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Cambridgeshire Community Foundation

Who they support

The Cambridgeshire Community Foundation awards grants to local charitable causes. Individuals, families, local companies and public bodies make this possible by supporting charitable funds held by CCF.

  • The average annual spending of grantees has been £11 million
  • The average age of charities supported has been years.

Grant criteria

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation only fund community-focused not-for-profit organisations, which must be legally registered if their income is above £5,000. This includes the following: - Registered, exempt, and excepted charities - Parish and Town Councils, Village Halls, and Parochial Church - Councils - Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) and Community Interest Companies (CICs) - Social Enterprises which have the Social Enterprise Mark - Co-Operatives and Community Benefit Societies (formerly Industrial and Provident Societies) - Schools - Sports clubs that are either Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs), affiliated with a National Governing Body such as Badminton England, or have an income under £5,000 They support projects delivered within Cambridgeshire by national organisations, as long as the funding is ringfenced for the area, and a small number of funds have further geographical requirements.

Application procedure

The average size of grants awarded by Cambridgeshire Community Foundation is £2,000 - £3,000, therefore they recommend visiting fund pages to see examples of previous grants awarded before submitting applications - https://www.cambscf.org.uk/funds-a-z.html

www.cambscf.org.uk

finance@cambscf.org.uk

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Charity registered in England & Wales, No: 1103314
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Analysis of Grants Made
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In this period 329 donations have been made totalling £3,668,528 to 260 organisations

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Growth in Spending
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Main Overlaps with other Grant Makers ?
By ValueBy Number
The National Lottery Community Fund 28% 28%
BBC Children in Need 17% 7%
Masonic Charitable Foundation 16% 9%
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport 16% 23%
Garfield Weston Foundation 12% 10%
Department for Work and Pensions 12% 2%
Co-operative Group 11% 13%
The National Lottery Heritage Fund 11% 4%
The Pilgrim Trust 10% 2%
The Henry Smith Charity 9% 3%
Sole supporter: 50% by number, 37% by value.
Individual Grants Made
When Amount Annual
Spending		 Grantee To be used for
15/12/2023 £2,706 £297,000 HEAD TO TOE CHARITY towards the cost of a music therapist, for one day a week, for one academic year - benefitting up to 12 people
15/12/2023 £2,000 £4,129,700 CARING TOGETHER towards the provision of counselling services to carers in Huntingdonshire, with the aim of extending the service
15/12/2023 £5,000 INSPIRE2IGNITE CIC towards a life coaching and entrepreneurship programme for 16-24 year-olds across the county who are classed as NEET
14/12/2023 £1,000 £689,611 CITIZENS ADVICE RURAL CAMBS Grant to Citizens Advice Rural Cambs
14/12/2023 £2,000 £1,328,737 CAMBRIDGE & DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU Grant to Cambridge & District Citizens Advice Bureau
14/12/2023 £3,000 £145,565 CAMBRIDGE AID Grant to Cambridge Aid
14/12/2023 £1,000 £366,030 CAMBRIDGE CITY FOODBANK Grant to Cambridge City Foodbank
14/12/2023 £3,000 CHS GROUP Grant to CHS Group
14/12/2023 £1,000 £351,681 PETERBOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU Grant to Peterborough Citizens Advice Bureau
13/12/2023 £110,000 EARTH & MIND CIC towards staff and equipment to deliver 12 weeks of nature-based interventions for 144 high-frequency users of health services over 2 years including the extension of an existing of existing gardening and woodworking plus wildlife habitat management/ allotments and foraging courses
13/12/2023 £76,204 £407,165 LIGHT PROJECT PETERBOROUGH to run the Homeless Health Peer Advocacy Service (HHPA) for 18 months - a training programme for people with lived experience of homelessness, to develop skills and knowledge to support others in their journey out of homelessness
13/12/2023 £85,641 £2,545,693 GROUNDWORK EAST, OPERATING LOCALLY AS GROUNDWORK CAMBRIDGESHIRE & PETERBOROUGH to deliver an 18 month pilot of a programme of dynamic outdoor activities in the most in need areas of Yaxley including family outdoor play, family food growing courses, outdoor gym and buggy fitness benefitting 5,729 people
13/12/2023 £150,000 £297,000 HEAD TO TOE CHARITY to launch an innovative new 3-year long Community Butterfly Service for 1,500 in our region, starting in Peterborough which will recruit and offer voluntary one-to-one support to end of life patients, providing company and support to people who have few visitors, or whose family/ friends need respite, whist easing pressure on community nurses and hospital staff
13/12/2023 £52,746 £232,647 CAMBRIDGE ETHNIC COMMUNITY FORUM to recruit a team of community volunteer health ambassadors (30 over 18 months) to address long term health inequalities for 850 Black and Minoritised Ethnic (BME) people, including migrant and refugee communities, through grassroots community engagement and cultural intelligence training in health settings like GPs
13/12/2023 £150,000 £10,490,000 ORMISTON FAMILIES to support 360 children with pre and post bereavement counselling improving their mental health and overall wellbeing
13/12/2023 £100,000 £1,798,602 THE FERRY PROJECT to deliver a programme of creative activities designed to build confidence and deliver low-key mental health and wellbeing support to 1,500 vulnerable people in Wisbech including those who are homeless or from migrant communities
13/12/2023 £100,000 £566,319 VIVA ARTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP to run an East Cambs wide partnership project allowing 11 partners to deliver a community project over 2 years aimed at 700 people living with dementia
13/12/2023 £3,170 £5,615,000 NENE PARK TRUST towards setting up the 'Window Wanderland through Eye' project, which aims to create a festival of light and colour where residents turn the buildings of the Eye into a magical outdoor gallery of unique displays - benefitting 1000 people
13/12/2023 £9,311 £662,634 RAMSEY NEIGHBOURHOODS TRUST to deliver a programme of community walks over 3 years, reaching 150 vulnerable people and encouraging them to be proactive in addressing their own health needs through gentle exercise and socialising with other local people
13/12/2023 £98,438 £386,763 PETERBOROUGH WOMEN'S AID to deliver two programmes over 21 months to 150 children and young people, one offering trauma support to primary school children impacted by domestic abuse, the other to raise awareness and provide education about domestic abuse and exploitation to secondary school/sixth formers
13/12/2023 £35,960 £308,744 CAMBRIDGE ACORN PROJECT to develop a partnership Street-Level Wellbeing Support System (SLWSS) in Abbey, Cambridge along with Abbey People and Cambridge United Foundation, which will include a weekly community wellbeing drop-in offering therapeutic support to 120 adults and children over a period of two years
12/12/2023 £990 £24,335 MARCH ACADEMY FC to pay for new coaches and volunteers at March FC to undertake the FA induction training course
12/12/2023 £5,000 MARCH MAKE AND MEND to get another building so that further bench space can be made available and for the hire of a FACT bus to collect and return beneficiaries
12/12/2023 £3,000 RKA GLOVE UP CIC towards the costs of delivering boxing and fitness sessions at YPM on behalf of BeeHive Mindful Hive, at RKA premises for the over 50's and at some local children's homes
12/12/2023 £4,500 FITNESS RUSH COMMUNITY CIC to use a mobile fitness facility to provide tailored fitness classes to 48 older people living independently and not in care facilities
12/12/2023 £4,000 1ST DODDINGTON SCOUT GROUP to fund a training camp for those individuals who are attending an international camp in 2024, and to buy equipment for water activities for 140 young people to participate in
12/12/2023 £5,000 £674,819 FENLAND ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY TRANSPORT (FACT) to build a 3m x 3m shed with solar panels and an electric hook up for organisations such as Citizen Advice to hold monthly sessions, offering help to those who need it
12/12/2023 £4,627 £733,294,000 THE NATIONAL TRUST to support the expansion of the Damsons project, which enables People Living With Dementia (PLWD) to take part in healthy activities at Peckover House, using the heritage and history of the site to engage with participants
12/12/2023 £4,418 YOUTH TO YOUTH to run a youth group for 15 young people aged 13-18 years old to learn life skills, such as time and money managements, communication, to improve self esteem through various activities
12/12/2023 £3,000 THE BEE MINDFUL HIVE towards equipment and costs to deliver mindfulness, yoga and craft sessions for adults in March
12/12/2023 £4,980 FEN HANDS to cover the costs of running support and activities sessions for families with children and young adults with complex disabilities
12/12/2023 £2,225 PHOENIX YOUTH PROVISION CIC (RISE YOUTH CLUB) towards the cost of running the Rise Youth Club for neurodiverse young people
12/12/2023 £4,000 POLISH SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOL to cover session costs and rent for events run by the school
12/12/2023 £3,318 THE WILD HUB CIC to support children and young people struggling with mental health issues around Wisbech through cognitive behaviour coaching and other mindfulness techniques - supporting 10 people
08/12/2023 £4,500 YOUTHS OF FENLAND C.I.C. to provide a free wellbeing and counselling service for 100 young people living in Wisbech
08/12/2023 £4,307 WISBECH LITHUANIAN COMMUNITY to run events such as craft days and outdoor cinemas for 200 local residents in cooperation with local Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Polish and other communities from Fenland together
08/12/2023 £4,000 WISBECH SUPPLEMENTARY LITHUANIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE COMMUNITY SCHOOL-CLUB: LASELIS to run after school sessions for two age groups of children in Wisbech to enable them to learn the Lithuanian language and culture
08/12/2023 £4,000 DIDIEJI POKST to engage young people and adults in creative activities through drama, performing, dancing, acting, designing stage decorations and costumes, especially celebrating Lithuanian culture and heritage
08/12/2023 £4,870 PRISIJAUKINK SAVE to deliver wellbeing sessions for Lithuanian speaking women in Wisbech, including yoga, relaxation, and craft sessions
08/12/2023 £4,745 WISBECH YOUTH CLUB to hire a room and provide activities at a youth club for 15 young people aged 12-18
07/12/2023 £500 WILBURTON FOOTBALL CLUB towards new goals or other football equipment for the local village teams
06/12/2023 £4,725 TURTLE DOVE CAMBRIDGE CIC to fund monthly skills and training mentoring sessions for 15-20 disadvantaged young women for 12 months
06/12/2023 £4,283 £84,397 CAMBRIDGE ONLINE to deliver weekly IT workshops for 6 months to support 72 homeless and vulnerably-housed people to learn essential IT and job application skills
30/11/2023 £5,000 £448,000 EAST OF ENGLAND WISBECH CLUSTER COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDERS to purchase new first responder full kit bag and uniform including defibrillator
30/11/2023 £9,095 £20,370 GEDNEY HILL AND DISTRICT MEMORIAL HALL to equip the drama club (35 children aged 6-12) with lighting equipment to put on theatrical productions twice a year for the benefit of the children, their families and the village
30/11/2023 £2,281 £35,778 PARSON DROVE AMENITIES 95 to purchase crockery and cutlery to provide meals for evening events and lunches for 80 needy people
