Skip to main content | Access Keys | Site Map
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames homepage
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames homepage

 

Strategic and Development Grants

Development Grants awarded in 2010/11

GROUP   Amount   Purpose  
Addiction Support and Care Agency (ASCA)   £10,000   To contribute towards core salaries and to assist with the development of a young people’s counselling service in partnership with Relate  
International Youth Arts Festival   £10,000   To be used towards the core costs of the Festival, including the time of the Festival Director, programming, marketing and technical costs  
Surrey Tamil School   £3,000   Towards the premises hire costs at Coombe Boys school  
Yorda Adventures (CIC)   £3,000   To contribute towards non-salary costs of this organisation working with children with disabilities  
Youth Club for Disabled Young People   £8,500   To contribute towards salaries, volunteer expenses and running costs  

Strategic Grants awarded in 2010/11

GROUP   Amount   Purpose  
African Positive Outlook (APO)   £10,353   To contribute towards rent and running costs of this organisation that supports people, mainly of African origin, who have HIV or AIDS  
Age Concern Kingston Upon Thames   £5,714   To support the strategic planning of older people's services  
Al Furat School   £10,000   To contribute towards teachers’ salaries, premises hire and running costs of this Arabic language school  
Fircroft Trust   £3,060   To contribute towards the trust’s core salary and running costs to provide day services for people with mental health problems  
Global Arts Kingston   £18,941   To contribute to the core costs of the organisation including staffing, volunteer expenses and premises hire  
Hestia Housing & Support: Kingston Refuge   £10,824   To contribute towards the cost of employing a children's worker for the women’s refuge in Kingston  
Home Start Kingston   £31,059   Towards core salaries and rent of this organisation that provides support to young families  
Islamic Resource Centre (IRC)   £10,560   To contribute towards the general running costs of the Centre  
Jigsaw4u   £16,236   To contribute towards a grief support co-ordinator for Kingston  
Kaleidoscope   £27,061   For a part-time youth worker and to enhance the open access/drop-in service for people with drug and alcohol problems and provide a volunteers programme  
Kingston Advocacy Group (KAG)   £14,855   To contribute towards rent, running costs and core salaries  
Kingston and District WelCare Association   £40,000   To contribute towards the costs of core staff for this organisation that supports young parents  
Kingston Arts Council   £18,000   To contribute towards staffing costs, programmes and publicity  
Kingston Bereavement Service   £11,095   Towards core running costs  
Kingston CAB Service   £277,366   Towards core salaries and running costs  
Kingston Carers' Network   £25,985   Towards core salaries and rent  
Kingston Centre for Independent Living (KCIL)     £62,851     To contribute towards core staff salaries, rent and running costs of this organisation that supports disabled adults    
Kingston Childminding Association (KCMA)     £16,642     To contribute towards running costs and salaries    
Kingston Chinese Association (KCA)     £5,000     To contribute towards running costs, including premises hire, tutors and events    
Kingston Churches Action on Homelessness (KCAH)     £28,560     To contribute towards the salary of the operational Director, particularly in his role of supporting the housing action service    
Kingston Gujarati School     £10,283     To contribute to premises hire, staffing costs, training, insurance and other running costs.    
Kingston Race and Equalities Council (KREC)     £54,753     Towards salaries of core staff, rent and running costs    
Kingston Tamil School     £12,989     To contribute towards premises hire, salary costs and running costs    
Kingston Victim Support     £11,426     To contribute to the rent and running costs of the Kingston Office    
Kingston Voluntary Action (KVA)     £187,038     To contribute to core salary costs and premises and to contribute to KVA’s community development role in partnership with RBK and KPCT    
Learn English at Home (LEAH)     £14,000     To contribute towards salaries, rent and running costs    
MEWE Arts & Education     £10,000     Towards core running costs of this performing arts group for young people    
Oxygen     £6,336     To contribute to the costs of continuing the music and media strand of its work with young people    
RaKAT (Richmond and Kingston Accessible Transport)     £30,621     To contribute towards half the core running costs    
Refugee Action Kingston (RAK)     £44,235     To contribute towards core salaries, running costs, and office rent    
RELATE - Richmond, Kingston & Hounslow     £26,426     To contribute towards running costs, rent of Kingston office, and to develop a youth counselling service    
Save the World Club     £18,400     To contribute to the core costs of this environmental organisation    
Sport Kingston     £20,000     Towards running costs including RBK entry fees into the London Youth Games, part-time secretarial fees, Good Sports (volunteer project) and the cost of establishing a website    
Straight Talking Peer Education     £6,000     To contribute towards the cost of parenting courses in Kingston schools    
Thames Concerts Society     £6,000     Towards concert costs    
 
Search the Site

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Guildhall, High Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1EU

Contact Us | SMS: 07797 806 521
Emergency Out of Hours: 020 8547 5800