STRETCH 

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
Birmingham City Council - Stretch & Snax
£4,925	07/09/2023	The project offers a safe social space for the elderly with health/mobility issues ages from 57 to 90yrs one member who is in an electric wheelchair is 49yrs. We offer bingo, chair exercise with a ....more The project offers a safe social space for the elderly with health/mobility issues ages from 57 to 90yrs one member who is in an electric wheelchair is 49yrs. We offer bingo, chair exercise with a qualified instructor and raffle tickets and raffle prizes. Hot and cold drinks available, lunch club a hot meal/dessert, if a members has a birthday we sing happy birthday to them and buy a small cake for them. Three times a year we offer day trips one being by the sea-side, we also do a Xmas buffet at the church and book one off site locally or jointly with another group who uses a hotel.
National Lottery Community Fund - Eats; heart beats; stories from the streets!
£9,360	28/03/2023	The project will provide a community hub offering employment advice and training. The project aims to develop new skills enabling people to reach their potential.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,800	30/09/2020	"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."
National Lottery Community Fund - Homeless Voices
£9,500	20/04/2018 12	The funding will be used to support people affected by homelessness by taking part in storytelling, film, theatre and music workshops. The project aims to bring different groups of people together to ....more The funding will be used to support people affected by homelessness by taking part in storytelling, film, theatre and music workshops. The project aims to bring different groups of people together to share their experiences with the wider community through performances and exhibitions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Storytelling and media skills with young people leaving care
£9,200	22/02/2017 12	This project is community support events and workshops for young people leaving care. This will engage them in positive structured activities with the aim of supporting their transition from care to ....more This project is community support events and workshops for young people leaving care. This will engage them in positive structured activities with the aim of supporting their transition from care to independence.
Ministry of Justice - Prison Reform And Better Outcomes For Prisoners And Their Families The Mitie Foundation
£4,320	29/01/2017 2	Placeholder
National Lottery Community Fund - Stretch Digital
£369,000	29/04/2015 36	This project will build upon pilot work previously delivered at HMP Peterborough and will aim to improve the digital skills of offenders and ex offenders. This will be conducted through the provision ....more This project will build upon pilot work previously delivered at HMP Peterborough and will aim to improve the digital skills of offenders and ex offenders. This will be conducted through the provision of a digital inclusion programme delivered to the offending community through workshops in prisons and in hostels for ex offenders in the community. This will increase technical skills, raise confidence and impart transferable skills that will help beneficiaries keep up with the outside world.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards an arts and education project for marginalised people
£2,000	31/01/2013	Towards an arts and education project for marginalised people who have suffered trauma.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to STRETCH
£25,000	13/12/2011	Towards the director's salary at Stretch on their innovative work in arts and education for vulnerable people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stretch Horizons
£273,670	10/08/2010 36	This project works with young people aged 13-21, in either local authority care or the criminal justice system, in Leeds Local Authority Area, to engage them in the community through the arts. Tailor ....more This project works with young people aged 13-21, in either local authority care or the criminal justice system, in Leeds Local Authority Area, to engage them in the community through the arts. Tailor made projects will encourage marginalised groups to engage with museums, galleries and the arts in general using this as an important role in their rehabilitation and act as a catalyst to lifelong learning.

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Trustees (4)

Legal constitution

• Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/06/2005, number: 1109851

Gift Aid

• NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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Main office

Stretch Outsider Art Gallery
34-35 The Centre
Margate
Kent
CT9 1RL

Objectives

TO ADVANCE TH EDUCATION AND PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION OF DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES BY PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY INVOLVING MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES.TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

YORKSHIRE, TEESIDE, NEWCASTLE, NORTH WEST MANCHESTER.