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COVID-19 Grants Fund:

Awards

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Successful applications

In our five rounds, the Grants Fund has made 278 grants totalling at just over £3.3 million, supporting many different communities of older people and a wide range of work. The complete list of grantees for the five rounds can be found below.

Round 5

OrganisationBased inFunding allocation
Vision & Hearing Support (formerly Sight Service)Gateshead and South Tyneside£14,000.00
Shropshire Peer Counselling & Advocacy Service (PCAS)Shropshire£13,602.00
Neighbourly Care London Borough of Ealing£7,512.00
Hospice HopeNorth West Leicestershire and surrounding areas£11,235.00
Age Concern Colchester and North East EssexColchester and Tendring Districts, Essex£15,000.00
Belville Community Garden TrustInverclyde£10,101.00
The Living Memory AssociationUK wide£10,500.00
Care Home VolunteersWiltshire, Swindon and Bath & NE Somerset£12,000.00
Community Centre for Refugees from Vietnam, Laos and CambodiaLondon Borough of Hackney, London£15,000.00
Advice Support Knowledge InformationLondon Borough of Croydon£7,500.00
Omega, the National Association for End of Life CareDudley, Wolverhampton, Solihull, Warwickshire£15,000.00
Multiple Sclerosis Centre. Mid ArgyllMid Argyll, Kintyre, Islay and Jura£15,000.00
Levenshulme Good NeighboursManchester£6,000.00
Pilmeny Development ProjectLeith & NE Locality, City of Edinburgh£10,065.00
Entelechy ArtsLewisham£15,000.00
St Augustine's Community Care Trust known as Homelink Day Respite CentreHounslow, Richmond and Kingston£14,651.00
Rowan Alba LtdEdinburgh£12,000.00
Golden YearsBarnet£10,000.00
Age Concern GlenrothesGlenrothes and surrounding villages in Fife£15,000.00
Age Concern Southampton (operating as Age UK Southampton)Southampton and its environs£15,000.00
BCRA Beeston Rylands Community AssociationNottinghamshire£11,543.00
Pennywell Neighbourhood CentrePennywell Estate, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear£10,000.00
Cliff House Community Support ServicesHarrogate District£15,000.00
Age UK Worcester and Malvern HillsWorcestershire£14,000.00
Age UK GloucestershireGloucestershire£13,694.00
Bexley MencapLondon Borough of Bexley£10,000.00
Age UK DacorumDacorum district, Hertfordshire£5,000.00
Sudbury Neighbourhood Centre (Middlesex) LtdLondon Borough of Brent£10,000.00
The Glens Community AssociationGreystone ward, Causeway Coast and Glens Borough, Northern Ireland£11,500.00
Lisburn Downtown CentreLisburn area£5,000.00
Darnall Dementia GroupSheffield£10,000.00
Queensferry Churches' Care in the CommunityNorth Edinburgh£13,500.00
Elder VoiceEastern Perthshire£14,750.00
ABA Leeds (Association of  Blind Asians)Leeds, West Yorkshire£14,789.00
Totnes Caring LtdTotnes and district, South Hams.£13,000.00
River House TrustLondon£12,500.00
My Home Life Essex Community AssociationColchester, Tendring, Maldon, Braintree boroughs, Essex£13,500.00
Hoxton HealthLondon Borough of Hackney£15,000.00
Arts TogetherWiltshire£15,000.00
Leys CDI Community Development InitiativeBlackbird Leys Estate, Oxford£10,500.00
Highgate Newtown Community CentreCamden London£13,000.00
Time to Talk BefriendingWorthing, Adur, Brighton, Hove, rural fringes£15,000.00
Action for Family CarersEssex£10,000.00
Abbey Community CentreLondon Boroughs of Camden and Brent£10,936.00
Kirrie ConnectionsAngus£11,000.00
Croydon BME ForumCroydon£9,500.00
Suvai Deaf East CommunityLondon Borough of Redbridge and surronding boroughs£12,576.00
Daybreak OxfordOxfordshire£12,500.00
People First DorsetDorset£14,923.00
Southwark Pensioners CentreSouthwark£15,000.00
Kinship Care Northern Ireland (Kinship Care NI)Londonderry, Strabane and Limavady, Northern Ireland£9,581.00
Accessible Transport West Somerset LtdWest Somerset£13,140.00
Berkshire VisionBerkshire£12,000.00
The Kent Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre LtdKent and Medway£10,000.00
Apsara ArtsCroydon£10,200.00
S.P.A (Peggy Dodd) BathBath & North East Somerset£15,000.00
Liverpool Six Community AssociationLiverpool£15,000.00
Town Break SCIOStirlingshire and Falkirk£15,000.00
Hodan Somali CommunityRoyal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and neighbouring boroughs£14,000.00
Race Equality First LtdCardiff, Newport, Swansea & North Wales£15,000.00
North Norfolk Community TransportNorth Norfolk£15,000.00
SEARCHNewcastle Upon Tyne£12,000.00
Rotherfield St MartinUK wide£7,500.00
MindFoodLondon Borough of Ealing£6,000.00

