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Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
Analysis of Grants Made
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In this period 95 donations have been made totalling £1,086,448 to 92 organisations

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Growth in Spending
(per annum over last 3 years)
Main Overlaps with other Grant Makers ?
By ValueBy Number
The National Lottery Community Fund 63% 62%
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales 29% 30%
The National Lottery Heritage Fund 17% 13%
Garfield Weston Foundation 15% 15%
The Henry Smith Charity 15% 13%
Co-operative Group 13% 12%
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport 11% 17%
Masonic Charitable Foundation 11% 8%
CAF 9% 11%
The Clothworkers' Foundation 9% 11%
Sole supporter: 23% by number, 23% by value.
Individual Grants Made
When Amount Annual
Spending
Grantee To be used for
01/11/2020 £20,711 £1,390,980 POSSABILITY PEOPLE The project will reduce isolation of disabled people due to Covid-19 and provide a range of support services.
01/11/2020 £12,995 £292,052 DIAL BARNSLEY The project will reduce isolation, improve mental health, and provide information,advice and support for disabled peolple
01/11/2020 £11,932 £54,664 DISABILITY CAMBRIDGESHIRE The project will provide information services, digital online services and support
01/11/2020 £24,435 £1,146,730 BIRMINGHAM DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTRE (ALSO KNOWN AS DRC) The project will Increase the capacity of information, guidance and support services
01/11/2020 £4,777 £385,947 DISABILITY SHEFFIELD The project will provide a range of online training for volunteers and online groups for people with learning disabilities and or autism
01/11/2020 £23,461 £1,739,956 LIVING OPTIONS DEVON The project will provide a counselling service for disabled people
01/11/2020 £7,986 £255,255 CHOICE IN HACKNEY The project will Expand advocacy services by 7 hours per week to respond to additional Covid 19 challenges providing support advice and information
01/11/2020 £6,651 £185,947 SCARBOROUGH SURVIVORS The project will provide a positive buddy scheme, supporting the mental health and emotional needs on 1:1 basis
01/11/2020 £10,400 £173,084 THE MAE MURRAY FOUNDATION The project involves setting up a resource library to loan adapted equipment to families with disabilities and providing virtual sessions
01/11/2020 £9,600 £84,258 AUTISTIC NOTTINGHAM The project will provide a paid advocacy worker to assist in provision of support to members facing barriers
01/11/2020 £18,400 £60,828 ACTIVE INDEPENDENCE The project will provide support services and support for personal assistants
01/11/2020 £8,224 £218,372 CHOICES AND RIGHTS DISABILITY COALITION (HULL AND EAST RIDING) The project will develop services to include online hub,mailing system,ensuring advice and documents are accessible
01/11/2020 £14,992 LUV2MEETU The project will provide an online programme of events and telephone support to members to reduce social isolation
01/11/2020 £9,684 £107,887 DISABILITY HUNTINGDONSHIRE The project will provide Increased capacity to speed up referrals
01/11/2020 £11,590 £979,672 FORESIGHT (NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE) LIMITED The project involves developing a peer mentoring and support network
01/11/2020 £4,989 £40,370 ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT DISABILITY ACTION GROUP (RADDAG) The project aims to establish a peer support network
01/11/2020 £4,888 £219,895 OPENING DOORS The project will launch a timetable of specialist zoom meetings for members including women and LGBTQIA
01/11/2020 £5,000 CREATIVE WELL-BEING The project will enable the group to delivering their creative services online including telephone support, craft packs, virtual craft sessions/coffee/chat, IT suport
01/11/2020 £13,724 £322,496 MY LIFE MY CHOICE The project will make referrals for support services, weekly check in phonecalls, volunteer buddy scheme, provision of easy read information and guidance on government and public health advice.
01/11/2020 £6,994 CELF-ABLE LIMITED The project will purchase IT equipment and material kits for members to take part in activities from home.
01/11/2020 £25,000 £1,248,126 GLASGOW DISABILITY ALLIANCE The project involves setting up a disabled BAME peer support network and continuing welfare rights support service remotely.
