FAMILY FRIENDS

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Family Friends
£6,000	27/01/2023	Cost-of-Living Uplift
National Lottery Community Fund - Evolve
£114,000	14/07/2021	The group is using funding to for the 'Evolve' programme as well as for core support. The grant will support the implementation of a new model of peer support and groupwork for families and volunteers. Included in this support will be volunteer peer ....more The group is using funding to for the 'Evolve' programme as well as for core support. The grant will support the implementation of a new model of peer support and groupwork for families and volunteers. Included in this support will be volunteer peer support and buddying family peer support youth voice wellbeing groups walk and talk sessions and celebration events. Alongside this they will deliver a series of training and development opportunities for all service users around the topics of: group facilitation mental health awareness conflict resolution and family health and wellbeing.
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Family Friends
£2,600	21/06/2021	Summer fun for families
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Family Friends
£4,000	06/04/2020	To provide the costs of 100 sets of food and essential items to vulnerable families. Family Friends already has a roster of DBS and reference-checked volunteers who will shop on behalf of families. They will buy items following a shopping list that ....more To provide the costs of 100 sets of food and essential items to vulnerable families. Family Friends already has a roster of DBS and reference-checked volunteers who will shop on behalf of families. They will buy items following a shopping list that the family has drawn up of essential items up to a value of £40. They will deliver them to the family home.
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Family Friends
£63,000	14/06/2019 36	Family Befriending and Mentoring
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	07/03/2019	Parent Befriending and Child Mentoring
National Lottery Community Fund - Grenfell Tower Programme
£26,580	01/08/2017 12	This project will offer child mentoring and parent befriending services to 25 families for a three month period within the Lancaster West Estate, which includes Grenfell Tower. The project will work with volunteers to provide befriending services ....more This project will offer child mentoring and parent befriending services to 25 families for a three month period within the Lancaster West Estate, which includes Grenfell Tower. The project will work with volunteers to provide befriending services for parents with a child aged 0-16 years and mentoring for children aged 5-16 years old.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Family Friends
£37,000	09/02/2017 36	This grant will support Family Friends in offering mentoring to children and young people living in situations of local deprivation in West London. They will experience improved mental health, increased achievement in school and improved physical ....more This grant will support Family Friends in offering mentoring to children and young people living in situations of local deprivation in West London. They will experience improved mental health, increased achievement in school and improved physical health.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Family Friends
£30,000	28/02/2014	Family Friends provides parent and children befriending and mentoring services supporting families who are struggling in Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham. It is seeking funding for its parent befriending service
National Lottery Community Fund - Child Befriending and Mentoring
£188,394	18/04/2013 60	This project will expand the current small scale service which supports children aged 5 to 16 years in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The aim is to improve the physical and mental health of disadvantaged children in the target area ....more This project will expand the current small scale service which supports children aged 5 to 16 years in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The aim is to improve the physical and mental health of disadvantaged children in the target area who have little play space and lack of opportunity. Volunteers help children access leisure and social activities and help families live more healthily.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Family Friends
£10,000	21/05/2008 12	Towards Unrestricted core costs Towards core costs and the salary of the family & volunteer co-ordinator on the befriending and mentoring scheme which helps hard-to-reach disadvantaged families.

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Trustees (6)

Legal constitution

• Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/11/1993, number: 1028214
• Registered at Companies House on 19/10/1993, number: 02863464

Gift Aid

• Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Filing Record

Main office

Unit 1
10 Acklam Road
LONDON
W10 5QZ

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN OR PARENTS IN DESPAIR AND DISTRESS AND THE PREVENTION OF EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE OF SUCH CHILDREN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED