Grants made in 2005

Strategic Initiatives

Environment

Allotments Regeneration Initiative

Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens - £85,000
Towards core costs of running the Allotments Regeneration Initiative.

Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens - £220,968
Towards core costs over two years to increase allotment use.

UK Biodiversiy programme

Plantlife International The Wild-Plant Conservation Charity - £153,770
Towards the salary of an officer to provide training and advice relating to the care of endangered arable species.


Rethinking Crime and Punishment - Implementing the Findings Programme

Thames Valley Partnership - £201,659
Towards the costs of a project to increase public involvement in community sentences.

Thames Valley Partnership - £19,064
Towards a series of study visits to community sentence projects and discussions for judges and magistrates.

Howard League for Penal Reform - £25,000
Towards the costs of the new Community Programmes Awards and producing a publication to desseminate models of good practice based on the winning programmes.


Education

In addition to the strategic initiatives the Foundation also runs an ongoing partnership with The Sutton Trust to support a limited number of projects that increase access to higher education for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The Sutton Trust - £4,450
Towards working with parents and carers in specialist schools to widen participation.

The Sutton Trust - £25,000
Towards the costs of a project to work with disadvantaged young people to help realise their academic potential.

The Sutton Trust - £29,511
Towards the costs of a project to explore the value of extra intervention on the lives of children aged 5-16 years old.

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