SIGHT SUPPORT RYEDALE

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Sight Loss in Ryedale: A Vision for the Future
£136,000	16/12/2021	The funding will help to provide a network of support activities and friendship to help alleviate social and emotional isolation and the practical problems living with sight loss can bring.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sight Support Ryedale
£5,487	24/10/2020	Support visually impaired people with the challenges of sight loss, reduce isolation, enabling them to remain independent in the community.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£51,428	05/08/2020	"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....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."
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£10,000	17/06/2020	This group are the only organisation in Ryedale to offer services specific to visual impairment. Social isolation has been a lonely and frightening experience for many blind and partially sighted people. Funding will see the continuance of a ....more This group are the only organisation in Ryedale to offer services specific to visual impairment. Social isolation has been a lonely and frightening experience for many blind and partially sighted people. Funding will see the continuance of a telephone befriending service and shopping/prescription delivery service. Contributing towards staff salaries, volunteer expenses, overhead costs, and a laptop to be used to manage support services and finances whilst working from home.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£8,850	01/06/2020 4	Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£2,000	02/04/2020	Covid 19 - core costs and change in activites to continue to support service users
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	30/04/2019	In Touch and Activity Groups
Two Ridings Community Foundation - In Touch Groups
£5,000	19/03/2019	Fund fortnightly "In Touch" groups in Malton/Norton and Pickering. These groups provide door to door transport to visually impaired people in rural areas. Funding will cover room hire, catering, transport and volunteer expenses.
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for Sight Impairment in Ryedale
£10,000	24/01/2019 12	The funding will be used to deliver sight loss courses to people who have recently been diagnosed with an eye condition. It will offer practical and emotional support to people adjusting to sight loss or a deterioration of a sight impairment.
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£2,500	20/07/2016	Practical, emotional and social services for people with sight loss and visual impairments.

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Trustees (8)

Legal constitution

• Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/11/2016, number: 1170013

Gift Aid

• Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Filing Record

Main office

Norton Hive Library
Commercial Street
Norton
YO17 9ES

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE WHICH WILL BENEFIT PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN LIVING IN RYEDALE WHO ARE SIGHT IMPAIRED, IN PARTICULAR BY;A] PROVIDING REGULAR MEETINGS WHERE MEMBERS CAN COME TOGETHER IN A WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE AND PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES CHOSEN BY THEMSELVES;B] DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ABOUT VISUAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WHICH COULD BENEFIT MEMBERS;C] PROVIDE SIGNPOSTING ABOUT THE RANGE OF STATE OR ANY OTHER BENEFITS WHICH EXIST TO ASSIST SIGHT-IMPAIRED PERSONS;D] FOSTERING THE CONFIDENCE AND ENJOYMENT OF MEMBERS BY ENABLING THEM TO TAKE PART IN WIDER ACTIVITIES SUCH AS OUTINGS AND HOLIDAYS - SUBJECT TO ANY FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS;E] REPRESENTING THE NEEDS AND VIEWS OF MEMBERS TO STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, CHARITABLE GROUPS AND OTHERS WHO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE SIGHT IMPAIRED.