01/11/2020 £13,456 £36,930 SUFFOLK COALITION OF DISABLED PEOPLE The project will provide telephone and online support services
01/11/2020 £24,466 £1,229,612 IDEAL FOR ALL The project will provide aa tailored and bespoke information, advice and guidance telephone service. Increased capacity to deliver online services
01/11/2020 £13,328 BLINK DANCE THEATRE The project will support: (i) multi-sensory participatory workshops in schools, (ii) in person peer support networks with disabled and neurodiverse artists, and (iii) online support activity for disabled artists.
01/11/2020 £5,060 £81,835 BURY PEOPLE FIRST The project will Purchase of tablets to enabled people to access online activities.
01/11/2020 £4,200 £118,438 LEICESTERSHIRE CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED LIVING The project will provide peer support, advice and information to those disabled and shielding. Government and public health information not accessible to all
01/11/2020 £11,500 DISABLED PEOPLE’S VOICE LIMITED The project will Run weekly zoom classes, a Self care podcast for disabled people and produce online resources
01/11/2020 £15,850 £441,733 MOURNE STIMULUS LIMITED The project will erect an essential shelter structure to enable people more space. To provide quipment for activities such as ipads, yoga mats, arts and crafts and sensory equipment
01/11/2020 £11,436 £487,096 BREAKTHROUGH UK The project will enable the group to provide Zoom peer group sessions
01/11/2020 £5,000 £789,161 DISABILITY STOCKPORT The project will enable the group to host monthly digital meetings for wellbeing groups and enabling all members to get online/able to patricipate.
01/11/2020 £7,213 WILTSHIRE COMMUNITY CARE USER INVOLVEMENT NETWORK (ALSO KNOWN AS WSUN) The project will provide an additional community outreach worker. Expand a mentoring and wellbeing service
01/11/2020 £14,206 £323,521 ACTION DISABILITY KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA The project will develop oan emergency volunteer project, delivering food, medicine and other essential items to those isolated disabled people. Provide an ipad loan scheme, delivering paperwork, supporting local disabled people to safely attend communtiy based activities.
01/11/2020 £14,500 £128,601 CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING KENT The project will employ a part time information officer to support clients with benefit appeals, new client enquiries etc and form filling
01/11/2020 £16,230 £242,631 PEOPLE FIRST (SELF ADVOCACY) The project will involve expanding online peer support meetings, strengthening internal capacity
01/11/2020 £17,950 £181,892 A4U The project will provide staffing and IT costs to move services online
01/11/2020 £14,999 £207,918 ALLIANCE FOR INCLUSIVE EDUCATION The project will enable young people to have a say and to address the isolation and intersectional exclusion of Young people during the pandemic.
01/11/2020 £7,774 £226,148 MID-CORNWALL LIFESTYLES The project will provide a range of online activities and training support staff online to assist clients.
01/11/2020 £13,295 CHAD ( CHOICE FOR ALL DONCASTER) The project will produce an easy read 20 page information booklet 3 times during the grant and distributing to 1000 people with learning disabilities. Will include relevant and current information.
01/11/2020 £13,500 £1,004,933 DARLINGTON ASSOCIATION ON DISABILITY The project will increase capacity to provide information and advice to reach more service users by telephone, text, website, email, print (in an appropriate format) and BSL, particularly at key times of high demand such as when local lockdown measures are altered. Keept people up to ddate via website
01/11/2020 £24,857 £238,626 DISABILITY ARTS CYMRU The project aims to develop a project that supports disabled/Deaf artists [ individuals and collectives] to develop their work practices, increase their ability to earn a living and thus become more financially independent
01/11/2020 £15,454 £6,677 PLYMOUTH AREA DISABILITY ACTION NETWORK The project will provide tablets and data for 25 members to reduce isolation and increase participation.
01/11/2020 £14,999 WINVISIBLE The project will increase staff hours to cope with the increase in casework, volunteer support and training. Extend online meetings
01/11/2020 £2,525 £264,305 BLISS=ABILITY Producing regular newsletters with current COVID information and returiting and training volunteers
01/11/2020 £4,221 £292,354 SHEFFIELD FLOURISH The project will use digital inclusion to support people with mental health issues and struggling with isolation, to plan and manage their mental healthcare online. The project will help make improvements to the MY Toolkit platform to enable it to be more disabled user friendly.
01/11/2020 £20,048 £581,401 PEOPLE FIRST (SCOTLAND) The project will be used to purchase Ipads then support members digital connection by supporting them to learn and use the devices.
01/11/2020 £5,576 £489,998 DISABILITY SOLUTIONS WEST MIDLANDS The project will be used to Purchase and loan of ipads to enable increased digital inclusion and employ a co-ordinator
01/11/2020 £20,064 £46,427 DEAF EX-MAINSTREAMERS LTD. The project will translate Covid 19 material into BSL for the deaf community. Deliver more online peer support group to help young isolated deaf people
01/11/2020 £5,000 £32,720 TEES VALLEY, DURHAM AND NORTH YORKSHIRE NEUROLOGICAL ALLIANCE The project will expand the information, advice and advocacy service to resolve covid 19 issue by increasing capacity and caseload through IT and phone support.
01/11/2020 £6,140 £436,024 PEMBROKESHIRE PEOPLE FIRST The project will support people with mental health issues through a program of virtual and in real life activities.
01/11/2020 £24,673 BRITISH DEAF ASSOCIATION The project will fund the continuation of the BSL helpline in East Midlands
01/11/2020 £16,745 £47,861 BRISTOL DISABILITY EQUALITY FORUM The project will provide a range of information sharing and social activities and ensure that disabled peoples voices ad experiences are represented.
01/11/2020 £18,831 £439,580 MHIST (MENTAL HEALTH INDEPENDENT SUPPORT TEAM) The project will enable the group to increase their services through increasing the hours of their paid staff to meet demand for services.
01/11/2020 £10,560 £51,197 THEFDF CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING The project will enable continuation of responding to increasing referrals from family, health professionals, social worker, housing officer etc
01/11/2020 £4,940 £100,958 PUKAR DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTRE The project will provide a range of activities and workshops to increase confidence and creativity.
01/11/2020 £12,106 £182,017 DISABILITY CAN DO The project will enable a small team to focus on providing welfare benefit and financial support.
01/11/2020 £12,100 £276,206 DISABILITY PETERBOROUGH The project will provide 1-2-1 support for 20 service users with the most complex needs.
01/11/2020 £2,765 ROCHDALE DEAF RHINOS The project will set up workshops concentrating on employment, health and other social aspects. 2 volunteers will attend BSL courses in order to teach sign language to deaf and hearing volunteers.
01/11/2020 £4,356 £704,912 DISABILITY CORNWALL AND ISLES OF SCILLY The project will increase capacity of the group to enable them to reach more service users with a wide range of support.
01/11/2020 £19,926 £117,268 ACCESSIBILITY POWYS The project will enable the group to increase their capacity to provide 1:1 support, information and referrals for their vulnerable service users
01/11/2020 £14,914 £152,322 INDEPENDENT MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK The project will set up and deliver a peer support network across Bristol for people with severe enduring mental health problems. One of these peer groups will be bespoke for members who identify as LGBTQ who feel their needs have not been met during the pandemic.
01/11/2020 £9,812 £820,128 DISABILITY ASSOCIATION CARLISLE & EDEN The project will increase the group's capacity enabling them to deal with and increasing number of enquiries including opening a telephone helpline for those who are struggling and have no other outlet for advice or support
01/11/2020 £5,612 £33,125 SUVAI DEAFEAST COMMUNITY The project will transform their Suvai café into a community hub for deaf users, providing a safe place for deaf people if they are feeling isolated, in need of advice or advocacy. 34 events and workshops will take place.