30/11/2023 £10,000 PARSON DROVE PARISH COUNCIL towards benches, bollards and planters to create a safe pedestrianised access to the school and also create spaces for people to sit by the newly installed Lancaster Memorial benefitting 3,000 local residents
30/11/2023 £12,000 ALDERMAN PAYNE PRIMARY SCHOOL to build a cover for the Reception outdoor space in order that 101 children can access the outdoor environment all year round, even if the weather is poor
30/11/2023 £10,000 WISBECH ST MARY PARISH COUNCIL to rejuvenate Guyhirn pond including dredging and aquatic replanting for the benefit of 200 local residents
30/11/2023 £10,000 WHAPLODE DROVE & GEDNEY HILL BOWLS CLUB towards the purchase and installation of a disabled / ladies / gents portable toilet cabin which will be permanently located adjacent to the bowling green site
30/11/2023 £3,500 MOULTON CHAPEL FOOTBALL CLUB to fund new equipment for the football club, benefitting 500 people
30/11/2023 £3,532 £11,096,000 DIDDINGTON PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL to fund a new sound system for the church building, in order to facility more community events in the village - benefitting 100 people
30/11/2023 £11,340 SUTTON ST EDMUND PARISH COUNCIL to enhance the current play area with the addition of additional equipment - swings and an outdoor table tennis table
30/11/2023 £5,000 £910,864 CARE NETWORK CAMBRIDGESHIRE to make small grants invoice 534
30/11/2023 £10,000 £910,864 CARE NETWORK CAMBRIDGESHIRE to make small grants
30/11/2023 £2,500 PARSON DROVE STREET PRIDE GROUP to replace the statement 4 metre carved tree at the centre of the village, which depicts the history of the village and unfortunately now requires replacing benefitting 2,000 residents
29/11/2023 £4,250 ALCONBURY BROOK FLOOD GROUP to continue funding the wireless LORAWAN network which collects small packets of data and transfers them to a computer server in Cambridge - benefitting 2000 people
29/11/2023 £1,600 BUCKWORTH CRICKET CLUB to connect to the cricket club facilities to the new sewage scheme offered by Anglian Water. benefitting 100 club members, local residents and visitors
29/11/2023 £5,000 EASTON PARISH COUNCIL towards the costs of constructing a permanent car park for people wishing to use the facilities - benefitting 160 people
29/11/2023 £2,900 £56,978 ALCONBURY RECREATION FIELD CHARITY to fund a set of new wheeled full-sized, moveable goalposts, so that multiple teams can play on the same pitch - benefitting 300 people
29/11/2023 £1,395 THE ALCONBURY CARPET BOWLS CLUB to purchase a replacement carpet and bowls for the benefit of 24 people
27/11/2023 £12,000 ALL SAINTS CHURCH, TILBROOK PCC to repair stonework and glazing at All Saints Church Tilbrook (Grade I listed)
27/11/2023 £800 £26,035 SAWSTON YOUTH GROUP to fund two months' worth of First Aid training for 15 young people, aged 14-18
24/11/2023 £6,000 FULBOURN PRIMARY SCHOOL to set up appropriate access and storage of loose parts play for 287 children to engage in meaningful play opportunities
22/11/2023 £1,400 £38,647 THE OFFORDS RECREATION HUT (OFFORD VILLAGE HALL) to contribute towards the redecoration of the main entrance foyer area, benefitting 100 people
22/11/2023 £250 £38,647 THE OFFORDS RECREATION HUT (OFFORD VILLAGE HALL) to support the lighting and insulation for the village hall, to benefit 100 people
22/11/2023 £2,000 £29,125 YELLING VILLAGE HALL towards the upgrade and refurbishment of the seating facilities and patio for the village hall, benefitting 150 people
22/11/2023 £9,743 GRAVELEY PARISH COUNCIL towards the refurbishment of the village hall, which will benefit 210 people
22/11/2023 £5,000 £3,639 GREAT PAXTON RECREATION GROUND to fund a replacement ride on mower - benefitting 800 people
17/11/2023 £1,000 SAFE SOULMATES to fund 4 hours a month for 2 staff members to organise sport socials, benefitting 20 people
17/11/2023 £2,862 SEW POSITIVE to support 30 people, potentially including Ukrainian refugees, through sewing activities
17/11/2023 £5,000 TOGETHER CULTURE C.I.C. to recruit 6 young people (NEET or at risk of becoming NEET) to take part in a Creative Entrepreneur training programme and then help facilitate design sessions in the new Citizen Studio
17/11/2023 £1,000 £688,854 CAM SIGHT to offer emotional support for 80 people with impaired vision - including access to counselling and support with mental wellbeing
15/11/2023 £13,500 £281,490 GLADSTONE DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION to fund projects which raise awareness within communities that are hesitant about engaging with health services due to a lack of understanding and language / digital barriers - benefitting 600 people
15/11/2023 £3,920 £662,634 RAMSEY NEIGHBOURHOODS TRUST to provide a year-long programme of activities for 250 young people to help them cope better with anxieties, reducing escalation of emotional, behavioural and physical health issues
15/11/2023 £13,500 MERIDIAN PCN to fund Fibricheck technology to patients of Meridian PCN, to enable patients to monitor their heart rhythms, with the aim of increasing the early diagnosis of CVD and stroke prevention - benefitting 2000 people
13/11/2023 £3,499 £150,259 NICOLAUS COPERNICUS PETERBOROUGH POLISH SCHOOL to continue to operate a Parent Community Café which will be available to 100 parents and other members of the Polish community each week who would otherwise experience physical and cultural isolation
13/11/2023 £4,970 £207,533 HOME-START CAMBRIDGESHIRE to support families and children to socialise and providing communal activities for 30 people
13/11/2023 £4,626 £156,295 MEADOWS CHILDREN AND FAMILY WING to provide a 10-week Freedom Forever Programme Course for 18 women who are survivors of domestic abuse
10/11/2023 £20,000 £566,319 VIVA ARTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP to install solar panels at Viva Theatre in Soham
06/11/2023 £2,664 DIGITAL PEOPLE IN PETERBOROUGH CIC to organise and deliver a series of 12 monthly free-to-attend digital skills workshops and educational events for adults who are facing mental health difficulties and isolation - benefitting 360 people
06/11/2023 £4,210 READ EASY FENLAND towards training 15 new coaches to teach new readers to learn to read, as well as holding monthly walk-in sessions and other events to publicise the Read Easy programme - benefitting 15 people
06/11/2023 £10,500 £547,757 PETALS to provide specialist psychological support for bereaved families in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire - benefitting 21 people
03/11/2023 £2,000 £3,679,008 CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION to continue funding the Junction's Total Arts programme, which provides opportunities for young people with disabilities to take on mentoring roles at the workshops delivered to education providers - benefitting 18 people
01/11/2023 £6,000 WIMBLINGTON BOWLS CLUB towards replacing the old and patched up leaking roof of the pavilion for the benefit of 200 local residents and visiting bowls teams
01/11/2023 £3,750 1ST DODDINGTON SCOUT GROUP towards buying equipment (marquees, tables and chairs, etc) to help facilitate Scout activities and events - benefitting 140 people
01/11/2023 £6,000 WIMBLINGTON PARISH COUNCIL to build a ninja trail for local teenagers to use in the War Memorial Play Field
31/10/2023 £6,550 £1,794,301 PRISONERS' EDUCATION TRUST to support the rehabilitation process of 10 prisoner learners in cambridgeshire
25/10/2023 £3,439 DIGITAL PEOPLE IN PETERBOROUGH CIC to run a Quiet Hour and Sensory Zone at Peterborough STEM Festival for young people with additional needs
18/10/2023 £1,928 £3,060,517 CENTRE 33 to provide recreational activities for young carers - benefitting 35 people
18/10/2023 £3,910 £66,870 FUSION YOUTH PROJECTS CIO to fund activities of volunteers youth club for one year - benefitting 35 people
17/10/2023 £5,000 NEW MEANING FOUNDATION towards purchasing equipment and tools to delivery plumbing and joinery courses - benefitting 20 people
17/10/2023 £2,004 £495,511 CAMBRIDGE SPORT LAKES TRUST to enable volunteers and site staff to carry out conservation work on over-mature reedbed and improve biodiversity at Milton Country Park
17/10/2023 £10,000 £5,395 SUFFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST towards the purchase of a larger and more efficient reed-cutter to benefit nine different nature reserves
17/10/2023 £10,000 £6,727,010 NORFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST towards the purchase of specialist equipment (hedge trimmer) to support the wider management plan to restore ghost pingos and associated habitats adjacent to Thompson's Common
17/10/2023 £5,000 £547,757 PETALS to provide specialist psychological support for 10 bereaved families in and around Chelmsford
17/10/2023 £8,000 £733,294,000 THE NATIONAL TRUST to purchase a forestry mulcher to help manage wetland habitat at Wicken Fen
17/10/2023 £5,000 £308,744 CAMBRIDGE ACORN PROJECT towards opening a new satellite hub in the King’s Hedges ward to meet the rapidly increasing need for children and families to access long-term, holistic mental health support
17/10/2023 £5,000 ENTERPRISE EAST GROUP CIC towards developing and maintaining a new community allotment at Cornell Court, using a rooftop greenhouse and a section of the garden, and run accessible "Plot to Plate" workshops teaching both gardening and cooking skills. The focus will be on helping participants overcome social isolation and increase their confidence and mental health - benefitting 200 people
10/10/2023 £10,000 £285,225 EVOLVE COUNSELLING (FORMERLY CAMBRIDGESHIRE CONSULTANCY IN COUNSELLING) to provide 222 subsidised cost counselling sessions to c.20 individuals in the Peterborough area, over a 12 month period
10/10/2023 £16,950 £1,434,509 CAMBRIDGESHIRE DEAF ASSOCIATION to host Feel the Force Day, an accessible event for people with disabilities and their carers, with a focus on addressing health inequalities and improving health outcomes
10/10/2023 £15,952 £1,096,602 THE FROGLIFE TRUST to deliver an ecotherapy project in deprived Peterborough communities to improve community engagement and build skills and self-esteem through an extensive volunteer and trainee programme focused on wildlife conservation
05/10/2023 £2,600 £693,093 WYSING ARTS CENTRE to enable Wysing’s Creative Youth Council to co-programme and co-run a free Youth Festival for their peers, largely marginalised young people living in rural Cambridgeshire
05/10/2023 £2,000 £26,060 CAMBRIDGE BREASTFEEDING ALLIANCE CIO to provide weekly free breastfeeding support sessions at Ross St Community Centre, for c1,200 people over one year
05/10/2023 £8,871 £5,544,193 CAMBRIDGE ARTS THEATRE to enable disadvantaged children and young people with diverse needs to see the Arts Theatre's annual pantomime
05/10/2023 £2,500 £421,073 ACCURO towards running a Saturday play group for children with disabilities in Saffron Walden
03/10/2023 £9,600 £61,719 OBLIQUE ARTS towards an advocacy and support project for members of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities to enable them to secure housing, education and benefits
19/09/2023 £4,247 NEW MEANING FOUNDATION to buy catering equipment for delivery for the Table Community Café, which will employ and train young people in the NEET category
19/09/2023 £2,089 £32,341,977 MAKING SPACE to support vulnerable unpaid carers in Cambridgeshire by providing them with funding for breaks from their caring responsibilities
11/09/2023 £3,000 £289,862 BURWELL COMMUNITY PRINT CENTRE towards the cost of support staff who provide work-based skills training to adults with learning disabilities in Burwell Community Print Centre
11/09/2023 £2,000 STOW CUM QUY PARISH COUNCIL towards new play equipment at Stow cum Quy recreation ground
11/09/2023 £1,000 £13,346 HASLINGFIELD CHOIR towards the cost of presenting a concert in December 2023 in Haslingfield for 150 attendees
11/09/2023 £2,000 SANDY HILL COMMUNITY PROJECT CENTRE C.I.C. to offer nature based health activity sessions in Cottenham for 5 young people and adults struggling with mental health or well being
11/09/2023 £4,169 £467,027 BRANCHING OUT to install a new polytunnel at the Branching Out site in Littleport, enabling 38 vulnerable adults to work on horticultural projects all year round
