APPROVED
NATIONAL COALITION OF ANTI-DEPORTATION CAMPAIGNERS - £740,000
To Block deportation of asylum seekers
REFUGEE ARRIVALS PROJECTS, NORTH LONDON - £449,500
To run a "befriending scheme" for asylum seekers
ASYLUM WELCOME - £ 255,500
Advising asylum seekers
KENT COMMITTEE FOR THE WELFARE OF MIGRANTS - £45,000
To run advice clinics and English classes
STONEWALL - £1.5 MILLION
The gay rights charity
HELPPAGE INTERNATIONAL - £478,585
To improve the status of old people in Central and South America
CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL - £395,000
To improve consumers rights in Euopean countries
RUNNYMEDE TRUST - £350,000
Left wing think tank, whose controversial report into Braitain's natioanl identity condemed the word "BRITISH" as racist.
ACTION ON DISABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT £262,216
To promote disabled rights in West Africa
FOREST PEOPLES PROJECT - £258,000
To help Rwandans make a living from Pottery !!!!
( so thats why they closed Stoke-on-Trent pottery Industry down ? )
INSITUTE FOR WAR AND PEACE REPORTING - £255,028
To monitor human rights in Georgia,Armenia & Azerbaijan = ( Errr ??? )
ACTION GROUP FOR IRISH YOUTH - £204,459
To investigate the 'welfare of Irish Travellers in Britain'
LONDON LESBIAN & GAY SWITCHBOARD £200,000
To set up a countrywide network of gay helplines
RHONDDA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION - £200,000
To improve the lives of Bolivian miners
BLUE CROSS ANIMAL CHARITY £180,421
To expand a phone helpline for people mourning a pet
( Would have been better spent in the Phillipines, to stop the *******s EATING them )
SCOTTISH pr0stituteS EDUCATION PROJECT - £81,553
To fund an advice centre and services, including aromatherapy massages for vice girls
YORKSHIRE MESMAC - £75,000
To fund health services for male prositutes in Yorkshire
GENDER TRUST - £33,700
For transexuals & people that feel " uneasy about their sexuality"
EXTERN ORGANISATION - £25,739
To help families of prisoners in Bulgaria
SOUTH ARMARGH FARMERS & RESIDENTS COMMITTEE £5,000
A group that campaigns for the removal of troops from the South Armagh border
REJECTS
BATTLE OF BRITAIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - £250,000
Applied for a grant to build a memorial to those who fought in the battle of Britain
ROYAL ALFRED SEAFARERS ASSOCIATION - £1.9MILLION
Needed to help build a 56 bed residential home for the retired & disabled seafarers in Banstead Surrey
ST DUNSTAN'S - £597,000
Applied for grant to refurbish a residential centre for blind war veterans at Ovingdean, nera Brighton
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION - £500,000
Needed towards building a £3.5Million residential home in Southam, Warwickshire
COMBAT STRESS - £400,000
Only charity caring for memebrs of the armed services suffering psychiatric illness. Applied for grant to build a short-stay residentail treatment centre in Newport, Shropshire
LEEDS WOUNDED WARROIORS WELFARE COMMITEE - £80,000
Asked for the money to replace a 24 year old coach for transporting ex- servicemen
WORLD WAR II VETERANS OF 44th BRIGADE - £15,000
Wanted help to return to Holland for the 60th anniversary of their liberation of the city of Tilburg in 1944
ROYAL STAR & GARTER ( No amount supplied )
Charity which spends £5Million a year running the home for disabled ex-servicemen and women sought lottery help.
I am SOOOOOOO angry at this report, spell check yourselves, If YOU want to vent YOUR feelings over the Community Funds use of OUR lottery money, the address is :
LADY BRITTON
c/o The Community Fund
St Vincent House
16 Suffolk Street
London
SW1Y 4NL
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