The Team London Bridge Small Grants Fund, jointly funded by Team London Bridge and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), is for youth projects which benefit 5-19 year olds living and/or going to school in the Bermondsey area in Southwark. Grants of £500 - £2,000 are available.
The application period for 2010/11 Small Grants Fund is now closed and the following organisations have been awarded funding:
| Organisation |
Project |
| 16th Bermondsey Scouts |
Seven night camp in the New Forest, Hampshire. The camp will consist of a variety of activities including: camping, cooking, walking/navigation, sailing, raft building, cycling, swimming archery and abseiling. |
| Bede Youth Adventure Project |
A week long summer camp with opportunities for young people to experience the countryside, and learn to look after themselves by camping. |
| Borough Music School |
Develop pupil's general musicianship and knowledge plus the organisation and promotion of a final performance. |
| Bruk Out |
Provide young people with workshops in dance, drama, singing, lyric writing and fashion design. |
| City Hope Church |
Outreach soccer workshops and intensive training course culminating in a tournament. Coaching qualifications are also available. |
| Downside Fisher Youth Club |
A range of water based activities including aqua boxing, water polo and swim fitness, using the youth club's own swimming pool. |
| London Bubble |
Working with young people through the Youth Theatre, teaching them interviewing skills to interview and then transcibe experiences of people who lived through the Blitz. A script and performance will be devised as a result of these conversations. |
| SE1 United |
Homework clubs, mentoring, and from Residentials to Book Clubs. |
| Southbank Mosaics |
After school club to produce a mosaic of the London riverside which will be permanently displayed near London Bridge. |
| SPAM Tenants & Residents Association |
A five week project run over the holiday. Extra arts and sports activities will take place on the local estate. |
| Tabard Gardens South Tenants & Residents Association |
Weekly drama sessions for local children to develop social skills, self confidence, self decipline and express a range of creative ideas and feelings. |
| The Brunel Museum |
Two-week playscheme for 60 local children, celebrating the first Thames Tunnel Fancy Fair of 1852. Two local teachers will co-ordinate workshops in arts & crafts. |
| The Pumphouse Educational Trust |
Workshops to empower the children to promote good community environmental practice to others. |
| Time and Talents |
Multi media project that would include film making, photography, music production and performing arts. |
| WPF Therapy |
Intensive work placement scheme |
| Young Vic Theatre |
Opportunity for 30 new young people who attend a local school in Bermondsey ro attend three 2 hour workshops plus free tickets to see a production. |
Case studies of the 2009-10 Small Grant Fund projects will be available shortly.
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Here is what people say about the Small Grant Fund:
"Parents on the Tabard Estate say the drama group funded by the Small Grant Fund gives children the chance to socialise and express themaselves as well as making friends with children from the other parts of the estate." Genevieve Collier, Tabard Gardens South TRA
"Our theatre project encouraged young people to work together creatively, to express themselves and to communicate both orally and in writing." Suzanna Rosenthal, Steam Industry Free Theatre Co.
Applications must meet one or more of the following criteria:
- To encourage positive youth engagement
- To support the leap into the world of work
- To provide extra educational opportunities
For more information please call 020 7407 4701 or e-mail georgina@teamlondonbridge.co.uk, quoting "London Bridge Small Grants Fund".