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Recent Awards •
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The grants listed below
are examples
of charities supported by the
Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust
in the last three years.
Click
here for the list of
charities awarded grants this
year.
Community and Disability
| £1,000
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National
Missing Persons Helpline
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| £3,000
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Federation
of Prisoners’ Families Support
Groups
towards an information
service
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| £3,000
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Barnados
towards
a centre in Bristol
for abused children
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£5,000
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Mind
towards
a resource centre
providing advice
and training for
workers dealing
with mental health
in rural areas
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£5,000
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Royal Albert
Dock Trust
to fund an additional instructor
for local young people at rowing
centre
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Religion
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£1,000
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Gather in the
Isles
towards campaign to provide
central resource for scattered
communities in Argyll and the
Isles
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£1,000
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Lisburn
Methodist Church
towards
a youth worker
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£1,000
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University of
Warwick
towards project by chaplains
to support new accommodation
for Islamic students
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| £3,000
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Lincoln
Theological Institute for the
Study of Religion and Society
towards a research project
to see why so many leave ordained
ministry
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Children and Youth
|
£1,000
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Bethnal
Green Museum of Childhood
for a programme of educational
activities with local schools
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£3,000
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Howard
League for Penal Reform
extending a project taking
work to schools to reduce anti-social
behaviour
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£3,000
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AMP Youth
Development Project
towards the salary of a project
coordinator in Manchester
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£5,000
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Brandon Centre
towards a project aimed at
behavioural programme for persistent
young offenders
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£5,000
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National
Family Mediation Centre
for
children support
project
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Elderly
|
£1,000
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UBS Survival
Income
for the
elderly at home
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£1,000
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Age Concern in
Bath and N E Somerset
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£3,000
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Action on Elder
Abuse
towards
a Practitioner Support
Worker
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Medical
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£3,000
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Arthritis Care
to
help children and
young people with
arthritis
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£3,000
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Pain Research
Institute
towards
the appointment
of a Professor in
Pain Science
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£5,000
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Maternity Alliance
towards project to investigate
the diets of pregnant teenagers
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£10,000
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Diabetes UK
towards a medical research
project into the Charcot Foot
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£20,000
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National Asthma
Campaign
towards next stage of a research
project into the causes of asthma,
specifically studying links
to antenatal diet
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Music and the Arts
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£1,000
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Live Music Now!
to stage concerts in unusual
venues such as old people’s
homes
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£1,000
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Scottish Opera
to provide simultaneous audio
description for those with visual
impairment
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£3,000
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Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic
to provide Teachers’ Packs
in preparation for school visits
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£3,000
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imaginate
enabling participation by
children with special needs
in international children’s
theatre festival
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£5,000
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Sir John
Soane Museum
towards development of 14
Lincoln’s Inn Fields including
a children’s education centre
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Overseas
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£1,000
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Concern
International
for a project helping girls
at risk in Brazil
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£3,000
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Book
Aid International
to purchase library books
in Zambia
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£5,000
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Mildmay
towards their work for Aids
patients in Uganda
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£5,000
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Children
in Crisis
towards a day care centre
in Afghanistan
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£10,000
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Save
the Children
towards emergency relief
programmes in Africa
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