01/11/2020 £4,500 £11,458 DISABILITY SUPPORT GROUP NORTHEAST The project will increase capacity of the group, opening more hours and training more staff to support more clients facing isolation and financial concerns.
01/11/2020 £5,544 £50,551 DIAL SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE The project will fund a temporary, part time benefits advisor to assist in completing disability benefit forms
01/11/2020 £3,323 FRIENDS OF THE ARC The project will produce a monthly newsletter enabling service users to build skills and provide a social outlet. The newsletter will also translate important information into easy read and BSL and other community languages.
01/11/2020 £18,742 £548,844 DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) The project is to employ a community link worker who will contact partner organisations and local disabled people to ensure key messaging is clear, consistant and available to disabled people
01/11/2020 £6,992 £200,402 PEOPLE FIRST FORUM The project will enable the group to research why more of its members are not online. The findings will influence what support and equipment they provide to ensure their community's needs are met.
01/11/2020 £4,936 £204,832 CREATIVE STROKE RECOVERY GROUP The project will enable the group to move some of their activities online, creating online links enabling a wider section of their community to participate. The project will purchase creative materials and ipad, provide IT support, telephone support.
01/11/2020 £4,969 £135,324 CENTRE FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PEOPLE The project will purchase ipads to enable service users to get online. It will deliver online workshops and provide remote assessments
01/11/2020 £13,295 £240,295 COMPASS DISABILITY SERVICES The project will enable the group to increase capacity by funding a Covid 19 information and guidance project coordinator to provide telephone support and advice, signposting and updating the website.
01/11/2020 £6,000 £87,017 FIGHTBACK CHARITY (SOCIETY FOR DISABLED REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS) The project will enable the group to resume a number of their activities and provide a pick up and go service in place of their coffee morning so people still have an opportunity to see a familiar face.
01/11/2020 £4,858 £20,694 DISABILITY NETWORK HOUNSLOW The project will recruit a temporary part time assistant caseworker to manage the additional calls and enquiries the group has been experiencing since Covid 19. It will also extend the groups KEW membership.
01/11/2020 £5,000 £3,592 DISABILITY IN ACTION The project will fund the hiring of a tutor for dance and wellbeing classes via zoom.
01/11/2020 £22,455 £1,366,658 DISABILITY DIRECT The project will enable the goup to investigate and tackle inequality and workplace discrimination relating to the pandemic.
01/11/2020 £23,204 £1,940,353 DEAF ACTION The project will offer a range of activities designed to meet the core needs identified, namely support for 1) mental wellbeing 2) social isolation; 3) digital exclusion
01/11/2020 £15,598 £295,784 DISABILITY INFORMATION BUREAU The 'In the Know' project aims to provide support to disabled people and those with long term health conditions who struggle with their digital and financial literacy.
01/11/2020 £4,751 £596,980 MANCHESTER DEAF CENTRE The project will aim to improve online access and skills for beneficiaries and create a digital database with their interests and skills to pair with others of the same interests online.
01/11/2020 £6,297 £38,682 RECOVERY PARTNERS The project will offer a weekly peer supported creative arts and autobiography project aimed at creating community and shared purpose for 24 older people (60+) livingwith mental health challenges, and who are at continued risk of social isolation and increased ill health, exacerbated by the pandemic.
01/11/2020 £9,950 £1,008,343 CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING N.I. The project will develop a peer support group offering social, practical and emotional support where 20 volunteers will establish 1-2-1 support, befirending and facilitate friendship groups.
01/11/2020 £8,800 £50,984 GLASGOW ACCESS PANEL The project will provide virtual classess and information sessions. Small numbered groups will also get together to visit venues.
01/11/2020 £9,052 £465,018 INCLUSION GLOUCESTERSHIRE The project will use existing networks to reach disabled people and explore and address the issues affecting those disabled people in the BAME community.
01/11/2020 £25,000 £36,930 SURREY COALITION OF DISABLED PEOPLE The project will develop a joint information and advice service aimed at addressing the needs and issues that have been highlighted by the pandemic.
