Grants made in 2005
Education
Grants approved over £20,000
4 Children - £203,227
Towards the costs over two years of training childcare workers to expand and improve the quality of services that they offer to children and parents in England.
Africa Educational Trust - £18,036
Towards training costs to give 27 African women in the UK the skills to present the education and training needs of hard-to-reach African women learners.
Barking & Dagenham Volunteer Bureau - £86,150
Towards the salary of a Project Worker to work with young people excluded from schools in Barking and Dagenham.
BILD - £20,000
Towards the salary over two years of a part-time Outreach Worker to run courses for adults with profound learning disabilities.
Blaenllechau Community Regeneration - £20,000
Towards the salary of a Learning Support Officer to provide informal learning opportunities for people aged over 55 in the Rhondda.
Calderdale Well Woman Association (Calderdale Women's Centre) - £48,627
Towards core costs over two years of a project to develop the skills and confidence of 186 hard-to-reach women through volunteering opportunities.
Campaign for Learning - £20,000
Towards the cost of writing, editing and preparing a 'parent friendly', 'parent accessible' child and family record book.
Carnegie UK Trust - £37,500
Towards the costs of managing a project to assess the benefits of involving pupils in school decision-making.
Catholic Children's Society (Shrewsbury Diocese) Inc. - £11,151
Towards the salary of a Second Step Worker to raise attainment of primary school children in the Wirral.
Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching - £20,000
Towards the costs of a project to enhance the teaching of Mathematics in schools and colleges.
Citizenship Foundation - £159,673
Towards the costs over three years of a part-time Project Worker to improve the teaching of citizenship in English secondary schools.
Crisis - £46,279
Towards the salary of a Training and Development Worker to re-engage hard-to-reach learners with education.
Department of Educational Studies, University of Oxford - £54,105
Towards the salary costs over three years of a part-time project officer to support training teachers in how to teach Mathematics more effectively in underachieving secondary school students.
Department of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire - £64,425
Towards the costs over three years of a project to develop new materials and teaching techniques to work with young people excluded from schools.
Development Education Centre, South Yorkshire - £19,861
Towards the salaries of two part-time mentors to target hard-to-reach parents from BME backgrounds in Sheffield.
Diocese of Hallam - St Wilfrids Day Centre - £10,831
Towards the costs of a tutor to give hard-to-reach adults informal learning opportunities.
Eastside Young Leaders' Academy - £82,500
Towards the salary and costs over two years of a Project Co-ordinator to raise the attainment of 120 African-Caribbean boys excluded from mainstream education in Newham.
Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge - £84,763
Towards a two-year review of primary education in England (total £355,763).
Gap Community Centre - £14,400
Towards the costs of a training and development programme for adults on the Percy Estate in Warwick.
General Teaching Council for England - £29,000
Towards the cost of investigating the value of external input in the field of Continuing Professional Development for teachers.
Greenwich Council - £20,000
Towards a leadership development programme to increase the number of BME leaders in schools in the London borough of Greenwich.
Human Scale Education - £99,500
Towards the salary over four years of a project co-ordinator, training and materials to re-structure 30 large secondary schools into smaller learning communities.
Inside Out Trust - £150,000
Towards the costs of running education and training workshops for offenders in prison, including salaries, materials and overheads.
International Extension College - £110,001
Towards the costs over three years of a project to develop a new informal English as a Second Language (ESL) course for female refugees and asylum seekers in Lambeth.
Jacksons Lane Community Centre - £20,000
Towards the costs of a programme to provide informal learning opportunities for hard-to-reach learners with disabilities.
KPMG Foundation - £250,000
Towards the costs of rolling out an early intervention literacy scheme across England and Wales.
L.A.T.C.H. - £20,000
Towards the salary of a Project Worker to run programmes to reduce exclusion rates in schools in deprived areas of Northern Ireland.
Learning through Landscapes - £72,000
Towards developing a network of 120 experienced early-years trainers and facilitators who can help organisations across the UK improve the quality of their outdoor play.
Leeds Gypsy and Traveller Exchange - £31,584
Towards the salary of a Project Worker to improve the engagement in learning of young gypsies and travellers from Leeds.
Leicestershire County Council - £20,000
Towards project costs for the creative writing programme to improve the skills and confidence of staff in primary schools in Leicester.
Lewisham Young Women's Resource Project Ltd - £19,908
Towards the salary over two years of a part-time Project Worker to provide a peer education training programme for young women at risk of exclusion.
Lifestart Mid-Ards - £20,000
Towards a learning programme for 200 hard-to-reach parents of children aged from birth to five.
