Grants
Hammersmith and Fulham has much in common with areas of London such as Islington. Parts are affluent; other parts contain pockets of great deprivation. Areas within northern wards in Hammersmith contain some of the most deprived urban communities not just in London but in the UK.
Grants
Hammersmith and Fulham has much in common with areas of London such as Islington. Parts are affluent; other parts contain pockets of great deprivation. Areas within northern wards in Hammersmith contain some of the most deprived urban communities not just in London but in the UK.
Trustees have the power to make grants to groups or individuals in the area of benefit to alleviate deprivation and hardship. As a result of the report commissioned by the Charity from the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics and presented in 2009, the trustees now have access to detailed information about where the most deprived areas are and who needs help most.
They have made a decision to use the charity’s reserves to support a limited number of local projects of which they are already aware since economic conditions are at perhaps their worst for 40 years. Work has also been set in hand to increase the amount of funds available for grant making over the next 5 years. Grant application procedures will be published on this site in 2010.
During 2009, trustees intend to focus their efforts and the charity’s grant making resources on families with young children and young people not in education,employment or training. Our intention is to support existing, highly successful projects such as the SPEAR Course, www.spearcourse.org and also to extend our support for older people currently delivered through our sheltered housing operation.