11/09/2023 £2,275 £993,624 CAMBRIDGE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE to support c.50 volunteers working to improve Cambridge's green spaces including habitat management, distribution of fruit to food banks and installation of bat boxes
11/09/2023 £3,000 £1,098,368 WINTERCOMFORT towards increasing the hours and expanding the job description of Wintercomfort's Housing Advisor
11/09/2023 £5,000 £382,110 TOM’S TRUST towards a transition practitioner post for Addenbrookes Hospital who will provide mental health support to teenagers who have been through brutal treatment for their brain tumours
07/09/2023 £3,000 £366,030 CAMBRIDGE CITY FOODBANK towards the ongoing costs of running Cambridge City Foodbank
04/09/2023 £19,920 £123,702 ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH WATERBEACH to replace an area of the roof, carry out recommended repairs and install a new lightning conductor at St John the Evangelist Church in Waterbeach (Grade II*)
04/09/2023 £16,000 STOW CUM QUY PARISH COUNCIL to replace worn out play equipment and add new inclusive items at Stow cum Quy recreation ground
04/09/2023 £22,200 ST PETER'S CHURCH, DUXFORD PCC to replace the temporary felt roof of St Peter's Church Duxford (Grade I listed) with terne-coated stainless steel following the theft of the lead roof
01/09/2023 £2,000 NEW MEANING FOUNDATION towards the purchase of electric bikes to be used for food delivery for the Table Community Café in East Chesterton
01/09/2023 £2,000 THE EDGE CAFé CIC to purchase a replacement dishwasher and a freezer, which are essential to keep the commercial kitchen running and support the business function upon which all activity for the community benefits are based
01/09/2023 £2,000 £3,996 LOVE MILL ROAD towards the cost of delivering the Mill Road Fringe programme of community and arts events for 2023-4
24/08/2023 £4,000 £472,560 FROZEN LIGHT towards the Autumn 2023 tour of the new production, 'The Bar at The Edge of Time’, at Cambridge Junction and The Key (Peterborough) reaching 120 people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD), carers and companions
24/08/2023 £1,000 £1,492,937 EMMAUS CAMBRIDGE towards running costs
22/08/2023 £20,000 ST IVES HOCKEY CLUB to install pitch shelters and storage as part of the pitch refurbishment at St Ives Hockey Club
21/08/2023 £7,042 SIN CRU towards refurbishment of an existing office to create an accessible practice space for young trainees and the wider community, and a training programme and community outreach days
02/08/2023 £1,000 A DAY AT THE BEACH to hold Late Summer at the Beach, a series of free and accessible art and cultural events for the local community of Waterbeach and surrounding villages
27/07/2023 £9,492 £1,615,986 THE BACA CHARITY towards the cost of a new Administrator to support Baca Charity's work with 16 young unaccompanied minors and forced migrants in Cambridge
27/07/2023 £15,000 PROPERTY ANGELS CIC towards furniture, flooring and other support for 20 families who have been re-homed due to domestic abuse
27/07/2023 £3,742 £84,397 CAMBRIDGE ONLINE to run a pilot programme of weekly after school courses in creative technology in East Cambs (Littleport) to improve the skills, reduce loneliness and create community for 36 disadvantaged young people
27/07/2023 £3,000 £4,129,700 CARING TOGETHER to support the continued provision of confidential counselling to c.140 unpaid adult carers across Cambridgeshire
27/07/2023 £218,606 £301,847 CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY ARTS to expand the Creative Fenland project which engages socially isolated people through arts and crafts activities designed for mental wellbeing, and involves development of a volunteer network, creative courses and workshops
26/07/2023 £12,626 £3,679,008 CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION towards essential roof repairs to enable Cambridge Junction to continue to deliver charitable education and creative activities for marginalised young people with complex needs
25/07/2023 £2,400 £14,501,000 BREAK to continue running the Aspire to Be programme for 26 young people in care or care leavers
25/07/2023 £5,000 £10,490,000 ORMISTON FAMILIES towards the Breaking Barriers service that supports children and young people aged 4-19 years who are struggling to cope with the imprisonment of a close family member
21/07/2023 £322,737 £272,284 CAMBRIDGE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE to run a large project that will increase supply and demand of volunteering across Fenland using a new volunteering portal, Volunteer Cambs
20/07/2023 £46,601 £674,819 FENLAND ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY TRANSPORT (FACT) to continue running the Mobile Community Hub in Fenland to reach communities that cannot get to the March site providing a Community Fridge, Befriending Clubs and volunteer opportunities within rural areas
20/07/2023 £32,060 £10,490,000 ORMISTON FAMILIES towards the fortnightly Fenland Stronger Together parent group, which provides essential support for parents and carers of children with additional needs or disabilities who may be experiencing isolation
20/07/2023 £63,600 £1,798,602 THE FERRY PROJECT to continue running the 'Swap Don't Shop' initiative and the Donations Hub facility, which also involves a time swap sessions and volunteering opportunities
19/07/2023 £69,542 LITTLE MIRACLES CIO (FENLAND) to provide a weekly & school holiday programme, ‘Get Up and Go,’ to support Fenland families that have children with additional needs, disabilities, and life-limiting conditions, also a series of social engagement and volunteer training opportunities
19/07/2023 £5,000 SHEDDERS AND FIXERS to buy and install a former shipping container at the Shedders and Fixers site to enable welding and soldering workshops to be delivered for c.80 members, volunteers and members of the public
19/07/2023 £2,001 JG NEXT GENERATION CIC to host an open morning at March community centre to showcase the new free health and fitness activities which will be offered there
19/07/2023 £2,455 CHRISTCHURCH SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB to purchase 2 x New Short Mats for our bowls club to replace 2 x old mats that were donated to us and which are worn and difficult to play on
19/07/2023 £159,392 £1,069,589 CAMBRIDGESHIRE ACRE to create 10 Fenland community hubs (CLRs) to support vulnerable, isolated and chronically lonely people and increase volunteering opportunities
19/07/2023 £82,676 £307,709 ROSMINI CENTRE WISBECH to provide a Lunch Club, Friendship Group and Conversational English Language Group to address food poverty, reduce social isolation and engage volunteers, particularly those from migrant communities
19/07/2023 £191,620 £446,203 THE KITE TRUST to tackle loneliness amongst two key at risk groups, LGBTQ+ community and those aged 16-34, through two distinct volunteering programmes
10/07/2023 £32,954 £3,060,517 CENTRE 33 towards the Young Carers Voices project which will provide young carers with opportunities to influence decisions made that impact all young carers living in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough
06/07/2023 £3,500 £2,322,436 RE-ENGAGE (FORMERLY CONTACT-THE-ELDERLY) towards an Engagement Officer to recruit, train and support volunteers, and work with new and existing partners across Cambridgeshire to support lonely and socially isolated older people to access our free services
06/07/2023 £18,000 NEW MEANING FOUNDATION towards employing a construction professional and tutor (Team 2) to help disadvantaged young people to learn skills building a modular community café
06/07/2023 £7,500 £696,267 SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO to fund the service costs of delivering support for people affected by cancer poverty in Cambridgeshire
06/07/2023 £3,400 £123,309 CAMBRIDGE RARE DISEASE NETWORK to provide enrichment activities such as swimming, climbing and inclusive sports as well as visits to spend time with animals such as the Raptor Foundation, shepreth wildllife park and horse riding for up to 160 children with rare diseases and their carers
06/07/2023 £1,500 CAMBRIDGE HANDS-ON SCIENCE (CHAOS) towards the costs of 'Crash, Bang, Squelch!' and Winter Roadshow programmes which take STEM experiments and demonstrations in a fun and exciting way to 3,000 Children and Young People who would not normally experience them, which this year includes a week's camp to reach out to schools across the county that are too far too access during term time
06/07/2023 £7,000 CAMBRIDGESHIRE OLDER PEOPLE'S ENTERPRISE (COPE) to help deliver the Talking Together programme to combat loneliness and isolation for 222 older adults in Cambridgeshire
06/07/2023 £10,500 £4,129,700 CARING TOGETHER to support the continued provision of confidential counselling to c.140 unpaid adult carers across Cambridgeshire
06/07/2023 £3,000 £547,757 PETALS to fund 37 counselling sessions for parents who have lost a pregnancy
06/07/2023 £8,000 £1,098,368 WINTERCOMFORT to hold twice weekly evenings of activities for 40 homeless and vulnerably house women
28/09/2020 £10,000 CAMBRIDGE SUSTAINABLE FOOD (CSF) CIC to continue the Cambridge Coronavirus Emergency Food Project to help 1,500 vulnerable people. Includes coordination of the project on behalf of the Cambridge Food Poverty Alliance; collection, storage and redistribution of healthy, nutritious food to individuals and families in need via the 8 community hubs (with particular attention to fruit and vegetables); maintain emergency food phone helpline and webpages /online form; support the Cambridge Food Poverty Alliance (currently meeting bi-weekly) and collaboration with the Mutual Aid Groups.
28/09/2020 £3,950 SWITCH NOW CIC to continue to provide 30 co-workers (clients) with a safe training and work environment by developing additional/ alternative work areas, increased cleaning processes and appropriate changes to keep offer/ service safe and open. Their co-workers (clients) are adults with additional needs, learning difficulties and disabilities who they support to progress towards meaningful voluntary, supported, paid or self-employment.
03/09/2020 £5,000 £58,028 THE 3 PILLARS FEEDING THE HOMELESS TRUST to continue their support for 100 people who are homeless. This includes breakfast/brunch bags; hotels for highly vulnerable people who the Council have identified as 'non-priority' (mainly lone females with drug or alcohol issues or individuals who had just been released from prison); and providing survivors of domestic abuse with transport to safe houses and then on to more permanent accommodation.
03/09/2020 £5,000 £1,440,566 METAL CULTURE LTD to support the LGBT+ community in Peterborough during this very difficult period by developing an innovative and ‘entirely online’ Pride activity/events designed to provide support and entertainment for 4,500 people; develop, design and produce a positive local media campaign insuring LGBT+ visibility is maintained despite Peterborough Pride being cancelled; create an out of hours local helpline for the Peterborough LGBT+ community to access during this period where people feel isolated.
03/09/2020 £5,000 £1,440,566 METAL CULTURE LTD to provide safe support for black, brown and people of colour LGBT+ communities (4,500 people) in Peterborough. A collaboration between Peterborough Pride and Power In Discussion will facilitate a number of online community events / discussions specific to the issues raised by the black lives matter agenda. The project will also develop, design and produce a positive media campaign insuring positive black LGBT+ visibility is maintained despite Peterborough Pride being cancelled this year.
24/08/2020 £5,000 £42,941 CAMBRIDGE CANCER HELP CENTRE CIO to provide support for 200 people who have cancer, their families and carers through telephone calls, online courses and activities in order to improve their well-being and prevent them from needing to access NHS services. This is a continuation of a project that ran from May to July 2020.
24/08/2020 £1,450 £46,048 THE HYGIENE BANK CIO to continue to provide essential hygiene products for Soham families in financial need due to 90% fall in public donations (1,500 beneficiaries)
24/08/2020 £3,734 CROSS KEYS HOMES LTD to ensure 15 people without a device or internet can access their mental health support group online and to expand the frequency of this group to twice weekly sessions
04/08/2020 £5,000 £205,764 CARESCO LTD to continue running Sawtry Foodbank to help 500 vulnerable people with emergency food parcels and an outreach programme of daily telephone calls for emotional and practical support including picking up prescriptions
29/07/2020 £2,400 RAMSEY & DISTRICT COMMUNITY BUS ASSOCIATION LTD to deliver food and essentials to 125 people in need/isolating/rurally isolated (in partnership with Ramsey Foodbank and Ramsey Covid19 Support Team)
29/07/2020 £3,187 £504,613 THE BLUE SMILE PROJECT to purchase cleaning/PPE kit to enable the team of art therapists to return to working in schools in the Autumn term, supporting 200 disadvantaged children experiencing mental health difficulties
22/07/2020 £3,330 £320,308 ST PAUL'S CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE to run two lunch clubs per week for 20 isolated older people in line with government advice, either with meals delivered to homes or provided to smaller groups at the Centre
22/07/2020 £776 £73,577 YOUNG PEOPLE MARCH to provide small group sessions for 35 isolated young people aged 9-12 years. The sessions will focus on discussions around their feelings and worries about the past situation and the current one. They will engage the young people in socialising, sports and art and crafts to encourage positive well being and reduce the risks of any mental health issues.
13/07/2020 £5,000 £49,940 CCHP (CAMBRIDGE CHURCHES HOMELESS PROJECT) to provide emergency support to homeless people (sleeping bags, food, essential toiletries, essential transport and telecommunications). In particular, this grant will cover 66 sleeping bags and a storage unit to store above items. More emergency sleeping bags are needed so that bedding can be washed and sanitised more frequently than was previously thought necessary.
13/07/2020 £4,138 ECHOUTDOORS COMPANY UK CIC to prepare their outdoor education site and provide suitable facilities for reopening for 200 children from schools, youth and community groups
01/07/2020 £5,000 £106,485 CAMBRIDGE AID to provide up to 33 emergency grants of up to £150 for people in financial need for gas and electricity, replacement electronic appliances or support for victims of domestic abuse. This is a continuation of their previous CCCF grant, which has all been awarded and demand remains.
01/07/2020 £4,000 £29,711 DISABILITY CAMBRIDGESHIRE to cover the costs of increased caseworker hours to offer DWP benefits advice to 50 disabled clients who are suffering financial hardship. The process via phone, email and Zoom takes far longer than a normal face-to-face appointment.
01/07/2020 £4,875 RAMSEY NEIGHBOURHOODS TRUST to support Ramsey Area COVID-19 Support (RACS) which is helping 200 vulnerable people with shopping, prescription collection, well being phone calls, referrals, distribution of activity packs to older residents, and the issuing of food bank vouchers. They're working in partnership with town and district council, Ramsey Foodbank, Ramsey Million Big Local, Rotary, local surgeries, Tesco Ramsey and Hunts Forum.
25/06/2020 £2,000 £31,136,000 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY HUNTINGDON & DISTRICT GROUP to offer welfare benefits advice to 25 people living with MS, their families and carers in the Huntingdonshire area
25/06/2020 £2,500 OPEN DOOR BAPTIST CHURCH to cover transport, packaging and cleaning costs of delivering food parcels and cooked meals to 200 self-isolating older and vulnerable people. They reached 255 people with their last project plus 2,375 people have picked up items from their Community Table.
22/06/2020 £2,932 £184,647 CAMBRIDGE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE to provide staff mobile phones, data packages and to move training package online to help continue core work supporting local charities and community groups across Cambridgeshire. Homeworking so far has been achieved through the good will of staff who have been using their own telephones, printers and other equipment. 70 beneficiaries.
22/06/2020 £5,000 £73,604 BABA BUDHA JI EDUCATIONAL TRUST to deliver raw and cooked food parcels to 1,000 homeless and vulnerable people in Peterborough and the surrounding areas
16/06/2020 £5,000 NICOLAUS COPERNICUS PETERBOROUGH POLISH SCHOOL to support 500 vulnerable people in the Polish community through improved communication (translated materials on current rules) and practical support (emergency relief packages containing food and other necessary items to families in need)
16/06/2020 £4,050 ORCHARD PARK COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENTS TEACHERS FRIENDS ASSOCIATION to provide 180 'home-learning screen-free well-being' packs of activities for primary school aged children. These packs will support the education of vulnerable young people alongside lessons posted online each week by teaching staff at Orchard Park Community Primary School.
11/06/2020 £7,000 £100,512 CAMBRIDGE ETHNIC COMMUNITY FORUM to run the CECF Emergency Food Provision for all Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) residents, recent migrants and refugees in Cambridge. They have supplied emergency food provision to the value of £4,000 and require funding to give dedicated staff time for more online communication, accessible information, telephone and well being support for isolated and vulnerable BAME people, as well as more food supplies. Their main partner for providing emergency food provision is the Cambridge Muslim COVID-19 Response, and they'll also be working with the Cambridge Food Poverty Alliance, Cambridge City Foodbank and Food Hubs.
10/06/2020 £5,000 THE STROKE ASSOCIATION to ensure that 153 stroke survivors and carers keep getting the practical, emotional and social support they need and increase their telephone and digital services to new cases. This includes their Helpline, website and social media. They are also increasing the number of Hardship Grants for those in financial crisis after stroke and Life After Stroke Grants for rehabilitation equipment.
10/06/2020 £5,000 £4,171,697 KINGSGATE COMMUNITY CHURCH to purchase kitchen packs consisting of saucepans, frying pans, crockery and cutlery to enable 125 people to cook nutritious meals for themselves thus helping to increase their physical well being and promote independent living. They work with families fleeing domestic violence, rough sleepers currently accommodated in hotels but being moved on to longer term accommodation, and families with children being moved on from emergency temporary accommodation.
10/06/2020 £3,000 £35,890 POWER2INSPIRE to extend the online streaming service, of 3 live daily exercise class sessions aimed at older, frail, disabled or mentally vulnerable people to help reduce falls and prevent a general decline in health during self-isolation, for another 7 weeks beyond the initial 12-week programme. So far, the sessions have had a total of 91,251 views with a highest daily total of 8,100 and averaging 2,814 a day.
10/06/2020 £3,400 THE EDGE CAFé CIC to cover volunteer expenses, two 'elephant bikes', signage and hygiene items to run their Fare Share food distribution service for 200 vulnerable adults in need and local NHS staff
08/06/2020 £2,000 £287,594 BURWELL PRINT CENTRE to set up a recycling project to allow their 40 Printers, who are adults with learning disabilities, to still be part of the centre whilst isolating to improve mental and physical well-being. The Printers would use a briquette maker to produce the eco fire bricks at home.
08/06/2020 £4,960 £487,022 FENLAND ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY TRANSPORT (FACT) to provide a Community Transport Delivery Service giving access to ordering home wares and hobby materials to combat boredom and loneliness for those having to shield due to being vulnerable. This project is in partnership with CCORRN (Cambridgeshire Community Reuse and Recycling Network).
03/06/2020 £3,000 £6,164,090 CRUSE BEREAVEMENT CARE (HUNTINGDONSHIRE BRANCH) to provide bereavement counselling for 50 people who have been affected by the death of a loved one and further affected by the crisis through ongoing telephone support and to provide online training for volunteers
03/06/2020 £574 £45,208 CAMBRIDGE STUDENT COMMUNITY ACTION to cover additional expenditure required to deliver the previously funded Anxiety Slayers project connecting student volunteers with 90 vulnerable adults and children
03/06/2020 £1,758 £22,852 WATERBEACH AND LANDBEACH ACTION FOR YOUTH (WAY) to run small group, socially distanced, outdoor activities for 15 young people when it is safe to do so to improve their mental and physical health
03/06/2020 £5,000 £1,743,500 JIMMY'S CAMBRIDGE (NIGHT SHELTER) to pay for a % staff costs for for dealing with increased work load as a direct result of the crisis and the ongoing need to keep people safe and off the streets (30 beneficiaries)
03/06/2020 £4,887 £58,773 SPECTRUM CAMBRIDGE to meet the increased demand for services and support of families of children with Autism, additional needs and disabilities (2,410 beneficiaries) due to the impacts of coronavirus through the hiring of a volunteer lead and bringing on 10 new volunteers
03/06/2020 £4,114 £127,890 CARING HAIR (CANCER HAIR CARE) to provide support for 66 people experiencing cancer-related hair loss through a consultation via phone or video call and a free pack containing items most beneficial to the individual
03/06/2020 £5,000 £301,719 ST ANDREW'S STREET BAPTIST CHURCH to provide 3 meals each day for 120 homeless people who have been temporarily accommodated in partnership with St Andrews Chesterton as part of the It Takes a City initiative
03/06/2020 £1,485 £131,417 CAMBRIDGE RE-USE to cover costs of PPE, sanitising materials and other equipment in order to re-open safely on 15th June, which will benefit 600 people. Re-Use sells furniture and home wares donated by the general public at very low cost to people struggling financially in Cambridgeshire.
03/06/2020 £2,500 CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL to supply 50 Care Leavers (many whom are unaccompanied asylum seekers) with individual incentives to discourage them from breaking lock down restrictions, such as gardening tools/grow bags/seeds, running trainers, art supplies or musical instruments
27/05/2020 £5,000 £236,164,000 METHODIST HOMES (MHA) to help with the cost of PPE for 200 residents, their families and staff over the next three months, specifically ring fenced to be spent at their facilities in Bottisham and Peterborough
27/05/2020 £2,139 £43,736 PASTON FARM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION to run 4 30-minute online sessions (art, reading, chat) per week for 9 weeks for 72 people suffering with anxiety/loneliness, and provide practical support to alleviate issues arising from mental health and financial issues
27/05/2020 £2,500 CHINESE COMMUNITY IN PETERBOROUGH to help 50 people to access nutritious meals by connecting by providing groceries, and/or ready-made meals; and to support isolated people in the community
21/05/2020 £1,802 £46,048 THE HYGIENE BANK CIO to provide essential hygiene products for Soham families in financial need due to the closure of the local drop-off points (1,500 beneficiaries)
21/05/2020 £5,000 £283,464 UNITE 4 HUMANITY to provide 4,000 hot meals for rough sleepers housed in hotels by the Council and food parcels for vulnerable isolated families and older people.
21/05/2020 £1,000 £24,335 ENABLING INDEPENDENCE SERVICE to provide food parcels and gas or electricity vouchers to 30 people with a learning disability (extension of original CCCF grant)
21/05/2020 £10,000 £184,110 CAMBRIDGE CITY FOODBANK to provide fuel vouchers to 200 Cambridge residents to top-up pre-pay meters to ensure that no-one who receives a food parcel is then unable to heat/cook the food provided due to insufficient funds.
21/05/2020 £1,351 HARDWICK NETWORK AND HARDWICK EVANGELICAL CHURCH to provide emergency funding for food for 50 people in extreme financial hardship, and to reimburse travel expenses of residents collecting prescription medicines for shielded or self-isolating people
21/05/2020 £5,000 CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL to distribute 1,250 creative packs to low income, vulnerable families through the Cambridge City Council’s Arts Development Team working in partnership with The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Junction and Kettle's Yard
15/05/2020 £5,000 £320,841 HUNTS FORUM OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS to support vulnerable people through delivering food shopping, prescriptions and other essential items and to provide PPE for 50 volunteers
15/05/2020 £2,500 £267,080 SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO to continue granting gifts, experiences and essential items to 200 people affected by cancer and cancer poverty in order to provide rest and enhance their well-being
15/05/2020 £1,842 £12,319 CAMBRIDGE BREASTFEEDING ALLIANCE CIO to provide free, online breastfeeding support for 100 mothers who are struggling in the early days with a new baby in isolation and without the in-person support of friends and family
15/05/2020 £4,750 £61,376 OBLIQUE ARTS to offer a phone advocacy helpline (3 days per week - for one year) for 750 vulnerable people in Gypsy, Roma & Traveller communities, and support for access to services, benefits and provision they would not otherwise access. This includes education support and planning, books and links with education providers.
15/05/2020 £5,000 £1,364,915 THE FERRY PROJECT to pay staff costs for their Central Food & Donations Hub, to provide meals and weekly/monthly care packages to 500 homeless people currently accessing support
15/05/2020 £999 £3,599 BEDS & CAMBS 4X4 RESPONSE GROUP CIO to cover mileage and wipes for their service which has so far covered over 11,300 miles moving PPE equipment, food parcels and transporting patients for ongoing cancer treatment and welfare checks. Currently mileage is split 75% Cambs and 25% Beds.
15/05/2020 £3,000 WILBURTON PARISH COUNCIL to offer payments on an application basis to 50 older and vulnerable local residents for items to tackle isolation, loneliness and anxiety; newspapers, magazines, books, jigsaw puzzles, wool, writing materials and food shopping
15/05/2020 £5,000 POWER 2 CREATIVITY to run online creative music sessions (plus advice) for 400 young people who are NEET, at risk of offending or have already, or have mental health issues
15/05/2020 £4,730 OLIVE BRANCH COMMUNITY GARDEN to increase the distribution of food and growing resources to 150 people/families/organisations in the local community by providing food and home growing resources, developing a community of gardeners who offer each other support. There has been increased demand for food support, seedlings, plants, pots and compost from high risk and older people, schools who are accommodating the children of key workers, adults and young people with learning and physical disabilities. Gardening has a significant impact on the well being of many of these people and can be especially beneficial in helping them manage stressful situations. By purchasing and hiring appropriate equipment and resources, the maintenance and development of the community grow space and food forest will be possible and will ensure the space remains safe and ready for return.
15/05/2020 £4,750 CAN DO COMMUNITIES CIC to pay project workers who check in on 50 isolated older people by phone, video chat or in person and provide essential food packages if needed. Also, to purchase basic tablets to loan out and coach people on how to use them remotely.
15/05/2020 £2,500 MELDRETH CORONAVIRUS COMMUNITY SUPPORT to run a food bank and provide community meals, run a screen bank (facilitating provision of donated and refurbished IT equipment to households who need it for communication or home schooling), and mental health support for 2,000 local residents
12/05/2020 £3,739 £58,791 NORTH CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP CIO to provide 600 cooking and arts activity parcels along with a video link or printed instructions to disadvantaged families in order to reduce isolation and improve well-being
12/05/2020 £5,000 £120,090 ST ANDREW'S CHURCH, CHERRY HINTON to launch a food hub for vulnerable people, which will be open Wednesday and Saturday 2–4pm for at least the next 3 months and probably longer
12/05/2020 £750 £2,698,867 KIDSOUT to provide supermarket vouchers for 30 families self-isolating in women's refuges across Cambridgeshire
12/05/2020 £1,386 £12,933 THE MORDENS AND LITLINGTON MOBILE WARDEN SCHEME to support 22 isolated, older people through delivering essential shopping and prescriptions, telephoning them daily and purchasing PPE for emergency visits
12/05/2020 £4,957 £3,817,021 CARING TOGETHER to respond to Coronavirus by increasing provision in response to demand; adapting provision in the community to phone and virtual support, increasing the emotional and practical support available to carers facing significantly increased stress and concern during this time and family members who are having to isolate
12/05/2020 £5,000 ABBEY COLLEGE, RAMSEY to provide 45 students in receipt of Free School Meals with a laptop to receive full benefit from the present curriculum
12/05/2020 £5,000 CAMBRIDGE MERIDIAN ACADEMIES TRUST to provide 125 students in the Arbury community who are eligible for Free School Meals with a musical instrument to engage in online classes with their music teacher and join a virtual orchestra
06/05/2020 £5,000 CHS GROUP to provide exercise and gardening equipment, laptops, tablets and essential items for 50 young people who are at risk of homelessness and live in supported accommodation in Cambridge
06/05/2020 £3,000 CHS GROUP to provide exercise equipment, laptops, PS4, arts and crafts and essential items for 28 young people who are at risk of homelessness and live in supported accommodation in Wisbech
06/05/2020 £1,260 CHS GROUP to provide exercise and gardening equipment, arts and crafts and essential items for 15 young people who are at risk of homelessness and live in supported accommodation in Ely
06/05/2020 £5,000 £18,102,554 REFUGE to support refuges across Cambridgeshire which have seen an increase in demand in the current situation. This will keep 100 women and children safe from domestic abuse, maintain a basic standard of living, and support children’s education and well being during the coronavirus crisis.
06/05/2020 £2,000 £76,824 SERV SUFFOLK & CAMBRIDGESHIRE to cover the additional running costs incurred as a result of taking on new projects to support NHS Hospitals; providing a free delivery service to transport medicines from local pharmacies to patients who are self-isolating, deliver PPE across Cambridgeshire and transfer medical equipment between NHS sites.
06/05/2020 £5,000 £225,315 GLADCA to deliver a cooked meal and groceries to 420 vulnerable people prioritising people who are older, homeless, refugees or asylum seekers
06/05/2020 £5,000 £235,517,000 THE SALVATION ARMY (CAMBRIDGE) to provide hot meals and sandwiches to those in temporary accommodation in B&Bs and hotels; those who are street homeless; and to the elderly, self isolating and vulnerable people within our community
06/05/2020 £5,000 £26,794,000 CLIC SARGENT to support for 24 children and young people who have cancer and their families through providing guidance on government advice and how to access emergency help and through online group sessions in order to reduce isolation
06/05/2020 £5,000 £42,941 CAMBRIDGE CANCER HELP CENTRE CIO to provide support for 175 people who have cancer, their families and carers through telephone calls, online courses and activities in order to improve their well-being and prevent them from needing to access NHS services
06/05/2020 £4,705 £323,458 CAMBRIDGE UNITED YOUTH & COMMUNITY TRUST to provide emotional and practical support for people struggling with isolation through a Community Careline, providing hot meals and education packs to local families and sport packs and online calls for people with disabilities
06/05/2020 £4,952 DUXFORD COVID GROUP C/O DUXFORD PARISH COUNCIL to deliver one hot meal per day for 700 local people who are vulnerable, unwell or key workers living in a single parent household
06/05/2020 £4,150 YOUNG TECHNICIANS CIC to run online home education music industry sessions for 40 disadvantaged children and young people aged 9-18 to help reduce feelings of worry and isolation and improve mental health, transferable skills and confidence. The sessions will cover sound, lighting, stage management and how to plan events. There will be 3 2-hour sessions per week.
06/05/2020 £7,550 PRODIGAL COLLECTIVE CIC to provide community based specialist nurse support and bereavement counselling to Peterborough families that have experienced the death of a relative or friend during the Covid-19 pandemic
01/05/2020 £5,000 £487,022 FENLAND ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY TRANSPORT (FACT) to provide a shopping service to provide essential items and prescriptions for 100 isolated, older people
01/05/2020 £5,000 £5,000 LINTON PARISH CHARITIES - CHARITY OF ELIZABETH HARRISON to support local, isolated people by delivering essential items such as food shopping and prescriptions
01/05/2020 £5,000 £7,525,517 UK ISLAMIC MISSION to deliver essential items such as food and medicine to elderly and vulnerable people who are self-isolating and are unable to afford them
01/05/2020 £5,000 £194,295 FINDACURE to increase their output of focus groups, webinars and e-Learning content to fill the immediate need faced by 600 people in their rare disease patient groups as a result of lockdown. Their response to COVID-19 is to deliver a minimum of 3 bespoke e-learning packages, with webinars at least every 3 weeks (usually every 2-3 months).
01/05/2020 £3,000 BASSINGBOURN-CUM-KNEESWORTH PARISH COUNCIL to assist 270 villagers to maintain food provisions, animal provisions and welfare and telephone support
28/04/2020 £4,000 £434,336 PETERBOROUGH ASYLUM AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (PARCA) to support 500 vulnerable people who are elderly, from an ethnic minority group, asylum seekers or Portuguese speakers through providing accessible information and delivering food and other essentials
28/04/2020 £5,000 £1,382,138 RED BALLOON OF THE AIR (RBAIR) to increase mentoring and therapy support for 36 vulnerable children attending RBAir who are experiencing heightened anxiety and stress due to the COVID-19 outbreak
28/04/2020 £4,440 £671,593 AFGHANISTAN AND CENTRAL ASIAN ASSOCIATION to move and manage day-to-day financial, counselling and mental health advice and support service in 900 people in Cambridge to online and phone delivery; to manage the surge of calls from vulnerable elderly, low-income families, refugees and victims of domestic abuse in Cambridge on a range of topics including support with citizenship applications, Universal Credit applications, financial issues, tenancy support, domestic violence, mental health problems and suicide
28/04/2020 £5,000 £34,100 ABBEY PEOPLE CIO to purchase and loan 10 tablets and internet devices (which will then be donated to local schools or the community hub) to families who do not have access to the internet so that children can access school work and to purchase non-perishable food items to be distributed through the existing Food Hub
28/04/2020 £3,270 £137,047 CAMBRIDGE RARE DISEASE NETWORK to continue running their Unique Feet community activity group for 40 children and their families who have a rare disease. The groups include dancing and yoga over Zoom.
28/04/2020 £4,610 CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY ARTS to hold virtual creative clubs to provide a safe place for 50 adults with complex physical and mental health conditions to meet with others online to share and develop their creative interest. Activities may include drawing, painting, writing poetry, photography, playing music, etc.
28/04/2020 £3,648 RIMA'S LADIES ARTS UK C. I. C to run virtual arts sessions for young people and their families from Eastern European communities and to provide art packs containing materials for each session in order to reduce isolation and promote positive wellbeing
28/04/2020 £4,810 STRETHAM PARISH COUNCIL to provide cooked meals to 40 vulnerable isolating people, and to offer delivery of prescriptions, shopping, walking dogs, friendly phone chats to more. The people are vulnerable due to age (some in their 90s) or high risk due to health issues.
