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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
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