults in South East London.

First Taste - £12,000
Towards the costs of a project to provide creative educational opportunities for older people in residential care homes.

Forum on Prisoner Education - £88,426
Towards the salary over two years of the Director to work to improve education and training for offenders within the criminal justice system.

Glasgow ESOL Forum - £20,000
Towards the costs of a project to support volunteer tutors working with 250 hard-to-reach refugees and asylum seekers in Glasgow.

Guild of St George - £49,700
Towards the costs over two years of a project to enhance the skills of secondary teachers in the visual arts.

Hackney Summer University - £50,000
Towards the costs over two years of a project to raise academic attainment amongst 11-16 year olds.

Highland Pre-School Services - £20,000
Towards the salary of a Co-ordinator to recruit men to work in early years education in the Highlands.

Ideas Foundation, The - £66,668
Towards the salary over two years of the Project Administrator and Project Co-ordinator to raise the attainment of young people in danger of exclusion from school.

Il Covo - £20,000
Towards the salary of the Education Project Developer and costs to increase the involvement of pupils and lunchtime support staff in the running of the school day in primary schools in Southwark.

Independent Panel for Special Education Advice - £80,000
Towards the salary over three years of a Trainer to deliver training on exclusion law to reduce the number of children with special educational needs being excluded from school.

Institute for Fiscal Studies, The - £35,400
Towards the costs of a project to investigate how the age of starting school affects young people's achievement.

Institute of Education, University of London - £19,800
Towards the costs of a research project to develop the spoken language skills of reception class children in multicultural London primary schools.

Institute of Education, University of London - £52,150
Towards the costs over two years of research to raise the musical attainment of pre-school and primary school children with severe learning difficulties.

Institute of Public Policy Research - £50,000
Towards the costs of a project to research teacher recruitment and retention in failing secondary schools.

Institute of Welsh Affairs - £20,000
Towards the costs of research to monitor and assess the introduction of integrated children's centres in Wales.

LEAParts - £57,000
Towards the salary over three years of a Course Co-ordinator to train 30 primary school teachers to make more effective use of the arts.

Lifeline Community Projects - £40,072
Towards the salary over two years of a Project Co-ordinator to expand family learning opportunities in Barking and Dagenham.

Listening Books - £25,000
Towards the salary of an Education Officer to develop new books for children with visual impairments.

Liverpool Community Spirit - £30,000
Towards the costs over three years of developing and delivering programmes for families and young people at risk of exclusion.

London Action Trust - £30,000
Towards the salary costs of three specialist tutors to run tailored literacy programmes for 80 dyslexic ex-offenders.

London Shakespeare Workout: Prison Project, The - £38,000
Towards the salary and costs over two years of a Project Co-ordinator for an adult learning programme in prisons.

Manchester Metropolitan University - £19,400
Towards the costs of a project to explore how galleries can best contribute to early years' education.

Manchester Metropolitan University - £73,550
Towards the costs of developing training materials for early years' practitioners in England and Wales.

Manchester Environmental Education Network (MEEN) - £25,000
Towards the costs of a project to engage young people in improving the environment in four Manchester primary schools.

Middlesex University - £17,200
Towards the costs of a project to improve teacher training in the arts.

Mother Tongue Teaching Association - £10,500
Towards the salaries of two part-time teachers to raise the academic achievement of primary children of BME origin in Bradford.

National Foundation for Educational Research - £50,000
Towards the salaries and costs of researching the state of the arts in primary schools.

National Library for the Blind - £20,000
Towards the costs of training library staff to improve access to reading activities in mainstream libraries for children with visual impairments.

National Literacy Association - £82,000
Towards the salary over two years of the Director and consultancy fees to raise literacy standards of underachieving children.

National Literacy Trust - £90,000
Towards costs of a campaign to give all children a language-rich start to life.

National Pyramid Trust, The - £81,444
Towards the salary of the Lead Manager to work with children with serious emotional problems.

Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship - £19,900
Towards the costs of a course to train teachers to develop their teaching of business skills.

Newcastle Literacy Trust - £70,000
Towards costs over two years of a programme to provide informal learning courses in community venues for disadvantaged parents in North East England.

Newman College of Higher Education - £87,000
Towards the salary costs over two years of a project to improve teacher training in citizenship.

Newstart Youth Project - £42,813
Towards the salary over two years of a Project Worker to run an alternative education progamme for 40 young people aged 12-16 who are excluded from schools in Belfast.

Next Generation Foundation - £30,000
Towards the costs of a programme to help parents from disadvantaged backgrounds to play more effectively with their young children.

Nippa - The Early Years Organisation - £150,000
Towards the salary over three years of a Project Co-ordinator to establish cross community early years' services in Northern Ireland.

Nuffield Foundation - £271,000
Towards the costs of a national commission on pre-school and primary education in England.

Palace For All Ltd - £20,000
Towards the costs of a project to improve the literacy and numeracy skills of children aged 7-16 with disabilities in north London.

Playboard - £18,927
Towards the salary costs of a part-time Development Officer to promote learning opportunities for children from deprived backgrounds in Northern Ireland.

Pushkin Prizes Trust, The - £20,000
Towards the costs of training primary school teachers in the arts at teacher training colleges.

Reachout Youth - £16,000
Towards the salary of a Volunteers Manager to provide mentoring for children aged nine to 13 at risk of exclusion in the Wythenshawe- Benchill ward of Manchester.

Read On - Write Away - £72,153
Towards the salary over three years of a part-time Co-ordinator to train disengaged young people as volunteer reading helpers in primary schools.

Refugee Therapy Centre, The - £20,000
Towards the costs of establishing a service for excluded and vulnerable asylum seekers, refugee children and families in London.

Research Support Unit, School of Education, University of Bristol - £69,363
Towards the costs over two years of developing guidance for teachers and parents on how to involve disabled children in planning their own education.

Right Track - £60,000
Towards the salary and costs over three years of three Support Workers to reintegrate excluded pupils aged 13-15 in mainstream education in Scotland.

Rosemount Lifelong Learning - £66,309
Towards the salary and costs over two years of the Flexicentre Co-ordinator to work with new hard-to-reach learners in Glasgow.

Sandown High School - £20,000
Towards the costs of researching a visual arts programme.

School Councils UK - £62,500
Towards the salary over two years of a Project Manager to improve the effectiveness of School Councils in London secondary schools.

School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Exeter - £66,000
Towards the costs over two years of research exploring new approaches to encouraging children aged 4-7 to write.

School of Education, The University of Birmingham - £46,391
Towards the costs of a project to identify approaches to teaching literacy for young people with severe learning disabilities.

School of Education, University of Sheffield - £15,000
Towards the salary costs of a part-time Research Assistant to look at the role of media education in the early years' curriculum.

School of Education, University of Southampton - £12,000
Towards the costs of a project to support teachers in developing their creative writing skills.

Shaba - £28,409
Towards the salary over three years of an Outreach Co-ordinator to support an informal adult learning project for hard-to-reach Bangladeshi women and their children in Birmingham.

Sheffield Gypsy and Traveller Support Group - £20,000
Towards the salary of a Family Support Worker to support children in danger of exclusion in Sheffield.

Snug & Outdoor - £38,800
Towards the project costs over two years of designing, piloting and evaluating an experimental playground kit.

Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties Association, The (SEBDA) - £40,000
Towards core costs of an organisation that supports children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and their families.

Special Educational Needs Advice Centre (SENAC) - £17,175
Towards the salary of an Advice Line Worker to offer advice on education and library boards' duties towards children with learning difficulties in Northern Ireland.

Storybook Dad - £69,822
Towards the costs over three years to expand an informal literacy programme for prisoners and their children in England.

Surrey Care Trust, The - £19,740
Towards the salary of a part-time Outreach Worker to engage hard-to reach learners.

Teach First - £166,669
Towards salaries and costs over two years to support placements for outstanding new graduates to teach in disadvantaged London boroughs.

University of Cambridge School Classics Project - £19,900
Towards the costs of disseminating best practice in children's attainment in speaking and listening.

University of Exeter - £19,544
Towards the salary of a Research Assistant to look at enhancing the development of babies by encouraging the use of musical activity in their care and home settings.

Verbal Arts Centre - £40,000
Towards the costs over two years of a project to develop training in story-telling for trainee and newly qualified teachers in Northern Ireland.

Washington Asylum Seekers Project - £20,000
Towards the costs of a project to raise the academic attainment of 26 asylum seeker and refugee children aged up to eight years old.

Willington Action for Youth - £38,000
Towards the costs over two years of a project to re-engage 32 teenage girls in education who are excluded, or at risk of exclusion, from school in Tyne & Wear.

Women's Centre for Blackburn & District, The - £20,000
Towards the salary over two years of an Outreach Co-ordinator to provide informal learning opportunities for hard-to-reach women in Accrington and Blackburn.

XL Wales - £40,361
Towards the salary over three years of the Community Education Director to expand science and technology opportunities for disadvantaged adults.

Youth Sport Trust - £16,000
Towards the costs of running a training programme for teachers to improve physical education for children with special educational needs.


Grants approved up to £10,000

4Children - £4,000
ADD/ADHD Related Syndromes Family Support Centre, The -- £10,000
Aylsham & District Care Trust - £7,000
Bath Churches Housing Association Ltd - £10,000
Campaign for Learning, The - £10,000
Canterbury Christ Church University College - £2,300
Church of Christ the Carpenter, The - £10,000
Craigmillar Literacy Trust - £7,232
Enfield Library Service - £5,950
Federation for Ulster Local Studies Ltd - £7,594
Foyer Federation - £10,000
Gateshead Carers Association - £8,500
Gorton Mount Primary School - £9,500
Grace Women's Organisation - £6,336
Harrison Motor Scrambling Club - £4,045
Holloway Neighbourhood Group - £5,000
Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Bristol - £5,000
Institute of Education, University of London - £5,000
Joint Educational Trust - £5,000
Kids Like Kane - £10,000
Living Well Trust, The - £5,000
Macrobert Arts Centre - £7,000
Mersey Heritage Trust, The - £10,000
NCARE - £7,870
Parentalk - £10,000
Personalised Education Now - £10,000
Royal Docks Community School, The - £5,000
Shacklewell Primary School - £5,000
SPACE Project, The - £7,000
Stretch - £4,850
Swindon Communication Project - £10,000
Turkish Cypriot Community Association - £9,880
Venture Arts - £6,432

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