Grassroots Grants Awarded

APRIL 2010

THE EDGE YOUTH GROUP
AWARDED £2,875.00

The group will offer a residential weekend activity to 50 local young people to be held at the Peak Centre (Edale, Derbyshire) in May over two nights. For many of the participants, this will be their first weekend away from home.

TOUCHE FENCING CLUB
AWARDED £1,000.00
The group will run accessible fencing classes for young people in the Bletchley area. This is an opportunity that most young people, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, do not usually have. 

MILTON KEYNES NHS RETIREMENT FELLOWSHIP



FEBRUARY 2010

MILTON KEYNES MODEL ENGINEERING SOCIETY
AWARDED £2,356.00
The group runs a miniature railway that is open to the public at weekends. They are in the process of building a new track for their public facility at Caldecotte but have found that certain items - particularly the points - have cost significantly more than anticipated. This has led to a shortfall in funding that could jeopardise the whole project if funds are not found to purchase the remainder of the rail needed. This grant will cover the cost of the extra materials needed to finish the project.

This well established bowls club is an important part of the village's social and recreational landscape.To meet the aspirations of the club members, the group has recently joined a local day league affiliated to the English short mat bowls association. Whereas league membership has been beneficial in expanding the club's recreational and social network, their 2 mats are not up to league standard. This grant will pay for 2 new bowls mats.

5TH NEWPORT PAGNELL BROWNIES
AWARDED £284.00
Due to the Centenary celebrations this year, the group is running a bit short on funds.  Many of the girls come from financially disadvantaged families and increasing their fees would put a difficult burden on many of the participants.  This grant would make a contribution toward their materials (badges, notepads, pens, etc) as well venue hire and some party decorations for their 30th anniversary party in June.

FRIENDS OF WALNUT SCHOOL
AWARDED £4,464.00
This grant will fund a pilot programme for families with autistic children to receive 7 days of specialist training spread over the next year from a well-known and highly regarded speech and language therapist who is the creator of the 'Attention Autism' programme, which employs an innovative approach to developing communication skills in autistic children.

FRIENDS OF THE RADCLIFFE SCHOOL
AWARDED £3,115.63
This grant will support the group to run a 'Festival of Womenhood', a project that is being driven by students at the school. The remit behind 'A Festival of Womanhood' is to engage women in Milton Keynes to take up ESOL classes which will assist them with  developing their children's education. These Asian women are being actively encouraged to access services which help them take up a greater role in their children's academic education.

LONGUEVILLE LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY
AWARDED £1,628.00
The group's current scenery flats are 30 years old and are now beyond a point where they can be economically repaired. This fundinghas been awarded to purchase materials to build 37 new scenery flats.

SPORT MILTON KEYNES
AWARDED £5,000.00
Over the last year, the Foundation has provided funding to the group to run a series of First Aid and Child Protection courses for their affiliated member organisations. This grant will enable them to provide FA coaching courses for member groups. They will run 2 sessions, with 10 people attending an FA Level 1 course and 10 people attending an FA Level 2 course.

THE MIDDLE EASTERN CULTURAL GROUP
AWARDED £2,106.00
Supported by this funding, The Middle Eastern Cultural Group will offer a free cultural exhibition in the city centre (CCC) featuring Middle Eastern food, fashion, music and art.  The intention is to create an opportunity to experience a cross-section of the variety of regional influences which will be the next best thing to actually going there.

SHERINGTON SHORT-MAT BOWLS CLUB
AWARDED £850.00

PARKSIDE COMMUNITY SPORTS & FOOTBALL CLUB
AWARDED £1,736.00
A Community Club offering football training for people in wheelchairs as well as young people. The club has the opportunity to attend and participate in a training weekend in Ostende, Belgium, on the weekend of the 29th - 31st May 2010. This grant will provide funding for transport costs including hire of a minibus, fuel and the ferry crossing.

TINKERS BRIDGE COMMUNITY DROP IN
AWARDED £5,000.00
The Tinkers Bridge Meeting Place is a valuable community space, utilised by local residents of all ages. This project will create a safe, versatile and positive outdoor space, featuring soft play areas for toddlers and younger children, a garden space, an area with artificial turf for outdoor games and sport, a young people's 'hangout' area, raised beds and vegetable planting.

ABBOTSWOOD SOCIAL CLUB
AWARDED £645.00
The members of the club are requesting funding for a trip to Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens on the 14th July. Without this funding, many of the elderly residents would not be able to afford to go on a trip like this.

GRASSROOTS GRANTS AWARDED NOVEMBER 2009

MILTON KEYNES BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Awarded £340.00
MK Basketball across Milton Keynes. At present there is no Milton Keynes Basketball League. There is a Bucks Basketball League, but this is seen as cost prohibitive at the moment as the annual cost is £500 for a team. Games in the Bucks League take place in Aylesbury. MK Basketball club organisers, would rather set up a Milton Keynes Basketball league. It is hoped this will be achieved in the latter part of 2010.

BOSOM PALS
Awarded £474.00
The group is generally self sustaining but are requesting funds to purchase a stock of contact cards, leaflets and posters to promote their services around local healthcare settings. The group want to make people aware that there is support available to them as they go through a very difficult time in their lives.

ASSOCIATION OF GHANAIANS IN MILTON KEYNES
Awarded £700.00
This grant is to support the group's End of Year Party that will bring the community together and promote Ghanaian culture. The Association expects apporosimately 300 people to attend this event, which will be held at Conniburrow Pavillion Meeting Place on December 12th. An MC and DJ have been approached and fliers have already been printed, promoting music and a children's dance competition. No admission fee will be charged to those who are attending and the Association says it will subsidise the costs not covered by the grant award. The Foundation did fund their Christmas party last yeat, and there was a small amount allowed for decorations for that event, as well. however they were streamers and balloons, etc and were disposed of after the end of year party.

MK MULTIPLES
Awarded £816.00
The group caters for the parents, carers and expectant parents of twins, triplets and more living in and around Milton Keynes. This grant will pay for new toys for the babies and toddlers that will improve their social and educational development.

EYE FOR ART CLUB
Awarded £900.00
Eye For Art Club co-ordinates different art and craft activities and workshops for all visually impaired people in Milton Keynes and the surrounding areas. This grant will pay for artists to run 6 half day workshops with the group. They will design and create unique art work to clad the chicken shed at the Interaction Old Rectory.

EMBERTON PLAYING FIELD
Awarded £1,145.00
The grant is being requested to finance the purchase of a new hand pushed power mower required to maintain specific areas of the sports pitches and an area of field which is ot level ground and is uneven. They have another mower that is pulled by a tractor but this is not suitable for many areas.

MILTON KEYNES MODEL ENGINEERING SOCIETY
Awarded £3,105.00
The society runs a minature railway at Caldecotte Lake and are in the process of building a new track. The group have found that they are in need of a welder generator in order to complete this work as the machine they used to us in now beyond repair. This grant will buy the generator, which will also provide them with electricity on site.

PARKSIDE COMMUNITY SPORTS & FOOTBALL CLUB
Awarded £3,264.00
The group runs a wheelchair football team and a team for juiors. This funding is primarily: to pay for additional wheelchair attachements to enable new members to play wheelchair football; and to cover travel costs for taining and away games, which would otherwise prevent many members from taking part. The grant will also purchase some kit and support their Christmas celebrations.

2366 (BLETCHLEY PARK) SQUADRON ATC
Awarded £3,621.00 
The squadron own a Harrier GR3 aircraft that is park outside the Squadron HQ at Bletchley Park. This grant will pay for hard standing, fencing, steps and hard tyres for the plane so that it can be used for teaching the young cadets about cockpit systems, aircraft design, avionics and engines.

MK BANGLADESHI ASSOCIATION
Awarded £3,800.00
Based at the Bradwell Road Recreation Ground, the club is working to improve the facilities on offer. This grant is to help the club purchase and install a non turf wicket practise area that will be used by both club club members and local schools. The club's current practise facilities are not good. They have a pitch that they use for games but it can't really be used for practice as it needs to be maintained to a certain standard. This means that the club often loses members as they are not able to practice on a good surface.
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GRASSROOTS GRANTS AWARDED - SEPTEMBER 2009

1ST SHENLEY RAINBOWS
Awarded £360.00
To fund transport for a youth trip to a Girl Guiding's Centenerary at Twin Lakes Park in Melton Mowbray

THE MILTON KEYNES TAMIL FORUM
Awarded £439.00
To conduct a Heakther Seminar and workshop for the Tamil population of 
Milton Keynes