01/11/2020 £21,700 £418,976 DESTINED LTD The project will enable the organisaiton to run a restricted programme of activities
01/11/2020 £15,452 AUBERGINE CAFE AND EVENTS (CIC) The project will run a set of workshops and peer support groups with the aim of reducing isolation in autistic adults while providing upskilling and support to promote autonomy and resilience through teaching life skills and building mutual support networks.
01/11/2020 £2,800 £11,492 DIAL IN WORCESTERSHIRE The project will upgrade mobile internet capacity to enable them to provide face to face zoom calls. It will increase capacity of paid staff and cover telephone costs.
01/11/2020 £3,422 BRISTOL RECLAIMING INDEPENDENT LIVING (BRIL) The project will purchase 10 tablets with mobile data to enable service users to access a range of online groups.
01/11/2020 £9,096 £54,701 SHEFFIELD ME AND FIBROMYALGIA GROUP The funding will enable the group to expand their benefits advice service and offer an extended range of accessible activities
01/11/2020 £9,931 £347,225 ONE PLACE EAST The project will provide information, advice and advocacy service, support people to develop their IT/digital skills on a one-to-one basis and support people through online workshops to have increased awareness of their rights, entitlements and local services available
01/11/2020 £6,000 £124,848 PEOPLE FIRST KEIGHLEY & CRAVEN The project will purchase a number of laptops to lend to service users enabling them to take part in a varied range of online activities. After the project finishes the laptops will be used to carry out work in the office.
01/11/2020 £12,000 £1,633,038 GLASGOW CENTRE FOR INCLUSIVE LIVING The project will fund a range of online courses to improve confidence and self esteem and tackle isolation.
01/11/2020 £5,382 £664 UNLIMITED OXFORDSHIRE The project will improve communication with online and offline members, increase the membership of the organisationand increase networking and voice of members to address inequalities highlighted by covid
01/11/2020 £4,900 £44,119 SAFETY NET PEOPLE FIRST The project will provide training for trustees to develop and put into action a programme of new social activities for their peers to tackle isolation.
01/11/2020 £9,225 SOMALI WOMEN DISABILITY SCHEME The project will fund a project coordinator who will complete all relevant risk assessments to enable the group to safely get back to their activities.
01/11/2020 £12,194 BRITISH DEAF ASSOCIATION The project will provide a befriending service for older deaf people in Scotland who are most at risk of extreme loneliness and isolation.
01/11/2020 £14,460 BRITISH DEAF ASSOCIATION The project will deliver a BSL Video Story Service for our younger and older members of the Deaf Community in Northern Ireland.
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Cumulative Grants
Amount Grantee
£51,327 BRITISH DEAF ASSOCIATION
£38,456 SUFFOLK COALITION OF DISABLED PEOPLE
£25,000 GLASGOW DISABILITY ALLIANCE
£24,857 DISABILITY ARTS CYMRU
£24,466 IDEAL FOR ALL
£24,435 BIRMINGHAM DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTRE (ALSO KNOWN AS DRC)
£23,461 LIVING OPTIONS DEVON
£23,204 DEAF ACTION
£22,455 DISABILITY DIRECT
£21,700 DESTINED LTD
£20,711 POSSABILITY PEOPLE
£20,064 DEAF EX-MAINSTREAMERS LTD.
£20,048 PEOPLE FIRST (SCOTLAND)
£19,926 ACCESSIBILITY POWYS
£18,831 MHIST (MENTAL HEALTH INDEPENDENT SUPPORT TEAM)
£18,742 DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW)
£18,400 ACTIVE INDEPENDENCE
£17,950 A4U
£16,745 BRISTOL DISABILITY EQUALITY FORUM
£16,230 PEOPLE FIRST (SELF ADVOCACY)
£15,850 MOURNE STIMULUS LIMITED
£15,598 DISABILITY INFORMATION BUREAU
£15,454 PLYMOUTH AREA DISABILITY ACTION NETWORK
£15,452 AUBERGINE CAFE AND EVENTS (CIC)
£14,999 WINVISIBLE
£14,999 ALLIANCE FOR INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
£14,992 LUV2MEETU
£14,914 INDEPENDENT MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK
£14,500 CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING KENT
£14,206 ACTION DISABILITY KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA
£13,724 MY LIFE MY CHOICE
£13,500 DARLINGTON ASSOCIATION ON DISABILITY
£13,328 BLINK DANCE THEATRE
£13,295 COMPASS DISABILITY SERVICES
£13,295 CHAD ( CHOICE FOR ALL DONCASTER)
£12,995 DIAL BARNSLEY
£12,106 DISABILITY CAN DO
£12,100 DISABILITY PETERBOROUGH
£12,000 GLASGOW CENTRE FOR INCLUSIVE LIVING
£11,932 DISABILITY CAMBRIDGESHIRE
£11,590 FORESIGHT (NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE) LIMITED
£11,500 DISABLED PEOPLE’S VOICE LIMITED
£11,436 BREAKTHROUGH UK
£10,560 THEFDF CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING
£10,400 THE MAE MURRAY FOUNDATION
£9,950 CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING N.I.
£9,931 ONE PLACE EAST
£9,812 DISABILITY ASSOCIATION CARLISLE & EDEN
£9,684 DISABILITY HUNTINGDONSHIRE
£9,600 AUTISTIC NOTTINGHAM
£9,225 SOMALI WOMEN DISABILITY SCHEME
£9,096 SHEFFIELD ME AND FIBROMYALGIA GROUP
£9,052 INCLUSION GLOUCESTERSHIRE
£8,800 GLASGOW ACCESS PANEL
£8,224 CHOICES AND RIGHTS DISABILITY COALITION (HULL AND EAST RIDING)
£7,986 CHOICE IN HACKNEY
£7,774 MID-CORNWALL LIFESTYLES
£7,213 WILTSHIRE COMMUNITY CARE USER INVOLVEMENT NETWORK (ALSO KNOWN AS WSUN)
£6,994 CELF-ABLE LIMITED
£6,992 PEOPLE FIRST FORUM
£6,651 SCARBOROUGH SURVIVORS
£6,297 RECOVERY PARTNERS
£6,140 PEMBROKESHIRE PEOPLE FIRST
£6,000 PEOPLE FIRST KEIGHLEY & CRAVEN
£6,000 FIGHTBACK CHARITY (SOCIETY FOR DISABLED REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS)
£5,612 SUVAI DEAFEAST COMMUNITY
£5,576 DISABILITY SOLUTIONS WEST MIDLANDS
£5,544 DIAL SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE
£5,382 UNLIMITED OXFORDSHIRE
£5,060 BURY PEOPLE FIRST
£5,000 TEES VALLEY, DURHAM AND NORTH YORKSHIRE NEUROLOGICAL ALLIANCE
£5,000 DISABILITY IN ACTION
£5,000 DISABILITY STOCKPORT
£5,000 CREATIVE WELL-BEING
£4,989 ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT DISABILITY ACTION GROUP (RADDAG)
£4,969 CENTRE FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PEOPLE
£4,940 PUKAR DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTRE
£4,936 CREATIVE STROKE RECOVERY GROUP
£4,900 SAFETY NET PEOPLE FIRST
£4,888 OPENING DOORS
£4,858 DISABILITY NETWORK HOUNSLOW
£4,777 DISABILITY SHEFFIELD
£4,751 MANCHESTER DEAF CENTRE
£4,500 DISABILITY SUPPORT GROUP NORTHEAST
£4,356 DISABILITY CORNWALL AND ISLES OF SCILLY
£4,221 SHEFFIELD FLOURISH
£4,200 LEICESTERSHIRE CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED LIVING
£3,422 BRISTOL RECLAIMING INDEPENDENT LIVING (BRIL)
£3,323 FRIENDS OF THE ARC
£2,800 DIAL IN WORCESTERSHIRE
£2,765 ROCHDALE DEAF RHINOS
£2,525 BLISS=ABILITY
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