OPEN HANDS TRUST (LEICESTER) 

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Pilot Mentoring Programme
£9,978	30/08/2022	The funding will be used to provide holistic crisis support for people in need. The group offer a wide range of support and activities including debt and budget management skills courses signposting ....more The funding will be used to provide holistic crisis support for people in need. The group offer a wide range of support and activities including debt and budget management skills courses signposting services and the opportunity to purchase half price essential food items so they can move towards financial independence. The project aims to rebuild beneficiaries confidence improve mental health and self-esteem and obtain increased work readiness and life opportunities.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Open Hands
£2,058	23/10/2021	We would like to run a community food shop, to provide affordable and reduced-cost essentials to those struggling financially.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Open Hands Trust (Leicester)
£9,000	11/05/2021	construction of food bank and donation storage room for a charity supporting people who are homeless in Leicestershire
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£67,254	18/06/2020	"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 - Restore
£127,632	26/11/2018 60	This project aims to provide unemployed people with practical furniture restoration and trading skills. They will also be take part in work experience, providing a service that can turn furniture ....more This project aims to provide unemployed people with practical furniture restoration and trading skills. They will also be take part in work experience, providing a service that can turn furniture destined for landfill into something that can be either donated to someone else in need or sold, with profits going back into the project and the organisation. This will build people's life skills and increase their employment opportunities.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Open Hands Trust
£15,000	23/11/2016	purchase of minibus for a charity works with homeless people in Leicester
National Lottery Community Fund - Open Hands Trust
£446,626	23/10/2013 60	The continuation and expansion of an existing project by The Open Hands Trust to provide free services that give deprived or socially excluded people the opportunity to work towards a better quality ....more The continuation and expansion of an existing project by The Open Hands Trust to provide free services that give deprived or socially excluded people the opportunity to work towards a better quality of life, by receiving help with food, clothes and furniture, receiving practical and emotional advice or building up their skills to improve employability. All beneficiaries will be by referral. The project will be delivered in collaboration with a number of specialist support organisations.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Open Hands Trust (Leicester)
£25,000	31/05/2011	the salary of the Administrator

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

Trustees (6)

Legal constitution

• Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/10/2007, number: 1121334
• Registered at Companies House on 11/08/2006, number: 05903490

Gift Aid

• Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

• Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Filing Record

Main office

19 Lower Willow Street
LEICESTER
LE1 2HP

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD:1 THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND RESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION, COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PLACES AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;2.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE BY PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY AND NURSERY ACTIVITIES;2.2 FACILITIES FOR DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS;2.3 THE TRAINING OF PARENTS AND OTHER PERSONS IN THE PROVISION OF CHILD CARE AND PARENTING SKILLS;2.4 THE ENABLING OF DISABLED AND DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE TO IMPROVE THEIR LIFESTYLES BY PROVIDING EFFECTIVE TRAINING IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER RELEVANT OFFICE SKILLS; IN PARTICULAR TO ENHANCE THE PROSPECTS FOR SUCH TRAINED PEOPLE TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT BY ACTING AS A BRIDGE TO LINK THEM WITH EMPLOYERS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING WHETHER WORK ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCTED IN A WORKPLACE, PLACE OF LEARNING OR AT HOME;2.5 RELIEF FROM AND SUPPORT TO PERSONS OF ALL AGES AFFECTED BY, PREGNANCY, DRUG ABUSE, ALCOHOL ABUSE, HARDSHIP, DISTRESS, DEPRIVATION, DESTITUTION AND HELPLESSNESS;2.6 THE TEACHING OF LIFE SKILLS TO CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS SO AS TO BETTER ENABLE THEM TO COPE WITH THE BUSINESS OF LIFE;2.7 TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR PERSONS OVER SCHOOL LEAVING AGE; AND2.8 THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, PROPERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITY

Defined Area of Benefit:

ANY PART OF THE WORLD