All grant funds for 2020-23 have now been awarded. The grants programme was framed around the Borough Partnership Plan, which was published in 2018. By aligning the grants to the Borough Plan we ensured that key priorities were met.
Details of funding distributed between April 2020 and March 2023 are provided below.
Redbridge Social Action Fund
Over late spring and summer 2020, and winter 2021 the Council made a pot of funding available to support not for profit groups working with those affected by the Covid-19 Crisis in Redbridge. The first round of funding opened in May 2020 for applications and closed in July when £8,910 of the £10,000 pot had been awarded. A second round of funding opened in November 2020 and closed in February when £11,321 had been awarded.
Details of the successful applicants for each round are provided below:
Winter 2021
|
Applicant
|
Name of Project
|
Amount Awarded
|
|
Wanstead Parish
|
Wanstead Parish Winter night Shelter
|
£1,000
|
|
Free Your Mind CIC
|
The Well Child Project
|
£1,000
|
|
Friends of Loxford
|
Friends of Loxford
|
£1,000
|
|
Solidarity and Community for Action
|
SOCOA COVID-19 Support for non English Speaking Refugees in Redbridge
|
£450
|
|
Mutual Aid Redbridge
|
Mutual Aid Redbridge
|
£250
|
|
Redbridge French Speaking African Women (RFSAW)
|
RFSAW Information Advice Guidance Support for Refugees with COVID-19 in Redbridge
|
£1,000
|
|
Centre for Excellence in Education and Training
|
Ready, Steady, Work
|
£1,000
|
|
Free Your Mind CIC
|
Redbridge Reach for the Child
|
£1,000
|
|
London Visitation Action Group
|
LEYVA COVID-19 Support for non English Speaking Refugees in Redbridge
|
£1,000
|
|
Redbridge Pensioners Forum
|
Keeping in Touch
|
£221
|
|
Redbridge CVS
|
Covid Responsive training sessions
|
£1,400
|
|
Winners community Group CIC
|
Social and luncheon club for Elderly Africans in Redbridge
|
£1,000
|
|
Red4 Ed Tech CIC
|
Red4 Ed Tech CIC
|
£1,000
|
Redbridge Social Action Fund Summer 2020
| Applicant |
Name of Project |
Amount Awarded |
| Free your mind Community Interest Company |
Thrive
|
£1,000
|
| Ilford & District Indoor Bowls Club Ltd |
Social Distancing Alterations
|
£1,000
|
| Grassroots Trust |
Women & Families Revitalise Project |
£960 |
| Forest Farm Peace Garden |
Forest Farm Wellbeing Care Package
|
£1,000
|
| Arthritis Self-help Network [London] |
NEW CONNECTIONS
|
£1,000
|
| Empowering Deaf Society |
Deaf-Covid19
|
£1,000
|
| P.A.L.A.C.E |
Fitness for Families
|
£950
|
| HumDum CIC |
HumDum CIC
|
£1,000
|
| Winners Community Group CIC |
Social and luncheon club for Elderly Africans in Redbridge
|
£1,000
|
The remaining £1090 from the spring/summer pot has been rolled forward to be offered in addition to a further £10,000 pot that the Council released in autumn 2020.
Redbridge Commissioned via Grant Fund
Sought to provide funding for organisations that could provide infrastructure support for voluntary and community sector organisations in Redbridge, enhance the offer of information, advice and guidance to residents, and support our residents with complex needs. The successful organisations are listed in the table below.
| Organisation |
Purpose |
Total Amount Awarded |
| Citizens Advice Bureau |
To develop a strategic approach to the provision of information and advice services in Redbridge |
£130,000 |
| Redbridge Council for Voluntary Service |
To develop and support the voluntary and community sector |
£190,000 |
| One Place East |
To improve the health and well-being of people living with disabilities
|
£159,872
|
Redbridge Grant Fund
Sought to provide up to £20,000 per year for two years to organisations that provide voices for the lesser-heard communities of Redbridge. The successful organisations are listed in the table below.
| Organisation |
Purpose |
Total Amount Awarded |
| Age UK Redbridge Barking and Havering |
Enable representation of older people, support the development of integrated care services as well as improve outcomes for older people. |
£40,000 |
| Redbridge Council for Voluntary Service |
Establish a group of Young Advisers in Redbridge, who will work with community leaders, as equal partners, to develop new initiatives to effectively engage young people in community life, local decision-making and improving services.
|
£10,000
|
| Redbridge Faith Forum |
Engage with faith communities to tackle the root causes of social challenges, organise interfaith events and promote equality. |
£35,162 |
| Somali Welfare Trust |
To work hand-in-hand with the borough’s Somali Community to plan, develop and deliver a range of services including economic support programmes for younger, older and disabled people, advocacy and advice on legal issues, programmes on mental health issues and to help the community access mainstream health provision.
|
£30,000
|
| Redbridge Forum |
Support young people with a learning disability and/or on the autistic spectrum to transition from children’s to adult services, including help filling in forms, travelling to an interview, or opening a bank account. Also offer a forum where the carers and young people can communicate with their peers to get support from people going through similar things.
|
£39,740
|
| Redbridge Carers Support Service |
To help the ‘Circle of Carers Empowerment and Inclusion Project’, which is all about identifying carers needs, listening to carers, particularly in seldom heard groups, responding to their needs and empowering carers to gain more choice, control, independence and representation.
|
£14,000
|
Voluntary Sector Grants
