Supporting
To support the growth and development of our voluntary community and cultural sector
Somali Outreach Project
April 2016 | Awarded: £4,980To support a Youth Worker, to educate and engage with Somali youths who are at risk of committing a crime and renting premises to have meetings, so that the young people can socialise with each other, with the Youth Worker present.
Go to linkMK Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Group
April 2016 | Awarded: £1,500To maintain the therapy service while the contracted therapists took annual leave, in order to make the service as accessible as possible. When all of the therapists are working, they provide an average of 84 hours of therapy per week.
Go to linkTracing the Pathway
April 2016 | Awarded: £4,048To support the extension and development of the 2015 pilot Site Artist research scheme, in which local and outside artists research MK over a period of 10 days in order to create performance work inspired by MK culture and history and run workshops connecting local artists.
Go to linkMilton Keynes & District Cricket Association
April 2016 | Awarded: £1,500To support the delivery of table cricket coaching to disabled and able bodied children in 4 Milton Keynes schools and MK Snap for adults. Groups ran their own warm up sessions with individuals taking a lead. Many made great improvements over the coaching period.
Milton Keynes Reader Service
April 2016 | Awarded: £5,000To fund a new Braille machine to cut down on costs from using an external transcript company. MK Readers service needed a new embosser as their previous one broke beyond repair in April 2015. They offer a free brailing service in Milton Keynes.
Go to linkParkrun UK
April 2016 | Awarded: £3,000To support a new parkrun, a free weekly 5K running event to be held in Linford Wood. The first 9 events were attended by an average of 163 runners, who ran 1,469 times between them.
Go to linkMK Snap
April 2016 | Awarded: £2,000To support the third year of MK Disability Day, an event which highlights the talents and skills within the disability sector and promotes the inclusion of people living with a disability.
Go to linkOur Mission
Inspiring
To inspire giving to our communities through philanthropy and other social action
Leading
To take a lead in connecting and growing sustainable communities
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