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The Buckinghamshire Foundation
Unit 4, Farmbrough Close
Stocklake Park
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP20 1DQ
Tel: 01296 330134

 
Grant Deadlines & Successful Applicants

Proposed dates for Small Grants/Sport Relief/Global Grant Committee meetings and deadlines for 2008

 

  • Meeting on Wednesday 9th July 2008 with an application deadline of Friday 27th June 2008

  • Meeting on Wednesday 24th September 2008 with an application deadline of Friday 12th September 2008

  • Meeting on Wednesday 26th November 2008 with an application deadline of Friday 14th November 2008

Names of successful applicants

APRIL 2008

Applicant Scheme Area Amount Requested Brief Note
St John Mens Club Community Support Fund Aylesbury £500.00 Equipment costs for group providing activities for men with early dementia or depression
Quarrendon Bingo and Social Club Community Support Fund Quarrendon/Meadowcroft £500.00 New bingo machine and costs of a day trip for social club
Think Burnham Community Support Fund Burnham £1,000.00 Towards costs for Burnham Health Check for action plan for the future of the town
1st Lent Rise and Dorney Scout Group Community Support Fund Dorney £1,000.00 Repair and updating of HQ used by local community
Lane End Day Centre Community Support Fund Lane End £1,000.00 Cost of members' lunches for one day per week for one year
Aylesbury and Buckingham District Branch Alzheimers Society Community Support Fund Buckingham £1,000.00 Towards setting  up an Alzheimer's Café in Buckingham to support clients and their carers
East Berkshire Women's Aid Community Support Fund South Bucks £1,000.00 Equipment for an after school club at a safe-house for women and children victims of domestic violence in South Bucks
Family Support Group Community Support Fund Marsh/Micklefield £1,000.00 Start up costs including training for volunteers for family support group operating in an area of deprivation
Amersham Field Centre Community Support Fund Castlefield £960.00 To give 4 classes of year 6 pupils from 2 schools in disadvantaged areas the opportunity to complete the John Muir Discovery award
Young Deaf Activities Community Support Fund High Wycombe £1,000.00 Towards costs of holiday activities and outings
The Ice Gems Community Support Fund Southcourt\Walton Court £1,000.00 Hall hire for new cheerleading group for young people
Bucks Hornets Basketball Club Community Support Fund Southcourt\Walton Court £500.00 Towards the kit for a new youth basketball team meeting at Mandeville School
Central and South Bucks Caring for Carers Community Support Fund Central and South Bucks £876.00 To pay for a new computer in their new offices
Rivertime Boat Trust Small Grants Buckinghamshire £500.00 To fund five trips on a specially built boat for disabled and disadvantaged children and their carers
Mothers 4 Mothers Small Grants High Wycombe £500.00 CRB checks for volunteers working with mothers of abused children
In-Dependence Addiction Therapy Ltd Small Grants Chesham £500.00 Travel expenses to bring people to group supporting individuals recovering from addictions and dependencies
Winslow Baby and Toddler Group Small Grants Winslow £250.00 To purchase musical instruments for baby and toddler group
1st Gerrards Cross and Fulmer Scout Troup Small Grants Gerrards Cross £400.00 To purchase a new range cooker
Aylesbury Hospital Radio Small Grants Aylesbury £500.00 Equipment for new studio
Wycombe Talking Newspaper Small Grants Wycombe £500.00 CD duplicator and CDs for weekly audio version of Bucks Free Press to blind and visually impaired residents
Flackwell Heath Cricket Club Small Grants Flackwell Heath £500.00 To replace a stolen mower
Stony Dean Bizzy Beez Young Enterprise Company Small Grants Amersham £343.00 Equipment for Young Enterprise market garden scheme at special school for pupils with learning difficulties
Aylesbury Vale Rape Crisis Small Grants Aylesbury Vale £500.00 To provide cognitive behavioural therapy training for volunteers
Energesis Trust Small Grants Buckinghamshire £500.00 Education programme on climate change for schools
MECA Education Ltd Small Grants Wendover £500.00 To provide horse-riding training for pupils from Wendover House School
Marlow Pastoral Foundation Small Grants High Wycombe £500.00 Towards the Bursary Fund to enable less well off clients to receive counselling

 

FEBRUARY 2008

Applicant Scheme Area Amount Agreed Brief Note
Horizons Sports Club Sport Relief High Wycombe £10,000.00 To employ a senior coach and additional administrative support
Age Concern Bucks Sport Relief, CSF and Small Grants Buckingham £2,500.00 Costs of chair based exercises for older people living in sheltered accommodation
Carers Bucks Community Support Fund Aylesbury £1,000.00 Towards activities and transport costs for young carers
R-U -Safe? Bucks Young Women's Service Community Support Fund Castlefield, High Wycombe £800.00 To purchase two free standing screens for client confidentiality
Oakridge and Castlefield Football Club Community Support Fund High Wycombe £300.00 Towards equipment and booking of pitches
Friendly Bombs Theatre Company Community Support Fund Burnham £360.00 Transport costs for an individual with learning disability
Bucks Association for the Blind South East Division Community Support Fund Burnham £500.00 Lunch and musical event for blind and partially sighted people
Wycombe Area Education Alliance Small Grants High Wycombe £500.00 Towards costs of musicals involving 25 local schools at the Wycombe Swan
Leckhampstead Village Hall Trust Small Grants Leckhampstead, Aylesbury Vale £500.00 Purchase of 10 lightweight folding tables for refurbished village hall
People's Voices Small Grants Buckinghamshire £500.00 Staff costs for improving use of technology
Great Missenden Parish Revitalisation Group Small Grants Prestwood £500.00 Towards the purchase and installation of a viewing and dipping platform at Sheepwash Pond
Asheridge Vale and Lowndes Community Association Small Grants Chesham £541.80 Equipment for new lunch club and drop-in
Queens Park Arts Centre Small Grants Aylesbury £500.00 Towards the costs of a Textiles Festival
Space Small Grants Chesham £500.00 Towards setting up a helpline to support parents of children with ADHD and challenging behaviour
Chiltern Sea Cadets Small Grants Chesham £500.00 Towards computer equipment and telephone installation

 

NOVEMBER 2007

Applicant

Scheme

Area

Amount Awarded

Brief Note

Castlefield Junior Youth Club (Action 4 Youth)

Community Support Fund

Castlefield, High Wycombe

£1,000.00

Towards salaries of three paid members of the youth club team

High Wycombe Sports Association

Community Support Fund

High Wycombe

£1,000.00

Hall hire and equipment costs for young people's football training programme

Turville School Trust

Community Support Fund

Whole County

£1,000.00

Sports coaching for holiday project for young people

Church of the Holy Spirit

Community Support Fund

Bedgrove, Aylesbury

£1,000.00

Equipment for new youth club

Home-Start

Community Support Fund

High Wycombe

£1,000.00

Towards training of volunteers

The Meadows Pre-school/Acorn Club

Community Support Fund

Wooburn Green, High Wycombe

£1,000.00

Towards the purchase of kitchen equipment

Lane End Oasis Centre

Community Support Fund

Lane End, Wycombe

£1,000.00

Equipment for car mechanics workshop to provide skills for disadvantaged young people

Street Dreams Projects Ltd

Community Support Fund

Marsh/Micklefield, High Wycombe

£980.00

Start up costs for street football league for disengaged and hard to reach young people

Walton Wobblers Bowls Club ( Holy Trinity Church )

Community Support Fund

Walton Court , Aylesbury

£383.00

Equipment for bowling club for retired people

Wycombe Night Shelter

Community Support Fund

High Wycombe

£1,000.00

Start up costs for new winter night shelter

Chiltern Lighthouse Mentoring

Community Support Fund

Chesham, Chiltern

£1,112.00

Computer for group offering support to disaffected young people

Thames Valley Mediation Service Ltd

Small Grants

Thames Valley

£500.00

CRB checks for mediators and costs of web resource, leaflets and posters

Horses Helping People

Small Grants

Cheddington, Aylesbury Vale

£492.00

Start up costs for group providing therapeutic horsemanship activities for children and adults

Dementia Relatives Support Group

Small Grants

Aylesbury

£450.00

Towards costs of day trip for carers

St Andrews Church High Wycombe

Small Grants

High Wycombe

£500.00

Towards costs of providing Christmas dinner for the lonely and vulnerable in the surrounding area

Marlow Youth Centre

Small Grants

Marlow, South Bucks

£500.00

Towards costs of furniture and equipment for youth centre

Thomley Activitiy Centre

Small Grants

Worminghall, Aylesbury Vale

£500.00

Towards a new heating system

1st Taplow Cub Pack

Small Grants

Taplow, South Bucks

£500.00

Towards the costs of replacement tents

1st Bierton Scout Group

Small Grants

Bierton, Aylesbury Vale

£500.00

Towards costs of replacing equipment

High Wycombe Shopmobility

Small Grants

High Wycombe

£1,000.00

Towards replacement of older and less reliable scooters

Chalfont St Giles 60+ Fitness and Social Club

Small Grants

Chalfont St Giles, Chiltern

£500.00

Towards start up costs for exercise class for the elderly

 

 

SEPTEMBER 2007

Applicant

Scheme

Application Description

Area

Amount awarded

Bucks Mobile Resource Unit (BUC/07/84813e)

LNF

Promotional literature and website

Bucks (whole county)

£3,120.00

Iver Educational Trust (BUC/06/132967e)

LNF

Half Term and Autumn Term Activity Programme

South Bucks, Iver

£5,000.00

Young Carers Bucks (BUC/07/130941e)

LNF

Activities Programme

Aylesbury Vale

£3,000.00

Bank Farm Riding for the Disabled (BUC/07/136290)

LNF

New Pony and refurbishment of stables

Chiltern, Chesham/ Amersham

£5,700.00

Bucks Army Cadet League (BUC/07/133566)

LNF

Archery Equipment

Bucks (whole county)

£1,000.00

DPEAP (BUC/07/132914)

LNF

Theatre in Education - a drugs education programme

Bucks (whole county)

£6,721.00

MASKS (BUC/07/132069)

LNF

Sensory Studio for use with children with special needs

Bucks (whole county)

£6,976.00

Project Street Life (BUC/07/135883)

LNF

Youth project in Buckingham

Aylesbury Vale, Buckingham

£1,607.00