LOCAL CHARITY HAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR

The Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity, which in the last financial year distributed £1,696,320 to support individuals and organisations in...





Grants Awarded In The Year (for the year ending 30 June 2007)
>> Grants to Hospitals and Hospices
>> Grants to Organisations Assisting Those Suffering From Disability
>> Grants for Social Welfare - Elderly
>> Grants for Social Welfare – Youth
>> Grants for Social Welfare – Recreation and Leisure
>> Grants for Social Welfare – Other
>> Grants for Housing
>> Grants to Organisations Providing Additional Educational Support
>> Grants to Organisations Engaged in Community Activities


Grants to Hospitals and Hospices

Mulberry Centre, West Middlesex Hospital
Towards regular activities
£6,000 
Princess Alice Hospice
Towards regular activities
£5,000 
Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability
Towards the cost of specially designed wheelchairs
£4,000 
£15,000


Grants to Organisations Assisting Those Suffering From Disability

Richmond Borough Association for Mental Health
Towards regular activities
£25,000 
The Garden Gang
Towards the cost of new greenhouses
£15,000 
Richmond upon Thames Crossroads Care
Towards regular activities
£15,000 
Richmond Advice and Information on Disability
Towards regular activities
£10,000 
Richmond Mencap
Towards regular activities
£10,000 
Alzheimer’s Society South West London Branch
Towards regular activities
£10,000 
Whitton Network
Towards Co-ordinator’s costs and gardening project
£10,000 
Horse Rangers Association (Hampton Court) Ltd
Towards hoist and riding for the disabled
£10,000 
Three Wings Trust
Towards regular activities
£9,500 
Creative Educational Projects
Towards 3 projects for people with learning and mental health issues
£7,500 
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Towards regular activities
£7,000 
The Bridge
Towards regular activities and preliminary research project
£6,445 
Kingston Advocacy Group (Richmond Advocacy)
Towards regular activities
£6,000 
Integrated Neurological Services
Towards regular activities
£5,000 
Advocacy Partners
Towards regular activities
£5,000 
Elizabeth FitzRoy Support - Silver Birches Service, Richmond
Towards equipment for residents
£5,000 
Cancer Resource Centre
Towards regular activities working in LBRuT
£4,000 
Stepping On Out
Towards rent of an office
£3,600 
Teddington & Hampton Wick Voluntary Care Group
Towards regular activities
£3,500 
Richmond Users Independent Living Scheme
Towards upgraded IT
£3,000 
Still Building Bridges
Towards support for those with mental health issues
£2,500 
Art & Soul
Towards regular activities
£2,000 
The Food Chain
Towards providing meals for the seriously ill
£1,900 
Twickenham Club for the Blind
Towards regular activities
£1,600 
United Response
Towards specialist equipment
£900 
Visually Impaired Society of Richmond
Towards regular activities
£700 
Richmond Macular Disease Support Group
Towards rent of meeting hall
£320 
Richmond and Kingston ME Group
Towards regular activities
£200 
£180,665


Grants for Social Welfare - Elderly

Age Concern Richmond upon Thames
Towards regular activities and Handyperson Scheme
£36,000 
Central and Cecil Housing Trust
Towards development of a sensory garden for residents of Homemead
£5,000 
WRVS Hampton Darby & Joan Club
Towards regular activities
£3,000 
Elleray Hall Day Centre (Teddington Old People’s Welfare Association)
For computer courses for the elderly
£2,658 
Tangley Hall Day Centre
For aromatherapy for the elderly
£1,920 
Marling Court (Richmond Churches Housing Trust)
For aromatherapy and activity equipment
£1,900 
Tangley Hall Day Centre
Purchase of special weighing scale
£975 
Churches Together in Teddington
Christmas Lunch for the elderly at Elleray Hall
£400 
£51,853


Grants for Social Welfare – Youth

Richmond Youth Partnership
Towards regular activities and developing web site
£40,000 
Hampton Youth Project (Young Mums’ Group)
Towards creation of a new facility for young parents
£15,000 
LBRuT Specialist Children’s Services Leaving Care Team
Towards providing additional support for people leaving care
£10,000 
Richmond Youth Partnership
Further contribution to refurbishment of King’s Field Pavilion
£7,500 
13th Twickenham (St Mary’s) Scout Group
Towards the cost of a minibus
£5,500 
InterAct
Towards drama courses for children with special needs
£5,000 
Hampton Youth Football Club
Towards pitch redevelopment and new equipment
£5,000 
3rd Hanworth Scout Group
To upgrade kitchen and toilet facilities
£4,000 
Crossway Pregnancy Crisis Centre
Towards regular activities supporting young people
£4,000 
267 Air Training Corps Twickenham
Towards new activities, canoeing, archery
£3,000 
Richmond Bears
Towards support for a club for young people with learning disability
£2,430 
Teddington Athletic Football Club
Towards the hiring of floodlights
£1,600 
Whitton Junior Netball Club
Towards regular activities
£1,500 
Teddington Football Club
Towards regular activities
£1,500 
LBRuT Libraries & Information Services
Towards Summer Literacy Scheme
£1,370 
Children’s Shakespeare Company
Towards the cost of a children’s production in Barnes
£1,000 
2 x 2 Opera
Towards a local schools’ production
£965 
Hampton Celtic Football Club
Towards setting up and running a new football club 16-17 years
£800 
Hampton Community Mini-Soccer
Towards equipment
£625 
£110,790


Grants for Social Welfare – Recreation and Leisure

Twickenham Rowing Club
Towards improved access to the Clubhouse
£10,000 
Orange Tree Theatre
Towards regular outreach work
£10,000 
Kew and Ham Sports Association Limited
Towards replacement equipment
£5,000 
Hampton and Richmond Borough Women’s Football Club
Towards regular activities
£4,000 
Hampton Choral Society
Towards regular activities
£1,600 
Thameside Ladies Barbershop Chorus
Towards activities
£1,300 
Richmond upon Thames Arts Council
Towards young poets and drama awards and new leaflet
£1,000 
Richmond upon Thames Performing Arts Festival
Towards regular activities including young arts competitions
£800 
£33,700


Grants for Social Welfare – Other

SPEAR
Refurbishment of Hostel
£17,300 
Furniture Scheme Richmond upon Thames
Towards regular activities
£12,000 
Home-Start Richmond upon Thames
Towards regular activities supporting young families
£8,000 
Relate-Richmond, Kingston & Hounslow
Towards regular activities
£7,500 
Addiction Support and Care Agency
Towards regular activities
£7,500 
Cruse Bereavement Care
Towards regular activities
£3,000 
Synergy Theatre Project
Towards a production working with Borough Schools and Latchmere House
£2,500 
Mediation in Divorce
Towards regular activities
£2,000 
£59,800


Grants for Housing

Hampton Parochial Charity
For a stair lift in Jubilee House
£6,996 
£6,996


Grants to Organisations Providing Additional Educational Support

LBRuT Early Years & Childcare
Towards out of school activities for children with special needs
£40,000 
Waldegrave School for Girls
Towards development of an outdoor courtyard
£30,000 
Richmond Music Trust
Towards regular activities and building works
£23,000 
Sacred Heart School Parent Teacher Association
Towards development of outside areas
£7,000 
Strawberry Hill Trust
Towards setting up an educational facility
£5,000 
Combination Dance Company
Towards dance and design performances by local young people
£4,000 
Hampton Hill Playcentre
Towards regular activities
£3,000 
Friends of St Mary’s & St Peter’s Primary School
Towards development of a specialist garden
£2,000 
Mable Hill Playcentre
Towards the cost of an Outreach Playworker
£2,000 
Playgroup Network Richmond
For a 10 week introductory course
£1,750 
The Children’s Garden
For replacing floor covering
£1,500 
Jellie Tots Pre School
For safety equipment
£1,440 
£120,690


Grants to Organisations Engaged in Community Activities

Richmond Citizens Advice Bureaux Service
Towards regular activities
£50,000 
Richmond and Kingston Accessible Transport
Towards a replacement minibus for Hampton Enterprise project
£32,000 
White House Community Association
Towards management costs of the Centre
£29,500 
Hampton & Hampton Hill Voluntary Care Group
Towards Community Centre Project, managing Greenwood Centre and Community Information Project
£25,000 
Linden Hall Day Centre
For an activities organiser
£15,000 
Ethnic Minorities Advocacy Group
Towards regular activities
£8,000 
Richmond and Kingston Accessible Transport
Towards regular activities
£7,500 
Richmond upon Thames Council for Voluntary Service
Towards a volunteering project aimed at people with disabilities
£7,000 
White House Community Association
For architectural consultancy
£4,000 
Hampton & Hampton Hill Voluntary Care Group
For replacement hot water boiler
£3,194 
PACE (Poles and Central Europeans)
Support for Central European and Polish Group
£3,000 
Richmond Somali Community
A start-up grant for a Support Group
£3,000 
Hampton Family Tenants’ Association
Towards computers and Homework Club
£3,000 
Environment Trust for Richmond upon Thames
Towards regular activities
£3,000 
Kew Community Trust
Towards regular activities
£2,500 
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
Towards regular activities
£2,500 
East Twickenham Neighbourhood Association
To upgrade computer equipment
£2,400 
Fulmer Close Residents’ Association
For IT equipment, youth activities and general running costs
£2,000 
Vietnamese Community Association in South West London
Towards regular activities
£1,800 
Richmond upon Thames Victim Support
Towards the cost of moveable screens
£800 
Richmond Citizens Advice Bureaux Service
The cost of a safe
£500 
£205,694





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