Llamau Ltd - £50,000
Towards the salary over two years of a Training and Development Worker to work with homeless young excluded people in South Wales to re-engage them with learning.
Lyric Theatre Hammersmith Ltd - £61,818
Towards project costs over three years to support the continuing professional development of teachers in six West London schools, and a programme for children at risk of exclusion.
MakeBelieve Arts - £15,700
Towards the costs of a project to train primary teachers in creative approaches to teaching mathematics.
National Family and Parenting Institute - £99,877
Towards the costs over two years of a project to involve parents in school decision making.
National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) - £20,00
Towards helping NIACE to evaluate its work with older people over the last ten years.
National Literacy Trust - £120,000
Towards the salary of a part-time project director and project costs to help parents communicate better with their babies and young children.
Ninestiles Community School, Birmingham - £20,000
Towards the creation of a new, user-friendly online curriculum which will raise motivation and attainment among students.
North East Lincolnshire Community Business - £657,998
Towards two part-time posts over two years, learning venues and help towards transport and childcare costs of learners from socially deprived areas.
Ocean Somali Community Association - £18,000
Towards the salary of an English/Somali speaking worker to support children and their families to reduce truancy and exclusion rates.
Our Right to Read - £20,000
Towards the costs of piloting a new literacy strategy for young people with special educational needs.
ParentLine Plus - £170,520
Towards the salary over two years of a Project Manager to work with hard-to-reach parents to support their children more efficiently.
Parents First Project - £30,000
Towards the salary of a co-ordinator to recruit up to 48 parents/carers from minority groups to take part in informal educational courses and to undertake voluntary work in nine primary and middle schools
Parents and their Children's Hopes - £20,00
Towards giving 24 parents help to support their children's learning.
Pearl of Africa Foundation - £37,810
Towards the salary over two years of a part-time Project Manager to develop the skills of single-parent, African mothers so that they can better support their children's learning.
Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP) - £300,00
Towards supporting the expansion of the early years' training programme.
Playboard - £52,734
Towards the salary and costs over two years of a Project Co-ordinator to improve play opportunities for children in primary school playgrounds in Northern Ireland.
Pop-Up Theatre - £44,510
Towards training 24 early years' staff and 90 parents in nurseries to get pupils ready for primary school.
Prisoners' Education Trust - £99,600
Towards the salary over three years of the Director to expand learning opportunities available to all prisoners in England.
Public Service Broadcasting Trust - £20,00
Towards building the capacity of the organisation via the development and implementation of a business plan.
Reading Quest - £20,00
Towards giving 30 hard-to-reach BME parents and carers in East Oxford the confidence to support their children's education and to learn for themselves.
Real Action Ltd - £50,000
Towards the costs over two years of raising the literacy levels of hard-to-reach learners living the in Queen's Park area of London.
Refugee Education and Employment Programme - £60,000
Towards the salary of a part-time education co-ordinator to provide a flexible learning package of first steps learning for refugees.
Research and Information on State Education Trust - £19,970
Towards the costs of researching the role of parents/carers in planning and setting up new secondary schools.
Refugee Housing Association - £65,379
Towards the Home Learning Project.
Romsey Mill Trust - £19,000
Towards the salary of a Support Worker to run a family learning programme.
School of Education, The University of Nottingham - £20,000
Towards the costs of training primary teachers to work more confidently in the visual arts.
Scottish Mediation Network - £48,500
Towards the salary over two years of an education development officer and associated project costs to develop peer mediation programmes in Scottish Schools.
SightLines Initiative - £95,000
Towards the salary of a Development Worker to increase understanding of the role of the arts in early learning.
Social Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties Association (SEBDA) - £95,000
Towards expanding the services offered to education, health and social services professionals through SEBDA, an organisation that works with pupils with emotional and behavioural difficulties.
Solas Cymru Ltd - £40,000
Towards a learning programme for over 200 hard-to-reach adults, delivered though cookery.
South East London Community Foundation - £20,000
Towards the salary of a part-time tutor and educational materials to improve the literacy skills and educational achievement of gypsy and traveller communities in South East London.
Southampton Music Service - £19,203
Towards the salary costs of traning practitioners and parents in new learning techniques involving music.
St Stephen's Neighbourhood Centre - £20,000
Towards the salary of a Project Worker to re-engage young people aged 13-16 through an alternative curriculum.
Success For All Foundation - £65,000
Towards the costs over two years of a Key Stage 3 English specialist to support schools with low levels of achievement.
Teacher Support Scotland - £74,000
Towards the piloting of new approaches to behaviour management in Scottish schools.
The Cedar Foundation - £29,535
Towards working with 60 young disabled people to ensure their successful transition into further/higher education and/or employment.
The Corner House Cross Community Family Centre - £59,588
Towards the salary and costs of a Women's Development Worker to provide learning opportunities for hard-to-reach learners in Belfast.
The Festival of International Theatre Research - £18,000
Towards giving informal learning opportunities to ten disadvantaged, hard-to-reach mothers, ten pensioners and ten young people in danger of exclusion from secondary school.
The Foundation for Social Thinking - £10,805
Towards the costs of publishing a study to improve initial teacher education in the primary curriculum.
The Gatehouse Publishing Charity Ltd - £20,000
Towards tutors costs to inspire hard-to-reach learners to develop their literacy skills.
The Haven Wolverhampton - £56,755
Towards helping 64 women with mental health issues living in hostels as a result of domestic abuse to support their children's learning.
The Lydiard Group Ltd - £17,100
Towards the salary of a part-time Sessional Parent Advice Officer to reduce the exclusion rate of young people from African-Caribbean backgrounds in Waltham Forest.
The Mary Frances Trust - £20,000
Towards the costs of increasing the number of people with mental health problems accessing mainstream education.
The Open Learning Partnership - £20,00
Towards benefiting 80 hard-to-reach individuals in North London with low levels of English through innovative learning sessions held in community centres.
The Performing Arts Labs Ltd - £60,000
Towards helping up to 80 teachers to explore and test new approaches to improving pupil motivation, behaviour and attainment.
The Refugee Therapy Centre - £20,000
Towards the costs of supporting children from refugee families to access mainstream schooling.
The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manafactures & Commerce (RSA) - £19,650
Towards the costs of a project to increase the number of schools developing and implementing their own competence-based curriculum.
The Rural Media Company - £15,000
Towards the costs of tutors to raise the attainment level of school excludees in Herefordshire.
The Shannon Trust - £10,500
Toward supporting the development of a business plan.
The Southampton Childhood Autism Programme - £51,452
Towards evaluating and improving a behavioural programme for autistic children.
The Voices Foundation - £94,000
Towards the costs of staff development to enhance music education in primary schools.
Thomas Coram Research Unit - £44,775
Towards investigating how Danish approaches to childcare might be introduced to children's services in the UK.
Tower Hamlets Summer University - £61,181
Towards expanding the Community Volunteer programme into schools to benefit 120 young people at risk of exclusion in the London borough of Tower Hamlets.
UK Youth - £11,025
Towards the costs of piloting an arts-based curriculum for young people excluded from mainstream education.
University of Central England in Birmingham - £17,841
Towards research into the value of work placements for year 10 students in Birmingham.
Volunteer Reading Help - £106,298
Towards recruiting at least 60 volunteers to improve at least 120 primary school children's literacy in the North of England.
Wellington Methodist Church - £15,000
Towards the salary of an Instructor to provide alternative education provision for excludees from schools in Telford.
West Sussex Learning Links - £52,248
Towards core costs over two years to enable adults with learning disabilities in Sussex to participate in mainstream learning activities.
Women in Prison - £70,000
Towards the salary over two years of a Project Co-ordinator to increase the number of female prisoners taking up distance learning.
Workforce Charitable Trust - £63,288
Towards the costs of expanding informal learning opportunities for young people excluded from mainstream education in Newham and Islington.
World Book Day - £20,000
Towards the production of outreach material to promote books for emergent adult readers in the community.
Youth Esteem UK - £54,800
Towards the salary of a Development Worker to raise the educational attainment of 180 young people in danger of exclusion from education settings in Wales.
Grants approved up to £10,000
Artlink Edinburgh & The Lothians - £10,000
ArtsEdEast - £8,000
Aylesbury Grammar School - £2,000
Bristol Learning Partnership - £2,500
Campaign for Learning - £10,000
Corecog - £3,200
Department of Education, University of Bath - £7,591
Ealing Somali Welfare & Cultural Association - £10,000
Fledglings - £5,000
Heartbeat International Missions - £10,000
Institute of Education - £9,940
Lyndons Arts Trust - £5,000
Music and the Deaf - £4,486
Sarum Orchestra - £5,600
Testbourne Teapot - £4,850
The Caspari Foundation - £10,000
The Dalcroze Society UK (Inc) - £5,000
The Institute for Fiscal Studies - £10,000
The Wheels Project Ltd - £10,000
Yes Africa - £7530
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