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Chairmans foreword

rants totalling 5.6 million were made to over 300 organisations during 2000, the penultimate year of the Foundations current Quinquennial programme. This Review provides an early opportunity to begin reflecting on the outcomes of the last four years, and to use the lessons learned in planning our priorities for the period 2002-2006.

subsequent raft of new central Government policies in response to urban poverty, was followed in 2000 by the re-creation of London-wide government and the election of the Mayor and Greater London Assembly. These developments, plus the National Lotterys Community and New Opportunities Funds, are significantly changing the political context within which the Foundation works. Trustees and staff are anxious to ensure that their work with the voluntary sector complements and enhances public policies, focussing on opportunities and needs that might otherwise be overlooked. To this end, we are also Working in alliance with other funders (page 7) to ensure that our programmes help to fill gaps in a multiplicity of evolving public initiatives. A classic case is our work in Merton addressing the issue of school exclusion, which is jointly funded with the Corporation of Londons Bridge House Estates Trust Fund and the Equitable Charitable Trust. The Foundation also continues to place emphasis on work in specific local areas, recognising the impact that local people can have in their own communities. In the case of the Bellingham Recreation Project, local residents were brought together to discuss and evaluate the gaps between local needs and local resources in an area that until recently has missed out on central and local government funding programmes. Through our Special programmes (page 10), too, a high level of participation by young people has been sought in the development of the nine voluntary youth

Our continuing mission is to seek out and, through the energies of voluntary sectors charities, to support the poor of London young and old, long-standing and new. Amongst those who are most in need, refugee communities are a particular challenge. They are here to stay, but they need time and support to integrate themselves into the wider London community. In the short-term, however, the associated social and racial tensions can lead to much suffering, as the experiences of Damilola Taylor and his family so tragically demonstrated. The Foundation has been Taking the initiative (page 12) in addressing some of these social and racial tensions by developing the work of the Employability Forum, launched last year. The Forum is now a member of the Governments refugee integration programme, and joins the Refugee Education Unit and the Resourc e Unit for Supplementary and Mother-tongue Schools as significant bridges in the integration process. The Trust for London also continues to address the needs of small groups working with refugees and migrants. The establishment of the Social Exclusion Unit in the Cabinet Office in 1997, and the

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Trust for London grants 2000 by Borough ()

Enfield 27,400 Barnet 6,455 Harrow 43,6000 Hillingdon 16,500 Ealing 8,500 Hounslow 26,500 Richmond Upon Thames 6,000 Kingston Upon Thames 8,000 Lewisham 31,600 Merton 22,000 Sutton 17,365 Croydon 11,650 Bromley 14,400 Brent 31,000 Haringey 8,000

Waltham Forest 24,300

Redbridge 27,500 Newham 37,000 Barking & Dagenham 8,000

Havering nil

Inner London Greenwich 21,300 Bexley 3,000

Camden 26,162 Westminster Hammer14,000 smith & Fulham 4,890 Kensington & Chelsea 5,000 Wandsworth 2,000

Islington 39,700 City of London nil

Hackney 58,273 Tower Hamlets 29,030

Southwark 11,000

Lambeth 38,060

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Trust for London grants 2000 by Borough

2000 Amount Barking & Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden C ro y d o n City of London Ealing Enfield G reenwich Hackney Hammersmith & Fulham Haringey Harro w Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington & Chelsea Kingston Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster Borough Total London-wide TOTAL ( ) number of grants 1 ranking in each year 8,000 (2) 4 1999 Amount 25,000 1,500 6,000 1,000 26,200 20,650 1,200 17,840 8,200 29,600 15,000 3,500 14,300 2,640 4,125 14,505 7,500 14,000 20,000 8,000 11,000 29,100 6,200 3,500 19,500 20,600 23,000 18,900 (3) (1) (2) (1) (4) (3) (1) (4) (4) (8) (4) (4) (4) (1) (3) (4) (3) (2) (8) (4) (3) (6) (3) (2) (3) (8) (3) (3) 1998 Amount 24,036 10,000 20,815 22,500 14,580 18,420 6,390 13,000 50,200 14,000 77,910 11,520 5,000 1,000 3,000 30,000 39,000 13,000 9,600 6,200 18,000 18,166 21,000 19,150 19,200 17,500 43,196 3,300 27,400 (6) (1) (4) (6) (3) (3) (2) (3) (6) (3) (9) (3) (2) (1) (1) (5) (7) (4) (3) (3) (5) (4) (2) (4) (2) (5) (6) (1) (4) 1997 Amount 7,522 13,250 30,850 51,000 21,250 30,000 26,500 1,760 10,000 33,912 53,622 22,000 22,000 39,000 11,278 6,000 11,700 29,300 5,000 6,200 31,000 43,160 59,000 26,320 6,500 41,100 28,000 24,157 17,000 22,000 9,000 (1) (3) (4) (4) (3) (4) (6) (1) (1) (5) (6) (4) (3) (3) (3) (2) (2) (6) (1) (1) (5) (3) (9) (3) (2) (7) (3) (6) (1) (4) (2)

6,455 (3) 3,000 (1) 31,540 (5) 14,400 (4) 26,162 (4) 11,650 (4) 8,500 (2) 27,400 (4) 21,300 (3) 58,273 (12) 4,890 (2) 8,000 43,600 16,500 26,500 39,700 5,000 8,000 38,060 31,600 22,000 37,000 27,500 6,000 11,000 17,365 29,030 24,300 2,000 14,000 (4) (7) (5) (4) (6) (1) (2) (8) (7) (3) (5) (3) (1) (4) (2) (8) (4) (1) (1)

5 4

4 1

628,725 (122) 12,000 (6) 640,725 (128)

372,560 (99) 206,800 (11) 579,360 (110)

577,083 (108) 156,120 (12) 733,203 (120)

739,381 (108) 123,252 (12) 862,633 (120)

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Grant allocation
Trust for London funding categories
Special Initiatives 1% Training 2% People with disabilities 7% Continuation 7% Supplementary and Mother-tongue Schools 31%

Self-help Groups 27%

Refugee and Migrant Groups 25%

Trust for London grants made in 2000

No. of grants People with disabilities Supplementary and Mother-tongue Schools Refugee and Migrant Groups Self-help Groups Continuation Training Special Initiatives TOTAL 8 37 34 36 6 5 2 128 Amount 45,800 198,250 159,660 171,670 48,540 11,705 5,100 640,725 % 7 31 25 27 7 2 1 100

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Grants listing for year 2000

Grants are for the amounts stated and may be a contribution towards total costs. The grants listed below total 640,725. Grants may be made for work in a locality as well as for work in a wider area. Grant terms are listed by number of years yxc.
Name Borough Contribution towards Period in years Amount

Small grants
G reater London Pensioners Association Camden the printing and distribution costs of the copies of the Greater London Authority Act. y 500

Self help
African Caribbean Senior Citizen Organisation African Heritage and Welfare Trust Amman Elderly Asians Gro u p Hackney Waltham Forest Lewisham rent and running costs. y 4,000 4,000 2,000 3,000 15,000 8,000 2,000 6,013 5,000 1,500 21,000 1,400 2,730 1,000 2,000 6,000 7,000 5,000 8,662 14,000 2,000 3,500 5,000 1,700 1,000 2,000 2,000

rent, training and the purchase of equipment. y the costs of three outings, payment to the cook and a y transport subsidy. Andover Youth and Community Trust Islington running costs. y Anxiety Care Redbridge the costs of self-help assistance and helpline projects. c Bangladesh Youth Forum (Newham) Newham tutors salaries, rent and teaching materials. x Charity Section Balham Wandsworth some of the groups overall costs. y Chochmas Noshim Pensioners Club Hackney the groups operational costs. y Clapton Common Day Centre Hackney transport and activities costs. x Ealing No. 1 Old Age Pensioners Club Ealing running costs and activities costs. y Enfield Asian Welfare Association Enfield the employment of a centre manager. c Enfield Gingerbread Enfield running costs and salaries of part-time playleaders/ y crche workers. Finchley Community Network Barnet the salary of a part-time development worker. y Fourways Womens Club Hillingdon speakers fees and outings. y Gingerbread Croydon the groups initial running costs and toys. y G reenwich Vietnam Womens Gro u p Greenwich salary and running costs. y Health Initiatives for Youth UK Brent the production of a newsletter, design and print y a poster and running costs. Heath Park Old Peoples Welfare & Bark & Dagenham rent. y Community Centre Henna Asian Womens Gro u p Camden the salary of a part-time worker. x Legal Action for Wo m e n Camden the running costs of the groups Self-help Legal x Clinics. Maya Productions Limited Hackney the costs of the groups video project. y Milati Asian Womens Project Lambeth the Projects English classes. y North London Womens Gro u p Islington rent, running costs and volunteers expenses. y Red Brick Housing Co-operative Islington for the purchase of a computer and to meet training y costs. St Matthews Never Too Late Gro u p Southwark tutors fees and equipment. y St Matthews Creative Dance Gro u p Southwark the Groups operational costs. y Separation and Reunion Forum London-wide the costs of the conference and running costs. y