23/04/2020 £5,000 £30,633 COTTENHAM CHARITIES to support 100 isolated, older people by providing help with food shopping and social contact through telephone calls
23/04/2020 £5,000 £1,117,780 CENTRE 33 to support young people, front line staff and volunteers whilst they work remotely trying to meet an increasing demand with increasing challenges to service delivery due to the coronavirus; to work with a consultant who will support staff, offer training for support workers on how to better provide online and phone support to young people in mental distress, and to organise how to use volunteers appropriately and safely in this crisis so that Centre 33 staff can increase their mental health support for young people
23/04/2020 £4,300 £193,702 COGWHEEL TRUST CIO to cover staff and overhead costs of delivering 300 online counselling sessions (6 sessions for 50 people) to people in their homes with the aim of reducing current waiting lists of those struggling with poor mental well-being caused by isolation, grief, stress and uncertainty during this pandemic.
23/04/2020 £4,999 £243,202 REACH COMMUNITY PROJECTS CIO to provide a proportion of staff costs, equipment and expenses such as volunteer travel and food parcel packaging to reflect the increase (not existing) demand for services such as frontline food delivery and fuel support ( as well as signposting and support with benefit claims and budgeting) as a result of the outbreak.
23/04/2020 £5,000 £995,411 WINTERCOMFORT to contribute to the emergency response Wintercomfort has organised on having to close its day centre for Cambridge's homeless community. It is now providing essentials such as dried food packs for rough sleepers, supermarket vouchers, delivering hot meals to Market Square and arranging laundry services with local launderettes as well as translation and counseling services.
23/04/2020 £2,960 HOME-START ROYSTON & SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE to provide 20 weeks of parenting support sessions for 6 families who are negatively affected by the current situation and need support managing family conflict, domestic abuse, depression and anxiety and developing coping strategies and more positive relationships during lock-down.
23/04/2020 £4,950 £2,195,880 CAMBRIDGESHIRE, PETERBOROUGH AND SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE MIND to set up Lifeline Plus, a public helpline providing 1,500 callers with someone to talk to and guided self-help around the impact of COVID-19 on their mood and wellbeing, in partnership with Lifecraft and Cambs & Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group. Its primary aim is to address the issues of chronic loneliness, isolation, mild/moderate anxiety and low mood.
23/04/2020 £4,140 CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, CAMBRIDGE to host a Community Fridge that is available to everybody, but in practice benefits new and undocumented food poverty arising as a result of the Covid-19 crisis in the King's Hedges and Arbury wards
23/04/2020 £2,400 £669,018 PETERBOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU to purchase laptops and mobile phones for PCAB's essential but at risk older volunteers to continue to provide vital support and advice relating to the pandemic to hundreds of people from the safety of their own homes.
23/04/2020 £2,500 SOHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION to provide a paper newsletter filled with current information for vulnerable people who don't use the internet. Also, provide basics such as food, supermarket vouchers, medication or electricity/gas credit for those who need it.
20/04/2020 £4,200 £138,774 WISBECH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST to create and deliver Boxes of Rainbows to vulnerable families struggling with isolation and loneliness. The project will help 840 people by delivering 200 boxes per month that contain activity sheets, low tech creative games and creative resources - poster paints, paper, shiny papers, fluffy furry fabric, pom pom kits, wool, indoor sporty and creative games.
20/04/2020 £2,800 £519,068 CAMBRIDGE WOMEN’S AID to provide tablets with video conferencing capabilities to families currently residing in the refuge as well as to future incoming families and to improve IT facilities at the refuge to allow continued and consistent access to specialist support services as all services are now being provided virtually/remotely. There is a pop up site currently being established to house new families as there is a massive rise in domestic abuse cases expected due to the social and economic impacts from the coronavirus. These devices will be particularly important for the families at the pop up site as they will be living away from the normal refuge and it is particularly important that they are able to connect by video calling with support workers
20/04/2020 £5,000 £18,050,000 MAGGIE’S CENTRES to provide benefits advice to 60 people affected by cancer and impacted by the coronavirus to reduce the additional financial pressures people with cancer and their loved ones are currently experiencing as a result of coronavirus pandemic. In the last few weeks, Maggie’s Cambridge has received a number of calls and emails from people living with cancer locally who are struggling to cope financially as a direct result of the coronavirus. Some have lost their jobs; others are unsure where to start when it comes to claiming benefits or grants and are confused about what they may be entitled to.
20/04/2020 £5,000 £106,485 CAMBRIDGE AID to provide at least 33 grants of up to £150 for people in financial need for gas and electricity, replacement electronic appliances or support for victims of domestic abuse
20/04/2020 £4,950 £41,298 LITTLE THETFORD VILLAGE HALL to provide 3 cooked nutritious meals per week for 11 weeks for 50 vulnerable residents in the village who are struggling to get food delivered
20/04/2020 £3,000 £456,551 LIVING PAINTINGS to maintain their postal library service for 462 blind and partially sighted people in Cambridgeshire to continue offering Touch to See books to young people to help maintain their education and learning during isolation as well as to older people to ease the strain of isolation
20/04/2020 £2,850 £56,173 FRIENDS OF HISTON & IMPINGTON COMMUNITY CIO to support 600 vulnerable households with Hope Again Bereavement courses, food parcels, mindfulness sessions for adults and family, materials support for carers, online parent workshops, provision of iPhones and communications
20/04/2020 £2,000 £559,754 JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITY to run the Sawston Foodbank which is providing bags of food to 200 vulnerable households
14/04/2020 £5,000 £205,764 CARESCO LTD to continue running Sawtry Foodbank to help 500 vulnerable people with emergency food parcels and an outreach programme of daily telephone calls for emotional and practical support including picking up prescriptions
14/04/2020 £3,000 £1,109,353 CAMBRIDGE CYRENIANS to supply essential grocery drop-offs to 60 homeless people who are self-isolating in temporary accommodation provided by the Cyrenians.
14/04/2020 £5,000 £11,388,000 HOPE CHURCH CHESTERTON to run the East Chesterton Emergency Food Response: the creation of a free and open access food hub to serve the most vulnerable and isolated in East Chesterton. This involves a free twice a week 'community fridge' and the delivery of emergency food poverty relief to the homes of 200 self-isolating older people, high risk, families and children.
14/04/2020 £4,700 £3,008 WHITE RIBBON ALLIANCE to support 100 isolated pregnant or breastfeeding women through online and telephone birth preparation, labour support and post-natal services
14/04/2020 £5,000 £726,020 CAMBRIDGESHIRE DEAF ASSOCIATION to continue to support 120 isolated, deaf people in the current crisis by providing online 1-to-1 and group services and through providing PPE for volunteers who are delivering medicine and food
14/04/2020 £4,500 LITTLEPORT PARISH COUNCIL to enable the local Covid-19 Help and Support Group to provide food, educational support and equipment to aid social interaction for isolated people
14/04/2020 £15,000 CAMBRIDGE SUSTAINABLE FOOD (CSF) CIC to set up the Cambridge Coronavirus Emergency Food Project to help 1,000 vulnerable people. Includes coordination of/signposting to emergency food; facilitation of local hubs in churches and elsewhere to set up according to safe practice, and to supply those hubs with cooked meals and ‘shopping bag ingredients’; provide regular free, hot, nutritious meals (doorstep delivery) for people who otherwise couldn’t get them.
14/04/2020 £2,500 SAFE SOULMATE CIC to provide online socials for 80 people with learning difficulties and their families, ensure their well-being and that they have all the provisions they need; and to develop their website and chat forum.
08/04/2020 £21,000 £923,195 PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE (PCVS) to support distribution of funding in Peterborough through their existing infrastructure and knowledge of smaller groups who could mobilise an emergency response. Allocation of £500-£1000 per group to distribute items such as food, transport, equipment.
07/04/2020 £4,000 £300 COMMUNITY FIRST (PETERBOROUGH) CIO to distribute essential food items to vulnerable, isolated people who are struggling financially
07/04/2020 £4,715 £50,042 ARTS & MINDS to provide support for 40 isolated people with mental health issues through a weekly, virtual creative cafe
07/04/2020 £3,480 £13,021,358 EAST ANGLIAN AIR AMBULANCE to purchase essential PPE to enable the clinicians to continue to deliver life-saving services
07/04/2020 £5,000 £1,754,611 THE C3 CHURCH (FORMALLY CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH) to support local, isolated people who are in need by delivering food and other essential items
07/04/2020 £3,750 £119,351 CAMBRIDGE ACORN PROJECT CIC to launch a Therapeutic Support Line and video sessions to offer emotional support to 150 families under stress or with children experiencing distress; healthcare, education and social care workers experiencing distress or trauma; and vulnerable and isolated people, especially older people, in need of comfort
07/04/2020 £5,000 £276,206 DIAL/DISABILITY PETERBOROUGH to co-ordinate volunteers to visit 100 isolated people with disabilities and provide essential items such as food and medication
07/04/2020 £4,750 £246,952 THE ALKAPTONURIA SOCIETY to provide support to 98 isolated AKU patients through phone calls, provision of exercise resources and telephone counselling sessions
07/04/2020 £5,000 £208,000 HEAD TO TOE CHARITY to support people with mental health issues through providing essential items such as food packages and through creating therapeutic activities for isolated patients
07/04/2020 £3,115 £504,613 THE BLUE SMILE PROJECT to distribute 185 therapeutic art packs and folders to vulnerable children who experience severe emotional and behavioral difficulties, usually resulting from family breakdown, domestic violence or abuse. This will allow the children to express themselves/process feelings during isolation and will provide reassurance that their Blue Smile sessions will resume and that their therapist hasn't forgotten about them. These packs will include a friendly introductory sheet, colouring pencils, watercolour paints, a pencil, sharpener, a rubber, 10 sheets of black and white paper and 10 sheets of coloured paper and a folder to contain artwork in.
07/04/2020 £2,900 £85,800 DISABILITY HUNTINGDONSHIRE (DISH) to provide infrastructure tools such as website upgrades and mobile phones to enable staff to continue to support a high risk cohort (who would normally receive home visits and one-to-one assessments) through the vital but stressful disability benefits service at this unprecedented time of no-contact and overwhelmed Department of Work and Pensions. This is a unique service and one that also offers immediate relief in terms of food bank vouchers and emergency support.
07/04/2020 £5,000 £571,397 CITIZENS ADVICE RURAL CAMBS to provide direct emergency aid to high risk residents of an already rural and deprived area for essential living costs i.e. food bank vouchers, supermarket vouchers, fuel vouchers (particularly to cover those waiting for initial Universal Credit payments) and to provide advice and assistance in accessing welfare support for those suffering financial hardship as a result of the outbreak.
07/04/2020 £1,000 £24,335 ENABLING INDEPENDENCE SERVICE to provide food parcels and gas or electricity vouchers to 30 people with a learning disability
07/04/2020 £5,000 CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL to provide laptops and internet dongles for 20 Care Leavers who do not have access to these to continue their studies
07/04/2020 £4,659 CROSS KEYS HOMES LTD to provide items to promote positive mental health for 160 elderly people such as jigsaw puzzles, books and colouring pencils
07/04/2020 £5,000 MELBOURN PARISH COUNCIL to increase the existing Timebank Co-ordinator's hours to oversee a team of volunteers responding to phone calls from people in need and providing practical support
07/04/2020 £5,000 EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL to provide practical support for 300 vulnerable people such as through purchasing heating oil and topping up their gas and electricity meters
03/04/2020 £3,100 £1,262,680 ROMSEY MILL TRUST to support the newly established Coleridge Community Action Against Coronavirus Group that was set up to provide advice, information, support and basic essentials including food, medicine and other essential items to the 3,500 people in the Coleridge ward of the city who are suffering from the virus and those that are self isolating
03/04/2020 £5,000 £1,262,680 ROMSEY MILL TRUST to coordinate and deliver continued support including provision of foodbank vouchers and delivery of food parcels; providing phone and crisis support; supporting police to work with young people who may be congregating in groups in 'hot-spot' areas; and online youth groups for the most vulnerable and isolated young people (135) in our community i.e. young people who we’re most concerned about due to food poverty, mental health challenges, safeguarding issues (child sexual exploitation, domestic violence, abuse etc) or extreme risk taking behaviour (county lines); teenage parents, and families with children who have a diagnosis of autism, during an assumed 3 month period of social isolation caused by measures to limit the spread of the Coronavirus.
