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The Ernest Cook Trust (ECT) gives grants to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations wishing to encourage young people's interest either in the countryside and the environment or the arts (in the broadest sense) or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy. In 2008/09, the ECT Trustees gave £1.7m to support over 450 educational projects. A large grants programme for awards of over £4,000 and a small grants programme for awards of under £4,000 operate throughout the year.

Red Hill Primary Schools, Worcester received a grant of £1,584 from the Ernest Cook Trust for the development of their chicken club. This involved children working with the care taker to construct and manage chicken pens and looking after the chickens. The pupils take responsibility for all aspects of the chickens’ daytime care; classes are studying growth and local food production; chickens are laying regularly and the eggs are being exchanged for donations from parents and staff with the money contributing to the sustainability of the project.

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The Ernest Cook Trust (ECT) gives grants to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations wishing to encourage young people's interest either in the countryside and the environment or the arts (in the broadest sense) or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy. In 2008/09, the ECT Trustees gave £1.7m to support over 450 educational projects. A large grants programme for awards of over £4,000 and a small grants programme for awards of under £4,000 operate throughout the year.

Withywood Community School in Bristol received a grant of £6,821 towards the cost of ten music lessons for 60 pupils.

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The Ernest Cook Trust (ECT) gives grants to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations wishing to encourage young people's interest either in the countryside and the environment or the arts (in the broadest sense) or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy. In 2008/09, the ECT Trustees gave £1.7m to support over 450 educational projects. A large grants programme for awards of over £4,000 and a small grants programme for awards of under £4,000 operate throughout the year.

Brymore School in Somerset received a grant of £7,687 from the Ernest Cook Trust to fund a blacksmithing and wrought iron course for pupils.

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The John Lyon's Charity gives grants to groups and organisations for the benefit of children and young adults who are resident in the London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington and Chelsea, City of London and the City of Westminster. Since 1992 the Charity has distributed some £30 million at an average of £17,000 per grant to a wide range of services for young people, including youth clubs, arts projects, counselling, child care and parental support schemes, sports and academic bursaries and scholarships.

Kingsgate Community College received a grant of £15,000 pa for three years towards the running costs of an Arts Programme.

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The John Lyon's Charity gives grants to groups and organisations for the benefit of children and young adults who are resident in the London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington and Chelsea, City of London and the City of Westminster. Since 1992 the Charity has distributed some £30 million at an average of £17,000 per grant to a wide range of services for young people, including youth clubs, arts projects, counselling, child care and parental support schemes, sports and academic bursaries and scholarships.

Holy Trinity & St. Silas C.E Primary School received a grant of £20,000 pa for three years towards the collaborative Shakespeare Festival with other primary schools in the Charity’s beneficial area

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The Leonardo da Vinci programme is part of the European Commission's new Lifelong Learning Programme and is designed to build a skilled workforce through European partnerships. Leonardo funds overseas work placements and the development of training materials with the objective of improving the provision of Vocational Education and Training (VET) across Europe.

Ryde High School on the Isle of Wight received funding through the Leonardo Da Vinci Programme to sen five AVCE Travel and Tourism students on three-week placements with a Mallorcan co-operative of organisations which promotes local craft products and employs workers with a range of disabilities. Students were involved in the production, marketing and sale of products and drew comparisons with working practices in the UK, in particular, a similar scheme in operation on the Isle of Wight. The placements enabled them to put into practice knowledge gained through Customer Care and Food Hygiene units, and achieve the Welcome Host International award. They developed strong customer care skills, understanding of different working practices and improved their competence in Spanish.

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The Leonardo da Vinci programme is part of the European Commission's new Lifelong Learning Programme and is designed to build a skilled workforce through European partnerships. Leonardo funds overseas work placements and the development of training materials with the objective of improving the provision of Vocational Education and Training (VET) across Europe.

Highsted School, Kent,recieved a grant of €20,720 through the Leonardo Da Vinci programme to enable 12 vocational business students in their first year at 6th form to complete a 3 week work experience placement in partner organisations in Brussels. The students will complete a Key Skills Level 2 in Communication during the placement which will be evidenced with the addition of some basic French language use by the participants.

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The Leonardo da Vinci programme is part of the European Commission's new Lifelong Learning Programme and is designed to build a skilled workforce through European partnerships. Leonardo funds overseas work placements and the development of training materials with the objective of improving the provision of Vocational Education and Training (VET) across Europe.

Lymm High School received funding of € 133,416 for a project will enable 59 participants studying BTEC National Diplomas in Sport Coaching, Development and Fitness, Health Studies and Hospitality, to undertake a 3 week work placements in France, Germany, or Spain. The placements will enable participants to achieve the Work Experience unit in their BTEC qualification. The project also aims to increase their motivation, enhance their employability in their professional area and enabling them to acquire transferable skills such as communication, customer service and cultural awareness. As all courses include language training, participants will also be able to put their language skills into practice.

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The Leonardo da Vinci programme is part of the European Commission's new Lifelong Learning Programme and is designed to build a skilled workforce through European partnerships. Leonardo funds overseas work placements and the development of training materials with the objective of improving the provision of Vocational Education and Training (VET) across Europe.

Ripley St Thomas CE High School, Lancaster, received € 53,970 through the Leonard Da Vinci Programme for a project that will enable 30 year 12 students to undertake a 3 week work placement placements in Germany, France or Spain. The aim of the project is to raise awareness of job opportuntieis in the European employment market, to improve their linguistic skills and develop work based skills. The placement will take place at the end of year 12 as a key part of the research and preparation for their final year studies.

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The Leonardo da Vinci programme is part of the European Commission's new Lifelong Learning Programme and is designed to build a skilled workforce through European partnerships. Leonardo funds overseas work placements and the development of training materials with the objective of improving the provision of Vocational Education and Training (VET) across Europe.

Yewlands School in Sheffield, received a grant of € 17,299 for a project which aims to take 10 pupils in year 10, undertaking NVQ Business German on a two week work experience placement to Germany. Pupils are from a socially and economically disadvantaged area, and project aims to increase their experience, widen horizons, improve business language skills and employability skills

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The Leonardo da Vinci programme is part of the European Commission's new Lifelong Learning Programme and is designed to build a skilled workforce through European partnerships. Leonardo funds overseas work placements and the development of training materials with the objective of improving the provision of Vocational Education and Training (VET) across Europe.

Trinity Fields School & Resource Centre, in Caerphilly received a grant of €300,000 through the programme for a project that focuses on the development of training materials for apprentices and learning support assistants from materials already in use by the various partners. The project will identify good practice from these materials and refine them in to a format suitable for use by all partners as a tool for improving the support on offer to peer mentors.

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The Royal Society, provides funding of up to £3,000 through its Partnership Grants Scheme to enable schools to bringing science alive in the classroom.

The Hayfielfd Primary Schools in High Peaks, Derbyshire received a grant of £2,500 from the Royal Society's Partnership grant scheme to stage a Science Weel Festival that looked into the world of micro-organisms and exploring how our lives are affected by things that we can't see with the naked eye. The project involved four scientists and 127 children.

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The Royal Society, provides funding of up to £3,000 through its Partnership Grants Scheme to enable schools to bringing science alive in the classroom.

St Michael on the Mount Primary School received a grant of £2,050 to help pupils to learn about the human body by constructing a 15 foot skeleton. The project called body building from scratch allowed each year group in the school to investigate the science behind a specific part of the body, from the muscles in an arm to the electrical programming of the brain. Working with engineers from Airbus UK, every class constructed a working model of their particular body part, giving the pupils the opportunity to apply some of the scientific principles they had discovered.

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Through its Education Programme, the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation has provided St Ninestiles Community School a grant of £20,000 towards the creation of a new, user-friendly online curriculum which will raise motivation and attainment among students.

Through the Foundation's Education programme funding is available for two broad areas of interest: New approaches to education and Hard-to-reach learners. The Foundation also makes grants in the areas of Arts & Heritage, Environment and Social Change.

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Japan 21 is a UK charity which supports and encourages educational and grassroots activity relating to Japan. Japan 21 Awards are grants of up to £1,000 to enable small scale projects and events related to Japan to take place in the UK.

Parklands High School in Chorley which is a Modern Languages Specialist School received an award from Japan21 to run a ten-week course to introduce Japanese language and culture as part of its Family Learning Programme.

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Japan 21 is a UK charity which supports and encourages educational and grassroots activity relating to Japan. Japan 21 Awards are grants of up to £1,000 to enable small scale projects and events related to Japan to take place in the UK.

Kirkham Grammar School, Preston, received an award to set up a weekly lunchtime club for pupils interested in learning Japanese and working towards the WJEC Level 1 Certificate.

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Comenius is one of the most popular international education programmes for UK schools, colleges and local authorities.

Bredon Hill Middle School - Worcestershire is working in partnership with schools in Germany, Hungary and Holland on a Comenius project about the environment. During each year of the project pupils in each of the participating schools study the different elements of the environment around each of the schools.

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Comenius is one of the most popular international education programmes for UK schools, colleges and local authorities.

Cookestown Primary School and St Mary's College are involved Comenius 3 project called Learning Migration. The aim of the project is to share experience and best practice of how best to deal with the educational challenge of the increasing number of immigrants into Europe, and also the greater movement of people between European countries. Learning Migration is also about integrating a better understanding of the phenomenon of migration into daily teaching in all parts of the educational community.

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Comenius is one of the most popular international education programmes for UK schools, colleges and local authorities.

Rushey Mead Secondary School, Leicester is involved in a European Schools network which aims to improve the participation rates of ethnic minority students, especially girls, and multicultural schools in international school projects and to motivate schools to include multicultural issues in exchanges.

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DFID Global School Partnerships provides funding that promotes partnerships between schools in the UK and schools in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean with the aim of developing joint curriculum projects and to raise young people's awareness of global development issues and equip them with the skills and knowledge to become active global citizens.

Teachers from Hagley Primary School and Jan Jan Bureh Lower Basic School, The Gambia, used their reciprocal visits to produce resource materials to teach each school about life in their partner country. A series of four books and accompanying DVDs was created, covering the topics 'Day in the Life', Food, Festivals and Stories & Rhymes. Pupils actively contributed to the development of content, learning not only about life in another country, but also about writing nonfictional, fictional and chronological texts.

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The Ernest Cook Trust (ECT) gives grants to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations wishing to encourage young people's interest either in the countryside and the environment or the arts (in the broadest sense) or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy. In 2008/09, the ECT Trustees gave £1.7m to support over 450 educational projects. A large grants programme for awards of over £4,000 and a small grants programme for awards of under £4,000 operate throughout the year.

Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School in Norfolk was awarded £2,000 by the Ernst Cook Trust to help with the cost of whiteboard and projector.

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The Ernest Cook Trust (ECT) gives grants to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations wishing to encourage young people's interest either in the countryside and the environment or the arts (in the broadest sense) or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy. In 2008/09, the ECT Trustees gave £1.7m to support over 450 educational projects. A large grants programme for awards of over £4,000 and a small grants programme for awards of under £4,000 operate throughout the year.

St Mary’s Primary & Nursery School in Manchester was awarded £1,500 by the Ernst Cook Trust to help with the running costs of a study club.

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The Sir John Cass Foundation makes grants to schools and organisations in London in the areas of widening participation in further and higher education, truancy, exclusion and behaviour management, as well as prisoner education.

South Camden Community School received a grant of 25,000 towards achieving it Specialist Schools status in the Performing Arts.

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The Sir John Cass Foundation makes grants to schools and organisations in London in the areas of widening participation in further and higher education, truancy, exclusion and behaviour management, as well as prisoner education.

Soho Parish School received a grant of £3,300 from the Foundation to fund a Scientist in residence project at the school

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The Institute's public engagement grant scheme is designed to give financial support of up to £1000 to individuals and organisations running physics-based events and activities in the UK and Ireland.

Heworth Grange Comprehensive School received funding to hold a series of hands on physics workshops for 250 people. Activities included: the wave machine, food physics and motion in the ocean.

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Grants of up to £1,000 are available through the Institute of Physics Public Engagement Grant Scheme. The aim of the scheme is to support individuals and organisations running physics-based events and activities in the UK and Ireland.

The Shaunagh Lavery, Heworth Grange Comprehensive School received a grant to run a series of three hands-on workshops for 250 people. Activities included: the wave machine, food physics and motion in the ocean.

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The Foyle Foundation is an independent Grant Making Trust that funds activities in relation to Learning; the Arts;and Health. Schools that wish to apply for funding must be state funded secondary and primary schools and must demonstrate why their project is additional and cannot be funded from statutory or other funding.

Hookergate School in Tyne & Wear received a grant of £20,000 from the Foyle Foundation to support a bid for specialist school status in English and Maths/ICT.

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The Lloyds TSB Foundation funds local, regional and national charities working to tackle disadvantage across England and Wales

The Hartest Pre-School in Bury St Edmunds was awarded a grant of £500 from the Lloydes TSB Foundation towards the purchase of equipment.

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The Lloyds TSB Foundation funds local, regional and national charities working to tackle disadvantage across England and Wales

The Crudwell Pre-School in Swindon was awarded a grant of £500 from the Lloyds TSB Foundation towards staff costs.

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Awards for All is a Lottery grants scheme funding small, local community-based projects in the UK.

Ferryhill After School Club was awarded £2,000 through Awards for All (Scotland) to provide after school care facilities and educational opportunities for children. The grant was used to purchase play equipment and to fund sessional workers' fees and coach hire.

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Awards for All is a Lottery grants scheme funding small, local community-based projects in the UK.

Newhills Parent Teacher Association were awarded £3,050 to purchase a balance beam, log walks, suspension bridge, wobble board, lakeland table, tram tracks, swinging steps, burma bridge and a chain walk.

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Awards for All is a Lottery grants scheme funding small, local community-based projects in the UK.

Backwell School was awarded £2,900 to hold a summer school and expand the range of activities on offer. contribution towards tutor costs (particularly new courses) £2500, advertising and promotional leaflets £400.

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Awards for All is a Lottery grants scheme funding small, local community-based projects in the UK.

Gainford C of E Primary School was awarded £2,668 to to clear an area and provide equipment for out door play, aimed at children from the pre-school and under fives from the wider community.

