BCBN Grant Award Ceremony – March
BCBN distributed a total of £10,922.22 to 3 inspiring charities, this term. Our community grant awards were distributed to Sense for Deafblind People, MADE in Europe and Mosaic – The Princes Trust.
BCBN would like to express a very special thank you to our sponsors and donors from within the community for supporting us.
Mosaic, delivers an Ex-offenders Programme along with Millwall Football Club using football as a focus to inspire 24 young people within the criminal justice system. A grant of £5,000 will assist in providing an effective, professionally run and focused programme, which will provide the opportunities and skill to these young ex-offenders to rebuild and strengthen their lives. Read more.
MADE in Europe, a UK-registered charity which works to mobilise UK Muslim communities to take a leading role in tackling global poverty and injustice through campaigning, volunteering and education – building socially responsible and engaged individuals who realise their equal and important role as members of society. BCBN’s grant award of £3000goes to the Living below the Poverty Line and Sustainability: Farming, Food and thought projects. These unique projects will be taught in several schools and youth groups in the North of England that have one of the highest levels of deprivation to take part in these key programmes. Read more.
Sense, for Deafblind People, a national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind. Sense are soon launching the only dedicated deafblind children’s centre in London- one of just four of its kind in the UK. This fully accessible centre has been designed around the needs of children with both hearing and sight difficulties, who often have additional disabilities. BCBN has donated £2,922.20 towards sensory equipment for the children’s centre. Read more.
