Civic Pride Awards - Whitton
Find out about Civic Pride Fund grants awarded in Whitton.
| Group | Total | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
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The Purple Elephant Project (Charity registration number: 1186434) |
£1,185 | April 2023 |
The organisation received funding towards a Big Help Out volunteering project in celebration of the coronation of King Charles III. |
|
Silverfit (Charity registration number: 1143135) |
£4,266.40 | March 2021 |
The organisation received funding towards weekly Nordic Walking exercise sessions for older people in Whitton. |
| Combination Dance (Charity registration number: 1123954) | £4,959 | August 2020 |
The organisation received funding dance workshops in schools and a dance walk on the theme of climate change. |
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Intergenerational Music Making (Community Interest Company number: 11596360) |
£5,000 | August 2019 |
The organisation received funding towards weekly intergenerational music workshops for a year for 15 children and 15 older people with Dementia in five areas of the borough. |
| Silverfit (Charity registration number: 1143135) | £4,896 | July 2019 |
The organisation received funding towards a programme of Qigong and Health Talks for Older People |
| St Phillip and St James (Charity registration number: 1144696) | £5,000 | March 2019 |
The organisation received funding towards the cost of creating a village green in Whitton through the transformation of a neglected green space. |
| DanceWest (Charity registration number: 117424) | £4,990 | March 2019 |
The organisation received funding to run 40, one hour dance sessions for older people. These will be held at Age UK day centres in Whitton and Barnes (20 sessions in each location) and 20 people can take part in each session. |
| Combination Dance (Charity registration number: 1123954 | £4,975 | November 2018 |
The organisation funding towards the development of a locally inspired dance, sport and history project linked to the centenary of British Suffrage and WWI. |
| Friends of Whitton Library | £3,585 | February 2018 |
The group received funding towards equipment that will increase the technical capacity of Whitton Library and that will be used in a series of library based workshops for the local community. |
| Learn English at Home (Charity registration number: 1153425) | £2,793 | February 2018 |
The organisation received funding towards functional literacy workshops for ethnic minority women with low levels of English with the aim of reducing their isolation, improving their reading and writing skills and supporting them to grow in confidence. |
| Optik (Charity registration number: 286285) | £2,500 | September 2017 |
The organisation received funding towards re-staging a typical programme of entertainment as performed during WW1. This will include four nights of performances of the plays of Gertrude Jennings. Jennings’ play The Rest Cure was performed in 1917 at the South African Military Hospital in Richmond Park and her plays often reference the local areas of Kew and Richmond. |
How to apply
Do you have a great idea for a project which could benefit the local community? The Civic Pride Fund may be able to help.
Updated: 07 August 2023
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