SAMSONS ACADEMY

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
Harpur Trust - Grant to Samsons Academy
£41,920	07/06/2023 24	Community Engagement Advocates to support young people from underserved communities
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Expansion and provision for the existing Band of Brothers Mental Health and Wellbeing project, which creates safe spaces for men to learn about better mental wellbeing around boxing training, and works in suicide prevention for vulnerable men.
£5,380	29/11/2022	Band of Brothers Mental Health
National Lottery Community Fund - Each One Teach One
£122,540	25/08/2022	This funding will be used to deliver a suite of early intervention programmes for young people in Bedford. The programmes will seek to engage vulnerable and disaffected individuals and offer them opportunities to gain skills and training to sustain ....more This funding will be used to deliver a suite of early intervention programmes for young people in Bedford. The programmes will seek to engage vulnerable and disaffected individuals and offer them opportunities to gain skills and training to sustain employment or training reduce antisocial behaviour and become more resilient to life challenges and transitions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stand Together
£9,485	01/07/2022	The funding will be used to provide fitness sessions for local people specifically those community members who have self isolated during the pandemic. The project aims to improve fitness wellbeing and the development of social ties.
Harpur Trust - Grant to Samsons Academy
£42,740	07/12/2021	COMMUNITY OUTREACH CO-ORDINATOR
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	16/07/2021	Strengthening the heart of Bedford
Harpur Trust - Samsons Academy
£5,516	08/06/2021	Counselling for young men: Its OK Not To Be OK
National Lottery Community Fund - AllSorts (Because it takes all sorts to make a community)
£9,320	13/11/2020 6	The funding will be used to deliver boxing Muay Thai and well-being sessions for community individuals including BAME and LGBT communities who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The project aims to decrease social isolation and increase ....more The funding will be used to deliver boxing Muay Thai and well-being sessions for community individuals including BAME and LGBT communities who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The project aims to decrease social isolation and increase wellbeing.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£10,000	17/09/2020 4	Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport and Physical Activity

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Trustees (8)

Legal constitution

• Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/02/2019, number: 1181882

Gift Aid

• NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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SAMSONS ACADEMY CHARITY
UNIT 1
1 SHUTTLEWORTH ROAD
ELMS FARM INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
BEDFORD
MK41 0HS

Objectives

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH; (A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; (B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALSTO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BEDFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTSTO PROMOTE 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 ÆSOCIALLY EXCLUDEDÆ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER REASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY)TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BEDFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANT.