Grants

Organisations supported during the period 6 April 2010 to 5 April 2011 are listed below, for previous years click on the links:

MEDICINE AND HEALTH

Care & Treatment

Bladder and Bowel Foundation - Information for people living in Bedfordshire

Dystonia Society - Milton Keynes Living with Dystonia Day

Everyman Support Group - Wendy Gough's Schools Talks on Cancer Awareness

Headway Luton - Service Development Research Assistant Post

Huntington's Disease Association - Bedfordshire Regional Care

Macmillan Cancer Support - Specialist Psychotherapist based at Luton & Dunstable Hospital

Marie Curie Cancer Care - Nursing Services in Bedfordshire

MDF The BiPolar Organisation - Self Management Training Course

Meningitis Trust - Community Development Officer

Motor Neurone Disease Association - Regional Care Development

Narcolepsy UK - Medical Awareness Campaign in Bedfordshire

Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children - Equipment Grant Programme for Disabled Bedfordshire Children

Rapid Effective Assistance for Children with potentially Terminal illness (React) - Equipment for Terminally Ill Children from
Disadvantaged Families Living in Bedfordshire

Rett Syndrome Association UK - Core Costs

Sue Ryder Care - Furniture for St John's Hospice, Bedford

TB Alert - Bedfordshire Patient Support Fund

Theodora Children's Trust - Clown Doctors visits to Addenbrooke Hospital

Towersey Foundation - Music Therapy Service for Pasque Charity Patients

Research

Action for ME - Online ME Centre

Alzheimer's Research Trust

Brain & Spine Foundation - Information Service

Prostate Research Campaign UK - Quarterly Publication "Update" and information leaflets

Hospices

Keech Hospice Care - Core costs

Hospitals

Bedford Hospitals Charity - The Ducklings Appeal

Luton and Dunstable Hospital Charitable Fund - Fitting out and decorating of a room in the new NICU

Nursing Homes

Guideposts Trust - Dementia Information Service in Bedfordshire

Nursing & Help

Hospice at Home Volunteers (Bedford) - 3 Volunteers ManagersSalaries Costs

SOCIAL WELFARE

Benevolent Organisations

St Dunstan's - Welfare and Equipment for St Dunstaners based in Bedfordshire

Housing & Homeless

BECHAR (Bedford Concern for the Homeless and Rootless) - Support Worker

Leighton Linslade Homeless Service - Emergency and Temporary Accommodation costs

Children & Youth

9th Ampthill and Woburn (Badger Hill) Scout Group - Replacement Roof and Windows in Scout Hut

Barton Scouts and Guides Headquarters Management Committee - New Building Appeal

Bedford Open Door - Project Manager Salary Costs

Bibles for Children - Bibles for Primary Schools in Bedfordshire

British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) - Southern Region Advice and Information Service

Crescent Summer School Project - 2010 Activities Programme

Hope UK - Voluntary Drug Educator Programme in Bedfordshire

Luton Churches Education Trust - Compass Project

Mitalee Youth Association - 2010 Summer School

Prince's Trust - Bedfordshire Programme

ReachOut Plus - Chellington Centre Education and Development Manager costs

St Francis' Children's Society - Widening Horizons Project

YouthNet UK - do-it-org.uk Volunteering Project

Elderly

Bedford Guild House - Workshops and Chair Based Exercise Classes

Oakley Rural Day Care Centre - Running Costs

Community Development

Bedford and District Citizens Advice Bureau - Employment

Bedford and District Neighbourhood Watch Association - Part-time Administrator

Bedfordshire African Community Centre - The Gateway Project

Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Purchase of DIGITS software system and training costs

Blunham Village Hall Committee - Refurbishment Project

Cardington PCC - Reconstruction of the decayed parapet gutters on the Whitbread Chaple roof

Cardington PCC

Christchurch Bushmead PCC - Youth Pastor and Assistant Youth Worker Salary Costs

Cranfield Village Hall - Repairs Fund

Dunstable & District Citizens Advice Bureau - Specialist Money Advice Service

Dunstable & Houghton Regis Street Pastors - Dunstable & Leighton Buzzard Street Pastors Schemes

Elstow PCC - New Community Hall

Hope Trust (Bedford) - The Grove Pregnancy Crisis & Post Abortion Centre - Repairs to Property

Kempston Community Association - Replacement ceiling and King's Arms Trust (Bedford) - Furnishing of the Community Hub and Fitting out of the kitchen

Leighton Linslade and District Citizens Advice Bureau - Specialist Money Advice Caseworker

Luton Irish Forum - Welfare Project

Luton Town Centre Chaplaincy

Luton West Indian Community Association - Core costs

NOAH Enterprise - Service Engineer Training Programme

Pavenham Parish Council - Solar Panels for Pavenham Village

PREEN Community Interest Company - Training and Employment Opportunities for Disabled People

SERVE - North Bedfordshire Transport Service

Sharnbrook Village Hall - Building extension to provide additional storage space

Shillington Village Hall - Instillation of new storage heaters

Southill PCC - All Saints Church, Southill External Extension

St Michael's Church, Bedford

Stanbridge & Tilsworth Community Association - Proscenium

Willow Residents' and Families' Association - Social activities

WRVS - Bedfordshire Good Neighbours and Home from Hospital Schemes

Disabled Groups

Autism Bedfordshire - 2010 Summer Activities Schemes in Bedford and Luton

Bedford Mencap - Bromham Millers CIC Craft Centre Development Programme

Beds Garden Carers - Replacement People Carrier

Brainwave Centre Ltd - Therapy for a child from Bedfordshire

Changing Faces - East/South East Officer costs

Deafblind UK - Communication and Volunteer Support for Bedfordshire People

Friendship Link & Action Group (FLAG) - Outing to Woburn Abbey Safari Park

Jumbulance Trust - Outings for Bedfordshire Care Homes Residents

Listening Books - Membership for existing people living in Bedfordshire

Monday Club for the Blind - Gazebo, Chairs and an Outing to the Coast

PACE Centre - Specialist Mobility Equipment Fund for Bedfordshire Children

Queen Elizabeth's Foundation - Upgrading of facilities and the purchase of new equipment

Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) - Talking Books Service for Bedfordshire Blind and Partially Sighted People

Scope - Response Service in Bedfordshire

Sequal Trust - VERSE Communication System for a lady from Luton

Soundabout - Outreach Training at Special Schools in Bedfordshire

Whizz Kidz - Bedfordshire Waiting List

Family Life & Moral Welfare

Bedfordshire John Howard Society - Luton Foyer Core Costs

Child Bereavement Charity - Giving Out Grief Part Two

Community Resettlement Support Project Limited - Part-time Project Worker costs

Family Action - Regional Manager for the London and the South East Region

Friends of the Child Bereavement Service - Bedfordshire - Specialist Bereavement Trauma Service

Home-Start Bedford Borough - Scheme Manager Salary Costs

Home-Start South Bedfordshire - Core costs

National Council for One Parent Families - Gingerbread Friendship Group in Bedfordshire

Onset Trust - Options Crisis Pregnancy Service

Road Victims Trust - Volunteers' Training Costs

Salvation Army - Debt Advice Services in Bedford

Samaritans - East Region Operating Costs

Tilehouse Counselling - Funding for counselling sessions for women and young people from Bedfordshire

Yarl's Wood Befrienders - Telephone cards for detainees

Other

Bedfordshire Refugee & Asylum Seeker Support (BRASS) - Project Co-ordinator's Salary Costs

Cruse Bereavement Care - Bedfordshire Area Co-ordinator

EDUCATION

Schools

Cranfield VC Lower School PTFA - Purchase of three Kwikshade Canopies

John Donne Church of England Lower School - Modernisation and Expansion Project

Parents and Friends of Potton Lower School - "Where the wild things are" Project

Robert Bloomfield Middle School - New Drama Facility/Community Theatre Project

Stratton Upper School - Stratton Community Farm CIC - Rebuild

Pre-School

Chimneytots Pre-School Ltd - Purchase and Installation of a Canopy

Special Needs

Chrysalis School for Autism - Core Costs

National Association for Gifted Children - Family Learning Sessions and Explore More events in Bedfordshire & Luton

Other

Schools' Activities in Bedford - 2011 Drama Days 1,000.00 Feb 2011

THE ARTS

Art & Art Galleries

Cecil Higgins Art Gallery

Dance & Music

Ampthill Singers - New Keyboard

Armonico Consort - Musical in a Day Programme in Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire Orchestral Society - Bedfordshire Symphony Orchestra's Concert at the Bedford Corn Exchange

International Organ Festival Society - 26th St Albans International Organ Festival

Live Music Now! - Interactive Music Performances for Special Needs People in Bedfordshire

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain - Training costs for a young musician from Bedfordshire

Drama & Theatre

Full House Theatre Company - Core Costs

Museums & Libraries

John Bunyan Museum - Appointment of a Full-time Curator

ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION

Animal & Bird Life

Animal Health Trust - Equine Research

Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue - Core costs

European Squirrel Initiative - Core Costs

Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust - Developing sustainable, multi-purpose, farmland wildlife crops

People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) - PetAid Practices Scheme in Luton

Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough - Bedfordshire Wildlife

Historic Buildings & Churches

All Saints Church, Clifton - Overhaul of Bells

Ampthill Methodist Church - Various improvements

Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Historic Churches Trust - Endowment Fund

Clapham Methodist Church - Refurbishment of Worship Area

Park Road Methodist Church - Various building improvements

Sandy Methodist Church - Building works and refurbishment of organ and sound system

St Botolph Church, Aspley Guise - Repair works

St John the Baptist Church, Flitton - Stonework repairs

St Leonards Church, Stagsden - New Extension

St Mary the Virgin Church, Studham - Work to the Chancel

St Mary's Church, Bletsoe - Repairs to Structure and Internal

St Paul's Church Bedford Parochial Church Council - Organ Restoration Appeal

St Peter and St Paul Church, Cranfield - Construction of a New

St Peter's Church, Harrold - Repointing and stone work repairs

St Thomas' Church, Stopsley - New Church Hall

Rural Preservation

British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) - Bedfordshire Biodiversity Action Team

Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Bedfordshire Branch - Core Costs

Greensand Trust - Working Woodlands Centre Project

Other

Biggleswade Crab Lane Railway Embankment Committee - New

INTERNATIONAL

Europe

St Gregory's Foundation - Core costs

Other

Fauna & Flora International - Core Costs

SPORTS & LEISURE

Youth

Bounce Back - Core costs

Cricket Foundation - Chance to Shine Campaign in Bedfordshire

Dallow Cricket Development - Cricket School Project

Elstow Cricket Club - Astroturf Pitch and CoachIng Equipment

Sandy Cricket Club - Youth Development Academy

Southill Park Cricket Club - Youth Development Scheme

Tennis for Free - 2011 Community Tennis Programme at Bedford

Centres & Playing Fields

Elstow Playing Field Association - Replacement Fencing

Sharnbrook Playing Field Association - Replacement Field Mower

Other

Active Luton - team Beds & Luton County Sports Partnership 16 - 19 Sport and Physical Activity Project



	Grants Organisations supported during the period 6 April 2010 to 5 April 2011 are listed below, for previous years click on the links: 6 April 2009 to 5 April 2010 can be seen here 6 April 2008 to 5 April 2009 can be seen here 6 April 2007 to 5 April 2008 can be seen here 6 April 2006 to 5 April 2007 can be seen here MEDICINE AND HEALTH Care & Treatment Bladder and Bowel Foundation - Information for people living in Bedfordshire Dystonia Society - Milton Keynes Living with Dystonia Day Everyman Support Group - Wendy Gough's Schools Talks on Cancer Awareness Headway Luton - Service Development Research Assistant Post Huntington's Disease Association - Bedfordshire Regional Care Macmillan Cancer Support - Specialist Psychotherapist based at Luton & Dunstable Hospital Marie Curie Cancer Care - Nursing Services in Bedfordshire MDF The BiPolar Organisation - Self Management Training Course Meningitis Trust - Community Development Officer Motor Neurone Disease Association - Regional Care Development Narcolepsy UK - Medical Awareness Campaign in Bedfordshire Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children - Equipment Grant Programme for Disabled Bedfordshire Children Rapid Effective Assistance for Children with potentially Terminal illness (React) - Equipment for Terminally Ill Children from Disadvantaged Families Living in Bedfordshire Rett Syndrome Association UK - Core Costs Sue Ryder Care - Furniture for St John's Hospice, Bedford TB Alert - Bedfordshire Patient Support Fund Theodora Children's Trust - Clown Doctors visits to Addenbrooke Hospital Towersey Foundation - Music Therapy Service for Pasque Charity Patients Research Action for ME - Online ME Centre Alzheimer's Research Trust Brain & Spine Foundation - Information Service Prostate Research Campaign UK - Quarterly Publication "Update" and information leaflets Hospices Keech Hospice Care - Core costs Hospitals Bedford Hospitals Charity - The Ducklings Appeal Luton and Dunstable Hospital Charitable Fund - Fitting out and decorating of a room in the new NICU Nursing Homes Guideposts Trust - Dementia Information Service in Bedfordshire Nursing & Help Hospice at Home Volunteers (Bedford) - 3 Volunteers ManagersSalaries Costs SOCIAL WELFARE Benevolent Organisations St Dunstan's - Welfare and Equipment for St Dunstaners based in Bedfordshire Housing & Homeless BECHAR (Bedford Concern for the Homeless and Rootless) - Support Worker Leighton Linslade Homeless Service - Emergency and Temporary Accommodation costs Children & Youth 9th Ampthill and Woburn (Badger Hill) Scout Group - Replacement Roof and Windows in Scout Hut Barton Scouts and Guides Headquarters Management Committee - New Building Appeal Bedford Open Door - Project Manager Salary Costs Bibles for Children - Bibles for Primary Schools in Bedfordshire British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) - Southern Region Advice and Information Service Crescent Summer School Project - 2010 Activities Programme Hope UK - Voluntary Drug Educator Programme in Bedfordshire Luton Churches Education Trust - Compass Project Mitalee Youth Association - 2010 Summer School Prince's Trust - Bedfordshire Programme ReachOut Plus - Chellington Centre Education and Development Manager costs St Francis' Children's Society - Widening Horizons Project YouthNet UK - do-it-org.uk Volunteering Project Elderly Bedford Guild House - Workshops and Chair Based Exercise Classes Oakley Rural Day Care Centre - Running Costs Community Development Bedford and District Citizens Advice Bureau - Employment Bedford and District Neighbourhood Watch Association - Part-time Administrator Bedfordshire African Community Centre - The Gateway Project Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Purchase of DIGITS software system and training costs Blunham Village Hall Committee - Refurbishment Project Cardington PCC - Reconstruction of the decayed parapet gutters on the Whitbread Chaple roof Cardington PCC Christchurch Bushmead PCC - Youth Pastor and Assistant Youth Worker Salary Costs Cranfield Village Hall - Repairs Fund Dunstable & District Citizens Advice Bureau - Specialist Money Advice Service Dunstable & Houghton Regis Street Pastors - Dunstable & Leighton Buzzard Street Pastors Schemes Elstow PCC - New Community Hall Hope Trust (Bedford) - The Grove Pregnancy Crisis & Post Abortion Centre - Repairs to Property Kempston Community Association - Replacement ceiling and King's Arms Trust (Bedford) - Furnishing of the Community Hub and Fitting out of the kitchen Leighton Linslade and District Citizens Advice Bureau - Specialist Money Advice Caseworker Luton Irish Forum - Welfare Project Luton Town Centre Chaplaincy Luton West Indian Community Association - Core costs NOAH Enterprise - Service Engineer Training Programme Pavenham Parish Council - Solar Panels for Pavenham Village PREEN Community Interest Company - Training and Employment Opportunities for Disabled People SERVE - North Bedfordshire Transport Service Sharnbrook Village Hall - Building extension to provide additional storage space Shillington Village Hall - Instillation of new storage heaters Southill PCC - All Saints Church, Southill External Extension St Michael's Church, Bedford Stanbridge & Tilsworth Community Association - Proscenium Willow Residents' and Families' Association - Social activities WRVS - Bedfordshire Good Neighbours and Home from Hospital Schemes Disabled Groups Autism Bedfordshire - 2010 Summer Activities Schemes in Bedford and Luton Bedford Mencap - Bromham Millers CIC Craft Centre Development Programme Beds Garden Carers - Replacement People Carrier Brainwave Centre Ltd - Therapy for a child from Bedfordshire Changing Faces - East/South East Officer costs Deafblind UK - Communication and Volunteer Support for Bedfordshire People Friendship Link & Action Group (FLAG) - Outing to Woburn Abbey Safari Park Jumbulance Trust - Outings for Bedfordshire Care Homes Residents Listening Books - Membership for existing people living in Bedfordshire Monday Club for the Blind - Gazebo, Chairs and an Outing to the Coast PACE Centre - Specialist Mobility Equipment Fund for Bedfordshire Children Queen Elizabeth's Foundation - Upgrading of facilities and the purchase of new equipment Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) - Talking Books Service for Bedfordshire Blind and Partially Sighted People Scope - Response Service in Bedfordshire Sequal Trust - VERSE Communication System for a lady from Luton Soundabout - Outreach Training at Special Schools in Bedfordshire Whizz Kidz - Bedfordshire Waiting List Family Life & Moral Welfare Bedfordshire John Howard Society - Luton Foyer Core Costs Child Bereavement Charity - Giving Out Grief Part Two Community Resettlement Support Project Limited - Part-time Project Worker costs Family Action - Regional Manager for the London and the South East Region Friends of the Child Bereavement Service - Bedfordshire - Specialist Bereavement Trauma Service Home-Start Bedford Borough - Scheme Manager Salary Costs Home-Start South Bedfordshire - Core costs National Council for One Parent Families - Gingerbread Friendship Group in Bedfordshire Onset Trust - Options Crisis Pregnancy Service Road Victims Trust - Volunteers' Training Costs Salvation Army - Debt Advice Services in Bedford Samaritans - East Region Operating Costs Tilehouse Counselling - Funding for counselling sessions for women and young people from Bedfordshire Yarl's Wood Befrienders - Telephone cards for detainees Other Bedfordshire Refugee & Asylum Seeker Support (BRASS) - Project Co-ordinator's Salary Costs Cruse Bereavement Care - Bedfordshire Area Co-ordinator EDUCATION Schools Cranfield VC Lower School PTFA - Purchase of three Kwikshade Canopies John Donne Church of England Lower School - Modernisation and Expansion Project Parents and Friends of Potton Lower School - "Where the wild things are" Project Robert Bloomfield Middle School - New Drama Facility/Community Theatre Project Stratton Upper School - Stratton Community Farm CIC - Rebuild Pre-School Chimneytots Pre-School Ltd - Purchase and Installation of a Canopy Special Needs Chrysalis School for Autism - Core Costs National Association for Gifted Children - Family Learning Sessions and Explore More events in Bedfordshire & Luton Other Schools' Activities in Bedford - 2011 Drama Days 1,000.00 Feb 2011 THE ARTS Art & Art Galleries Cecil Higgins Art Gallery Dance & Music Ampthill Singers - New Keyboard Armonico Consort - Musical in a Day Programme in Bedfordshire Bedfordshire Orchestral Society - Bedfordshire Symphony Orchestra's Concert at the Bedford Corn Exchange International Organ Festival Society - 26th St Albans International Organ Festival Live Music Now! - Interactive Music Performances for Special Needs People in Bedfordshire National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain - Training costs for a young musician from Bedfordshire Drama & Theatre Full House Theatre Company - Core Costs Museums & Libraries John Bunyan Museum - Appointment of a Full-time Curator ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION Animal & Bird Life Animal Health Trust - Equine Research Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue - Core costs European Squirrel Initiative - Core Costs Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust - Developing sustainable, multi-purpose, farmland wildlife crops People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) - PetAid Practices Scheme in Luton Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough - Bedfordshire Wildlife Historic Buildings & Churches All Saints Church, Clifton - Overhaul of Bells Ampthill Methodist Church - Various improvements Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Historic Churches Trust - Endowment Fund Clapham Methodist Church - Refurbishment of Worship Area Park Road Methodist Church - Various building improvements Sandy Methodist Church - Building works and refurbishment of organ and sound system St Botolph Church, Aspley Guise - Repair works St John the Baptist Church, Flitton - Stonework repairs St Leonards Church, Stagsden - New Extension St Mary the Virgin Church, Studham - Work to the Chancel St Mary's Church, Bletsoe - Repairs to Structure and Internal St Paul's Church Bedford Parochial Church Council - Organ Restoration Appeal St Peter and St Paul Church, Cranfield - Construction of a New St Peter's Church, Harrold - Repointing and stone work repairs St Thomas' Church, Stopsley - New Church Hall Rural Preservation British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) - Bedfordshire Biodiversity Action Team Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Bedfordshire Branch - Core Costs Greensand Trust - Working Woodlands Centre Project Other Biggleswade Crab Lane Railway Embankment Committee - New INTERNATIONAL Europe St Gregory's Foundation - Core costs Other Fauna & Flora International - Core Costs SPORTS & LEISURE Youth Bounce Back - Core costs Cricket Foundation - Chance to Shine Campaign in Bedfordshire Dallow Cricket Development - Cricket School Project Elstow Cricket Club - Astroturf Pitch and CoachIng Equipment Sandy Cricket Club - Youth Development Academy Southill Park Cricket Club - Youth Development Scheme Tennis for Free - 2011 Community Tennis Programme at Bedford Centres & Playing Fields Elstow Playing Field Association - Replacement Fencing Sharnbrook Playing Field Association - Replacement Field Mower Other Active Luton - team Beds & Luton County Sports Partnership 16 - 19 Sport and Physical Activity Project