We are very pleased to announce our first round of small grants have been awarded this month, distributing £50000 of investment from our founding partners to support a huge range of projects delivered by our grass-roots member organisations within Westminster.
The fund aims to support community organisations to deliver activities and services that meet the needs of the children and young people of Westminster, whilst enhancing the capacity and sustainability of the sector. The projects that we have supported each focus on one of our key theme’s as highlighted by our recent needs analysis report, A City Within A City:
- Health & Wellbeing
- Accessing Opportunities
- Staying Safe
- Local Environment
The grants panel included YWF trustees, young Westminster residents, representatives from John Lyon’s Charity and One Westminster and founding partners. The following organisations and projects have been awarded a small grant this May, with the scope to benefit over 1000 young people:
- Paddington Arts – Summer Holiday Project and Residential
- Fourth Feathers – Summer Holiday Programme
- PAN Intercultural – The Weapon of Choice School Residencies Project
- Play Association – North Westminster Out of School Hours Project
- Greenhouse Sports – Greenhouse Sports Active Homework Club
- Avenues Youth Club – Half Term Programme
- St Andrews Club – St Andrews Club Summer Project
- MBS – Eat Healthy and Get Active
- DreamArts – Express 1:1
- Floating Classroom – New Beginnings
- North Paddington Youth Club – North Paddington Youth Club
- London Sports Trust – Think Active Juniors
- SouthWest Fest – Every Voice
A special thank you to our founding partners whose support has made our grants programme possible – Shaftesbury PLC, Colas Rail, The Mercers’ Company, Landsec, Capital Arches Group and A Taj Hotel. We look forward to sharing the impact of this first round of grants and to securing further investment towards of our second round of grant funding later in the year.
If you would like further information as to how you can support our work as a business partner or how to join us as a member, please get in touch via info@ywfoundation.com