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Marshland Highschool received a grant of £4,993 from Awards for All to establish a table tennis centre working with Wisbech table tennis club. The centre will be used by the whole community as well as by local feeder primary schools looking to offer out of hours clubs.

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Awards for All is a Lottery grants scheme funding small, local community-based projects in the UK.

Oakfield Primary School was awarded £5,000. School pupils, parents and members of the community who use the Barry Lawrence Community Centre will get together to form a samba band. Lottery funding will pay for a range of percussion instruments, band leader training and coaching, and the band will develop its skills to play at future carnival and events on the Isle of Wight. The school aims to bring family learning into the wider community and encourage hard-to-reach families to participate through a common interest.

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Awards for All is a Lottery grants scheme funding small, local community-based projects in the UK.

Rhoscolyn C P School was awarded £4,736. The project is to develop the facilities at an after school club.The money is for the purchase of computers, a printer, an interactive display board and a projector.

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Awards for All is a Lottery grants scheme funding small, local community-based projects in the UK.

Pembrey C.P School Parent Teachers Association was awarded £4,000. The project is to encourage and promote healthy living in the community.The money is for the cost of specialist tuition in environmental issues, horticulture, nutrition and cookery and the purchase of tools and materials.

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Awards for All is a Lottery grants scheme funding small, local community-based projects in the UK.

Earlview Primary School was awarded £5,000. The school will improve and increase the educational environment for the children by installing new thermoplastic playground markings.

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The John Lyon's Charity gives grants to groups and organisations for the benefit of children and young adults who are resident in the London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington and Chelsea, City of London and the City of Westminster. Since 1992 the Charity has distributed some £30 million at an average of £17,000 per grant to a wide range of services for young people, including youth clubs, arts projects, counselling, child care and parental support schemes, sports and academic bursaries and scholarships.

Godolphin & Latymer School received a grant of £50,000 pa for two years towards the development of an arts studio

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The Garfield Weston Foundation supports a wide range of organisations with grants of varying sizes. Recent funding has supported projects in the following categories: Arts, Community, Education, Welfare, Medical, Religion, Youth and Environment

Brackenbury Primary School received a grant of £10,000 from the Foundation to help with the renovation of a disused and derelict Victorian school building, with the aim to creating a new space for the arts and sport. It will cater for music, drama, dance, visual arts and textiles, physical education, breakfast and after school clubs and group activities. This will be accessed by both the school and the local community.

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The John Lyon's Charity gives grants to groups and organisations for the benefit of children and young adults who are resident in the London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington and Chelsea, City of London and the City of Westminster. Since 1992 the Charity has distributed some £30 million at an average of £17,000 per grant to a wide range of services for young people, including youth clubs, arts projects, counselling, child care and parental support schemes, sports and academic bursaries and scholarships.

West London Academy £20,000 towards the Table Tennis / Wheelchair Sports project.

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The John Lyon's Charity gives grants to groups and organisations for the benefit of children and young adults who are resident in the London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington and Chelsea, City of London and the City of Westminster. Since 1992 the Charity has distributed some £30 million at an average of £17,000 per grant to a wide range of services for young people, including youth clubs, arts projects, counselling, child care and parental support schemes, sports and academic bursaries and scholarships.

Whitefield School £28,000 pa for two years towards the Sports Inclusion project.

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The aim of the Santander Foundation is to help disadvantaged people through one or both of the following charitable priorities - education and training, or financial capability. The Foundation makes grants of up to £10,000 to organisations with charitable status in . This includes registered charities, Friendly Societies, Industrial & Provident Societies registered under charitable not membership rules

Northease Manor School recieved a grant of £7,995 to provide equipment for a new media studio. This will help the 10 -17 year old students to overcome significant barriers and disabilities to learning.

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Young Roots offers grants of between £5,000 and £25,000. The scheme aims to involve 13-20 year-olds (up to 25 for those with special needs) in finding out about their heritage, developing skills, building confidence and promoting community involvement. Projects needs to be related to the local and culturally varied heritage of the UK.

The students from Kirkby Stephen Grammar School believe that the Settle-Carlisle Railway is an important part of the heritage of their area. They recieved a grant of £15,300 to produce a film about the line’s construction, which features interviews with archivists and railway enthusiasts. The film shows what life would have been like for the engineers and navvies who built the impressive viaducts and tunnels that are a feature of the landscape.

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The Fair Share Trust, part of the Fair Share Initiative was created to target areas throughout the UK that have previously received less then their 'fair share' of National Lottery funding. The Fair Share Trust makes grant of between £5,000 and £250,000.

Kirton Lane Primary School, South Yorkshire, which received a grant of £35,000 to install play equipment in their playground to keep pupils healthy and active.

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The Ernest Cook Trust (ECT) gives grants to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations wishing to encourage young people's interest either in the countryside and the environment or the arts (in the broadest sense) or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy. In 2008/09, the ECT Trustees gave £1.7m to support over 450 educational projects. A large grants programme for awards of over £4,000 and a small grants programme for awards of under £4,000 operate throughout the year.

Snettisham Primary School, King's Lynn, receieved a grant of £2,157 to help with the cost of the drumming club.

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The Ernest Cook Trust (ECT) gives grants to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations wishing to encourage young people's interest either in the countryside and the environment or the arts (in the broadest sense) or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy. In 2008/09, the ECT Trustees gave £1.7m to support over 450 educational projects. A large grants programme for awards of over £4,000 and a small grants programme for awards of under £4,000 operate throughout the year.

Norbury Manor Primary School received a grant of £2,165 from the Trust to cover the cost of resources for outdoor learning.

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Sportsmatch / Sport England

Sportsmatch is funded by Sport England to support the development of grassroots sport in England. It makes awards to organisations running projects aimed at increasing participation in sports at community level. Sportsmatch do this through matching on a £ for £ basis eligible funding invested in community sport.

Devizes School is a secondary school and specialist sports college in Wiltshire. The school obtained a three year sponsorship from a local construction firm, Gaiger Brothers, which amounted to £10,000 per year. The school matched this with a further £10,000 from Sportsmatch and were able to run an annual multi-sports coaching camp during the school summer holidays.

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Sportsmatch is funded by Sport England to support the development of grassroots sport in England. It makes awards to organisations running projects aimed at increasing participation in sports at community level. Sportsmatch do this through matching on a £ for £ basis eligible funding invested in community sport.

George Salter High School is a co-educational high school for students' aged 11-16 serving the Central West Bromwich area. The school received £2,500 in sponsorship from Lex Commercial, a company specializing in sales support for commercial vehicles to run a sports programme aimed at increasing participation in sports amongst Asian pupils. This was matched with a £2,500 award from Sportsmatch.

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The Arts Council for England provides grants to both organisations and individuals to promote the arts.

Cherry Orchard Primary Schools in Worcester was awarded a grant of £2,000 to to fund a full school day dedicated to learning about design, structure and materials. Known as "Spaghetti Architecture" the grant was awarded towards the costs of a workshop for children to participate and learn about how materials behave.

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The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is one of the larger independent grant-making foundations in the UK. The Foundation make grants to organisations which aim to maximise opportunities for individuals to experience a full quality of life, both now and in the future. In particular wthe Foundation is concerned with children and young people, and others who are disadvantaged.

