| GRANTS AWARDED in the MOST RECENT ROUND of the NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL COMMUNITY CHEST | ||
| APPLICANT | AMOUNT AWARDED | BRIEF NOTE |
| Neon | £6,050 | To part-fund a film and arts festival including a video workshop project for local young people |
| Ethiopians Refugee Education & Careers Centre | £9,880 | To support Ethiopian & Eritrean, Amharic language speakers, refugees and asylum seekers to access opportunities for better integration into the UK |
| Capital Age Festival | £1,000 | To operate a tea tent and provide a 1940s-themed event for elderly residents and visitors to north Southwark |
| Idale Cultural Consortium | £6,380 | To hold a West African cultural exhibition celebrating Africa 05 and Black History Month |
| African Women's Support Group | £1,000 | To offer an outing for single parents and elderly women to reduce isolation |
| African Women's Support Group | £9,260 | To provide training in sewing and design for 15 weeks, with business startup advice |
| Borough Music School | £1,990 | To employ supervisory and administrative sessional staff for music school sessions |
| African Child Association | £10,000 | To provide a basic certified tradespersons’ course, and arrange college and work placements for unemployed BME youths |
| Education 2000 Employment Training Organisation | £1,000 | To pay a consultant to assist with the preparation of a business plan, yearly budget and cash flow forecast. |
| Education 2000 Employment Training Org | £10,000 | To provide IT training, drug awareness training and seminars in black history and culture |
| Youth Expressions | £4,628 | To offer a sound engineering course and vocal performance training for young people at a recording studio in Surrey Quays. |
| Time & Talents Stroke Club | £8,503 | To fund the core costs of a regular stroke support group and provide transport for housebound members |
| Igbo Progressive Association | £900 | To create a website to network local artists and community groups on the Aylesbury Estate |
| Iteso Welfare Association | £8,280 | To hold 10 cross-cultural arts workshops for young people at Newington TRA Hall |
| The Twil Trust | £9,321 | To provide a series of workshops informing parents of the dangers of substance misuse |
| Mums Arise | £10,000 | To facilitate a programme of basic literacy for mothers on the Aylesbury Estate |
| Walworth Church Commissioners Tenants Association | £997 | To provide a regular arts and crafts group |
| Igbo Progressive Association | £2,550 | To produce a magazine for local groups to develop their journalistic skills |
| Aylesbury Somali Women Health Project | £9,672 | To provide exercise classes and healthy cooking lessons for Somali women |
| Aaina Womens Group | £9,986 | To organise taster sessions of different physical activities supported by workshops for health & well-being |
| Aaina Womens Group | £1,000 | To run a certified First Aid training course for management committee members, volunteers and staff |
| The Oliver Goldsmith Tenants And Residents Association | £773 | To take an excursion to Hastings Castle to increase community cohesion among residents |
| Eternal Life Support Centre | £1,000 | To provide a crime-prevention workshop, looking at the influence of music on youth culture |
| Peckham Shed | £2,080 | To pay sessional workers to run an inclusive youth theatre for young people aged 7-15 in Southwark |
| African Theatre | £4,200 | To hold three Black History Month weekends for parents and young people during October |
| Restoring Lives | £9,999 | To organise a youth crime-reduction musical production |
| Camberwell People's Support Group | £4,000 | To run a drop-in information service for Camberwell residents at Cambridge House |
| New Future Now | £8,369 | To provide singing tuition for young people of disadvantaged BME communities |
| Camberwell People's Support Group | £990 | To hold a day for local children to celebrate International Children's Day |
| Sports Out Music In | £9,850 | To provide regular, affordable team football activities for up to 350 children and young people |
| Association of Sierra Leonean Scouts Abroad | £5,000 | To hold a series of 5 Black History Month events to promote health among young people through an AIDS awareness campaign |
| Somali Community Association in Southwark | £9,926 | To fund one year’s rent, volunteer expenses and office running costs |
| Surgery Art Group | £900 | To hold an exhibition of local people’s art, improving the security of a building |
| Peckham Over 50s Club | £764 | To purchase sports equipment to provide regular indoor activities for the elderly |
| Development Association for African Nationals | £965 | To organise a football tournament for unemployed 16-26 year-olds |
| Crebor Street Tenants and Residents Association | £990 | To hold a community celebration for the newly formed Tenants & Residents Association |
| The Tribute Trust | £1,000 | To purchase equipment for music workshops |
| Cooltan Arts | £1,000 | To hold an exhibition of crafts by mental health service users and a mental health conference |
| Union Of Ivorian Women & Francophone Family UK | £9,305 | To hold a Francophone history celebration and community cohesion event, and to offer women’s sports activities |
| Ahwazi Community Association | £784 | To provide a family outing for Ahwazi refugee mothers and children |
| Positive Education Learning Organisation | £10,000 | To train young volunteers in order to be able to initiate a youth community football league |
| Balkan Artists Network | £9,493 | To hold a 2 month season of screenings, play readings, creative workshops and an exhibition of works by artists from Balkan countries |
