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The Freemasons' Grand Charity

MINOR GRANTS MADE BY THE FREEMASONS’ GRAND CHARITY

APRIL 2008

Supporting Smaller Charities

The latest grants announced by The Freemasons’ Grand Charity focus on helping smaller charities.  In total £34,000 is being given towards the important activities of eighteen charities working in the areas of youth opportunities, vulnerable people and medical research.

 CHARITY

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

Wingate Special Children’s Trust

Provides a holiday and sports centre for children with special needs

£2,000

Farms for City Children

Provides visits to farms for disadvantaged city children

£5,000

Action for Prisoners’’ Families

Provides support and advice for families of prisoners, especially children

£2,000

Papyrus (Prevention of Young Suicide)

Promotes mental health support for young people and the prevention of suicide

£3,000

British Stammering Association

Provides information and advice and promotes early intervention therapies

£2,000

Island Trust

Sailing opportunities for disabled and disadvantaged young people

£2,000

Erb’s Palsy Group

Provides advice and support services

£1,000

Bobath Children’s Therapy Centre

Therapy for cerebral palsy sufferers

£2,000

Perthes Association

Provides advice, information and mobility equipment to children disabled by Perthes disease

£1,000

Barth Syndrome Trust

Provides information and research

£1,000

The Living Paintings Trust

Provides 3-D pictures to partially sighted people

£2,500

Lupus UK

Supports people with Lupus and promotes national awareness

£2,500

POPSY

Local support networks for the parents and carers of children with complex special needs

£500

POD Charitable Trust

Arranges entertainment for children in hospitals

£1,000

Oesophageal Patients Association

Provides advice, information and support to oesophageal cancer patients

£1,500

Afasic

Supports children with speech, language and communication impairments

£1,500

CHICKS

Respite breaks for disadvantaged children

£1,000

Envision

Encouraging volunteering and citizenship in young people

£1,500

For contact details of all these charities, click here.

For further information contact Natasha Treweek on 020 7395 9394.
Visit The Freemasons’ Grand Charity’s website at www.grandcharity.org