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Grants Awarded
2007 |
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| Stonnall
Playing Fields Association received a grant towards
the cost of resurfacing the children’s play area under
the play equipment in the local park. |
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RAGE
– Young Persons Theatre Group received money
to enable them to tour schools in the Black Country & Birmingham
with their production of ‘Chariots of Flight’.
www.rage.org.uk |
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| True
Colours Choir a community children’s choir based
in Alumwell, Walsall received a donation to pay for coach costs
to local competitions including the one being held at Birmingham’s
Symphony Hall. |
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| Walsall
Acorns Children’s Hospice received a grant for
their programme of group work and counselling for brothers and
sisters of the life-limited children and young people whom Acorns
care for in their Walsall Hospice. |
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| Aldridge
Youth Theatre received a donation towards the cost
of a new piano, something Rosie always wanted herself. |
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Thomas’s Children’s Club received a donation
towards the cost of art and craft activities for their Pyramid
Rock themes summer school. |
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| HomeStart
in Winson Green & Handsworth received a grant for
their new children’s contact room. One of the services
Home Start provides to families with child/ren under the age
of 5 years is to act as the mediator between Social Services
and the family in Child Protection situations. The room will
be used as a safe environment for the child/ren and parent/s
to spend quality time together. |
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| Wolverhampton
Youth Theatre received a grant to act as a Bursary
enabling all children and young people who are members of the
Youth Theatre to fully participate in it’s activities.
A number of productions the Youth Theatre produce involve taking
productions abroad and the Bursary scheme will help to assist
the most needy of children and young people to travel with the
production. |
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| Walsall
Children’s Bereavement Support Service received
a donation for trained counsellors to work with children and
young people following the loss of a family member or close
friend. The Support Service currently works with around 80 children
in the Walsall area. Funding was also given for the production
of support literature to help the children and young people. |
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Stars Pre-School Group in Kingstanding received funding
for a part time Play Assistant to enable all the children requesting
a place within the project to be accommodated. |
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| Clayhanger
Village Community TRA received funding to help with
start up costs of a new youth club and children’s club
which is desperately required in the village. At present there
are no facilities for the young people in this small village.
The Youth Club and children’s club are hoping to begin
in March 2007 with the help of the local Methodist Church and
cater for around 40 young people. |
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Medical
Donations
Throughout 2006 we were raising money for the Institute for
Cancer Studies at the University of Birmingham. In February
2007 we were delighted to hand over a cheque for £5,000
to the Institute to help purchase a new piece of equipment to
help speed up the results of biopsies. |
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