STONY STRATFORD LANTERN PROJECT
Awarded £706.00
To provided funding for materials in support of the Stony Stratford 
Lantern Prject 2009

MILTON KEYNES VALUES  INFLUENCES AND PEERS
Awarded £3,624.00
To fund Digital Story Film Making workshops with young people

COMMUNITY ARTS RESOURCE CENTRE (CARC)
Awarded £4,340.00 
To fund capacity and sustainability project, website development and hosting,
 and database development

WOBURN SANDS BAND
Awarded £5,000.00
To purchase a set of replacement beginners brass instruments 
and 80 polo shirts
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GRASSROOTS GRANTS AWARDED - JULY 2009

SUDGROVE HOUSE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
Awarded £55.00
To refurbish two of the gardens at Sudgrove House

CARLTON YOUTH & SWIM CLUB
Awarded £650.00
To fund a level 2 teaching course

STOKE GOLDINGTON SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB
Awarded £700.00
To purchase a Short Mat Bowls carpet

WATER EATON CHURCH CENTRE
Awarded £768.00
To purchase two new domestic cookers

NORTH BUCKS BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION
Awarded £900.00
To purchase equipment to support their education programme

LAKES ESTATE SUMMER SCHEME GROUP
Awarded £3,200.00
To help fund various summer schools projects

FISHERMEAD ACADEMY
Awarded £3,360.00
To run a summer holiday playscheme

NEWPORT PAGNELL CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Awarded £4,000.00
To maintain the Christmas Lights

MK SAILABILITY
Awarded £5,000.00
To purchase a new training boat

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GRASSROOTS GRANTS AWARDED - APRIL 2009

5TH NEWPORT PAGNELL BROWNIES
Awarded £288.00
To take the group on a sleepover to Heron's Lodge Guide Centre

BOSOM PALS
Awarded £310.00
To print business cards, leaflets and posters

ELDERFLOWS PROJECT CO LTD
Awarded £480.00
To cover costs of office overheads for 6 months

AFC BRICKHILL RANGERS JUNIOR SECTION
Awarded £900.00
To supply new football kits and training equipment for the various teams

THE MIDDLE EASTERN CULTURAL GROUP
Awarded £1,000.00
To support the cost of venue hire and events for the next 12 months

CITIZENS LAUNCH GROUP (MK)
Awarded £1,147.00
To run Citizens training for 40 local people

THE ELECTRIC PICTURE PALACE PROJECT
Awarded £5,000.00
To purchase equipment for a mobile cinema project

AIM ART IN MILTON KEYNES
Awarded £5,000.00
To cover overhead costs; to fund booklets and workshops to support Bill Billing exhibition

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GRASSROOTS GRANTS AWARDED - FEBRUARY 2009

SUTTONS SHELTERED HOUSING GUILD
Awarded £546.00
To fund coach hire for 2 trips

LOUGHTON AND SHENLEY OVER 60S CLUB
Awarded £775.00
To fund a day trip to Kennet & Avon Canal

MILTON KEYNES NHS RETIREMENT FELLOWSHIP
Awarded £952.00
To celebrate 25 years of the Fellowship with a day out to London

1ST BLETCHLEY BOYS BRIGADE
Awarded £1,200.00
To replace worn out sports equipment and inappropriate expedition equipment

HANOVER COURT RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
Awarded £1,250.00
To continue a seated excercise class

DIFFERENT STROKES (MILTON KEYNES GROUP)
Awarded £1,320.00
To purchase equipment and to fund a days outing

GRACE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
Awarded 1,394.00
To fund the annual summer camp

NEW CITY PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
Awarded £1,500.00
To purchase a projector

MILTON KEYNES ISLAMIC ART HERITAGE AND CULTURE SOCIETY
Awarded £1,800.00
To fund professional performing artists for an event on the 17th April

PARKLIFE MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL
Awarded £2,243.00
To pay for marquee hire, PA systems hire and sound engineers

5 STAR MK
Awarded £3,088.00
To fund the facility hire and contribute towards tutor fees and volunteers

SHIKA TAMAA SUPPORT SERVICES
Awarded £4,949.00
To fund a part time receptionist and to cover costs of rent

AWAKE TO KNOW AFRICA
Awarded £5,000.00
To fund African workshops in 5 schools