03/04/2020 £5,000 GODMANCHESTER TOWN COUNCIL to work in collaboration with the Godmanchester Covid-19 group who are co-ordinating volunteers for every street in Godmanchester to ensure that 8,500 residents have a contact should they need anything, from shopping, prescriptions or just a friendly chat. Additionally, to work with Godmanchester Community Timebank who are a group of volunteers who provide a shopping service, prescription collection service and lift giving service if required
03/04/2020 £5,000 LITTLE THETFORD PARISH COUNCIL to help 150 vulnerable, self-isolating and at risk members of the community during the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak. These volunteers are giving up their time to shop, collect prescriptions, take prescription paperwork to surgeries/pharmacies, provide telephone support, etc.
03/04/2020 £5,000 CAMBRIDGE MERIDIAN ACADEMIES TRUST to provide 125 students in the Arbury community who are eligible for Free School Meals with an electronic reading device to enable home education for these children and young people and to allow them to have access to thousands of novels and titles available through such a device
03/04/2020 £4,500 SUTTON PARISH COUNCIL to support Sutton Timebank and Sutton Helping Hands who are currently supporting 150 older and vulnerable residents in the village through the next 6 months to purchase food for those who are short of supplies, newspapers for elderly, mobile phones, books & jigsaws, and volunteer travel expenses
02/04/2020 £5,000 £13,431,192 EAST ANGLIA'S CHILDREN'S HOSPICES (EACH) to continue to deliver EACH core services which include end of life care, symptom management, emergency day care, crisis ventilation care and online emotional support to high-risk children and their family members (240 beneficiaries)
02/04/2020 £3,750 £1,221,050 HOPE INTO ACTION: EAST OF ENGLAND to continue to support 75 previously homeless tenants with their tenancies using remote working practices through phone calls and delivering essential items
01/04/2020 £3,000 £52,007 THRIPLOW DAFFODIL WEEKEND CHARITY to support local residents who require assistance by collecting and delivering shopping and providing social contact through phone calls
01/04/2020 £5,000 £411,423 ROWAN to continue to support local adults with a learning disability through providing activity packs, online classes and regular phone contact
01/04/2020 £5,000 £1,978,314 AGE UK CAMBRIDGESHIRE & PETERBOROUGH to continue to support isolated, older people with advice, shopping deliveries and other essential services
01/04/2020 £3,000 £278,654 CAMMS MEALS ON WHEELS to expand the existing meals on wheels service to meet the increasing demand to support 300 more isolated, older people
01/04/2020 £4,750 £343,238 ROSMINI CENTRE WISBECH to contact 250 vulnerable clients on a weekly basis to offer practical support such as food parcels and to help them access help with heating costs
01/04/2020 £14,000 £15,052 CAMBOURNE CRESCENT to enable Cambourne's Volunteer Task Force to support older, isolated people by providing food parcels and other essential items
01/04/2020 £4,944 £138,443 MEADOWS CHILDREN AND FAMILY WING to support 195 vulnerable families with regular phone calls, referrals to partner agencies, posting Tesco vouchers, advice and letter writing regarding housing, debt, etc
01/04/2020 £2,000 ALL IN SOUND to support 60 people living with dementia and their carers with an online music-making and singing group, including support with technology, gentle exercise and movement
01/04/2020 £3,500 WILLINGHAM PARISH COUNCIL to provide meals, possible food bank, shopping service, medicine pick up and delivery
01/04/2020 £5,000 £1,262,680 ROMSEY MILL TRUST to purchase and distribute 25 Google Chromebook devices to young people so they can continue with their education at home
01/04/2020 £5,000 FENLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL to enable the Covid-19 Community Hub volunteers to support isolated, older people through providing essential items, energy top-ups and social interaction through phone calls
01/04/2020 £5,000 LONGSTANTON PARISH COUNCIL to enable 100 local volunteers to support 200 isolated, older people with delivering shopping, prescriptions and through telephone conversations
30/03/2020 £5,000 £112,095 RED HEN PROJECT to provide a Project Worker delivering emergency poverty relief to families and children as a result of coronavirus
27/03/2020 £3,287 £4,765,050 MAGPAS AIR AMBULANCE to provide air fed, powered respirators and personal protective hoods to enable medics to continue treating critically ill patients during the Covid-19 outbreak
27/03/2020 £5,000 £1,002,795 CARE NETWORK CAMBRIDGESHIRE to provide a Covid-19 Rapid Response Support Service including telephone well being support and emergency response to 500 people aged 60+
27/03/2020 £5,000 £156,532 LIGHT PROJECT PETERBOROUGH to provide support at The Garden House shelter for 250 homeless people who are at increased risk but not receiving adequate information; hygiene and social distancing advice, medical expertise from a nurse and transport to hospital if required
27/03/2020 £3,000 £90,340 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP GROUP (COMPAS) to deliver food, hygiene products and advice to 300 members of the community who are older, disabled or living in particularly difficult situations (e.g. single parent without a car)
27/03/2020 £4,996 £35,890 POWER2INSPIRE to implement an online streaming service with 3 live daily exercise class sessions aimed at older, frail, disabled or mentally vulnerable people to help reduce falls and prevent a general decline in health during self-isolation
27/03/2020 £4,918 £434,336 PETERBOROUGH ASYLUM AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (PARCA) to provide support for 1,080 vulnerable and isolated people in local older, BME, asylum seeker and refugee communities; accessible information, food delivery, online communication
27/03/2020 £1,400 £127,708 ILLUMINATE CHARITY CIO to train staff to offer group interactive courses virtually using Zoom reaching 80 vulnerable people
27/03/2020 £2,367 £45,208 CAMBRIDGE STUDENT COMMUNITY ACTION to support 87 vulnerable people who are in need of reassurance and regular friendly phone calls, letters, shopping drops or arts and crafts
27/03/2020 £3,000 CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL to provide food packages to 100 Care Leavers (aged 18-21) in independent and semi-independent accommodation
27/03/2020 £4,990 FAMILIES FIRST PETERBOROUGH CIC to deliver food, toiletries and children's activity sources to the homes of 75 young people who are care leavers
27/03/2020 £2,700 HUNTINGDON TOWN COUNCIL to support 50 older people with a weekly hot meal delivered to their door from April to September 2020
27/03/2020 £3,000 PETERBOROUGH LITHUANIAN COMMUNITY to support 300 older and vulnerable people in the Lithuanian community; assisting with language barrier, groceries/food, telephone calls, online support and yoga sessions, signposting for mental health or incidences of crime/abuse
27/03/2020 £5,000 FENLAND TRUST to run the Yaxley and Farcet Covid 19 Support network which provides help and support - including collecting shopping and prescriptions - for people in self isolation
27/03/2020 £3,217 ORWELL PARISH COUNCIL to provide IT equipment needed for a central community response coordination function, and to facilitate volunteers to assist those confined to their homes (with home deliveries and other essential welfare support)
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Cumulative Grants
Amount Grantee
£325,669 CAMBRIDGE COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE
£223,216 CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY ARTS
£191,620 THE KITE TRUST
£187,060 ORMISTON FAMILIES
£163,600 THE FERRY PROJECT
£159,392 CAMBRIDGESHIRE ACRE
£157,706 HEAD TO TOE CHARITY
£120,000 VIVA ARTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP
£110,000 EARTH & MIND CIC
£98,438 PETERBOROUGH WOMEN'S AID
£87,426 ROSMINI CENTRE WISBECH
£85,641 GROUNDWORK EAST, OPERATING LOCALLY AS GROUNDWORK CAMBRIDGESHIRE & PETERBOROUGH
£81,204 LIGHT PROJECT PETERBOROUGH
£69,542 LITTLE MIRACLES CIO (FENLAND)
£61,561 FENLAND ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY TRANSPORT (FACT)
£59,746 CAMBRIDGE ETHNIC COMMUNITY FORUM
£44,710 CAMBRIDGE ACORN PROJECT
£39,882 CENTRE 33
£29,247 NEW MEANING FOUNDATION
£25,000 CAMBRIDGE SUSTAINABLE FOOD (CSF) CIC
£22,200 ST PETER'S CHURCH, DUXFORD PCC
£21,950 CAMBRIDGESHIRE DEAF ASSOCIATION
£21,000 PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE (PCVS)
£20,457 CARING TOGETHER
£20,000 ST IVES HOCKEY CLUB
£19,920 ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH WATERBEACH
£18,500 PETALS
£18,500 GLADSTONE DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
£18,000 STOW CUM QUY PARISH COUNCIL
£15,952 THE FROGLIFE TRUST
£15,000 PROPERTY ANGELS CIC
£15,000 CARE NETWORK CAMBRIDGESHIRE
£14,626 CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION
£14,350 OBLIQUE ARTS
£14,000 CAMBRIDGE CITY FOODBANK
£14,000 CAMBOURNE CRESCENT
£13,500 MERIDIAN PCN
£13,231 RAMSEY NEIGHBOURHOODS TRUST
£13,100 ROMSEY MILL TRUST
£13,000 CAMBRIDGE AID
£12,627 THE NATIONAL TRUST
£12,260 CHS GROUP
£12,000 ALL SAINTS CHURCH, TILBROOK PCC
£12,000 ALDERMAN PAYNE PRIMARY SCHOOL
£11,340 SUTTON ST EDMUND PARISH COUNCIL
£11,000 WINTERCOMFORT
£10,500 CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
£10,000 WISBECH ST MARY PARISH COUNCIL
£10,000 WHAPLODE DROVE & GEDNEY HILL BOWLS CLUB
£10,000 SUFFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST
£10,000 SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO
£10,000 PARSON DROVE PARISH COUNCIL
£10,000 NORFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST
£10,000 METAL CULTURE LTD
£10,000 EVOLVE COUNSELLING (FORMERLY CAMBRIDGESHIRE CONSULTANCY IN COUNSELLING)
£10,000 CAMBRIDGE MERIDIAN ACADEMIES TRUST
£10,000 CAMBRIDGE CANCER HELP CENTRE CIO
£10,000 CARESCO LTD
£9,743 GRAVELEY PARISH COUNCIL
£9,570 MEADOWS CHILDREN AND FAMILY WING
£9,492 THE BACA CHARITY
£9,095 GEDNEY HILL AND DISTRICT MEMORIAL HALL
£8,918 PETERBOROUGH ASYLUM AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (PARCA)
£8,871 CAMBRIDGE ARTS THEATRE
£8,532 DIDDINGTON PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
£8,499 NICOLAUS COPERNICUS PETERBOROUGH POLISH SCHOOL
£8,393 CROSS KEYS HOMES LTD
£8,025 CAMBRIDGE ONLINE
£7,750 1ST DODDINGTON SCOUT GROUP
£7,550 PRODIGAL COLLECTIVE CIC
£7,042 SIN CRU
£7,000 CAMBRIDGESHIRE OLDER PEOPLE'S ENTERPRISE (COPE)
£6,670 CAMBRIDGE RARE DISEASE NETWORK
£6,550 PRISONERS' EDUCATION TRUST
£6,302 THE BLUE SMILE PROJECT
£6,103 DIGITAL PEOPLE IN PETERBOROUGH CIC
£6,000 WIMBLINGTON PARISH COUNCIL
£6,000 WIMBLINGTON BOWLS CLUB
£6,000 FULBOURN PRIMARY SCHOOL
£5,000 WINTERCOMFORT
£5,000 UNITE 4 HUMANITY
£5,000 UK ISLAMIC MISSION
£5,000 TOM’S TRUST
£5,000 TOGETHER CULTURE C.I.C.