Newham Sixth Form College in London recieved a grant of £43,000 to support the development of "The Saturday Club" in east London a high-quality, mixed art-form, artistic programme which develops and presents emerging artists alongside established artists.

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The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is one of the larger independent grant-making foundations in the UK. The Foundation make grants to organisations which aim to maximise opportunities for individuals to experience a full quality of life, both now and in the future. In particular wthe Foundation is concerned with children and young people, and others who are disadvantaged.

The Onside Partnership received a grant of £15,000 from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. The Onside Partnership is an association of six schools in Devon, all of which specialise in either arts or sport, and the Northcott Theatre in Exeter. Using sport as a unifying theme, the Onside Partnership is bringing these schools and the Theatre together to work on a series of collaborative projects involving students, teachers, artists and professional sports people. The Onside Project will provide an opportunity for young people and schools to work outside the normal confines of school boundaries (both physical and in terms of the curriculum and timetable) in a way that enhances participation and learning. It will also demystify the notion of an ‘arts’ project by using sport as a gateway to unlocking young people’s creativity.

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The Ernest Cook Trust (ECT) gives grants to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations wishing to encourage young people's interest either in the countryside and the environment or the arts (in the broadest sense) or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy. In 2008/09, the ECT Trustees gave £1.7m to support over 450 educational projects. A large grants programme for awards of over £4,000 and a small grants programme for awards of under £4,000 operate throughout the year.

Withywood Community School in Bristol received a grant of £6,821through the Trust towards the cost of ten music lessons for 60 pupils.

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The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is one of the larger independent grant-making foundations in the UK. The Foundation make grants to organisations which aim to maximise opportunities for individuals to experience a full quality of life, both now and in the future. In particular wthe Foundation is concerned with children and young people, and others who are disadvantaged.

Hareclive Primary School, Bristol recieved a grant of £37,560 over two years to build the capacity of this working artist's studio based in a primary school in Bristol to cater for a wider range of age groups, to act as a resource for the local community and to provide an exemplar model of youth-led artistic and educational practice.

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First Light provides grants to enable young people (5 - 18 Years old) to take a lead role in all aspects of film production.

Uplands Special School, Brighton was awarded a grant of £3,800 to produce a short film about Eric, a boy that suffers from neglect at home and at school. The short film, which was produced by eighteen 14 to 15 year olds, will aim to challenge what the participants feel is the public perception of today's youth.

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The Lord's Taverners raises and gives around £2 million each year to give young people, particularly those with special needs, a sporting chance.

Green Park School, Wolverhampton cares for 100 children between the ages of five and nineteen, all of whom have a range of severe and profound learning difficulties. 85% of pupils have multiple disabilities and a significant number are terminally ill. The Lord's Taverners provided a grant of £25,000 to the School for the provision of a sensory room and drama studio for children.

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Young Roots offers grants of between £5,000 and £25,000. The scheme aims to involve 13-20 year-olds (up to 25 for those with special needs) in finding out about their heritage, developing skills, building confidence and promoting community involvement. Projects needs to be related to the local and culturally varied heritage of the UK.

The project "My Highfields - Your Highfields" received a £21,000 Lottery Grant with the aim of enabling young people from an ethnic minority background to stage an exhibition based on their own research into the recent histories of their families, in particular the migration routes of their parents and grandparents. The project involved 100 young people, aged between 13 and15, many of whom were young refugees or from Black and Minority Ethnic communities. The young people researched and put on an exhibition, one of the aims of which was to look at the things that unite a diverse community. They were encouraged to shape the content and style of the exhibition themselves, based on their research findings and interests.

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The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is one of the larger independent grant-making foundations in the UK. The Foundation make grants to organisations which aim to maximise opportunities for individuals to experience a full quality of life, both now and in the future. In particular wthe Foundation is concerned with children and young people, and others who are disadvantaged.

Bakewell Infant School received a grant of £3,200 to enable this small infant school in Derbyshire to have a year-long arts project which will expose their pupils to other cultures. The school will have a multicultural arts focus week each term during this academic year to complement a weekly input of music, drama, dance and sculpture.

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The Fole Foundation is an independent Grant Making Trust that funds activities in relation to Learning; the Arts; and Health. Schools that wish to apply for funding must be state funded secondary and primary schools and must demonstrate why their project is additional and cannot be funded from statutory or other funding

Foyle View Special School, Derry received a grant of £10,000 towards extending music therapy for pupils with learning difficulties and emotional and communication problems.

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The Garfield Weston Foundation supports a wide range of organisations with grants of varying sizes. Recent funding has supported projects in the following categories: Arts, Community, Education, Welfare, Medical, Religion, Youth and Environment.

Brackenbury Primary School received a grant of £10,000 from the Foundation to help with the renovation of a disused and derelict Victorian school building, with the aim to creating a new space for the arts and sport. It will cater for music, drama, dance, visual arts and textiles, physical education, breakfast and after school clubs and group activities. This will be accessed by both the school and the local community.

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The Football Foundation is the UK’s largest sports’ charity. Funded by the Premier League, The Football Association and the Government, the Foundation directs £40m every year into grass roots sport.

A school secured £8,700 over three years to deliver two new after-school and two new lunchtime clubs for its pupils. The after school club would also be open to members of the local community. Inter school competitions would be delivered as part of the programme and teachers and parents would receive Level One coaching courses, so that they can continue to deliver coaching after the funding finishes.

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The Football Foundation is the UK’s largest sports’ charity. Funded by the Premier League, The Football Association and the Government, the Foundation directs £40m every year into grass roots sport.

The Playing for Success scheme at Rochdale’s Spotland Study Centre is a partnership between Rochdale AFC, Rochdale Hornets RLFC, Department For Education and Skills, the Football Foundation and Rochdale Local Education Authority. Situated in purpose-built accommodation under the Willbutts Lane Stand, the study centre houses state of the art computer equipment. Learning in an environment where there heroes play week-in, week-out has proved to have a huge motivational effect on participants. The Playing for Success programme has now been expanded to the lower divisions.

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Awards for All England is supported by the Arts Council England, the Big Lottery Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England. It awards grants of between £300 and £10,000 for people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, and projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community. Separate Awards for All programmes exist for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In order to order to provide children with the opportunity to participate in athletic activity all year round.

Priory Lane Junior School, successfully applied for a grant of £3, 632 from Sport England's Awards for All programme to purchase indoor athletic equipment.

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Sport England provides funding to a wide range of organisations and projects that will grow and sustain participation in grassroots sport and create opportunities for people to excel at their chosen sport.Sport England funding programmes are open to a wide range of organisations. These include sports clubs, voluntary or community organisations, local authorities, schools, colleges and universities

Sport England invested £295,200 in improved facilities for sport and the arts at Marion Richardson and nearby Seven Mills Primary School through the Space for Sport and Arts programme. The schools are both located in Tower Hamlets, one of the most ethnically diverse and deprived boroughs in London. Community groups also use the facilities for a range of sport and arts activities, including street dance. Groups from the school and the community have been asked to perform on a number of high profile stages, including the Albert Hall and Trafalgar Square.

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The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is one of the larger independent grant-making foundations in the UK. The Foundation make grants to organisations which aim to maximise opportunities for individuals to experience a full quality of life, both now and in the future. In particular wthe Foundation is concerned with children and young people, and others who are disadvantaged.

Sparrow Hill Community School received a grant of £1,436 for a photographic project entitled ‘Discovering my Community’. The project, in partnership with Artists in Schools - a Burnley based arts organisation, aimed to develop community awareness, as well as individual and group identity through the medium of photography.

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The Community Fund is Co-op Group's grant scheme that helps local communities throughout the UK

Carlton Primary School was awarded a grant of £500 from the Co-op's Community Dividend fund to set up a breakfast club. The school which is based in an inner city area and serves a large multi-cultural area found that many of its pupils were coming to school without any breakfast and as a result, their concentration, behaviour and learning were all affected.

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Awards for All is a Lottery grants scheme funding small, local community-based projects in the UK.

Ashfield School in Leicestershire has received a grant of £4,927 from Awards for All to provide disabled pupils at the after school sports club with an extended range of activities that will also help the youngsters compete in the National Junior Disabled games. The grant has enabled the school to extend its sporting programme to include things like tri-golf and zone hockey, which can be played by all abilities.

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The Ernest Cook Trust is a charitable body charged with the dual role of maintaining the estates given to it by Ernest Cook, and all that they stand for, and giving money to support educational and research projects. Many of the schemes it supports relate to the countryside and environmental and architectural conservation, and are all educational in emphasis.

Grants range from £100 - £4,000 in the small grants category and £4,000 - £10,000 in the main grants category.

Broom Leys Primary School received a grant of £1,243 from the Trust to provide habitats for minibeasts and birds and to aid the children in nature observation
and detection. Insects, butterflies, ladybirds, birds, hedgehogs, frogs and toads now have their own habitats around the newly-constructed pool/wildlife area and are
providing stimulation for discussions about environments, habitats and adaptation. The children have also been using the pond nets, tanks, bug hunters, magnifiers and
microscopes with great enthusiasm. Early Years children have watched frog spawn hatch into tadpoles before becoming adult frogs and older children have been identifying a range of insects and minibeasts.

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The Ernest Cook Trust is a charitable body charged with the dual role of maintaining the estates given to it by Ernest Cook, and all that they stand for, and giving money to support educational and research projects. Many of the schemes it supports relate to the countryside and environmental and architectural conservation, and are all educational in emphasis.

Grants range from £100 - £4,000 in the small grants category and £4,000 - £10,000 in the main grants category.

The Holy Family Catholic Primary School received a grant of £1,150 from the Trust to turn a patch of spare land into a vegetable garden and wildlife environment as as supporting the development of the schools Eco-club. The funding was used to purchase a new wheelbarrow, watering cans, a bird table, seeds, compost and gardening books.

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Organisations that work with young people have the opportunity to apply for grants of up to £50,000 per year through the Hilton Foundation. During 2006, the Foundation made grants totalling over £1.3m to numerous organisations including registered charities and schools for activities and projects that meet one of the Foundation's chosen areas of focus:

• Young People - Education;
• Young People - Health

The Red Gates School, received a grant of £750 for specialist equipment at the school.

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Organisations that work with young people have the opportunity to apply for grants of up to £50,000 per year through the Hilton Foundation. During 2006, the Foundation made grants totalling over £1.3m to numerous organisations including registered charities and schools for activities and projects that meet one of the Foundation's chosen areas of focus:

• Young People - Education;
• Young People - Health

The Ashgate Croft School which received a grant of £4,086 for the purchase and installation of a sound field system in 4 classrooms

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The Garfield Weston Foundation supports a wide range of organisations with grants of varying sizes. Recent funding has supported projects in the following categories: Arts, Community, Education, Welfare, Medical, Religion, Youth and Environment

Brackenbury Primary School received a grant of £10,000 from the Foundation to help with the renovation of a disused and derelict Victorian school building, with the aim to creating a new space for the arts and sport. It will cater for music, drama, dance, visual arts and textiles, physical education, breakfast and after school clubs and group activities. This will be accessed by both the school and the local community.

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The Garfield Weston Foundation supports a wide range of organisations with grants of varying sizes. Recent funding has supported projects in the following categories: Arts, Community, Education, Welfare, Medical, Religion, Youth and Environment

The Purcell School in Bushey received a grant of £100,000 from the Garfield Weston Foundation towards its capital expansion.

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The Big Lottery Fund and ITV have teamed up to run the programme that will give Lottery funding to projects that benefit local communities. The People's Millions is a periodic competition for 50 grants of up to £80,000 to fund projects that will improve the quality of life of local communities through transforming the local environment-buildings, amenities, public and green spaces, and the natural environment. The competition is open to voluntary or community groups, local authorities, schools, health bodies and social enterprises.

St John's C of E Controlled Primary School, in Colchester, received a grant of £36,000 to renovate a disused bungalow in the school grounds so it can be used for a school breakfast club and homework club. It will also be used for creative acitivies such as art, dance and drama, and outside of extended school hours it will be available for the local community to use.

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The Big Lottery Fund and ITV have teamed up to run the programme that will give Lottery funding to projects that benefit local communities. The People's Millions is a periodic competition for 50 grants of up to £80,000 to fund projects that will improve the quality of life of local communities through transforming the local environment-buildings, amenities, public and green spaces, and the natural environment. The competition is open to voluntary or community groups, local authorities, schools, health bodies and social enterprises.

Ardley Hill Lower School in Dunstable, received a grant of £50,000 to refurbish the existing pool area and provide a conservatory type enclosure so that it can be used all year round by the whole community.

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The Big Lottery Fund and ITV have teamed up to run the programme that will give Lottery funding to projects that benefit local communities. The People's Millions is a periodic competition for 50 grants of up to £80,000 to fund projects that will improve the quality of life of local communities through transforming the local environment-buildings, amenities, public and green spaces, and the natural environment. The competition is open to voluntary or community groups, local authorities, schools, health bodies and social enterprises.

Noblehill Primary School, Dumfries, received a grant of £58,162 to develop an Environmental Activity Centre that will transform an area of overgrown land, within the school grounds, into an environmental activity area, to stimulate both play and learning, for school children and the wider community. This project is to benefit at least 250 people in Dumfries.

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The Big Lottery Fund and ITV have teamed up to run the programme that will give Lottery funding to projects that benefit local communities. The People's Millions is a periodic competition for 50 grants of up to £80,000 to fund projects that will improve the quality of life of local communities through transforming the local environment-buildings, amenities, public and green spaces, and the natural environment. The competition is open to voluntary or community groups, local authorities, schools, health bodies and social enterprises.

Red Marsh School in Thornton-Cleveleys, received a grant of £49,507 to create a garden and play area between two special schools, featuring an allotment area, recycling and relaxation areas as well as a weather station and a sensory area. Over 3,000 local people are expected to use the new facilities

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The Fole Foundation is an independent Grant Making Trust that funds activities in relation to Learning; the Arts; and Health. Schools that wish to apply for funding must be state funded secondary and primary schools and must demonstrate why their project is additional and cannot be funded from statutory or other funding

William Patten Primary School, London was awarded £20,000 through the Foyle Foundation Learning Programme for the development of an arts-space and library on the flat roof of the school building.

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Every year BIG gives out millions of pounds from the National Lottery to good causes. Its money goes to community groups and to projects that improve health, education and the environment

Toryglen After School Service Limited, provides after school care for primary and secondary school children in the Toryglen area. The group received a grant of £7,776 for furniture, role play toys, art/craft materials, educational toys, sessional workers.

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The Royal Society provides grants of up to £3000 to support teachers, scientists and engineers in working together to inspire young people.

Ashton Middle School and Langford Lower School, Dunstable received a grant of £2,200 from the Royal Society Partnership Grant Scheme to collaborate in investigating the impact of soil and other environmental conditions on plants and insects. The schools invested their grant in a digital camera in order to email pictures between schools, plus a 'light bank' to test out plants in the soil samples, and other specialist equipment.

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The Charity Bank provides loan finance and advice to any organisation that is either a registered or exempt charity, as well as to community associations, voluntary organisations, community businesses, social enterprises or social landlords or even for-profit companies as long as the purpose of the loan is exclusively charitable.

Beetley And District Pre-School received an £18,000 loan towards a new modular building. The new building has enabled the pre-school to meet disability standards, improve toilet facilities, be better insulated for the summer and winter and create 10 new places.

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The Ernest Cook Trust (ECT) gives grants to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations wishing to encourage young people's interest either in the countryside and the environment or the arts (in the broadest sense) or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy. In 2008/09, the ECT Trustees gave £1.7m to support over 450 educational projects. A large grants programme for awards of over £4,000 and a small grants programme for awards of under £4,000 operate throughout the year.

Tilney St Lawrence Community Primary School in Norfolk was awarded £2,000 by the Ernst Cook Trust to help with the cost of whiteboard and projector.

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The Ernest Cook Trust (ECT) gives grants to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations wishing to encourage young people's interest either in the countryside and the environment or the arts (in the broadest sense) or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy. In 2008/09, the ECT Trustees gave £1.7m to support over 450 educational projects. A large grants programme for awards of over £4,000 and a small grants programme for awards of under £4,000 operate throughout the year.

St Mary’s Primary & Nursery School in Manchester was awarded £1,500 by the Ernst Cook Trust to help with the running costs of a study club.

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The Mercers Educational Trust Fund seeks to improve the availability and quality of educational opportunities for children and young adults, especially in London and in particular areas of the West Midlands - Walsall, Sandwell and Telford - where the Company has established City Academies in recent years.

Old Ford Primary School received a grant of £15,000 towards the development of ICT Facilities.

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The Mercers Educational Trust Fund seeks to improve the availability and quality of educational opportunities for children and young adults, especially in London and in particular areas of the West Midlands - Walsall, Sandwell and Telford - where the Company has established City Academies in recent years.

Christ Church Primary School received a grant of £10,000 towards equipment for new classrooms.

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The Foyle Foundation is an independent Grant Making Trust that funds activities in relation to Learning; the Arts;and Health. Schools that wish to apply for funding must be state funded secondary and primary schools and must demonstrate why their project is additional and cannot be funded from statutory or other funding

Kelling Primary School, Holt was awarded £35,000 through the Foyle Foundation Learning programme to enable it to replace a second of two mobile classrooms in a school serving a rural area. In addition it received a further grant of £15,000 for building 2 new classrooms and an open space link.

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The Foyle Foundation is an independent Grant Making Trust that funds activities in relation to Learning; the Arts;and Health. Schools that wish to apply for funding must be state funded secondary and primary schools and must demonstrate why their project is additional and cannot be funded from statutory or other funding

Mulberry Bush School, Witney was awarded £25,000 towards a multi-purpose hall so that this special education needs school can provide a full curriculum.

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Awards for All (England) provides grants of up to £10,000 for people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, and projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community.

Gainford C of E Primary School in Darlington was awarded £2,668 to clear an area and provide equipment for out door play, aimed at children from the pre-school and under fives from the wider community.

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Biffaward, is a grant scheme funded by Biffa Waste Services, through the landfill tax credits scheme, which levies a tax on all Landfill operators in order to fund environment and community projects within a certain distance from the Landfill sites.

Mary and John Church of England Primary School PTA received a grant of £5,000 from the Biffaward small grants scheme to turn a desolate concrete playground at the heart of a newly designated community Home Zone into a biodynamic wildflower meadow with living willow play structures, a turfed mound and slide, stepping stone, pathways and trees.

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The Fole Foundation is an independent Grant Making Trust that funds activities in relation to Learning; the Arts; and Health. Schools that wish to apply for funding must be state funded secondary and primary schools and must demonstrate why their project is additional and cannot be funded from statutory or other funding.

The Charles Dickens School in London received a grant of £40,000 from the Foyle Foundation to convert an old Assembly Hall into a Library.

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The Ernest Cook Trust is a charitable body charged with the dual role of maintaining the estates given to it by Ernest Cook, and all that they stand for, and giving money to support educational and research projects. Many of the schemes it supports relate to the countryside and environmental and architectural conservation, and are all educational in emphasis.

Grants range from £100 - £4,000 in the small grants category and £4,000 - £10,000 in the main grants category.

Morriston Primary School received a grant of £1,730 from the Trust small grants programme to purchase outdoor educational items such as a weather station.

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Every Co-operative Group Dividend cardholder has the option to donate the 'odd pence' from their twice-yearly Dividend payments to the Co-operative Community Dividend programme. The programme uses the money raised to support a range of community projects.

Blackboys Pre-school in East Sussex received a grant of £1,350 from the Community Dividend to develop its garden and buy outdoor equipment for the children to use. The funding has also been used to develop a planting area to introduce the children to the wonders of nature and encourage birds, butterflies, frogs and hedgehogs to make the garden their home.

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The Football Foundation is a partnership funded by The F.A. Premier League, The FA and the Government. The Foundation is the largest sports charity in the UK and provides grants of between £100 and £1 million to revitalise grass roots sport, investing in parks, schools and playing fields and harnessing the power of the game within local communities and to promote education and social inclusion.

Ashfield School in Nottinghamshire received a grant of £196,000 from the Football Foundation towards the installation of an all weather Football Pitch.

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The Foyle Foundation is an independent grant making trust that distributes grants to UK charities and not for profit organisations whose work is in the areas of Learning, the Arts and Health. Within its Learning remit funding is available to meet special educational needs and learning difficulties.

The Kingfisher Community Special School, Oldham received a grant of £15,000 towards equipping an arts studio in this special school for children with severe and complex learning difficulties including autism.

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The Garfield Weston Foundation supports a wide range of organisations with grants of varying sizes. Recent funding has supported projects in the following categories: Arts, Community, Education, Welfare, Medical, Religion, Youth and Environment

St Michael's Primary School, Withyham received a grant of £5,000 to help in the completion of a new classroom for the “Early Years”, a new hall/library and IT suite,

Southend High Schools for Boys received a grant of £5,000 to help equipand complete a new Sports Hall and Music Centre

The Purcell School in Bushey receives a further £100,000 towards its capital expansion

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The Ogden Trust's aim is to maximise the educational opportunities available to young people in all parts of the UK's educational system. Each year, the Ogden Trust considers a small number of grants to educational institutions or charitable institutions with educational purposes. The small number of grants it makes each year are up to £10,000 and usually have to be for a science-related project.

Teddington School in Middlesex received a grant of £5,000 from the Ogden Trust towards the purchase of new science equipment in two laboratories to improve experimental facilities at the school.

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The John Lyon's Charity gives grants to groups and organisations for the benefit of children and young adults who are resident in the London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington and Chelsea, City of London and the City of Westminster. Since 1992 the Charity has distributed some £30 million at an average of £17,000 per grant to a wide range of services for young people, including youth clubs, arts projects, counselling, child care and parental support schemes, sports and academic bursaries and scholarships.

Kensal Rise Primary School £20,000 towards the creation of a Family Learning Centre at the school.

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The Ernest Cook Trust is a charitable body charged with the dual role of maintaining the estates given to it by Ernest Cook, and all that they stand for, and giving money to support educational and research projects. Many of the schemes it supports relate to the countryside and environmental and architectural conservation, and are all educational in emphasis.

Grants range from £100 - £4,000 in the small grants category and £4,000 - £10,000 in the main grants category.

Inglefield Manor School in West Sussex provides education to children with cerebral palsy and has recently started teaching and supporting secondary aged students. The school received a grant of £10,500 from the Trust to purchase a Smartboard and five rugged laptops. The laptops allow the pupils to access the curriculum as well as acting as communication devices.

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BBC Children in Need grants are open to organisations working with disadvantaged children and young people who are 18 years old and under. Organisation and project must be based in the UK and you need to be a registered charity or other not-for-profit organisation.

Beechwood School (Special) in Aberdeen received a grant of £2,621 from the BBC Children in Need Special Grants Programme to enhance the life skills of children from Aberdeen with additional support needs by providing a residential trip to an Outdoor Activity centre.

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BBC Children in Need grants are open to organisations working with disadvantaged children and young people who are 18 years old and under. Organisation and project must be based in the UK and you need to be a registered charity or other not-for-profit organisation.

Woodlands School in Edinburgh received a grant of £5,095 towards the cost of a sensory room to increase the health and wellbeing of children with
learning disabilities.

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The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is one of the larger independent grant-making foundations in the UK. The Foundation make grants to organisations which aim to maximise opportunities for individuals to experience a full quality of life, both now and in the future. In particular the Foundation is concerned with children and young people, and others who are disadvantaged.

The Beaconsfield School, Buckinghamshire, received a grant of £73,500 to develop its Arts Learning Centre as model of good practice, particularly for young people at risk of exclusion or disengagement.

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The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is one of the larger independent grant-making foundations in the UK. The Foundation make grants to organisations which aim to maximise opportunities for individuals to experience a full quality of life, both now and in the future. In particular wthe Foundation is concerned with children and young people, and others who are disadvantaged.

Forest School – Swansea, Neath, Port Talbot received a grant of £5,000 to enable young people who are truanting or at risk of exclusion to attend a ten-week course at Forest School, involving woodland management, arts, crafts and science. The course is intended to inspire the young people to re-engage with learning in mainstream education

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The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is one of the larger independent grant-making foundations in the UK. The Foundation make grants to organisations which aim to maximise opportunities for individuals to experience a full quality of life, both now and in the future. In particular wthe Foundation is concerned with children and young people, and others who are disadvantaged.

Mulberry Bush School in Oxfordshire, received a grant of £180,120 to share good practice across schools to enable primary aged children with emotional, social and behavioural difficulties, to be more successful in mainstream settings.

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The Garfield Weston Foundation supports a wide range of organisations with grants of varying sizes. Recent funding has supported projects in the following categories: Arts, Community, Education, Welfare, Medical, Religion, Youth and Environment

The Ian Mikardo High School is a day special school for secondary age boys with severe and complex social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. All pupils have statements of special educational needs and many have been excluded from their previous schools. They have fallen behind in basic skills because of poor attendance and concentration. The school works to address the negative experiences many pupils have had in their past and provides life chances to vulnerable children by restoring self-esteem and helping them to see themselves as learners with potential. A grant of £5,000 was provided to paint, furnish and equip a Children’s Psychotherapy Room.

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The Ogden Trust's aim is to maximise the educational opportunities available to young people in all parts of the UK's educational system. Each year, the Ogden Trust considers a small number of grants to educational institutions or charitable institutions with educational purposes. The small number of grants it makes each year are up to £10,000 and usually have to be for a science-related project.

The Marchant-Holliday School is a charitable Special Needs residential school for 37 young boys experiencing very severe social, emotional and behavioural disorders, which have resulted in their exclusion from mainstream primary schools. The Ogden Trust provided a grant of £2,500 for new ICT software.

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The John Lyon's Charity gives grants to groups and organisations for the benefit of children and young adults who are resident in the London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington and Chelsea, City of London and the City of Westminster. Since 1992 the Charity has distributed some £30 million at an average of £17,000 per grant to a wide range of services for young people, including youth clubs, arts projects, counselling, child care and parental support schemes, sports and academic bursaries and scholarships.

Mapledown School received a grant of £5,000 towards playground enhancements.

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The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is one of the larger independent grant-making foundations in the UK. The Foundation make grants to organisations which aim to maximise opportunities for individuals to experience a full quality of life, both now and in the future. In particular wthe Foundation is concerned with children and young people, and others who are disadvantaged.

The Al-Haqq Supplementary School in Leeds received a grant of £32,874 over two years from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation to raise the educational aspirations and achievements of local children aged 5-18 from all ethnic backgrounds through supplementary education.

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The Esmee Fairbain Foundation funds the charitable activities of organisations that have the ideas and ability to achieve change for the better. The Foundation takes pride in supporting work that might otherwise be considered difficult to fund. The Foundation's primary interests are in the cultural life of the UK, education and learning, the natural environment and enabling disadvantaged people to participate more fully in society.

Eastside Young Leaders' Academy received a grant of £82,000 towards the salary and costs over two years of a Project Co-ordinator to raise the attainment of 120 African-Caribbean boys excluded from mainstream education in Newham.

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The Esmee Fairbain Foundation funds the charitable activities of organisations that have the ideas and ability to achieve change for the better. The Foundation takes pride in supporting work that might otherwise be considered difficult to fund. The Foundation's primary interests are in the cultural life of the UK, education and learning, the natural environment and enabling disadvantaged people to participate more fully in society.

Phoenix Secondary and Primary School was awarded £10,200 towards the salary of a Resource Manager to work with parents in Tower Hamlets on how to use resource materials with their children.

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The Esmee Fairbain Foundation funds the charitable activities of organisations that have the ideas and ability to achieve change for the better. The Foundation takes pride in supporting work that might otherwise be considered difficult to fund. The Foundation's primary interests are in the cultural life of the UK, education and learning, the natural environment and enabling disadvantaged people to participate more fully in society.

Through its Education Programme, the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation has provided St Ninestiles Community School a grant of £20,000 towards the creation of a new, user-friendly online curriculum which will raise motivation and attainment among students.

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The Garfield Weston Foundation supports a wide range of organisations with grants of varying sizes. Recent funding has supported projects in the following categories: Arts, Community, Education, Welfare, Medical, Religion, Youth and Environment

Millfields Community School in Hackney, which serves a diverse community reciebed a grant of £5,000 from the Garfield Weston Foundation for its Saturday School. The Saturday School assists 100 pupils perceived to be underachieving in relation to their peers or with regard to their own potential. It also offers access to arts, culture and heritage learning opportunities otherwise not experienced. The aim of the school is to improveliteracy, numeracy and the understanding of science and also increased self esteem.

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The John Lyon's Charity gives grants to groups and organisations for the benefit of children and young adults who are resident in the London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington and Chelsea, City of London and the City of Westminster. Since 1992 the Charity has distributed some £30 million at an average of £17,000 per grant to a wide range of services for young people, including youth clubs, arts projects, counselling, child care and parental support schemes, sports and academic bursaries and scholarships.

Harrow School received a grant of £31,000 over four years towards the Gifted & Talented Programme for young people from the ten state secondary schools in Harrow

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The Foundation supports education projects for disadvantaged young people in London under the age of 25. The funding available is in the form of bursaries and scholarships for individuals and grants of between £10,000 and £30,000 for schools and other organisations. Funding priorities for the Foundation are widening participation in Further & Higher Education; truancy, exclusion and behaviour management; prisoner education; and new initiatives. Initial applications can be submitted at any time.

Elmgreen School in Lambeth received a grant of £20,000 over one year towards the school's bid to be designated a Specialist School.

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The Esmee Fairbain Foundation funds the charitable activities of organisations that have the ideas and ability to achieve change for the better. The Foundation takes pride in supporting work that might otherwise be considered difficult to fund. The Foundation's primary interests are in the cultural life of the UK, education and learning, the natural environment and enabling disadvantaged people to participate more fully in society.

Stonebroom Primary and Nursery School was awarded £25,980 towards a professional development programme for sixty teachers to improve attitudes to learning and attainment of disadvantaged pupils and pupils at risk of disaffection in Derbyshire.

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Schools within England and Wales that have existing partnerships with school overseas can apply for funding through the British Council's Schools Linking Visits grant scheme. The programme is open to headteachers and teaching or support staff from primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, sixth form colleges and further education colleges (involved in the education of 16-19 year olds).

Lady Manners School in Bakewell linked with a school in Japan. The school visited the Japanese school and activities during the visit included lesson observation, meetings with students and shared details of current and previous approaches to the Hiroshima question.

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St Roch's Secondary School received a grant of £2,000 from the Foundation for a group of sixth formers from Glasgow to undertake a school exchange and represent their city at the 60th anniversary commemorations in Hiroshima, July-August 2005.

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The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation makes grants to individuals, institutions and organisations to promote links between the UK and Japan in all fields of activity. Under its Small Grants programme, grants of £1,000-£5,000 are available for educational and grassroots exchanges, research travel, the organisation of conferences, exhibitions, and other projects and events.

The Cottlesloe School in Buckinghamshire, received a grant of £1,500 through the Daiwa Foundation Small Grant scheme to support an educational exchange between the school and Japanese educational institutions, using drama to explore and understand cultural differences between the two countries.

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The John Lyon's Charity gives grants to groups and organisations for the benefit of children and young adults who are resident in the London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington and Chelsea, City of London and the City of Westminster. Since 1992 the Charity has distributed some £30 million at an average of £17,000 per grant to a wide range of services for young people, including youth clubs, arts projects, counselling, child care and parental support schemes, sports and academic bursaries and scholarships.

St Anselm’s RC Primary School £6,500 pa for three years towards the costs of an Early Years play therapist.

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The Esmee Fairbain Foundation funds the charitable activities of organisations that have the ideas and ability to achieve change for the better. The Foundation takes pride in supporting work that might otherwise be considered difficult to fund. The Foundation's primary interests are in the cultural life of the UK, education and learning, the natural environment and enabling disadvantaged people to participate more fully in society.

Through its Education Programme, the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation has provided St Martin's Nursery School & St Paul's Nursery School a grant of £28,830 towards the salary and on-costs over two years of two part-time Co-ordinators who will enhance parents' ability to support their children's education in West Belfast.

Through the Foundation's Education programme funding is available for two broad areas of interest: New approaches to education and Hard-to-reach learners. The Foundation also makes grants in the areas of Arts & Heritage, Environment and Social Change.

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The Ernest Cook Trust is a charitable body charged with the dual role of maintaining the estates given to it by Ernest Cook, and all that they stand for, and giving money to support educational and research projects. Many of the schemes it supports relate to the countryside and environmental and architectural conservation, and are all educational in emphasis.

Grants range from £100 - £4,000 in the small grants category and £4,000 - £10,000 in the main grants category.

Broom Leys Primary School received a grant of £1,243 from the Trust to provide habitats for minibeasts and birds and to aid the children in nature observation
and detection. Insects, butterflies, ladybirds, birds, hedgehogs, frogs and toads now have their own habitats around the newly-constructed pool/wildlife area and are
providing stimulation for discussions about environments, habitats and adaptation. The children have also been using the pond nets, tanks, bug hunters, magnifiers and
microscopes with great enthusiasm. Early Years children have watched frog spawn hatch into tadpoles before becoming adult frogs and older children have been identifying a range of insects and minibeasts.

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Organisations that work with young people have the opportunity to apply for grants of up to £50,000 per year through the Hilton Foundation. During 2006, the Foundation made grants totalling over £1.3m to numerous organisations including registered charities and schools for activities and projects that meet one of the Foundation's chosen areas of focus:

• Young People - Education;
• Young People - Health

The Palmer Junior School, received a grant of £2,740 to help send 11 young people on a school field trip, who could otherwise not afford it

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First Light provides grants to enable young people (5 - 18 Years old) to take a lead role in all aspects of film production.

Uplands Special School, Brighton was awarded a grant of £3,800 to produce a short film about Eric, a boy that suffers from neglect at home and at school. The short film, which was produced by eighteen 14 to 15 year olds, will aim to challenge what the participants feel is the public perception of today's youth.

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The Nominet Trust is a UK registered charity founded to provide support to organisations and projects working to increase access to the internet, online safety and education.

The Manor CE School is a church school based in York. Funding was provided to support their WebSafe' campaign which will develop a 'ReportIt' button on the school's Virtual Learning Platform allowing students to report cases of bullying which can be followed up by the school. They will also establish an online safety course for students and parents.

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The Nominet Trust is a UK registered charity founded to provide support to organisations and projects working to increase access to the internet, online safety and education.

Dearham Primary School, which is located in Western Cumbria and offers schooling for children aged 3 to 11 years received funding from the Trust to support their Internet Safety week for all pupils followed by pupil and parent workshops. Pupils and parents then devised their own set of materials and resources to be disseminated to wider community and other schools.

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The Ernest Cook Trust (ECT) gives grants to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations wishing to encourage young people's interest either in the countryside and the environment or the arts (in the broadest sense) or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy. In 2008/09, the ECT Trustees gave £1.7m to support over 450 educational projects. A large grants programme for awards of over £4,000 and a small grants programme for awards of under £4,000 operate throughout the year.

Brymore School of Rural Technology, Somerset, received a grant of £7,687from the Ernest Cook Trust to fund a blacksmithing and wrought iron course for pupils.

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