AQUARIUS ACTION PROJECTS 

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
£17,667	13/02/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Co-Op Foundation - Evolve Across Aquarius
£40,000	15/06/2022	Aquarius will expand their current project, to support up to 75 YP across 5 of their YP services (Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Birmingham, Bedfordshire, Wolverhampton), almost all with experience ....more Aquarius will expand their current project, to support up to 75 YP across 5 of their YP services (Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Birmingham, Bedfordshire, Wolverhampton), almost all with experience of personal or parent/carer substance misuse to support t
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
£176,668	30/03/2022 24	Towards project costs for Aquarius Cares, supporting young people who are, have been in care or are at risk of returning to develop their resilience and coping strategies
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Steps to Change
£10,000	30/03/2022	This project will support people aged 55+ to get and stay active, targeting people affected by substance misuse and who may feel excluded from traditional activity including a weekly walking football ....more This project will support people aged 55+ to get and stay active, targeting people affected by substance misuse and who may feel excluded from traditional activity including a weekly walking football group, weekly angling group, and to establish in person groups in many of the partnered care homes reaching 200 people.
Sport England - Steps to Change
£35,845	18/11/2021	Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Steps to Change. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
Harpur Trust - Aquarius Action Projects
£68,368	09/03/2021	Aquarius Complex Needs Worker: Outreach to 5-19 year olds at risk of the impacts of addictions
Birmingham City Council - Exercise from a Chair Perry Barr
£2,568	02/11/2020	provision of exercise equipment and virtual sessions
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£54,000	08/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
CHK Foundation - CHK Main Grant
£25,000	10/06/2020	to support work with teenagers with substance misuse problems and other complex issues
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
£33,459	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Department of Health - Aquarius Action
£111,864	01/04/2020	Grants to undertake work on Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorders.
Co-Op Foundation - Evolve
£70,000	29/11/2018	Creating a youth-led network of mentors to run face-to-face mentoring, training events and youth groups for young people who have experience of substance misuse.
Sport England - Steps to Change
£120,704	06/08/2018 35	Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing funding programme for a Revenue project titled Steps to Change. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
£203,757	08/02/2018 36	Towards a programme of support for young people in care who have experienced parental substance abuse.
Sport England - Steps to Change
£60,352	29/09/2017 12	Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Steps to Change'. This project lists its main activity as Multi-Skill Coaching.
Sport England - Steps to Change
£60,352	29/09/2017 35	Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Steps to Change. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - The WellyBeing Project
£9,998	13/09/2017 12	This charity will provide various farm based activities for people with a range a complex needs, providing therapeutic support to help address their issues.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Family First
£18,000	08/06/2017 8	Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
£15,000	20/10/2016	Building refurbishment for a charity working in Birmingham
National Lottery Community Fund - Sikh Alcohol and Health Project
£374,245	18/11/2015 36	A scheme to promote awareness around alcohol Misuse and the rapidly growing treatment needs of the Punjabi-Sikh community in Birmingham. Working with organisations and local residents the scheme will ....more A scheme to promote awareness around alcohol Misuse and the rapidly growing treatment needs of the Punjabi-Sikh community in Birmingham. Working with organisations and local residents the scheme will train community volunteers to deliver group and one to one sessions across the community, including school and youth groups, to build trust and provide advice and awareness of alcohol issues and available services.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
£81,483	01/11/2015 36	This project will support young people with drug and alcohol issues. Gardening, nutrition session and one to one work will develop their resilience, life skills and lead to a healthier lifestyle.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
£10,000	24/08/2015	Aquarius Recovery - Book of Hope
National Lottery Community Fund - Time of My Life Birmingham
£1,076,901	25/02/2014 36	A scheme to tackle alcohol abuse among socially isolated older people in Birmingham. It will help break patterns of social isolation by providing older people with group and individual support and ....more A scheme to tackle alcohol abuse among socially isolated older people in Birmingham. It will help break patterns of social isolation by providing older people with group and individual support and friendship and provide crucial advice on alcohol awareness in particular on the dangers of alcohol. It will operate an early screening and assessment system to identify older people who are falling into patterns of abuse and provide long term holistic interventions to help them quit drinking.
National Lottery Community Fund - Family First
£118,639	03/09/2013 36	This is a development of an existing project to provide a focused support network for family carers (known as kinship carers (KC)). It will also provide support to children being cared for, who often ....more This is a development of an existing project to provide a focused support network for family carers (known as kinship carers (KC)). It will also provide support to children being cared for, who often have complex needs due to experiencing a chaotic and dysfunctional lifestyle. It will further provide training to professionals working in the field of substance abuse to enable them to identify KC and refer them to appropriate support networks. _x000B_
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
£65,000	27/03/2013	Towards the cost of a project that provides practical and emotional support to grandparents who care for children whose parents misuse alcohol and drugs.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Time of My Life
£197,335	24/04/2012 24	This project aims to provide a volunteer befriending programme targeted at 350 older people who are suffering from alcohol-abuse in Birmingham. Over 70 older trained volunteers will lead activity ....more This project aims to provide a volunteer befriending programme targeted at 350 older people who are suffering from alcohol-abuse in Birmingham. Over 70 older trained volunteers will lead activity groups, provide home and telephone support to older people, encouraging them out of their homes and into activity groups, educational workshops and support community events._x000B_

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Trustees (9)

Legal constitution

• Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/09/1992, number: 1014305
• Registered at Companies House on 27/09/1989, number: 02427100

Gift Aid

• Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Filing Record

Main office

AQUARIUS
236 Bristol Road
BIRMINGHAM
B5 7SL

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST: PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM DRUG ABUSE, ALCOHOL MISUSE, GAMBLING ADDICTION OR OTHER BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS; AND THE FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS2. THE PREVENTION OF DRUG ABUSE, ALCOHOL MISUSE, GAMBLING AND OTHER BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS IN THOSE FIELDS3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE, ALCOHOL MISUSE, GAMBLING ADDICTION AND OTHER BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS; AND4. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, PARTICULARLY DUE TO SUBSTANCE MISUSE OR GAMBLING, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.