Round 4

Organisation Based inFunding allocation
Age UK BarnetLondon Borough of Barnet£12,000.00
Neuro Therapy CentreNorth Wales, Cheshire West & Chester, Wirral£15,000.00
Croydon Voluntary Association for the BlindCroydon, London£14,870.00
Age UK SuttonLondon Borough of Sutton£12,500.00
Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis (APF)UK wide£10,000.00
Age UK WolverhamptonWolverhampton£15,000.00
Approach Supporting Your Life Your WayStaffordshire, including Stoke-on Trent£15,000.00
PramaLifeUK wide£11,623.00
Engage with AgeEast and South Belfast£15,000.00
'Westminster Arts' -  trading as 'Resonate Arts'Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea£9,420.00
Middlesex Association for the BlindHarrow, Hillingdon, Haringey, Hounslow, Ealing, Richmond, Barnet, Brent, Enfield.£15,000.00

Round 3

Organisation nameBased in Funding allocation
Blind and Sight Impaired Society (Basis)Basildon£10,000
Cambridge CyreniansCambridge£9,000
Crossroads Braintree & ChelmsfordBraintree£5,574
Friends for Life BedfordshireBedford£8,580
Hearing Help Essex LtdChelmsford£8,200
Peterborough Association for the BlindPeterborough£9,200
South Essex Advocacy ServicesSouthend-on-Sea£7,638
Tibbs Dementia FoundationBedford£15,000
EnrychNorth West Leicestershire£8,500
Haemochromatosis UKSouth Holland£10,000
Leicester LGBT CentreLeicester£13,700
Abbey Community CentreCamden£8,064
Africa Advocacy FoundationLewisham£14,950
BEfriendHounslow£15,000
Brent Irish Advisory ServiceCamden£13,790
Community Activities Project Ealing (CAPE)Ealing£8,024
Excel Women's AssociationBarking and Dagenham£11,068
Harrow CarersHarrow£9,500
Healthwatch IslingtonIslington£14,698
Hornsey Lane Estate Community Association [ HLECA]Islington£14,257
Irish ChaplaincyCamden£10,000
Irish Community ServicesBexley£15,000
Silverfit LTDWestminster£12,104
Southwark Irish Pensioners ProjectSouthwark£8,581
Sydenham GardenSouthwark£12,233
Ford, Pallion & Millfield Community Development ProjectSunderland£8,664
Lynemouth Day Centre LimitedNewcastle upon Tyne£5,000
Women's Health in South TynesideSouth Tyneside£9,383
Bradbury FieldsLiverpool£13,302
Breakthrough UK LtdManchester£15,000
Didsbury Good NeighboursManchester£11,020
Halton Carers CentreHalton£12,000
HOMEWISE SOCIETYHyndburn£15,000
Signpost Stockport for CarersStockport£11,100
Newry Mourne Community TransportNewry, Mourne and Down£13,720
Badenoch & Strathspey Community Transport CompanyHighland£15,000
Carers Link East DunbartonshireEast Dunbartonshire£10,782
Carers of West DunbartonshireWest Dunbartonshire£11,178
Crossroads (North Argyll)Argyll and Bute£15,000
Cruse Bereavement Care ScotlandCity of Edinburgh£15,000
Dunblane Development TrustClackmannanshire£7,500
East Ayrshire Carers CentreEast Ayrshire£8,600
Interloch TransportArgyll and Bute£10,000
LGBT Health and WellbeingCity of Edinburgh£14,800
Rutherglen Community CarersSouth Lanarkshire£5,000
Shopper-Aide LtdArgyll and Bute£14,500
Bourne Out LGBTEastbourne£8,000
CancerWiseChichester£5,000
Diversity House LimitedSwale£14,920
The Archway FoundationOxford£10,831
The Forget Me NotsReigate and Banstead£12,903
Together CollectiveBrighton and Hove£14,985
Worthing Mencap SocietyWorthing£5,000
Access Plymouth LtdPlymouth£6,680
Age UK Bath and North East SomersetBath and North East Somerset£15,000
Alive Activities LtdBristol, City of£14,850
Arts TogetherWiltshire£13,000
RECOOPBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£12,500
SPA (Peggy Dodd) BathBath and North East Somerset£6,000
Swan Advice NetworkBath and North East Somerset£8,000
African Caribbean Community Initiative (ACCI)Wolverhampton£15,000
Bangladeshi Women's Association LimitedSandwell£12,647
Bosnia Herzegovina UK NetworkBirmingham£12,190
Carers CarelineRedditch£5,000
Disability Solutions West MidlandsStoke-on-Trent£15,000
Gloucestershire Deaf Association (GDA)Gloucester£13,753
Hope CoventryCoventry£15,000
North Staffs CarersStoke-on-Trent£12,226
Wolverhampton Elder Asian and Disabled Group (WEAD)Wolverhampton£5,880
Older Citizens Advocacy YorkYork£13,405
Spring Bank Community AssociationKingston upon Hull, City of£15,000
The Association of Teesdale Day ClubsRichmondshire, North Yorkshire£15,000

Round 2

Organisation nameBased in Funding allocation
Age Concern LutonLuton£10,975
Basildon Community Resource CentreBasildon£6,000
Creative Arts EastNorfolk£10,220
Support4SightSaffron Walden, Essex£12,000
 LVSRA trading as Reaching PeopleLeicester£15,000
Derbyshire Asbestos Support TeamChesterfield£5,000
Derbyshire Association of the Blind LtdDerbyshire£12,800
Derbyshire Positive SupportDerby£11,874
Radford Care GroupNottingham£8,000
African Health Policy NetworkLondon, E7£12,470
Alridha FoundationLondon£15,000
Calthorpe Community GardenLondon KC£14,969
GRACELondon£13,910
Limehouse Project LtdLondon£14,630
Link Age SouthwarkLondon SE22£15,000
North London Cares London£15,000
Nubian LifeLondon £11,943
Opening Doors LondonLondon, WC1H£15,000
SNC - Sudbury Neighbourhood CentreBrent£5,773
St. Peters Community Wellbeing Projects London E2£10,000
The Listening PlaceLondon, SW1P£14,400
The Mulberry CentreTwickenham£15,000
Action for Elders Swansea£14,930
Omega Shropshire£15,000
PMRGCAukLondon£7,488
Race Equality FirstSouth Wales£15,000
Stamma (trading as the British Stammering Association)London E2£5,000
Age Uk TeessideMiddlesborough£8,505
Churches Together South TynesideSunderland£14,212
Equal ArtsNewcastle£15,000
Investing in People and CultureMiddlesbrough£7,500
Chinese WellbeingLiverpool£13,500
Crossroads in East Lancashire Limited T/A Crossroads Care East LancashireLancashire£9,800
Levenshulme Good NeighboursManchester£6,000
Preston Muslim Forum (PMF)Preston£11,840
Sahir HouseLiverpool£12,440
 (O4O Cookstown Ltd)Co Tyrone£8,655
Eric Liddell CentreEdinburgh£12,500
Glenboig Development TrustGlenboig£10,000
Hand of SolaceAberdeen£6,720
Kincardine and Deeside BefriendingStonehaven£7,000
Lochaber Sensory CareFort William£14,500
OutSide The Box Developement Support LimitedWest Linton EH46£11,417
Sea ScapeFife£15,000
Town Break SCIOStirling£15,000
Volunteering Hebrides' project, Befriending Lewis and HarrisIsles of Lewis and Harris - Outer Hebrides£10,000
ACCM (UK)Bedford£15,000
Action for Carers OxfordshireOxfordshire£15,000
Age UK ThanetKent£14,993
Gosport Voluntary Action (GVA)Gosport£14,129
Involve Kent LimitedKENT ME14 5PP£15,000
Kent Coast VolunteeringKent£9,614
SONUSEastleigh£15,000
The Kosmos CentreLondon NW5£12,000
The Sara Lee TrustEast Sussex TN34£13,000
Wapping Bangladesh AssociationTower Hamlets£13,986
Woking MindSurrey£14,479
Age UK Mid DevonTiverton, EX16 5HE£15,000
Bristol Bears Community FoundationBristol£10,000
Concern WadebridgeWadebridge£15,000
Southern Brooks Community PartnershipsSouth Gloucestershire£14,999
Bedford Street Community Company LimitedRhyl£8,500
Emmanuel Coffee ShopNorthampton£10,666
Home from Hospital (Birmingham)Birmingham£15,000
Darnall Dementia GroupShefield£15,000
Lippy People Charitable TrustLeeds£13,100
Vision Support Harrogate District's Harrogate£6,056
York Carers CentreYork£7,484

Round 1

Organisation nameBased in Funding allocation
Age Concern North NorfolkSheringham, Norfolk£5,545
Care Network CambridgeshireHardwick£15,000
North Hertfordshire Minority Ethnic ForumHitchin, Hertfordshire£12,500
North Norfolk Community TransportNorfolk£15,000
Volunteer Centre UttlesfordSaffron Walden, Essex £9,840
Bassetlaw Action CentreRetford, Nottinghamshire£12,000
Hospice HopeRavenstone, Leicestershire£9,735
Trent Dementia Services Development Centre Nottingham£12,000
Advice Support Knowledge InformationCroydon£9,650
Bonny Downs Community Association (BDCA)London, E6£14,975
Carers Network WestminsterLondon, W10£15,000
Claremont Project (Islington)London, N1£15,000
Community Development Association for Minority Communities LTDLondon N17£6,520
Entelechy ArtsLondon, SE8£12,000
Henna Asian Women's GroupLondon, NW6£15,000
Holborn Community AssociationLondon, WC1N£14,374
Midaye Somali Development NetworkLondon, W10£14,946
Neighbourly Care LtdLondon, W13£13,512
Skills EnterpriseLondon E6£11,470
Time and TalentsLondon, SE16£13,225
Tower Hamlets Friends and NeighboursLondon, E2£15,000
Black Health Initiative (BIH)Leeds£8,996
Hourglass nee Action on Elder AbuseLondon NW16£15,000
Immigrant Counselling and Psychotherapy (icap)London, N4£8,750
Age UK GatesheadGateshead£15,000
Wor Hoose Community Project Newcastle Upon Tyne£9,640
Being ThereManchester£15,000
Listening Ear (Merseyside)Liverpool£12,000
Porchfield Community Association Liverpool£10,143
Warm Hut UKSalford£11,280
Cowal Elderly BefriendersDunoon, Argyll£10,500
Edinburgh Development GroupEdinburgh£11,862
Finding Your FeetPaisley, Scotland£13,457
Pennypit Community Development TrustHaddington, Edinburgh£14,000
Queensferry Churches’ Care in the CommunityQueensferry, Edinburgh£12,500
The Community Bureau SCIOArgyll, Scotland£9,600
Age Concern WindsorWindsor£15,000
Age UK BexleySidcup, Kent£12,575
Bexley MencapBexleyheath£5,000
Sight for Wight - The Isle of Wight Society for the Blind Isle of Wight£15,000
The Brigitte TrustDorking£15,000
Time to Talk Befriending (TTTB)Hove£15,000
Age UK SomersetTaunton£9,000
North Bristol Advice CentreBristol£5,835
Swindon Women's AidSwindon£14,300
The Estuary League of FriendsTopsham, Devon£15,000
Vision West of EnglandDevizes, Somerset£11,500
We Hear YouFrome, Somerset£11,000
Welsh Dance Theatre Trust Ltd T/A Rubicon DanceCardiff, Wales£13,582
African French Speaking Community Support Smethwick, West Midlands£7,970
Age UK Worcester and DistrictWorcester£11,265
Narthex SparkhillBirmingham£14,700
New Heights Warren Farm Community ProjectBirmingham£11,332
Sandwell African Women AssociationWest Midlands£8,735
Shropshire Peer Counselling & Advocacy Service (PCAS)Oswestry, Shropshire£5,000
Warwickshire Vision SupportWarwick£8,195
Caring Together in Woodhouse and Little LondonLeeds£7,898
Cliff House Community Support Services Knaresborough, North Yorks£15,000
Crossroads (Barnsley) LtdBarnsley£14,500
ISRAAC Somali Community AssociationSheffield£13,567
Moor Allerton Elderly Care (MAECare)Leeds£14,285
Older People's Action in the Locality (OPAL)Leeds£10,000
Womenzone Community CentreBradford£15,000

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