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Stamford Hill Estate Tenants & Resident Association Sutton Seniors Forum Tr opical Isles Turkish Cypriot Elders Project Victory Community Childrens Educational Project West London Muslim Women and Childrens Gro u p Womens Music and Perf o rmance Workshops www.iraqiclub@yamama.uk.com African Child Welfare Association

Hackney Sutton Hackney Lewisham Southwark Hamm & Fulham Lambeth Newham

the purchase of a computer and software. the salary of a part-time co-ordinator. activities costs. volunteers expenses, rent and running costs. the salary costs of sessional staff and running costs. the costs of ESOL classes. sessional salary costs. volunteers expenses, rental costs and teaching materials.

y y y x y y x y

1,000 14,000 2,000 12,000 4,000 3,000 9,800 3,000

Supplementary & mother-tongue schools

African Youth Trust Al-Huda Arabic School Association Amhara Refugee Community Arab Cultural Community Arab Group in Hounslow Arise Education Project Bangladesh Welfare Association in Middlesex Bexley Gujarati Samaj Bright Future Association Bromley Somali Community Association. Brune Bern a rd and Carter Tenants & Residents Association Christ Gospel Ministry Future Generation Youth Club Cowley Community Initiatives and Development Gro u p Crystal Vision Trust Funtime Ghana Union London Harrow Iranian Community Association Helping Hands Welfare & Development Association Hillingdon Somali Womens Gro u p Igbo and Tutorial School Kufi Educational Trust Lighthouse Education Service www.apostolic-anc.org Nzambe Malamu Charity Overseas Mission Christian Fellowship Islington Brent Ken & Chelsea Southwark Hounslow Hamm & Fulham Hounslow Bexley Newham Bromley Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets Lambeth Bromley Merton Waltham Forest Harrow Haringey Hillingdon Islington Harrow Lambeth Hackney Lambeth the salaries of part-time tutors and for the purchase of teaching materials. running costs. rent, volunteers expenses and teaching materials. rent and running costs. supplies and equipment. rent. teachers fees. rent and teachers sessional fees. the salary of a tutor, equipment and administrative costs. the running costs of the supplementary and mothertongue classes tutors fees and running costs of the supplementary and mother-tongue classes. equipment and running costs. rent, insurance and administrative costs. educational materials and equipment. teachers fees. tutors fees, rent and teaching materials. teachers fees, materials and running costs. rent and teaching materials for supplementary classes. teachers fees only and running costs. tutors salaries. the rental costs of the groups summer and Easter educational schemes. sessional salary costs and equipment. rent, volunteers expenses, and for the purchase of teaching materials. rent and equipment for the Saturday mothertongue school. x x x y y y y y y y y x y y y x x y y x y y y y 5,000 7,000 5,000 4,000 7,000 1,890 3,000 3,000 7,000 3,000 5,000 10,000 3,500 2,400 5,000 10,000 14,000 5,000 4,500 10,000 7,000 4,000 4,000 2,860

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St Peters Bengali Association Somali Education and Cultural P roject (East London) Somali Resource and Cultural Centre South London Iraqi Community S ree Narayana Guru Mission of the UK Sri Hem Kunt Childrens Education Society Sudanese Supplementary School Supporting African Youth Development TCS Kids Club and Saturday School Thames Bengali Association Eastsiders

Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets Lewisham Bromley Newham Hillingdon Westminster Kingston Harrow Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest

the purchase of teaching materials and equipment. recreational activities and consumable supplies.

y y

1,500 3,000 4,000 2,000 12,000 4,000 14,000 3,000 4,000 2,000 3,300

the organisations operational costs exclusive of rent. y classroom hire and running costs. y the salaries of part-time tutors. x teachers salaries and some equipment. rent. teachers fees, running costs and equipment for the supplementary school. rental costs and teachers fees. teachers fees. activity costs, volunteers expenses and refurbishment of a meeting room. y x y y y y

Disability groups
Focus Club Hillingdon Shopmobility Redbridge Hillingdon the purchase of equipment, rent and transport costs. the costs of a heavyweight scooter and for running costs. running costs. the groups on-going costs. running costs, plus consultancy support with fundraising. rent, stationery and travel expenses. running costs. y y x y c y y 4,500 5,000 6,000 7,000 15,000 5,000 3,365

Kiran Talking Newspapers Brent Magpie Dance Bromley Sparrows Wheelchair Basketball Club Hackney Stroke Action Gro u p Sutton ME/CFS Support Gro u p Enfield Sutton

Refugee & migrant groups

Active Wo m e n African Families Support Service African French Speaking Peoples Welfare Association Association of Sierra Leonean Refugees Burundian Refugee Relief Organisation Ealing Refugee Forum Ethio Youth England Europe Roma Faylee Kurds Community Trust Horn of Africa Somali Women's Organisation Lewisham Churches for Asylum Seekers Lewisham Somali Community London Congo Brazza Association London-wide Kingston Brent Greenwich London-wide Ealing Lambeth London-wide Harrow Hounslow Lewisham Lewisham Hackney running costs. volunteers expenses and additional running costs. volunteers expenses, room hire and general running costs. the co-ordinators salary, plus consultancy support on fundraising. rent and office costs. the salary of the part-time co-ordinator. running costs. the purchase of equipment and for operating costs. rent, computer equipment and running costs. rent and running costs. the groups educational travel voucher scheme. rental costs. the salary of a part-time liaison officer/outreach worker. y y y x y x y y y y y y y 2,500 5,000 5,000 14,000 3,000 7,000 4,000 4,500 3,000 6,500 5,000 3,000 5,260

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Merton Goan Senior Citizens Association Mosaada (Centre for Single Women) National Union of Cabinda Pakistan Welfare Association Hounslow Puntland Society Refugee Day Centre West Cro y d o n Russian Immigrants Association Sahara Communities Abroad Sierra Leone Womens Forum-UK Simba Community Alliance Somali Education Development Centre (SEDEC) Sub-Sahara Refugee in Barnet Turkish Youth and Community Association Vietnamese Community Association in South West London West African Community Action on Health and Welfare

Merton Tower Hamlets Haringey Hounslow

lunch club subsidies.

y y y x y y y y c y y y y y y

3,000 4,550 3,000 10,000 5,000 4,650 6,000 3,000 15,000 4,000 4,600 3,000 5,000 6,000 5,400

rent and running costs. training, volunteers expenses and running costs. the costs of employing a second part-time advice worker. Lambeth the costs of the proposed work with young people, excluding the rent. Croydon the salary of a part-time crche worker. Harrow running costs. Bark & Dagenham rent and for the training of committee members. Islington running costs, and for extra hours for the co-ordinator. Hackney the purchase of equipment, rent and running costs. Lewisham teachers fees, volunteers expenses and running costs. Barnet the purchase of a computer, stationery and volunteers expenses. Croydon equipment and running costs. Richmond Lambeth to help to ensure the groups long term success. running costs.

Training
Bold Balladiers Trust Bread and Roses Camden Community Counselling Crossroads Christian Counselling Service Harrow Churches Bereavement Visiting Scheme Inspirational Guidance Kenya Community Project SPEC Jewish Youth and Community Centre Hillingdon Lewisham Camden Tower Hamlets Harrow Harrow Greenwich Barnet training courses and for the purchase of a loop system. training costs. the salary of a part-time counselling supervisor. training costs. the co-ordinators salary. y y c y y 2,000 1,000 3,000 980 4,600 5,000 1,300 725

the costs of a pilot of the Women in Transition y Project. publicity and training costs. y the costs of a youth leadership training programme. y

Continuation grants
Bangladeshi Womens Society Finsbury Park Happy Over 60s Club Rainbow Gro u p Redbridge Somali Womens Association Merton Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Support Gro u p Waltham Forest Hackney Brent Redbridge Merton the salary of the part-time co-ordinator. the salary of the part-time worker and activity costs. the salary of the part-time co-ordinator and for running costs. rent, the purchase of a computer and for running costs. the salary costs of a development worker. y x x x x 7,000 10,000 6,540 8,000 14,000

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Isle of Dogs Bangladeshi Association & Cultural Centre Somali Advice and Resource Centre

Tower Hamlets Newham

to the salary costs of the co-ordinator. the salary of a sessional worker and running costs.

y y

2,000 7,000

Trust for London total amount spent in 2000

640,725

The Trust is grateful to Gillian Davies and Tzeggai Yohannes Deres, co-opted members of the Grants Committee, for all their help in 2000.

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CPF Accounts Summary

2000 000s Revenue funds brought forward Grants receivable Income from investment properties Income from other investments Expenditure Net income Available for distribution Grants made Other distributions Write backs Net grants made Net movement in funds Transfer from endowment fund Balance carried forward Revenue assets Endowment assets Total assets 3,676 1,870 5,546 (766) 4,780 4,822 (4,986) (82) 30 (5,038) (216) 123 (93) (93) 101,575 101,482 2000 000s 42 1999 000s 1999 000s 475 5 3,688 2,123 5,816 (790) 5,026 5,501 (5,536) (47) 124 (5,459) 42 42 42 97,090 97,132

Income and expenditure 1996-2000

These accounts are a summary of information relating to the Central Fund of the charity extracted from the Annual Accounts. These summarised accounts may not contain sufficient information to allow for a full understanding of the financial affairs of the charity. The full Annual Accounts, the Auditors Report on those accounts and the Trustees Annual Report were approved on

27th April 2001 and have been submitted to the Charity Commission. The Auditors Report was unqualified. Copies of the Trustees Report and Financial Statements can be obtained from the Clerk at 6 Middle Street, London EC1A 7PH. On behalf of the Trustees P rofessor Gerald Manners Chairman

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TFL Accounts Summary

2000 000s Revenue funds brought forward Income from investment portfolio Other investment income Other grant income Expenditure Net income Available for distribution Grants made Lottery grants expended Write backs Net grants made Net movement in funds Transfer from endowment fund Balance carried forward Revenue assets Endowment assets Total assets 659 9 668 (105) 563 580 (641) 4 (637) (57) 57 19,945 19,945 2000 000s 17 731 (30) 51 752 (97) 655 643 (579) (51) 4 (626) 17 17 17 21,090 21,107 1999 000s 1999 000s (12)

Income and expenditure 1996-2000

These accounts are a summary of information extracted from the Annual Accounts. These summarised accounts may not contain sufficient information to allow for a full understanding of the financial affairs of the charity. The full Annual Accounts, the Auditors Report on those accounts and the Trustees Annual Report were approved on 27th April 2001 and have been submitted to the Charity

Commission. The Auditors Report was unqualified. Copies of the Trustees Report and Financial Statements can be obtained from the Secretary at 6 Middle Street, London EC1A 7PH. On behalf of the Trustee P rofessor Gerald Manners Chairman

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City Parochial Foundation grants 2000 by Borough ()

Enfield 113,114 Barnet 94,750 Haringey nil Waltham Forest 27,000

Harrow nil Hillingdon 30,000 Ealing 122,911 Hounslow 92,500 Brent 130,500

Redbridge nil Barking & Dagenham 10,000

Havering 20,000

Inner London

Newham 125,000

Greenwich 189,000 Richmond Upon Thames 24,000 Kingston Upon Thames 26,000 Merton 83,000 Sutton 20,000 Croydon 107,000 Lewisham 213,000 Bromley 11,300

Bexley 5,000

Camden 89,344 Hammersmith & Fulham 155,500 Westminster 4,450 Kensington & Chelsea 92,000

Islington 124,533 City of London nil

Hackney 151,650 Tower Hamlets 131,970

Southwark 216,800

Wandsworth 70,000

Lambeth 116,000

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City Parochial Foundation grants 2000 by Borough

Barking & Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden City of London C ro y d o n Ealing Enfield G reenwich Hackney Hammersmith & Fulham Haringey Harro w Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington & Chelsea Kingston Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster All Borough Total London-wide TOTAL ( ) number of grants 1 ranking in each year 2000 Amount 10,000 (1) 94,750 5,000 130,500 11,300 89,344 107,000 122,911 113,114 189,000 151,650 155,500 20,000 30,000 92,500 124,533 92,000 (5) (1) (6) (2) (6) (4) (4) (3) (5) (5) (6) (1) (1) (6) (7) (5) 1999 Amount 70,000 (2) 5,000 (1) 113,490 (6) 107,000 (3) 2 330,997 (3) 89,000 (5) 85,780 (4) 71,000 (2) 27,100 (4) 5 220,100 (12) 148,177 (9) 33,922 (3) 25,000 (1) 55,500 (3) 94,300 (3) 127,000 (7) 4 222,090 (11) 91,000 (4) 1 501,093 (13) 211,000 (5) 100,000 (1) 3 240,294 (10) 139,800 (7) 27,500 (1) 173,352 (13) 82,800 (5) 81,950 (5) 100,000 (5) 3,604,245 (148) 1,932,076 (75) 5,536,321 (223) 1998 Amount 38,512 (2) 70,000 (2) 171,000 (5) 12,000 (1) 4 246,748 (12) 45,000 (4) 152,700 (7) 21,000 (1) 96,300 (5) 1 409,690 (14) 101,570 (7) 47,240 32,000 87,070 25,000 24,500 96,000 49,172 (4) (2) (3) (2) (3) (6) (4) 1997 Amount 60,000 (3) 50,000 (3) 75,000 (3) 54,000 (5) 103,500 (6) 5 194,000 (10) 134,700 (5) 45,595 (4) 73,820 (4) 161,500 (8) 182,000 (7) 75,500 (5) 41,000 (2) 30,000 (2) 38,955 (2) 28,000 (2) 116,160 (9) 4 212,000 (11) 59,000 (3) 46,800 (3) 1 273,800 (19) 18,000 (1) 112,000 (5) 20,000 (1) 30,000 (1) 3 229,500 (10) 89,000 (5) 2 242,936 (11) 30,000 (1) 45,000 (3) 16,800 (2) 2,888,566 (156) 2,236,062 (84) 5,124,628 (240)

4 5

2 1

26,000 (1) 116,000 (4) 213,000 (7) 83,000 (4) 125,000 (5) 24,000 (2) 216,800 (7) 20,000 (1) 315,970 (15) 27,000 (2) 70,000 (3) 4,450 (1) 2,780,322 (120) 2,205,476 (76) 4,985,798 (196)

2 3

8,000 (1) 195,900 (6) 141,200 (6) 117,800 (7) 29,084 (3) 50,000 (2) 262,500 (10) 40,000 (2) 247,100 (14) 53,000 (3) 22,700 (2) 78,250 (4) 2,971,036 (144) 1,585,472 (65) 4,556,508 (209)

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Grant allocation
CPF funding categories
Continuation grants Small 4% grants 3% Social isolation, injustice and exclusion 44%

Foundations initiatives 7%

Indirect and strategic work to alleviate poverty 26% Help for young people 16%

CPF grants made in 2000

No. of grants Social isolation, injustice and exclusion Help for young people aged 10 to 25 experiencing poverty Indirect and strategic work to alleviate poverty Foundations initiatives Continuation Grants Small Grants TOTAL 84 34 41 9 8 20 196 Amount 2,203,873 799,107 1,299,643 341,350 183,650 158,175 4,985,798 % 44 16 26 7 4 3 100

CPF grants in 2000 by size

More than 50,000 30% 0 to 9,999 2%

10,000 to 24,999 18%

25,000 to 49,999 50%

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Grants listing for year 2000

Grants are for the amount stated and may be a contribution towards total costs. The grants listed total 4,985,798. Grants may be made for work in a locality as well as for work in a wider area. Grant terms are listed by number of years yxc; + indicates part years.
Name Borough Contributions towards Period in years Amount

Advice, information and advocacy

Advocacy Partners in Sutton Age Concern Ealing Borough Age Concern Enfield Sutton Ealing Enfield the salary costs of the project manager. c the salary of a welfare rights advisor. c the salary and associated costs of the advocacy c project worker. to provide support for a further year. y the salary costs of the information and advice c officer. salary and running costs of an outreach advice x service. the salary and running costs of the information and y advice service. to support the scheme for people with dementia c who live alone. salary costs which should at least cover the costs of a x half-time advice worker. the costs of Autism Londons Family Services c work. the salary costs of one of the doctors providing the y contraceptive service. the salary costs of administrative assistance to the y volunteer money adviser. for the salary of a part-time resettlement worker. y the cost of the advocacy and information y worker. the salary costs of an advice and information c post. the salary of one of the key workers at Buffy House y in Hammersmith. to the Civil Liberties Trust for Libertys Integrating x Advice and Information on Human Rights Project. the salary of an outreach worker to work with elderly y Vietnamese. the salary costs of the housing advice worker. x to meet the costs of mailing information to each of y Londons library services. to meet half the costs of employing an information, x advice and advocacy officer in London. the salary and costs of a supported housing worker. x the costs of an advocacy service for London families. c the salaries of part-time tutors and core costs of c Family Support Project in South Canning Town. the costs of the advice and advocacy service. x 30,000 21,000 50,000 15,000 20,000 30,000 30,000 47,511 30,000 60,000 25,376 11,300 8,625 25,000 35,000 25,000 40,000 18,713 40,000 4,950 25,000 25,000 30,000 60,000 30,000

Age Concern Richmond upon Thames Richmond Age Concern Sutton Borough Sutton Age Concern Tower Hamlets www.acth.org.uk Age Concern Wandsworth Alzheimers Concern Ealing Asian Parents Association for Special Educational Needs Autism London Brandon Centre www.brandon-centre.org.uk Bromley Citizens Advice Bureau Camden Womens Aid Carers Lewisham Carers Support Merton Centrepoint www.centrepoint.org.uk Civil Liberties Trust Community of Refugees fro m Vietnam Croydon Housing Aid Society Deaf Education Through Listening and Talking Deafblind UK Depaul Trust Family Rights Gro u p Family Welfare Association Finsbury Park Homeless Families P roject Tower Hamlets Wandsworth Ealing Tower Hamlets London-wide Camden Bromley Camden Lewisham Merton London-wide London-wide Newham Croydon London-wide London-wide London-wide London-wide London-wide London-wide

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Finsbury Park Street Drinkers Initiative Freshfields Charitable Trust Fulham Legal Advice Centre G reenwich Citizen Advocacy Hackney Carers Centre Home-Start Barnet Independent Activities Project Kings Corner Project www.kcpyouth.net London Action Trust Mary Wa rd Legal Centre Merton Citizens Advice Bureau Limited Multi-Lingual Community Rights Shop Newham Action Against Domestic Violence Newham Citizens Advice Bureau North London Action for the Homeless Owl Housing Ltd

Islington Waltham Forest Hamm & Fulham Greenwich Hackney Barnet Hounslow Islington London-wide London-wide Merton Southwark Newham London-wide Hackney Hounslow

the salary of the service manager. the running costs of the London based work. the salary of the tribunal worker and purchase of law reports. the salary costs of a development worker for parents with a learning disability. the salary and associated costs of the support and information worker. to open and run a drop-in centre. to cover the costs of an additional part-time project worker. the salary and associated costs of the Leaving Care Initiative Workers post. core costs and the salary of the Director. the core running costs. the salary and running costs of the Refugee Advice Project. salary costs of the bi-lingual advice/development worker. the salary and on-costs of the co-ordinator. the costs of a forum and eight training courses for London County Court Lay Advocacy Schemes. the salary of the part-time welfare rights and resettlement worker. the worker and running costs of the transition project. for the salary and on-costs to employ a full-time advice worker. the salary and running costs of a weekly drop-in advice service. to employ a part-time worker at the Holloway visitors centre. the costs of the half-time senior advocate post. to cover the costs of four members of staff. the costs of the part-time deputy director post for RDA Three. the cost of the advice and information team. the costs of an information, advice and advocacy worker for young carers. the salary and running costs to promote the needs of visually impaired people from the Bangladeshi community living in East London. the Community Information Project. the costs of the Asylum Seekers Adviser at the Piccadilly Advice Centre. the employment costs of a full-time advice worker. the salary costs of the advice worker. the advice and advocacy work. the salary of the part-time community worker.

c x x x x y x y c x y x x y c x y y y x y

45,000 15,000 30,000 29,000 25,000 10,000 25,000 15,000 50,000 40,000 12,000 40,000 25,000 5,040 30,000 20,000 21,000 7,500 10,000 20,000 52,000 50,000 30,000 50,000 21,000 50,000 60,000 25,000 13,000 30,000 12,420

Pakistan Womens Welfare Islington Association Parish Church of the Good Hounslow Shepherd, Hounslow West Prisoners Wives and Families Society London-wide P roject for Advice, Counselling and London-wide Education (PACE) Refugee Assessment and Guidance London-wide Unit (RAGU) University of North London www.unl.ac.uk/head/raguhome.shtml Revolving Doors Agency London-wide Riverpoint Ltd Sahara Asian Carers Project SeeAbility Service Resource Centre G reenwich Ltd Shelter South Bromley Youth Forum Southwark Refugee Project St Gabriels Project St Stephens Churc h London-wide Greenwich Tower Hamlets Greenwich London-wide Tower Hamlets Southwark Brent Islington

c c x x

y x y y x x

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Tamil Relief Centre www.teleregion.co.uk/trc Together in Waddon Tu rning Point (Hammersmith & Fulham Druglink) www.turning-point.co.uk West & North West London Vietnamese Association West London Action for Childre n

Enfield Croydon Hamm & Fulham Hamm & Fulham Hamm & Fulham

the salary and associated costs of a full-time Womens Outreach Worker. the cost of the advice and information service. the salary of the full-time drugs worker. the costs of the work with the elderly members. the costs of the Parenting Programme.

c y y c c

45,000 15,000 10,500 21,000 50,000

Racial harassment
Bede House Association Monitoring Gro u p Pan Centre for Intercultural Arts www.pan-arts.net Tolerance in Diversity Southwark London-wide Camden Tower Hamlets the salary and running costs of work with Somali and x black young people in Bermondsey & Rotherhithe. the salaries and associated costs of two workers. x for the salary of the Artistic Director. c office equipment and running costs. y 40,000 95,438 35,343 11,200

Crime prevention
Bell Farm Churc h www.bfc.org.uk Kids Company Lambeth Summer Projects Trust Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa Hillingdon London-wide Lambeth Wandsworth the costs of the advice and information service. y 30,000 50,000 7,000 40,000

the costs of the senior care worker post. x the activities cost of the summer projects. y the costs of employing one of four diversion and c activity workers for the care homes in Wandsworth.

Education and training

Accra Centre for Advancement of Young People Artsline Blackfriars Settlement Blind in Business Bromley by Bow Centre Camden Black Parents and Teachers Association www.CBPTA.com Changemakers www.changemakers.org.uk Community Language Centre Creative and Supportive Trust Limited East London Black Womens Organisation Gateway Technology Centre Hampstead Garden Suburb Institute www.hgsi.ac.uk Hanlon Centre Havering Venture Hounslow Law Centre Limited Lambeth London-wide Southwark London-wide Tower Hamlets Camen London-wide Ken & Chelsea London-wide Newham Hamm & Fulham Barnet Enfield Havering Hounslow salary costs. for the U-Can Arts Training Project. the salary costs of the new worker. the costs of the Volunteers Programme. the costs of a pilot mentoring scheme. the salary of tutors and teaching materials for the supplementary classes. to establish Youthbanks in six London schools. running costs. the costs of rent and the salary of the director. the salaries of tutors. the core costs. the costs of educational courses for people with learning difficulties. the salary of a part-time young persons development and job search worker. the costs of staff. part of the salary costs of a refugee employment advice worker. y y x c y x x c c y x c x y x 25,000 15,778 46,000 21,000 12,000 10,000 40,000 20,000 30,000 10,000 25,000 30,000 18,114 20,000 30,000

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Include Island Trust Kensington and Chelsea Mencap Diocesan Board for Schools London Disability Arts Forum Look Ahead Housing and Care Limited Lyric Theatre Hammersmith Limited National Pyramid Trust North Kensington Video/ Drama Project Robin Hood Gardens Education and Training Trust www.rhg-training.org.uk Royal National Theatre Southwark Habitat for Humanity (Great Britain) Studio Upstairs Training for Life www.trainingforlife.org Trinity Methodist Church Youth & Community Centre Voluntary Action Camden Waltham Forest Turkish Association Windsor Fellowship Woodland Centre Trust Workable Young Lewisham Project (Workshops)

Brent London-wide Ken & Chelsea London-wide London-wide Tower Hamlets Hamm & Fulham London-wide Ken & Chelsea Tower Hamlets London-wide Southwark London-wide London-wide Greenwich London-wide Waltham Forest London-wide Newham London-wide Lewisham

the operating costs of the Mentoring Project and Bridge Course. sending 40 young people from the London area on dinghy and offshore sailing courses. the salary and associated costs of a Gardener/ Trainer. administrative staff salaries and core costs. core costs. the education and training project. the costs of the Linking Out Project. the costs of the London Development Manager. the salary of a video trainer and running costs. the IT training, ESOL classes and after-school support. the running costs of the Streets Alive Company. the salary of the construction manager.

y y x x c x x c x y y

15,000 10,000 30,000 45,000 30,000 20,000 19,000 31,812 30,000 30,000 20,000 26,000 10,000 45,000 12,000 29,810 12,000 29,550 30,000 35,000 35,000

the core costs of the organisation. y the costs of setting up and running an Internet c portal site. the salary costs of the project co-ordinator of y the Inclusions Project. the salary and running costs of a full-time refugee x worker. the costs of the supplementary school and to enable y the Association to set up a youth club development worker. to cover the first years salary costs of the y Programme Manager. the costs of running the Educational Programme. x the core costs. to enable the Project to employ a half-time staff y member and run eight programmes.

Infrastructure support
Alzheimers Society www.alzheimers.org.uk Association for Research in the Voluntary and Community Sector Barnet Citizens Advice Bureau Barnet Voluntary Service Council www.barnetvsc.org.uk Blackliners Brent Association for Voluntary Action Community Accountancy Self Help (CASH) www.cash-online.org.uk Community Organisations Forum, Tower Hamlets Consortium of Bengali Associations London-wide London-wide Barnet Barnet Lambeth Brent Ealing Tower Hamlets London-wide the costs of the Dementia in Ethnic Communities Project. the costs of the research service for small and medium sized London voluntary organisations. the salary and running costs of a volunteer recruitment and training officers post. the training costs of local voluntary groups. the strengthening of the organisations managerial team. the salary and on costs of an information officer. to employ a Community Accountant in the London Borough of Ealing. the salary costs of a finance worker the salary of the development worker. c x c y x x x x x 30,000 25,723 40,000 5,000 40,000 40,000 46,000 30,000 50,000

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Croydon Council on Ageing Age Concern Croydon Voluntary Action Cultural Co-operation Forum at Greenwich Gifts In Kind Interchange Legal Advisory Service Kingston Voluntary Action Lambeth Voluntary Action Council www.lambethvac.org.uk Lewisham Refugee Network London Voluntary Services Council Merton Voluntary Service Council Merton Volunteer Bureau National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux Oxford House www.oxfordhouse.org.uk Princess Royal Trust for Care r s Refugee Education and Training Advisory Service (World University Service) RSA www.rsa.org.uk Rugby House Project South East London Community Foundation Southwark Mind TELCO The East London Communities Organisation

Croydon Croydon London-wide Greenwich London-wide London-wide Kingston Lambeth Lewisham London-wide Merton Merton London-wide Tower Hamlets London-wide London-wide London-wide London-wide London-wide Southwark Tower Hamlets

the salary and running costs of the outreach benefits project. the salary costs of the outreach development worker and running costs. for the Transnational City Network Building Project. the employment costs of the administrative officer. providing subsidised registration to smaller charities and voluntary organisations in London. the costs of employing an additional legal advisor.

x x x x c x

22,000 30,000 30,000 48,000 50,000 75,000 26,000 44,000 30,000 70,000 16,000 20,000 90,000 14,420 30,000 30,000 30,000 29,500 30,000 50,000 27,000

the salary and running costs of the Volunteer Bureau. y the employment costs of the administrative officer. x the salary costs of full or part-time administrative/ finance worker the costs of the charitable work of the Civic Forum Communications Assistant. a pilot project to introduce computer technology to the work of six small local groups. the salary and related costs of the part-time recruitment and placement officer. to distribute to individual CABx for the purchase of computer equipment and training. the employment costs of the part-time co-ordinator of the East London Somali Consortium. the costs of the London regional development co-ordinator. the costs of improving advice services within Refugee Community Organisations. x c y y c y c x

costs to support the accreditation, training and y development work with small London organisations. the costs of the Service Development Director. y+ the costs of the Directors salary. y the salary and running costs of the Advice and Administration officer. the full-time salary of one of its organisers. y y

Policy change
Health Action for Homeless People Homeless Network Maternity Alliance Education and Research Trust London-wide London-wide London-wide to establish a development project. y 28,000 40,000 24,000

the post of the Policy Co-ordinator. x to carry out a research project to look at the mental y and physical health problems facing homeless pregnant women and families with new babies.

Collaborative response
Federation of Information and Advice Centres London-wide the FIAC/Youth Access/DIALs Quality Mark Development Strategy Research Project. y 5,000

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Continuation grants
Aide Toute Dtresse Fourth London-wide World (UK) Association for all Speech London-wide Impaired Childre n Bexley Association of Disabled People Bexley City and Hackney Alcohol Service Deptford Churches Crypt Club National Aids Trust Place 2 Be St John-at-Hackney Community Space Centre Hackney Lewisham London-wide London-wide Hackney the costs of the Senior Family Support Worker. the costs of the North East London development officer. the salary and running costs of the shopmobility scheme. the costs of the Training and Volunteers Manager. the salary costs of the co-ordinator. the costs of the London element of the information and communication work. the salary of the Recruitment and Training Administrator. core costs. y y y y+ x c y x 30,000 13,000 5,000 26,650 18,000 75,000 14,000 20,000

Small grants
Bark & Dagenham the core costs of building an extension to the y existing office. Barnet the costs of purchasing computers and a compatible y telephone system. Brent Adolescent Centre Brent the refurbishment works to the basement of the y www.brent-centre.org premises. Brent Community Transport Brent purchase of a new photocopier, carpets and y building works. Camden Community Law Centre Camden the purchase of computers and software. y Caxton Trust Westminster the costs of purchasing roller shutters and of play y equipment. Frontline Housing Advice London-wide the cost of technical equipment and associated y training. Gloucester Grove Play scheme Project Southwark the running costs of the playscheme. y Highbury Vale-Blackstock Trust Islington the costs of refurbishing the building, Elizabeth y House. Hornsey Trust (Conductive London-wide the costs of new disabled toilets and upgrading of y Education Centre) www.hcec.org.uk the existing lift. Just Ask Tower Hamlets the salary and running costs of the Frontline Advice/ y Counselling Service. Kokayi Supplementary School Islington the installation costs of computers to its existing y network. Law for All Ealing the purchase of a new telephone system. y National Schizophrenia London-wide the costs of the scoping exercise for a selfy Fellowship management programme for people with schizophrenia. Parish of St George Hanworth Hounslow the new centre. y Roy Kinnear Charitable Foundation Richmond the remaining items required for furnishing and y equipping Roy Kinnear House. Royal London Society for the Blind London-wide the costs of disabled access and disabled toilets. y www.rlsb.org.uk St Francis Community Centre Ken & Chelsea essential refurbishment works at the community y centre. Winged Fellowship Trust London-wide the costs of volunteers at the Winged Fellowship y Trusts holiday centres. Barking and Dagenham Citizens Advice Bureau Barnet Community Law Service 10,000 9,750 10,500 10,000 10,000 4,450 10,000 1,800 10,000 10,000 10,000 2,400 8,400 9,475 10,000 9,000 7,400 12,000 10,000

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Women in Prison

London-wide

employing a freelance consultant to assist with its fundraising strategy.

3,000

Unexpected needs
Scarman Trust South East London Community Foundation Street (UK) Foundation Limited London-wide London-wide London-wide the salaries and on-costs of a London co-ordinator and an assistant. the salary costs of the director. a pilot lending project in South London. x y x+ 20,000 30,000 75,000

Foundations initiatives
Bellingham Recreation Project Bellingham Recreation Project Bellingham Recreation Project Bellingham Recreation Project Displaced Persons Employment G roup Employability Forum Peabody Trust St Peters North Community Project Pedro Club Refugee Education Aw a rds Voluntary Action Camden (Governance Project) Lewisham Lewisham Lewisham Lewisham London-wide Tower Hamlets Hackney London-wide London-wide the salary costs of the senior worker of the Bellingham Project and running costs. the costs of the Projects Manager and Administrator. to engage project development consultants enabing it to continue with the development of the Sports and Healthy Living Centre application. the costs of establishing a small unit to further the Employability Initiative. the salary costs of the Community Development Worker post. continuing the work of the Learning Support Centre. a contingency sum for allocation by the Refugee Education Awards Committee by April 2001. the costs of the Pilot Training Project on governance issues. y c y y y x y y x 80,000 17,000 8,000 26,000 75,000 55,350 50,000 10,000 20,000

Grand total of grants made by CPF for 2000

4,985,798

The Foundation is grateful to Clare Thomas, a co-opted member of the Grants Committee, for all her assistance in 2000.

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organisations that we have funded as part of a special youth initiative. An important lesson we have learned is that how we support the voluntary sector is key to ensuring the best use is made of the resources available. To enable the work of other charities to be as effective as possible, and thereby bring maximum benefits to the people they aim to serve, more is often needed than grants. A more effective approach can be characterised as Funding plus (page 3). It is exemplified in our support for infrastructure grants, our contribution to the London-wide Governance Project and, in March this year, the launch of Financial Fitness. This is a pilot training programme that will help organisations to establish and maintain robust financial systems. Trustees also recognised during the year 2000 that effectiveness starts at home. In the last 12 months the constitution and governance arrangements of the Foundation have been reviewed to ensure that the Foundation has appropriate structures and systems in place for its efficient operation through the early years of the new Millennium. The year also saw new staff at the Foundation. We welcomed Martin Jones as the new Director of Grants and Programmes. Martin came from the Camelot Foundation where he was a Programme Manager. We have also increased the number of field officers from two to three by creating a post with special responsibility for monitoring and evaluation; Sara Bennett, previously Director of the Chelsea Social Council, has been appointed to this position. Our Senior Field Officer, Alison Harker, moved to another grant making charity during the year, and I record once again the trustees appreciation of her loyal and dedicated service to the Foundation and the Trust. Lady Winifred Tumim and John Barker have retired as trustees and I am delighted to record our warm appreciation

of their service to the Foundation. In conclusion, I thank the Clerk, the rest of the staff and my fellow trustees for their undiminished commitment and hard work throughout the year. P rofessor Gerald Manners Chairman

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Funding plus

eeting the needs of the poor of London for which purpose City Parochial Foundation and Trust for London exist has led Trustees to take a keen interest both in the outcomes of funding programmes and initiatives, and in the many groups that carry out the work on the ground. What has become apparent is that such groups often need advice and help to ensure that they are efficiently run and thus can make best use of any funds they receive. This has led to the notion of funding plus looking at all aspects of the work and not simply distributing grants. For instance, pressures to help meet the needs of their clients means that small organisations many of which are run entirely by volunteers do not always pay sufficient attention to administrative and other necessary functions. Problems include poorly kept records particularly financial and a tendency to take shortcuts on issues such as governance, with an over-reliance on trust between members of committees. These concerns led the Foundation and the Trust to set up the Small Groups Workers scheme in the mid-1990s, to identify needs and see how these could be met. It was followed by the financial monitoring investigation, which revealed that it is not just the smallest organisations that can do with help. The work has been extended, and now encompasses the Governance Project, financial fitness training and the appointment of a monitoring and evaluation field

officer to assist organisations and help the Foundation and the Trust in their deliberations on future funding priorities. What all these initiatives have shown is that they can help create a virtuous circle: if organisations can develop improved and robust administrative, financial and accountability systems, they are better prepared to meet the needs of their clients and can do so in a more efficient way, thus ensuring that grant is used to maximum effect.

The Governance Project

The Foundation has a longstanding interest in how small voluntary organisations are run and managed, arising from experience of

Governance Project Co-ordinator Kevin Nunan (left) makes plans with Susan Akaose-Adu from Best of Friends, Jennifer Laing from Hammersmith and Fulham VSRA and Clare Stokes from the FIRM. Behind are the Islamic Social Association, Wandsworth Pensioners Forum and in the corner Merton Hard of Hearing Resource Centre.

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funding many refugee and community organisations. Early in 2000, this led to the establishment of the Governance Project, developed following consultation with a number of agencies, including other funders such as London Borough Grants and Lloyds TSB Foundation, regulatory bodies such as the Charity Commission, councils for voluntary services (CVSs), and infrastructure and national umbrella bodies such as the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO). The purpose of the Project is to enhance the effectiveness and viability of new and emerging organisations by developing their governance skills through a programme of training and consultancy that co-ordinates the resources of various partners, including support bodies, training agencies, networks and funders. The pilot Project which involves 20 small organisations from four boroughs (Hammersmith & Fulham, Southwark, Merton and Wandsworth) which volunteere d to take part is likely to take 18 months to

complete. It is headed by a project worker based with Voluntary Action Camden, who works with the CVSs to identify areas of intervention and appropriate sources for guidance and help. This can be in the form of group training, development work with specific staff and trustees, or individual advice from consultants. The steering group hopes that the Project will show that there are suitable models which can help small organisations develop best practice in governance, and that these can be successfully implemented. Success will bring benefits to all: the organisations themselves, funders, regulatory bodies and management committee members and most importantly to the individual beneficiaries.

Financial fitness
Because of the close relationship with beneficiaries, City Parochial Foundation and Trust for London have become increasingly aware that many groups experience difficulty with financial control. This can lead to unreliable accounts, late or erratic

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The report on Financial fitness received wide coverage in the charity press, and also made the Society pages in The Guardian, which accompanied its piece with a cartoon (below). The report itself was widely circulated and well received. One unexpected response came from Maura Muldoon, Development Officer at the Sports Council Northern Ireland. She pointed out that many of the organisations involved in the delivery of sport are voluntary in nature, and struggle to keep up with modern day financial accountability procedures. She added: When I read your report it struck me that the training delivered would be of such benefit to a much wider audience (geographical as well as functional) than I am sure you originally anticipated. The report clearly demonstrates the value of financial management training for small organisations and I shall certainly be encouraging the organisations I liaise with to read the report and take on board the findings. Thanks again for sending me a copy of the report and keep up the good work.

claims for grant instalments and failure to provide reports required under the conditions of funding. It has become clear that it is all too easy for groups to set aside financial governance and control, regarding it as less important than the work of the organisation. As a result they risk falling prey to fraudulent activities and sharp operators. More importantly, poor awareness of their financial state of affairs almost certainly results in poor decision-making: poor financial management can result in potential beneficiaries not receiving the best services. In addition, charities face increasing burdens imposed by the Charities Act 1993 and the SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice) accounting. Public interest and concern has grown, manifesting itself most acutely in concerns over the amount of funds wasted on administration. In 1996, the Foundations trustees decided to carry out a more thorough evaluation of areas of concern and commissioned a report Financial Monitoring of Funded Organisations which was published in 1998. This was followed up in 1999/2000 by a pilot training programme organised by the Community Accountancy Project on behalf of the Foundation and the Trust among some of the organisations they fund. The results of this training were published in a report Financial fitness The benefits of training for small voluntary organisations which among its findings revealed that: good quality financial management training significantly enhances the ability of small voluntary organisations to develop adequate financial systems; o rganisations managed and operated on a totally voluntary basis are just as capable of developing sound financial management systems as organisations with paid staff; the provision of financial management

Copies of Financial fitness The benefits of training for small voluntary organisations are available from Carol Harrison on 020 7606 6145.

CARTOON: ROBERT THOMPSON.

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training at an early stage of an organisations life will provide a more secure base for future development. The report also recommended work with other funding organisations to extend financial training. As with the findings on small groups and governance, the Foundation and the Trust are already making the results of this report widely available so that others can take up the lessons. Discussions are already taking place with other funders to see how this may be taken forward together.

introduce a system for developing appropriate frameworks for evaluation of significant projects from their inception. Organisations receiving funding of more than 50,000 are required to set up an evaluation framework from the outset of the grant. This is carried out with the support and guidance of the Field Officer. It enables the organisations to focus on their outputs and methods for evaluating the impact of their work at an early stage. In turn, the Foundation benefits from more structured assessment of funding programmes. Both positive and negative lessons taken from evaluation can have a profound effect on future decisions on funding priorities and ways to deliver services. The Foundation is pleased to be leading the way through this approach and, as in the past, will share its experience with other funders.

Monitoring and evaluation

City Parochial Foundation and Trust for London have a long-standing commitment to monitor the work they have funded. The lessons monitoring can teach are underpinned by three key factors: the Trustees wish to be assured that grants have been used properly and that the Foundations financial input has had positive results; monitoring can assist funded organisations to develop and improve their own practice; monitoring contributes to the Foundations and the Trusts own knowledge and informs future grant making practice. This approach has been reviewed periodically and adapted to reflect lessons learned and to take account of any changes needed. In early 2000 the decision was taken to appoint a dedicated field officer with responsibility for monitoring and evaluation. The aim was to build on previous experience and reflected the Trustees desire to take a more pro-active approach to evaluation. This led to the appointment of Sara Bennett previously Director of the Chelsea Social Council in June 2000. Her initial task has been to develop and formalise the specific arrangements for monitoring grants and to

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Working in alliance

o-operation between funders has grown over recent years. This has improved understanding of the different roles each can play, assisted in co-ordination of grant-giving and led to the development of a more standardised approach to the provision of advice and guidance on best practice. City Parochial Foundation and Trust for London have taken this further and developed Alliance Funding, where several funders work together to develop strategic partnerships with the agencies which are funded to provide services. We believe that long-term funding of this sort results in a more creative partnership built, hopefully, on mutual trust and respect, which, in turn, results in a better outcome for the beneficiaries.

in 1983 to become the host of the scheme. The main aim of the REU is to give refugees principally young men education opportunities and to support them in achieving their aspirations. The Unit has interviewed more than 840 clients the vast majority asylum-seekers aged under 35 from 58 different countries. The Unit provides advice, guidance, monitoring and support to potential students. Very often this means meeting and assisting them wherever they are located or based, including hostels, bed and breakfast hotels, and at refugee community organisations. This holistic approach is now seen as an important service by funders, educational institutions and the voluntary sector alike. In 2001, Praxis is re-structuring the REU to create a new Education and Enterprise Unit. The aim is to integrate its work more with existing activities, and the Foundation will continue to support this vital work in its new phase. During the year, the Foundation also continued its support for the Refugee Education Awards Scheme. This has now made awards to 428 individuals since it started in 1997. It is administered jointly by the Foundation and Praxis with the expert guidance of the Foundations Education Adviser, Robin Hazlewood.

So far, three partnerships have developed around education issues. These involve refugee education, tackling school exclusion and mother-tongue teaching and supplementary schools.

The Refugee Education Unit

Young refugees face many difficulties when it comes to starting or continuing their education. It was these problems that encouraged the Foundation to establish the Refugee Education Unit (REU) in 1996 in partnership with a consortium of funders including Tudor Trust and Henry Smiths Charity. After considering a number of agencies and institutions the consortium invited Praxis an organisation established in the East End

Resource Unit for Supplementary & Mothertongue Schools

Research by Trust for London revealed that

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many supplementary and mother-tongue schools needed not only financial support, but also additional skills to obtain and handle funds and to set up and run classes more effectively. The Unit was established the following year to meet these needs. In practical terms, the Unit: runs workshops and seminars on topics relevant to teachers and managers of schools; visits schools to help with progress evaluation and assessment; p rovides information, advice, and consultancy; facilitates networking between supplementary and mother-tongue schools themselves, and between them and state-maintained education; gathers information on issues concerning supplementary and mother-tongue schools in London; publishes a Bulletin, a Directory of Schools with over 1,000 entries (funded by Department for Education and Employment DfEE), and guidelines to assist schools in their work. The Unit is now established as an independent charity under the leadership of founder Director Mohammed Abdelrazak. It has also secured additional funding from the National Lottery Charities Board (now the Community Fund) and the BBC Children in Need Appeal. A glowing independent evaluation of the NLCB-funded work was published this year. Four areas for development over the next three years have been identified: to publish a national directory of supplementary and mother-tongue schools; to launch three guideline booklets for parents, for school managers and for teachers; to develop a multi-level accredited training programme in collaboration with one selected university (in the first instance);

to bring the issues highlighted by supplementary and mother-tongue schools provision to the forefront so that they are considered within the context of higher education, and that trainee teachers are made aware of the benefits flowing from the approach. The success of the Unit has raised the profile of supplementary and mother-tongue schools which are now, at last, being recognised by other major funders, including the New Opportunities Fund.

Exclusion from schools

Following concern over the increasing number of pupils being permanently excluded from London schools, and in particular the disproportionately high number of black Caribbean boys, our Education Adviser, Robin Hazelwood, undertook a project to investigate the education provision for such pupils in a number of boroughs in London. After looking at a number of alternative approaches in local education authorities (LEAs), an alliance was set up with Bridge House Estates Trust Fund and Equitable Charitable Trust, to see how voluntary organisations might help in developing innovative solutions to improve services and prevent school exclusion. Merton was selected and three projects agreed. the Challenger Project funded by Bridge House Estates Trust Fund the Fame Project funded by City Parochial Foundation the Jigsaw Project funded by Equitable Charitable Trust Jigsaw and Merton Education Business Partnership (MEBP) were selected to carry out the work. Fame, the specific project funded by City Parochial Foundation, supports pupils excluded from education and also provides help to their parents.

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The funding provides MEBP with a co-ordinator to work with parents, pupils and voluntary agencies such as the Merton African-Caribbean Organisation, African and African-Caribbean Peoples Advisory Group and Capital Mentoring. These agencies are members of the Empowering Parents and Children Forum that works to support parents and pupils to raise achievement in their education. Since the project was first considered, the government has decided to act on school exclusion. This has led to delay while the funding alliance waited to see where money would be directed. There were further delays because of a transfer of responsibility for school exclusion matters from the LEAs to individual schools, and because of the time it has taken to attract appropriate staff. As a result, all three projects are still in their infancy. But the need for action is increasing: it was reported at a recent

South London Tamil Welfare Group

alliance meeting that the number of pupils needing help had doubled. School exclusion remains a major issue but cannot be tackled in isolation from the complex issues of family and other social concerns. This is why local voluntary organisations will be vitally important in helping to provide solutions.

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Special programmes
nother approach adopted during the 1997-2001 Quinquennium has been to develop special programmes which take a co-ordinated approach towards tackling issues of specific concern to Trustees. These cover disability and youth. Again, an important aspect involves evaluation to ensure that the approach is working and to learn for future programmes.

evaluated and a report is due to be published in July 2001. But already, lessons are coming across. Organisations involved have tended to assume that they know what is best for young people, and often that relates to preparing for the future. However, listening to the young people reveals that they would rather have projects which deal with the problems of today.

Youth Programme
The Foundation established its Youth Programme after consulting a number of voluntary youth organisations. In all, nine w e re funded to provide specific services to their client groups. In addition to grants, the Foundation has also brought the nine organisations together for three meetings a year to discuss relevant issues and to share appropriate information. The Youth Programme is currently being

Disability Programme
Because of concern that Trust for London was attracting very few applications from small disability organisations, and especially those working in the black and minority ethnic communities, the Disability Programme was set up in April 1999 by the Foundation. As a result, grants were made to the Greater London Association of Disabled People (GLAD), People First, (an organisation run by and for people with learning disabilities), and the British Council of Disabled People (BCODP, based in Derby) to work together on a joint project called Count Us In. The overall aim of Count Us In is to put in place support for small, local organisations in London concerned with problems facing Pedro Club

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The Youth Programme

New Horizon Youth Centre Identifies vulnerable and homeless young people in the Kings Cross/Somers Town area and supports them through a process that leads to re-settlement and continuing support. New Horizon has begun to run short-term residential sessions, which the Foundation has funded. Brandon Centre The Centre adopts a counselling approach to the family planning needs of emotionally vulnerable young women, and provides a psychotherapy service to children and young people who have emotional and behavioural problems. The Foundation funded the work of a part-time doctor at the Centre . Raw Material Music and Media Education Limited Raw Material is a music and media educational charity formed by young people and workers active in the music, media and performing arts. The Foundation funded the Youth Arts & Enterprise Scheme, which is designed to train young people to become youth art leaders. Pedro Club The Pedro Club, based on a deprived estate in the London Borough of Hackney, offers a range of activities. These include an out-of-school learning and support centre which the Foundation funded music and drama, sporting activities, a computer project, and summer and holiday residential courses. Downside Settlement Situated in Bermondsey in an area of dense housing with an acute lack of facilities, the Settlement offers a range of activities including a

community radio station, drama, cross-country running, adventure weekends, lifeguard training and sports facilities. The Foundation awarded a three-year grant towards running costs. Who Cares? Trust This Trust works on a broad range of matters relating to young people in care. It runs projects and development programmes covering health, disability, education, life skills and preparation for employment. The Foundation funded a timelimited study to look at the availability of information relevant to the well-being of children and young people in care . Fourth Feathers Youth Club The Fourth Feathers Youth Club provides a wide range of activities for young people in the London Borough of Westminster including sports activities, holiday schemes, music and education support. The Foundation made a contribution towards the refurbishment programme for modernisation and redevelopment of the Club. Youth Works Hackney Based on the Frampton Estate, Youth Works Hackney is empowering young people to help regenerate the physical, social and economic environment. The Foundation made a contribution towards the Project Managers salary. 409 Project The 409 Project works with young people aged 10 16 in the London Borough of Lambeth who are in trouble with the police. The Foundation funded the post of a Preventative Fieldworker to work with young people at the very early stages of contact with the police.

disabled people, to enable them to sustain and expand their activities. Particular efforts are made to develop work with disabled people from black and minority ethnic communities, and self-advocacy groups of people with learning difficulties. In this way, the Disability Programme will help to develop an effective and independent voice for these marginalised groups of disabled Londoners. Staff of the Foundation are involved in the

steering group, as is consultant Manghanita Kempadoo. Inevitably, in the first year there have been tensions as the group of three very different agencies have begun to learn to work together in a common cause. However, each group has much to bring to the partnership and we are optimistic for the coming year.

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Taking the initiative

n important aspect of the Foundations and the Trusts recent activity has been to concentrate efforts through initiatives. These include working with disadvantaged groups such as refugees needing employment, and taking action to help neglected communities the Local Areas Initiative. Work on these has developed rapidly and has expanded through collaboration with other funders. In 1999, City Parochial Foundation invited a number of agencies working with refugees to a series of meetings to discuss the barriers which prevented refugees with professional qualifications from finding

appropriate employment. The discussions led to the establishment of an informal organisation now known as the Employability Forum. This has since developed into an independent company limited by guarantee, under the chairmanship of Lord Limerick. The main aim of the Forum is to assist refugees and asylum seekers, who are eligible to work in the UK, to prepare for appropriate employment. Employability has identified five basic areas of activity over the next two years: influencing policy on integration; developing relevant English and ESOL provision; individual portfolios for refugees; pilot training programmes in the areas of teaching, IT and finance (incorporating work experience elements); better information on a variety of issues. The Policy sub-group of the Employability Forum has the aim of working on policy issues with government, employers and refugee agencies to dismantle the legislation and policy barriers to employing refugees. It has brought together the Department for Education and Employment, the Home Office, refugee agencies and employers, and has been highly successful in getting concerns and issues discussed across sectors and in influencing action. Considering the relatively short time Employability has been in operation, its status and influence has been considerable.

Employment for refugees

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It has recently been asked to become a member of the National Refugee Integration Forum, the spearhead of the governments new integration policy. The core agencies that have taken part in the development of Employability are City Parochial Foundation, Praxis, the Refugee Council, Refugee Education Training and Advisory Service (RETAS), Refugees into Jobs and Skills for Southern Sudan. A number of other refugee agencies including the Evelyn Oldfield Unit have participated. Local Areas Work is one of four major strands of the current five-year funding strategy. Through it, the Foundation is supporting community-based initiatives which work closely with local people in response to a range of community issues and needs, over extended periods of time. The rationale behind this is that social and economic need results from a wide range of factors: major top-down regeneration initiatives can fail to take into account the views and expertise of local people. Thus they can by-pass those who would benefit most. Four Local Areas Work initiatives have been supported during 2000. St Peters North Community Project (see panel) The Project, where the Foundation is working with Peabody Trust, deals with issues of deprivation and race in Tower Hamlets. It has been successful in securing Government funding for a number of training projects and establishing specific community groups, and is now in the process of developing greater community participation. The Bellingham Community Recreation Project (BECORP) Early work of the Project has brought people together to discuss overall needs in this area of Lewisham. This has highlighted the area as one with considerable needs but limited resources, and one which has missed out on central and local government funding

St Peters North Community Project, Tower Hamlets

This project provides a wide range of activities, which are reaching many different sections of the community. Examples of the activities include: the Digital Learning Ring which attracted no fewer than 82 adults during recent months and PC maintenance classes are also attracting students. Many are going on to obtain qualifications. Similarly, 10 women are training towards sewing qualifications through the Heba sewing class; a number of ESOL courses are run to improve knowledge of English; St Peters Youth Alliance runs weekly football training sessions for up to 30 young people; ten young people are involved in graffiti removal on the Ellsworth estate; and a drugs awareness project has been organised. A survey is being carried out to assess womens educational and social needs: it will also be used to inform residents about activities at the centre ; the Cicero group, now in its second year, involves a mixed age group all born outside the UK, studying citizenship, democracy and the European Union. Activities have included a visit to Brussels in March 2001; m o re than 150 local people have received advice from the Projects Employment Service and, to date, 20 have obtained employment; 25 children are registered for a Homework Club, a project funded by the Spitalfields Market Community Trust; a girls Drama Project has 22 participants and will be liaising with the Heba group to make costumes for a production; African Dance and Music is being promoted through A Zimba Ngoma, which is putting on two weekly workshops.

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programmes in the past. The work of the Project has contributed to Bellingham being chosen as an Education Action Zone and a Sure Start area. Other activity has involved extensive consultation to set up a structure that will enable local people to participate in the running of the Project. G reenford Southall Detached Youth P roject The Greenford Project has developed an initiative to reach young people who have fallen outside the job market and other networks. Young people in four localities have become involved in a programme of social education. Kilburn Youth Resource Centre Work in Kilburn identified the needs of young people as paramount. In partnership with Camden and Brent Youth Services, the Foundations funding has led to the establishment of this Centre which is focussing on a number of projects with young people, who are themselves involved

Digital Learning Ring, St Peters North Community Project in the running of it. It has been successful in securing Single Regeneration Budget funding.