Trust for London: Funding Available for Disabled People's Organisations to make their Voices Heard
News release: 19 March 2008
The Trust for London is calling for applications from small, disabled-led organisations involved in, or who are interested in developing, campaigning and advocacy activities. One of the Trust's key current aims is to support user-led work that directly challenges discrimination faced by disabled people.
The Trust works within the social model of disability. This includes all disabled people including those with mental health issues, people living with HIV/AIDS, and those living with other chronic health conditions. We are particularly interested in work that addresses multiple disadvantages, for example, the double discrimination faced by disabled people from Black and minority ethnic (BME) communities.
Funding is available for work that:
➢ Encourages disabled people to have a stronger voice with service providers, policy-makers and increases involvement in public debate.
➢ Campaigns to improve the quality of life for disabled people, locally or nationally.
➢ Includes self-advocacy groups of people with learning difficulties.
Two recent examples of Trust for London grants under this aim are:
Newham People First - awarded £30,000 to employ a part-time staff member with learning difficulties for 2 years, to reach out to BME communities. This includes supporting its Black and Asian self-advocacy group to become more focused on learning about and standing up for their rights, and getting their voice heard by policy makers.
North London ME Network - awarded £8,000 towards running costs over 2 years to continue its work to raise awareness of ME and to improve local services for people with the condition.
The Trust funds new and emerging groups in London, which have less than one full-time equivalent staff member.
The next deadlines for applications are 30 May 2008 and 25 October 2008. Full guidelines are available at www.trustforlondon.org.uk/grants including an easy-read version. If you would like a copy of the guidelines in any of these formats or Braille, please phone us.
We are more than happy to discuss your application with you, and you can speak to one of our Officers on 020 7606 6145 or e-mail trustforlondon@cityparochial.org.uk
Editor's notes
1. For more information, please contact Mubin Haq or Sioned Churchill on 020 7606 6145.
2. Trust for London (TfL) is an independent funder established in 1986. It aims to support small, new and emerging voluntary organisations which have been established to improve the lives of people and communities in London. It believes that local people are often in the best position to identify the problems that affect their lives and the possible solutions to those problems. It works closely with its sister fund, City Parochial Foundation.
3. Funding will be available to support work to directly challenge discrimination faced by disabled people from 2007 until 2011.
4. The average grant made by Trust for London is around £8,000. The maximum grant is £45,000 over three years.
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