The Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales made grants of £9.14 million to over 600 charities in its final funding round of 2007. This included £2.56 million to 36 collaborative projects.
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland has distributed £112,000 in the third tranche of grants from money raised for its Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal. Funds distributed include those raised from Fashion For Relief, a charity fashion show organised by Naomi Campbell at the end of London Fashion Week.
Selection of the HBOS Charity of the Year for 2008.
Since its inception in 2003, the HBOS Charity of the Year programme, the Million £ Challenge, has raised over £11 million for charities including Macmillan Cancer Support, Help the Hospices, NSPCC/Children 1st and ICAN.
The City of London Corporation's The City Bridge Trust has made a grant of £45,000 to Wheels for Wellbeing to provide a range of cycling services to increase social inclusion and participation for the disabled community in and around Lambeth.
Organisations providing accommodation, training and employment and well-being services for homeless people are being invited to pitch to win a share of more than £500,000 of investment to offer more people a permanent route off the streets. The funding comes from Spark, a £1.5 million project to prevent and tackle homelessness using social enterprise.
Barclays is donating £100,000 from the Barclays community investment fund to support 50 London-based charities who work to to improve the lives of London's communities. The "Londonations" initiative is operating in partnership with London newspaper Metro and the Capital Community Foundation.
The closing date for applications is 17.00 on 21 December 2007.
Garden Organic, the UK’s leading organic growing charity, has received a substantial donation from the Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, an American philanthropic organisation.