£5,000 THE STROKE ASSOCIATION
£5,000 THE SALVATION ARMY (CAMBRIDGE)
£5,000 THE FERRY PROJECT
£5,000 THE C3 CHURCH (FORMALLY CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH)
£5,000 THE 3 PILLARS FEEDING THE HOMELESS TRUST
£5,000 ST ANDREW'S STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
£5,000 ST ANDREW'S CHURCH, CHERRY HINTON
£5,000 SHEDDERS AND FIXERS
£5,000 ROWAN
£5,000 REFUGE
£5,000 RED HEN PROJECT
£5,000 RED BALLOON OF THE AIR (RBAIR)
£5,000 POWER 2 CREATIVITY
£5,000 METHODIST HOMES (MHA)
£5,000 MELBOURN PARISH COUNCIL
£5,000 MARCH MAKE AND MEND
£5,000 MAGGIE’S CENTRES
£5,000 LONGSTANTON PARISH COUNCIL
£5,000 LITTLE THETFORD PARISH COUNCIL
£5,000 LINTON PARISH CHARITIES - CHARITY OF ELIZABETH HARRISON
£5,000 KINGSGATE COMMUNITY CHURCH
£5,000 JIMMY'S CAMBRIDGE (NIGHT SHELTER)
£5,000 INSPIRE2IGNITE CIC
£5,000 HUNTS FORUM OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS
£5,000 GREAT PAXTON RECREATION GROUND
£5,000 GODMANCHESTER TOWN COUNCIL
£5,000 FINDACURE
£5,000 FENLAND TRUST
£5,000 FENLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL
£5,000 ENTERPRISE EAST GROUP CIC
£5,000 EASTON PARISH COUNCIL
£5,000 EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL
£5,000 EAST ANGLIA'S CHILDREN'S HOSPICES (EACH)
£5,000 EAST OF ENGLAND WISBECH CLUSTER COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDERS
£5,000 DIAL/DISABILITY PETERBOROUGH
£5,000 COTTENHAM CHARITIES
£5,000 CITIZENS ADVICE RURAL CAMBS
£5,000 CARE NETWORK CAMBRIDGESHIRE
£5,000 CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL
£5,000 CLIC SARGENT
£5,000 CCHP (CAMBRIDGE CHURCHES HOMELESS PROJECT)
£5,000 BABA BUDHA JI EDUCATIONAL TRUST
£5,000 AGE UK CAMBRIDGESHIRE & PETERBOROUGH
£5,000 ABBEY PEOPLE CIO
£5,000 ABBEY COLLEGE, RAMSEY
£4,999 REACH COMMUNITY PROJECTS CIO
£4,996 POWER2INSPIRE
£4,990 FAMILIES FIRST PETERBOROUGH CIC
£4,980 FEN HANDS
£4,970 HOME-START CAMBRIDGESHIRE
£4,952 DUXFORD COVID GROUP C/O DUXFORD PARISH COUNCIL
£4,950 LITTLE THETFORD VILLAGE HALL
£4,950 CAMBRIDGESHIRE, PETERBOROUGH AND SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE MIND
£4,887 SPECTRUM CAMBRIDGE
£4,875 RAMSEY NEIGHBOURHOODS TRUST
£4,870 PRISIJAUKINK SAVE
£4,810 STRETHAM PARISH COUNCIL
£4,750 THE ALKAPTONURIA SOCIETY
£4,750 CAN DO COMMUNITIES CIC
£4,745 WISBECH YOUTH CLUB
£4,730 OLIVE BRANCH COMMUNITY GARDEN
£4,725 TURTLE DOVE CAMBRIDGE CIC
£4,715 ARTS & MINDS
£4,705 CAMBRIDGE UNITED YOUTH & COMMUNITY TRUST
£4,700 WHITE RIBBON ALLIANCE
£4,500 YOUTHS OF FENLAND C.I.C.
£4,500 SUTTON PARISH COUNCIL
£4,500 LITTLEPORT PARISH COUNCIL
£4,500 FITNESS RUSH COMMUNITY CIC
£4,440 AFGHANISTAN AND CENTRAL ASIAN ASSOCIATION
£4,418 YOUTH TO YOUTH
£4,307 WISBECH LITHUANIAN COMMUNITY
£4,300 COGWHEEL TRUST CIO
£4,250 ALCONBURY BROOK FLOOD GROUP
£4,210 READ EASY FENLAND
£4,200 WISBECH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST
£4,169 BRANCHING OUT
£4,150 YOUNG TECHNICIANS CIC
£4,140 CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, CAMBRIDGE
£4,138 ECHOUTDOORS COMPANY UK CIC
£4,114 CARING HAIR (CANCER HAIR CARE)
£4,050 ORCHARD PARK COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENTS TEACHERS FRIENDS ASSOCIATION
£4,000 WISBECH SUPPLEMENTARY LITHUANIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE COMMUNITY SCHOOL-CLUB: LASELIS
£4,000 POLISH SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOL
£4,000 FROZEN LIGHT
£4,000 DISABILITY CAMBRIDGESHIRE
£4,000 DIDIEJI POKST
£4,000 COMMUNITY FIRST (PETERBOROUGH) CIO
£3,950 SWITCH NOW CIC
£3,910 FUSION YOUTH PROJECTS CIO
£3,842 CAMBRIDGE BREASTFEEDING ALLIANCE CIO
£3,750 HOPE INTO ACTION: EAST OF ENGLAND
£3,739 NORTH CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP CIO
£3,648 RIMA'S LADIES ARTS UK C. I. C
£3,500 WILLINGHAM PARISH COUNCIL
£3,500 SAFE SOULMATES
£3,500 RE-ENGAGE (FORMERLY CONTACT-THE-ELDERLY)
£3,500 MOULTON CHAPEL FOOTBALL CLUB
£3,480 EAST ANGLIAN AIR AMBULANCE
£3,400 THE EDGE CAFé CIC
£3,400 PETERBOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
£3,330 ST PAUL'S CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE
£3,318 THE WILD HUB CIC
£3,287 MAGPAS AIR AMBULANCE
£3,252 THE HYGIENE BANK CIO
£3,217 ORWELL PARISH COUNCIL
£3,170 NENE PARK TRUST
£3,000 WILBURTON PARISH COUNCIL
£3,000 THRIPLOW DAFFODIL WEEKEND CHARITY
£3,000 THE BEE MINDFUL HIVE
£3,000 RKA GLOVE UP CIC
£3,000 POWER2INSPIRE
£3,000 PETERBOROUGH LITHUANIAN COMMUNITY
£3,000 LIVING PAINTINGS
£3,000 CRUSE BEREAVEMENT CARE (HUNTINGDONSHIRE BRANCH)
£3,000 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP GROUP (COMPAS)
£3,000 CAMMS MEALS ON WHEELS
£3,000 CAMBRIDGE CYRENIANS
£3,000 BURWELL COMMUNITY PRINT CENTRE
£3,000 BASSINGBOURN-CUM-KNEESWORTH PARISH COUNCIL
£2,960 HOME-START ROYSTON & SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE
£2,941 CAMBRIDGE STUDENT COMMUNITY ACTION
£2,900 DISABILITY HUNTINGDONSHIRE (DISH)
£2,900 ALCONBURY RECREATION FIELD CHARITY
£2,862 SEW POSITIVE
£2,850 FRIENDS OF HISTON & IMPINGTON COMMUNITY CIO
£2,800 CAMBRIDGE WOMEN’S AID
£2,700 HUNTINGDON TOWN COUNCIL
£2,600 WYSING ARTS CENTRE
£2,500 SOHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
£2,500 PARSON DROVE STREET PRIDE GROUP
£2,500 OPEN DOOR BAPTIST CHURCH
£2,500 MELDRETH CORONAVIRUS COMMUNITY SUPPORT
£2,500 CHINESE COMMUNITY IN PETERBOROUGH
£2,500 ACCURO
£2,455 CHRISTCHURCH SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB
£2,400 RAMSEY & DISTRICT COMMUNITY BUS ASSOCIATION LTD
£2,400 BREAK
£2,281 PARSON DROVE AMENITIES 95
£2,275 CAMBRIDGE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
£2,225 PHOENIX YOUTH PROVISION CIC (RISE YOUTH CLUB)
£2,139 PASTON FARM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
£2,089 MAKING SPACE
£2,004 CAMBRIDGE SPORT LAKES TRUST
£2,001 JG NEXT GENERATION CIC
£2,000 YELLING VILLAGE HALL
£2,000 THE EDGE CAFé CIC
£2,000 SANDY HILL COMMUNITY PROJECT CENTRE C.I.C.
£2,000 SERV SUFFOLK & CAMBRIDGESHIRE
£2,000 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY HUNTINGDON & DISTRICT GROUP
£2,000 LOVE MILL ROAD
£2,000 JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITY
£2,000 ENABLING INDEPENDENCE SERVICE
£2,000 CAMBRIDGE & DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
£2,000 BURWELL PRINT CENTRE
£2,000 ALL IN SOUND
£1,758 WATERBEACH AND LANDBEACH ACTION FOR YOUTH (WAY)
£1,650 THE OFFORDS RECREATION HUT (OFFORD VILLAGE HALL)
£1,600 BUCKWORTH CRICKET CLUB
£1,500 CAMBRIDGE HANDS-ON SCIENCE (CHAOS)
£1,485 CAMBRIDGE RE-USE
£1,400 ILLUMINATE CHARITY CIO
£1,395 THE ALCONBURY CARPET BOWLS CLUB
£1,386 THE MORDENS AND LITLINGTON MOBILE WARDEN SCHEME
£1,351 HARDWICK NETWORK AND HARDWICK EVANGELICAL CHURCH
£1,000 HASLINGFIELD CHOIR
£1,000 EMMAUS CAMBRIDGE
£1,000 CITIZENS ADVICE RURAL CAMBS
£1,000 CAM SIGHT
£1,000 A DAY AT THE BEACH
£999 BEDS & CAMBS 4X4 RESPONSE GROUP CIO
£990 MARCH ACADEMY FC
£800 SAWSTON YOUTH GROUP
£776 YOUNG PEOPLE MARCH
£750 KIDSOUT
£500 WILBURTON FOOTBALL CLUB
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