ARKBOUND FOUNDATION 

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
Friends Provident Foundation - Arkbound Foundation-Our Economy
£9,636	08/02/2024	To provide a series of participatory workshops for disadvantaged and under-represented people from our community hub in Glasgow and to collate their ideas and voices through online and offline ....more To provide a series of participatory workshops for disadvantaged and under-represented people from our community hub in Glasgow and to collate their ideas and voices through online and offline material (blogs, videos, podcast, ebook, audiobook and physical book).
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Arkbound Foundation
£5,000	17/05/2022	A series of workshops held in partnership with Wild Goose cafe, for people with lived experience of homelessness, to improve their writing skills and access linked opportunities. 1-1 mentoring ....more A series of workshops held in partnership with Wild Goose cafe, for people with lived experience of homelessness, to improve their writing skills and access linked opportunities. 1-1 mentoring included.
Friends Provident Foundation - Arkbound Foundation-COP26: Systems change not climate collapse
£3,500	01/07/2021	We wish to present various different alternative economic models as part of a landmark publication timed for the COP26 summit. These models, which also include working case studies, are authored by ....more We wish to present various different alternative economic models as part of a landmark publication timed for the COP26 summit. These models, which also include working case studies, are authored by people around the world, with an emphasis on women and people of colour from the Global South, because people from these backgrounds are traditionally excluded from present narratives. The content and book as a whole presents a systems change approach and it fills a huge gap in literature - looking at community rooted, bottom-up approaches in the context of a systemic transition brought about by the needs of climate change.
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Arkbound Foundation
£5,000	24/03/2021	Towards project costs of providing 1-1 mentoring for 20 disadvantaged and socially excluded writers to develop their writing skills, gain valuable industry knowledge and further their development.
National Lottery Community Fund - Power of the Pen: Mental Health+Covid-19
£10,000	26/02/2021 11	This project will support 75 people throughout the city who are experiencing isolation and mental health issues as a result of the COVID-19 restrictions with mentoring in creative writing through a ....more This project will support 75 people throughout the city who are experiencing isolation and mental health issues as a result of the COVID-19 restrictions with mentoring in creative writing through a series of workshops. The project aims to the target the BAME/South Asian community in particular.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,550	03/09/2020	"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."
CAF - Grant to Arkbound Foundation
£2,000	01/05/2020	Grant to Arkbound Foundation to support the organisation through COVID19
Quartet Community Foundation - Sponsored publishing + writing/literature events
£5,000	15/08/2019 5	Toward the running and activity costs of this charity that works with marginalised individuals with the aim of widening access to publishing and improving diversity within the media industry.
Quartet Community Foundation - Bristol Voice
£4,705	29/05/2018 4	Toward the Bristol Voice project, a series of workshops to bring facilitated creative writing to those with the least access and to increase the diversity of voice within the written and published ....more Toward the Bristol Voice project, a series of workshops to bring facilitated creative writing to those with the least access and to increase the diversity of voice within the written and published word.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Ark
£9,980	21/03/2018 12	The funding will be used by a charity to create a community hub that will support people who are experiencing the effects of social disadvantage, disability and homelessness. The project aims to ....more The funding will be used by a charity to create a community hub that will support people who are experiencing the effects of social disadvantage, disability and homelessness. The project aims to empower those taking part and improve community relationships.

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Trustees (10)

Legal constitution

• Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/05/2017, number: 1173072

Gift Aid

• Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Filing Record

Main office

Arkbound Foundation
Future Leap
1 - 3 Gloucester Road
Bishopston
Bristol
BS7 8AA

Objectives

a. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION for the public benefit by working with people across the UK of all age groups who are socially excluded on the grounds of disability, poverty, criminal background, ethnicity or any other characteristic, and to relieve the needs of these groups to assist them to integrate more effectively into society, particularly by:-i. Empowering these groups through workshops and events to convey their personal stories in a way that can be understood and appreciated by the wider community.ii. Providing mentoring whereby individuals from these groups can fairly access the means to publish their work for the wider community to read and to develop their writing skills in a manner that improves their wellbeing.iii. Providing a means by which these groups can convey their stories through books and the media at large, thereby helping to tackle stigma, misunderstanding and discrimination.iv. Engaging these groups in discussions regarding climate change and the environment and promoting good environmental practice and awareness of related issuesb. FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION: For the public benefit to promote learning for people of all age-groups from disadvantaged backgrounds through the continued development of their individual capabilities, competencies, skills and understanding in subjects of educational value.