London Funders Community Core Costs Fund: July 2017
Organisation / Grant Description / Amount13 Rivers Trust / staffing costs to provide support to Muslim families who have been bereaved through pre-burial planning work, burial support and post-burial care / £20,000
24 Hearts / a community–led arts-based project based in Maxilla Gardens which aims to create an accessible shared space for the community alongside offering creative workshops for both children and adults / £7,800
ACAVA (Association for Cultural Advancement through Visual Art) / art therapy sessions for young adults and older adults affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £11,420
Action Disability Kensington and Chelsea / drop-in sessions to provide emotional support and counselling for people with disabilities affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £4,000
African Women Empowerment and Information Centre / holistic support for families affected by the Grenfell Tower fire through activities and befriending services / £10,680
African Women's Care / additional freelance staff to co-ordinate summer activities while core staff are supporting people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire, particularly helping people give witness statements and carrying out a needs analysis / £17,745
Al-Hasaniya Moroccan Women's Project / an Arabic speaking support worker and some costs already incurred, including donations and volunteer expenses, in supporting victims / £20,000
Anti-Tribalism Movement / immediate support, food costs, translators, counselling, staff time and rent to support bereaved families and others living nearby / £14,100
Association of Moroccans Residents UK / a weekly support/café-style meeting to build community and support residents affected by the Grenfell Tower fire, and a seaside trip for families / £3,200
Azza Supplementary School / the provision of support for children aged 6-16 and their families, mostly from Arabic-speaking backgrounds / £10,000
Baraka Community Association / outreach and a drop-in facility to provide informal advice, advocacy, referral and signposting to BAME community members affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £24,000
Brave Indie / work with young people over a six week period to make a short film about their experiences of Grenfell to be shown at the Portobello Film Festival / £12,000
Brownbaby / the design and set-up of a website (Grenfellsupport.com) which provides clear and relevant information for residents, including costs of on-going coordination, volunteer expenses, secure email, and maintenance and updating / £15,000
Central African Help Centre / staffing costs and the delivery of counselling and practical support and African communities/ individuals affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £7,177
Communities Welfare Network / support for those affected by the Grenfell Fire and their families through the provision of direct support, advice, and interpreting and befriending services / £6,500
Community Integration Project / one-to-one support and crime diversion workshops, trips and outings for local Somali, Congolese, and other communities in and around Grenfell Tower / £10,000
Community Relief / arts and therapeutic activities for children, young people and families affected by the Grenfell Tower fire . / £2,390
Congo Great Lakes Initiative / immediate response work and on-going support, counselling and co-ordination with people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £15,576
Dadihiye Somali Development Organization / community activities including sewing classes, a supplementary school, ESOL provision and support to access other advice agencies / £18,000
Dalgarno Supplementary School / specialist workers to provide support to children affected by the Grenfell Tower fire, additional equipment and a contribution towards an inclusive community event / £15,300
Dalgarno Trust / immediate response work, staffing, volunteer expenses and ongoing support work with people affected by the Grenfell Tower Fire / £25,000
Epic ELM CIC / immediate response work and the development of additional youth programmes and clinical support for young people and staff affected by Grenfell Tower fire / £20,000
Eritrean Lowlanders League / immediate response work in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire and ongoing costs relating to the provision of community activities, trips and events / £7,500
Eritrean Parents & Children Association / co-ordinating support for the Eritrean community including access to advice, information and wellbeing support / £16,000
Ethiopian Women’s Empowerment Group / outreach support, group/ individual counselling, and massage therapy for women affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £19,950
Ferarts / equipment and running costs for street art work with children and young people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £17,600
Fifty Plus Eritrean Welfare Association / an additional weekly support group for older Eritrean men who have been affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £5,125
Fundamental(s) CIC / immediate support work, including the provision of food and clothing, plus ongoing wellbeing support and family lunches / £3,000
Global Women's Link / supporting African older people and families through emotional and practical support, including art therapy, cultural events and trust building activities / £9,140
Golaw Organisation / ongoing support and counselling for families affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £6,700
Grenfell Befrienders / a freelance administrative worker’s salary and volunteer expenses for a new group offering therapeutic 'holding space' support to people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £5,000
Grenfell Hope Project / volunteer travel costs, refreshment and room hire at a newly constituted group providing volunteer-led 'psychological first aid' to people living in the vicinity of Grenfell Tower / £5,000
Grenfell Muslim Response Unit (GMRU) / immediate response work and ongoing family liaison and support work with individuals and families affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £20,000
Grenfell Trust / salaries of sessional link workers and a co-ordinator and volunteer expenses to provide practical help and support to people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £12,000
Grove United / a daytrip to Margate for local families / £1,000
Hands On London / immediate response work coordinating volunteers and managing donations in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire / £2,800
Healthier Life 4 You Family & Community / African dance and social support sessions for women survivors and others affected by the fire / £1,530
Hear Women/GarGar Foundation / additional sessions and activities at the Al Mannar Centre plus some core costs for work with East and North African women who have been affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £17,000
Help Counselling Centre / immediate listening support, signposting and fielding of enquiries and on-going counselling for 20 people affected by Grenfell Tower fire / £7,930
Help the Young People / the provision of emotional support and activities for children and families, mainly originating from the Ivory Coast, affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £3,000
Here is the Help / staffing, travel, transport and print costs for a new organisation supporting people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire via volunteer matching and co-ordination, distribution of information, befriending and undertaking and fulfilling needs assessments / £12,100
Here is the Translation / running costs for a project which is providing translations of key information and support material in the 22 languages used by Grenfell Tower residents / £9,066
Hodan Somali Community / support for Somali families in and around Grenfell Tower, giving space for grief and recovery and offering practical help through outreach, advice and counselling / £7,675
Hope Community Centre / immediate response work in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire, including volunteer expenses, volunteer co-ordination and food costs / £1,900
Just Solutions 123 / volunteer expenses related to immediate support and events with residents from the area around Grenfell Tower to build relationships and foster community cohesion / £6,430
Kensington Narrators / camera and sound equipment to record people's experiences in a sensitive way when they're ready to do so: the footage will be the property of the individual (who may choose to keep it private, place it in a historical community archive or submit it to the inquiry) / £5,000
Kids on the Green / the running costs of a play-based group operating from a local green space, offering drop-in support with specialist therapists on hand for more targeted support / £10,000
Kodjo Yenga Educational Trust and Foundation / the provision of advice and support to young people from the communities, schools and colleges around Grenfell Tower / £10,000
Lancaster West Children's Community Network (LWCCN) / re-establishing the nursery, which was based in Grenfell Tower, including staffing costs / £20,000
Lancaster West Residents Association / immediate response work in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire, ongoing support work with residents and liaison between residents and other agencies / £30,000
Latymer Community Church / immediate response work and additional administrative support at an organisation offering a safe space and running activities for those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £20,000
Lido Foundation / information, advice and advocacy for Somali residents affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £7,000
London Football Journeys / a day trip to the England football team’s training ground for young people in partnership with Harrow Club and Baraka Community Association / £2,430
Making Communities Work and Grow / additional sessional advice workers, volunteer expenses, utility costs and meeting expenses to provide support to people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £24,000
Maxilla Social Club / the running costs of a key community building close to Grenfell Tower which is being used as a meeting place by local groups / £4,000
Midaye Somali Development Network / immediate response work and ongoing provision of practical and emotional support, liaison with service providers, advocacy and co-ordination of other services for families affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £24,000
Migrants Organise / the provision of practical and leadership development support to migrant and refugee community leaders and volunteers, the co-ordination of community sector responses and the organisation of regular listening events / £20,000
North Kensington Women Textiles Workshop / sewing workshops which will enable women to support each other, and a contribution towards self care activities, massage and beauty therapy sessions / £5,000
Notting Hill Carnival Pioneers / the costs of a small community festival to be held prior to the Carnival, with a particular focus on embedding work to heal the community following the Grenfell Tower fire / £5,000
Notting Hill Methodist Church / immediate response work in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire and ongoing staffing and administrative costs / £20,000
Nottingwood House Residents Association / community drop in afternoons with children's activities and an international evening for residents affected by Grenfell / £2,000
Nova New Opportunities / immediate outreach and support work with people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire and an ongoing programme of summer activities / £19,800
Octavia Foundation / administrative costs and staff training to support people displaced by the Grenfell Tower fire / £4,673
Open Age / a combination of one-to-one and group activities which will provide immediate practical respite and emotional support / £2,280
Oxford Gardens Primary School / a learning mentor to support children and families and help the staff team work more effectively as the trauma of the Grenfell Tower fire manifests itself at the beginning of a new school year / £21,426
Peace Garden / establishing and running a community garden in the vicinity of Grenfell Tower / £8,000
People, Potential, Possibilities - The Rugby Portobello Trust / immediate response work in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire / £20,000
Pepper Pot Centre / Staffing, volunteer expenses, meals and transport costs to provide support to older residents, primarily those of African and Caribbean descent / £16,666
Persian Care Centre / wellbeing work with PCC members and other residents, including massage, yoga, acupuncture, and counselling to be delivered in partnership with the Dalgarno Trust / £20,000
Pimento Community Project / increased activities and volunteer expenses at a supplementary school working with young people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £2,390
Portobello Film Festival / events focusing on the positive contributions of local people and bringing people together, as part of the annual Portobello Film Festival / £5,000
Prospects Kensington / the provision of space for the community, activities, and staffing costs to support IT and training work with residents displaced by the Grenfell Tower fire / £18,000
Revival Pictures WIO CIC / a film making programme for 8-16 year olds to make their own content and give voice to their experiences of the Grenfell Tower fire / £4,000
S.P.I.D. Theatre Company / additional support, community meals, advice and therapeutic work in community rooms close to Grenfell Tower / £8,344
Shaman PR / community liaison and outreach with women and girls in communities directly affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £8,775
Silchester Residents' Association / the salary of a freelance community development worker/co-ordinator to enable the residents association to provide support to community members through a range of activities and services / £16,000
Somali Women's Association / salary costs, volunteer expenses, interpreter costs etc to support outreach and engagement work with people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £10,000
St Helen's Church / the provision of creative activities to support young people and their families following the summer holidays, linking with counselling services and schools / £17,000
Sudanese Association / volunteer expenses, travel costs, room hire etc to provide support to members of the Sudanese community affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £3,200
TB Silent Cry - Tuberculosis (TBSC) / immediate response work in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire, and the provision of ongoing support to survivors and witnesses through counselling, weekly meetings and trips out of the area / £11,408
The Cara Trust / immediate support and on-going practical and emotional help for vulnerable, isolated clients with HIV displaced from Grenfell Tower / £1,050
The ClementJames Centre / immediate response work in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire and additional staffing to support ongoing work with survivors and displaced residents / £21,153
The Kensington Trust / a range of activities for local children and young people including a residential over carnival weekend, away days, evening sessions, volunteer expenses and sessional workers and a contribution to immediate response work / £10,000
The Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre (MCHC) Trust / immediate response work and additional co-ordination and utility costs for an organisation that acted as an emergency support centre following the Grenfell Tower fire / £25,000
The Toy Project / activities at a summer play scheme to be held at the Lancaster West Children’s Community Network’s nursery / £1,500
Thomas Jones Primary School / additional after hours activities and support for pupils at a primary school very close to Grenfell Tower / £7,600
Thomas's Schools Foundation / the co-ordination of an art therapy programme for children in 7 schools and 3 community centres in North Kensington, which is already in progress and will continue on into the autumn / £5,100
Total Family Coaching & Parenting / multi-lingual therapeutic support for families affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £20,000
Urban Dandy / blogging and writing workshops for children and adults affected by the Grenfell Tower fire and running costs of a website aimed at the local community / £5,000
Venture Community Association / immediate response work, administrative support and an away day for staff for an organisation supporting families affected by the Grenfell Tower Fire / £15,000
Volunteer Centre Kensington & Chelsea / additional staff costs supporting volunteering efforts as an immediate response to the Grenfell Tower fire / £5,000
Volunteer Police Cadets / a 5-day residential to the Isle of Wight for up to 80 local young people (cadets and non cadets) for respite and support / £24,640
WAND UK (Women's Association for African Networking and Development) / outreach, individual and group support the dissemination of relevant information, and group activities for women affected by the Grenfell Tower fire / £2,000
West London Moroccan Widadia / core running costs to help re-establish a supplementary school which has lost its premises as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire / £16,000
WestPoint - Sustainable Community Development / increasing volunteer capacity, the provision of space for private and confidential support work, and additional counselling costs / £11,240
Westway Community Transport / a transit van and part time coordinator to transport donated goods and furniture to venues and addresses in the borough / £24,000
Westway Trust - The Pop Up Nursery / administrative support at a group providing nursery and crèche facilities as well as signposting towards childcare training for local women / £19,000
Wings of Hope Community Association / provision of support to victims of the Grenfell Tower fire and their families through coffee mornings, physical activities, advice and volunteer befriending / £9,980
Worldwide Somali Students and Professionals / the provision of wide-ranging support to survivors living in temporary accommodation, including linking to other services and mentoring for children and young people / £10,000
Youth Independent Advisory Group (YIAG) Met Police / weekly sports activities for young people / £2,800
Total of 100 Grants Agreed / £1,148,789