AFROCATS 

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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Afrocats
£45,000	27/07/2023	This grant will provide intercultural dance, drama and arts for asylum seeker and refugee children and young people in Manchester. The intended outcomes are to raise aspirations and broaden horizons.
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Creative participation
£10,000	21/07/2023	The funding will be used to provide a programme of fun and creative activities for children/young people (8-15 years) from asylum seeker and first generation British backgrounds. This will involve ....more The funding will be used to provide a programme of fun and creative activities for children/young people (8-15 years) from asylum seeker and first generation British backgrounds. This will involve dance drama and arts forest school and crafts sessions trips and taking part in a festival. The project aims to support young people to enable them to showcase their skills help improve their confidence opportunities and lives.
National Lottery Community Fund - Afrocats
£79,175	18/03/2022	Funding for the organisation will enable the group to continue and extend their programme of support to refugees asylum seekers and people who have just received ‘stay’ in the country. The group ....more Funding for the organisation will enable the group to continue and extend their programme of support to refugees asylum seekers and people who have just received ‘stay’ in the country. The group aim to support refugees and asylum seekers across Greater Manchester through creative activities offering development opportunities and increasing the confidence and self-esteem of participants.
MACC - Afrocats
£920	15/12/2021	To help cover the cost of volunteers’ expenses of grassroots organisations in the city of Manchester
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth of the World (YOW)
£4,400	26/11/2021	The funding will be used to deliver creative activity sessions for refugee and asylum seeking children. The project aims to support personal development strengthen community relationships and improve ....more The funding will be used to deliver creative activity sessions for refugee and asylum seeking children. The project aims to support personal development strengthen community relationships and improve social engagement.
Sport England - TGC CF Natives of the World
£8,025	07/06/2021 12	This project will work with refugee and asylum-seeker women aged 20+ to provide free online and in-person dance workshops, giving participants access to both physical exercise and the ability to ....more This project will work with refugee and asylum-seeker women aged 20+ to provide free online and in-person dance workshops, giving participants access to both physical exercise and the ability to socialise with women in a similar position.
Forever Manchester - Natives of the World
£4,938	18/03/2021	Essential packages and staff costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Natives of the World (NOW)
£5,000	28/01/2021 3	The funding will be used to provide culturally appropriate food parcels to vulnerable refugee and asylum seeker families during Covid 19 restrictions. The project aims to help those pushed into ....more The funding will be used to provide culturally appropriate food parcels to vulnerable refugee and asylum seeker families during Covid 19 restrictions. The project aims to help those pushed into financial hardship and by improving social connections wellbeing and anxiety.
National Lottery Community Fund - Natives of the World (NOW)
£4,290	29/10/2020 6	The funding will be used to deliver online creative writing/arts and craft workshops to support the wellbeing of refugee and asylum seeker women and their children in their homes during the Covid-19 ....more The funding will be used to deliver online creative writing/arts and craft workshops to support the wellbeing of refugee and asylum seeker women and their children in their homes during the Covid-19 pandemic. The aim of the project is to teach participants how to use IT in a constructive and fun way to enable them to engage with each other create a new virtual peer support network and reduce social isolation and improve overall wellbeing
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Afrocats
£2,983	17/06/2020 6	COVID19 - This grant will fund technology and additional staffing to support refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people in Greater Manchester, who are isolated due to Covid-19. This will ....more COVID19 - This grant will fund technology and additional staffing to support refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people in Greater Manchester, who are isolated due to Covid-19. This will support them to have fun and make friends.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,983	22/05/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Afrocats
£29,976	15/03/2019 36	This project will support young asylum seekers through arts and crafts, dance, and drama workshops. It will result in them having more fun, increase their cultural knowledge, and develop their social ....more This project will support young asylum seekers through arts and crafts, dance, and drama workshops. It will result in them having more fun, increase their cultural knowledge, and develop their social skills.

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• Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/06/2017, number: 1173334

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THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT.