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Decision Day event 8 February 2020

Grenfell Projects Fund

Decision Day

Introduction 1

Decision Day agenda 3

Project profiles 4

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Contents

The Grenfell Projects Fund is a new £600k Grant Programme co-designed with local residents. The grant was specifically established to support community-led recovery following the Grenfell tragedy.

A community-led grant programmeHundreds of local residents provided their views on what the Fund should be spent on, and importantly what changes they want to see in the local area. These conversations created the six outcomes that the projects need to meet. These conversations also helped to create the eligibility criteria that all projects are required to meet.

Local residents told us they wanted to have a role in deciding who received funding – so for the first time, the Council is delivering the grant through a process called Participatory Budgeting. This means local people will decide on which projects receive funding.

Local residents also told us that the Grenfell Projects Fund should be open to local residents, groups and organisations based in North Kensington.

We have created the opportunity for local residents to form ‘New collectives’ who can be supported by another organisation – all the New collectives in this brochure are residents who live in North Kensington, and we are pleased that so many people want to continue to support recovery in the local area. We have not published the names of individuals involved in New collectives but the residents will be presenting at the event in person or on films we have made with them.

This brochure presents an overview of all the projects which have met the eligibility criteria and the amount of money they are seeking from the Fund. Each of the six outcomes have been allocated £100k – and you will see that there is strong interest for funding in each outcome.

Local residents will hear presentations from projects listed at the Decision Day event on Saturday 8 February. Please read the projects listed to see how your community want to continue to support you and build strength and resilience in North Kensington.

Introduction

The six outcomes that projects need to meet

1 Wellbeing for children, young people or adults

2 Educational opportunities to increase skills, knowledge, enterprise and qualifications

3 Social and cultural events that bring communities together and provide information to increase connections across the community including initiatives to reduce isolation for older people

4 Community safety that increases the safety of everyone

5 Activities for young people

6 Food growing/greening and food based initiatives that increase communities coming together and enhances the local environment

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What happens at the Decision Day event?At the Decision Day event local residents who have registered to take part will use technology to decide on which projects will be delivered. Only residents that live in St Helens, Notting Dale, Golborne, Norland, Pembridge, Colville and Dalgarno wards can attend.

The maximum number of residents who can attend the event is 300. All residents are required to show photo identification and proof of address. If you were unable to register for the Decision Day and are still interested in the decisions made at the event, then please email us at [email protected] and we will let you know the outcomes of the day.

Monitoring the successful projectsAll projects that receive funding will be regularly monitored and will have to submit evidence of their activities. We will share project information with you in North Ken News and on the Council’s website. If you see a project that you want to get involved in – then please contact us after the Decision Day so that you directly benefit from the projects.

If you want to find out more about Participatory Budgeting there are lots of examples of other places in the UK and abroad:

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There will be a further Grenfell Projects Fund in Summer 2020. This first Grenfell Projects Fund has been warmly welcomed by many residents and we thank everyone who has got involved in the Fund to make it a transparent process that gives more direct decision-making to the community.

What happens after the event?Once the successful projects have been selected, we will meet with all groups and make a legally binding agreement to ensure that funds are spent on the projects and all projects are delivered by March 2021.

All projects will be promoted locally so that the local community takes part and benefits from the funding.

We will be working hard to ensure that funds are released as soon as possible so that projects can begin in the coming weeks.

Staying involved with the Community Engagement TeamWe have a team of eight Community Development Officers who work with communities across the borough. Community Development Officers are there to support and understand local priorities and to keep you connected with the Council.

You can contact the team by emailing [email protected] and [email protected]

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The event will start promptly at 10am.This event follows the first Decision Day which was held on Saturday 11 January 2020 at the Kensington Aldridge Academy.

9.30am Registration and coffee and pastries

10am Welcome and overview of the day

10.10am Outcome 3: Nine presentations and voting to achieve social and cultural events that bring communities together and provide information to increase connections across the community including initiatives to reduce isolation for older people

10.55am Short break (15 minutes)

11.10am Outcome 3 continuation: Eight presentations and voting to achieve social and cultural events that bring communities together and provide information to increase connections across the community including initiatives to reduce isolation for older people

12pm Voting calculations and announcement of Outcome 3 results

12.10pm Time for any new voters to join the event

12.20pm Outcome 4: Seven presentations and voting to achieve community safety that increases the safety of everyone

1.05pm Lunch will be served at your tables (and calculation of Outcome 4 voting to prepare announcement of successful presentations). Please bring back any drinks to your table

2pm Announcement of Outcome 4 results

2.15pm Outcome 5: 12 presentations and voting to achieve activities for young people

3.30pm Short break (15 minutes) and results from Outcome 5 calculated. New voters can join the event

3.45pm Announcement of Outcome 5 results

4pm Outcome 6: 11 presentations and voting to achieve food growing/greening and food-based initiatives that increase communities coming together and enhances the local environment

5.05pm Votes calculated for Outcome 6

5.20pm Announcement of Outcome 6 results

5.30pm Event close

Decision Day agenda

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Project profiles

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Outcome 1£100,000 available for projectsWellbeing for children, young people or adults.

Residents voted on Outcome 1 and Outcome 2 presentations at the Decision Day on Saturday 11 January. Those projects highlighted in this brochure were successful in securing funding.

Name of collective or organisation

Project description Amount requested

Kamitan Arts CIC This mixed creative project will run bi-weekly. Each session will be 90 minutes to two hours and will incorporate the multi-disciplinary arts of Poetry, Rap, Art, Live Music, and Movement/Dance all in one space. Each of the two sessions per week will be tailored differently to suit the various age ranges from children, young people and adults.

£15,000

New collective: Wellbeing Windows

Wellbeing Windows are sets of beautiful, spiritually uplifting and unusual photographic artworks that we source to co-curate and install in otherwise bleak and sterile environments. Scientific evidence has proven that people connecting to images of uplifting photographs have major health and mental health benefits. Installation of Wellbeing Windows is to be placed in community centres. Our goal is to spread the love and bring this to as many places in North Kensington as possible.

£9,950

Notting Hill Therapy Outreach CIC

To run workshops in the community that can be followed up with one-to-one treatment in the clinic to help people around feelings of safety. We will deliver a complementary therapies toolkit to the local community in and around North Kensington. Eight free workshops to the local community. Eight participants max per workshop.

£20,000

New collective: Minds United Football Club

Football sessions provided for adults in the local community that have mental health issues/substance misuse issues following the Grenfell tragedy. Delivery of a one hour turn up and play session at Westway Sports Centre run by a qualified coach every week. Participants will also get an opportunity once a month during the season to participate in a mental health league at Brunel University. Team will meet and be transported by mini bus to Uxbridge to compete against other mental health teams in London.

£2,941

FUNDING SECURED

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New collective: The Renewal Project

To improve the mental and physical health, wellbeing and happiness of all adults who have been affected by the Grenfell tragedy. Activities will include: art, massage, (reflexology, full body, aromatherapy, lymphatic drainage and shiatsu), cooking lessons, meals, dance and movement, knitting and crocheting and much more.

£10,000

New collective: Swimunity

Twelve-week free swimming workshop to children aged six-12 years old, mixed adults and women only. Participants will learn how to keep themselves safe, how to relax and keep calm, face fears and increase their confidence and health.

£8,520

New collective: Kundalini Yoga and Humanology Workshops

Three programmes of 10 workshops which combine humanology, kundalini yoga and meditation practice, discussions, reflections and other creative activities for adults, the elderly and youth. Weekly workshops for adults and the elderly. Young people’s programme will be delivered as a one-week intensive workshop run during half term or the summer. The end of the programme consists of developing a process-based artwork inclusive of sound art and spoken word, writing, imagery.

£7,600

New collective: Core Holistics

This project offers an assortment of holistic interventions – massage, pilates, yoga, mindfulness/relaxation sessions and reiki – that people can choose from that best suits their needs and circumstances. We will hold 100 individual sessions and 40 community group sessions based within community centres and events.

£10,000

New collective: RAP23

This environmental improvement project will arrange a conference for North Kensington residents and create four focus groups to achieve change and a reduction in air pollution. Topics include: greening North Kensington, reducing air pollution for the A40 Westway, reducing air pollution from traffic around Ladbroke Grove and the streets of North Kensington. Experts will be presenting and speaking at the conference including professors from Imperial College. The aim is to obtain practical results for the people of North Kensington.

£9,700

FUNDING SECURED

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New collective: 1 Utd

Our project aims to create a safe, informal and open access space for young people aged 17 to 25 years old. The project is based around having access to a safe space, a place to eat and a place to talk. Engaging young people to discussing and finding solutions to day to day issues and signposting. Providing training to young people.

£9,987

Creative Body Works A twenty-week project offering a package of body psychotherapy but adding creative therapy so that residents can self-heal at home when a problem arises. One-to-one body psychotherapy support sessions and group creative workshops. Ten one-to-one body psychotherapy sessions for five people once a week each. Ten creative workshops for a group of 10 people. Talk about their shared experiences.

£9,950

Lancaster West Children’s Network

To set up a community Take and Play Club. The project will deliver activities and provide resources that support children’s development and improve their wellbeing through play. Children will have access to a range of toys and play resources including Lego, construction sets, puzzles, books, art materials, games, costumes for role play, dolls, small world sets and musical instruments.

£15,000

New Studio Pre-School

This project involves setting up a forest school for outdoor learning, delivered through first-hand experience in a natural habitat. It uses natural resources in the woodland and the children’s interests to stimulate imaginative, creative and investigative activities.

£18,418

New collective: M.A.D.E

Introducing the BOWEN technique to North Kensington to improve our own wellbeing. The teacher will teach people how to restore a more natural balance on a micro (individuals) and macro (‘the community’) level. Helps treating physical, emotional and psychological issues. Once the course is over, those trained up will be part of a new working group for North Kensington.

£9,935

FUNDING SECURED

FUNDING SECURED

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Fit For Life Youth CIC Boxing and fitness programme within 11 schools and colleges across North Kensington. Each programme delivered is between six to 12 weeks to complete and will culminate in a presentation and awards ceremony showing what has been learned throughout the course. June/July 2020 will bring all participants to a boxing showcase – some will compete, and others will do pad work demonstrations. This will be open to the community and will bring all the neighbouring schools and colleges together in a joint celebration. There will also be weekend boxing coaching and fitness sessions that are open to the entire local community.

£18,320

New collective: Cuban Boxing Academy

The project will consist of sessions and (where required) therapy in a family, integration and social inclusion focused syllabus. Our coaches will work with children, young people and adults with a more varied focus and less emphasis on amateur boxing and more fitness mobility and mental wellbeing.

£9,072

New collective: ShaktiPad

Delivering kundalini yoga community classes three times per week at The Dalgarno Trust. Kundalini yoga has the ability to change individuals lives while being accessible to all students regardless of their level of fitness or previous yogic experience. After each session allows the opportunity to talk over tea and biscuits.

£9,975

Youth Action Alliance: More than a Woman

This is a girls only youth group which promotes life skills, wellbeing and female empowerment. Combined learning and fun aimed at 13 to 15-year-old girls. Different themes will be discussed from body image, friendships, relationships, life skills by using different discussion techniques and games. All activities incorporate positive mental health and wellbeing activities.

£19,980

Solidarity Sports A one-year mentoring, skills and employability-focused project to develop young volunteers within Solidarity Sports. Aim is to help heal, empower and upskill young people who rely on our organisation. Aims to work with young people aged 16 to 25. Deliver practical workshops run monthly.

£20,291

FUNDING SECURED

FUNDING SECURED

FUNDING SECURED

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Youth Action Alliance: Stable Way Holidays

Delivering a programme of offsite activities for up to 40 travellers aged between six to 16-years-old living on the Stable Way Traveller Site. This will enable two new staff to deliver a programme of 12 off site holiday activities and provide a one day a month additional support for young travellers staying in school, enrolling in college and into work opportunities.

£12,697

Latimer Community Art Therapy (LCAT)

Supporting this project will allow LCAT to continue to deliver their Community Arts Psychotherapy service targeting those within North Kensington.

£25,000

Walk and Cycle London CIC

The project offers three-hour sessions once a week over a six-week period on Saturday mornings or Saturday afternoon for groups of up to eight participants starting from Spring 2020. On the sixth week of the programme they will be given a free bike.

£20,000

Progressay This project will set up Education and Enterprise project that will provide support and wellbeing for young people through a weekly self-education, employability and enterprise support group.

£10,000

FUNDING SECURED

FUNDING SECURED

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Outcome 2£100,000 available for projectsEducational opportunities to increase skills, knowledge, enterprise and qualifications.



Progressay This project will mentor at-risk young offenders to enhance their employability prospects and incubate own enterprises. Set up a youth justice panel where young people can express themselves. Record the justice panel and create a monthly Vlog created and edited by the young people.

£10,000

New collective: Catherine Mental Health Training

This project will deliver a package of training in Mental Health First Aid, Suicide First Aid and Deaf Awareness to support our community day by day. Participants will receive a certificate for the MHFA Courses. The Suicide First Aid is an accredited course on completion of an assignment. We will run three of each course within the year, training 126 people locally within those subjects.

£10,000

ACAVA This project will target seven to 11 years old. Aspirational after school club provision allowing children to work with professional artists each term to produce art work. The project will culminate in an exhibition displaying the children’s work. Visits to galleries will take place. Children will have the chance to obtain an Arts Award.

£15,665

New collective: Society for Young Artists

This project aims to engage young people to translate their art into products they can sell through a quarterly pop-up shop. They will learn entrepreneurial skills, finance and communication that will help them in their education in their future careers. Aimed at young people aged up to 16 years old.

£10,000

New collective: Financial Harmony

Financial Harmony’s Money Master Class is a financial education programme that provides people with skill, knowledge, understanding and tools to improve their financial circumstances and overall wellbeing. Different types of courses are available:1. Aimed at young people aged 14 to 16 years old 2. Course is aimed at 19+

£10,000

FUNDING SECURED

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New collective: Project Sankofa

Stage 1 of Project Sankofa: An innovation accelerator inspiring ambition: We will deliver a 10-week programme running two courses a day, one for a group of 10 women in the morning followed by engaging a further 10 women for the afternoon session. Workshops will consist of skills for self-expression, finding your unique voice, presentation techniques and much more.

£7,250

New collective: Grenfell Community Workshop

This project will utilise the skills of retired and unemployed technicians and engineers to volunteer to repair and test goods giving them a sense of purpose and self-worth and reducing isolation. The Electrical Goods Workshop is where electricals can be PAT tested to ensure safety – goods can be PAT tested for charity shops, for the home and to improve electrical goods safety across the community

£10,000

Gheez Rite Community Association

Overall project offers a variety of workshops that will run for one to two hours of Teaching Recovery Techniques (TRT) aimed at children. A one to two hour workshop on specific coping skills for children and young people. We would also like to run workshops for parents throughout the year on subjects around knife crime, dealing with stress, drug awareness, healthy eating and exercise benefits, schooling issues and internet safety.

£13,200

Hear Women (GarGar Foundation)

The project will support and empower local women and their children. It will include weekly sessions run over 26 weeks on the following topics: 1. Cook and Talk. Peer support mental health

programme around motivational activities 2. How to set up your own enterprise. Boosts

confidence and helps generate income 3. Mother and Child Saturday Club. Drop in

support group supporting with homework and self-defence activities

£18,492

Women Empowerment Project & Training (WEPT)

Industry standard sewing and tailoring skills workshops. The project will provide a 24-week industry specific skills training per sessions of 36 participants making a total of 64 direct beneficiaries. This pilot will provide free access to: fashion design, garment construction, sewing and pattern cutting training for people living in North Kensington.

£19,982

FUNDING SECURED

FUNDING SECURED

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Kensington Afterschool Club

This is a brand new English and Maths after-school club that will be based in a corner of North Kensington that is not well served. We will provide support for primary school children in a safe and happy environment to enhance their school based learning. Our support will use years of experienced and knowledge of the community to give our children the very best opportunity to succeed in education.

£10,000

West London Moroccan Widadia

This project will offer support to continue the delivery of the current services which were first established in 1996.It will support a range of different needs from children accessing supplementary schools and organising youth sports projects. It will also provide educational sessions on topics such as crime and drug awareness.

£17,180

Baraka Community Association

To deliver an Entrepreneurial Skills training programme targeting women of the BAME and Muslim communities. The project is run for 36 weeks. Organisation of networking events, secure eight-week business placement contracts, engage female role models, facilitate post programme mentorship for 12 to 18 months.

£20,000

Fit For Life Youth CIC The project will offer six local individuals training on how to deliver boxing and fitness sessions as part of the schools and colleges project plus the weekend sessions being delivered. They will receive first aid training. The qualification enables them to deliver boxing and fitness. The Boxing Tutor Award can be used to support the GCSE, BTEC, ASDAN, Duke of Edinburgh Award and The Princes Trust.

£1,680

Miga Volunteer Tutors 1. Homework Booster for five to 18 years old: Will run two hours a day for three times a week over 44 weeks aimed at Maths, English, Business Studies, Drama and French.

2. Tuition for adults: Will run two hours a day for three times per week topics covered will be Maths, English, Business Studies, Psychology and French.

£20,000

FUNDING SECURED

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Nova New Opportunities

1. Programme of activities across 2020 includes events, talks, discussions, workshops, visits, celebrations and meetings with decision makers to enable to raise skills, confidence.

2. Legacy project to allow young people who volunteer to get out of the area and heal, grow, draw strength from each other and develop their potential. Focus is connecting to nature, gentle activity and reflection.

3. Engaging with residents and running a variety of workshops in: 10 Dialogue and Life Skills, eight Human Library type events and three Ladies who Lunch occasions.

£15,000

New collective: Polaris Aquatic Training

Providing free swimming lessons for families with multiple siblings/disabilities. Providing access to families who would otherwise be inhibited by finance or access policies. Two-hour sessions for all members of the households can participate together at the same time. Providing jobs in the local community.

£9,822

Teit Ethiopia Orthodox Tewahedo Supplementary School

This project aims to build self-esteem and confidence of the children of Teit Ethiopia and their parents. Provides children and families with social skills to work as a team.

£10,500

Azza Supplementary School

This project will deliver a safe and productive environment for our community. It will include delivery of Maths, English and sports activities.

£14,382

Kids On The Green To deliver intensive arts training for 40 young people in North Kensington that leads to the creation of an in-house accredited creative foundation course written by the young participants themselves working with radio, music and performance skills whilst gaining experience in events and artist management. The course will serve as a legacy for the youth in North Kensington.

£25,000

FUNDING SECURED

FUNDING SECURED

FUNDING SECURED

FUNDING SECURED

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Outcome 3£100,000 available for projectsSocial and cultural events that bring communities together and provide information to increase connections across the community including initiatives to reduce isolation for older people.



New collective: Ladbroke Groove Choir

Ladbroke Groove Choir: Group of North Kensington residents come together and benefit from the power of singing. Weekly singing sessions at the Methodist Church. Singing in a safe space to sing and share tea and talk, songs of non-religious and multicultural descent.

£10,000

New collective: The Photography Project

This project aims at engaging young people into a photography by accessing cameras and taking new pictures of their lives. We aim to create new fresh memories and take the young people on trips to capture special moments. At the end of the project, we will hold a celebration and put their photos on display to present to supporting organisations, the community and parents/carers. They will all receive their own photo book.

£10,000

Kids On The Green (KOTG)

This circus project will deliver pop-up workshops for the whole community from April-September 2020 on green areas in the housing estates closest to Grenfell Tower. This project will include use of aerial rig for workshops in aerial craft as well as soft circus such hula, acrobatics, juggling and Poi. The September to December 2020 project will engage older residents from the community in residential care homes and Community Centres closest to Grenfell Tower. Bringing generations together to combat isolation and loneliness. Links between social circus and mental health are proven. KOTG aims to improve physical and mental wellbeing through this creative project.

£25,000

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New collective: Women at Canalside House

A 48-week project that will bring people together from the community for various activities and exercises and sharing food as a form of medicine. Culminating in a final trip that everyone can go on. Once a week activity from Arts and Crafts. Food for medicine. Discussions around food and healthy eating. Variety of exercises and dance classes. Breakaway for three days. The project will run over 48 weeks.

£10,000

Volunteer Centre Kensington & Chelsea

Working to connect individual residents with each other, using a strength-based approach to build the capacity of people and the community to look after themselves. Avoiding a passive model and find ways of connecting the strengths of local people empathy, experience, local knowledge to build a better life together. A full-time development worker will be employed from the local community.

£34,000

New collective: Board Games for all

Board games from different cultures and puzzles. Learn about other people’s cultures through the games they played as children and at home. Conversations about other cultures. To provide a hot meal every month and tea and coffee and drinks.

£6,400

24 Hearts CIC A six-week programme of free drop-in workshops where participants are invited to create street decoration for Notting Hill Carnival 2020. Based on the idea of a traditional carnival mas camp, for six weeks we will transform an underused public space into a community hub where all residents can learn to make willow sculptures to decorate key locations along the carnival route.

£12,000

Portobello Radio CIC This project will enable Portobello Radio to continue to run the theme based Portobello Radio Talk Show. Each talk show will run for 30 minutes. Individuals and community groups will be encouraged to find their own voices and to address the local issues that matter to them. The collaborative and shared way we develop the talk shows will support healing through self expression on the radio.

£20,000

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North Kensington Hearts & Minds CIC

Our project will deliver free film clubs to run from Bay20 open to all. Saturday Morning NK Kids provides a fun club for five to 11 year olds. Weekly NK Over 50s provides a weekly film show with cup of tea and a chat. Monthly NK Family provides a film suitable for the whole family with popcorn whilst socialising.

£14,000

New collective: CHUMS

We will develop a ‘social circle’ to enable friendships to be formed; bring together the diversity and cultures that live within our community through social events, workshops and to encourage neighbour to neighbour self-support networking. Also, to develop an initiative to tackle isolation and loneliness of our elderly residents creating a buddy/befrienders system.

£10,000

New collective: New Waves Art

A documentary style series of interviews involving a cross section of local residents’ past and present. Video interviews around their views of how the local area has developed and in some cases been lost. Working with local trainees to be involved in the production of the documentary. Documentary will be made available to schools, colleges, care homes and the community.

£10,000

Persian Care Centre This project benefits vulnerable older people from a range of migrant and refugee backgrounds to get them out of the house by sharing their life stories and what they have been through. Allows people to gain confidence in presenting themselves and listening to other people. Offering therapeutic services.

£16,500

New collective: Nutty Party Productions

Providing an event based around Alice in Wonderland with themed activities, a Circus Troupe performing Alice in Wonderland as part of the event who are trained and the whole event would offer something interactive and fun.

£9,950

New collective: West10Arts

Pilot project will consist of creative workshops that will explore classical text such as Shakespeare’s sonnets and deliver a creative pilot workshop incorporating movement, music and drama. The second would be to explore life stories highlighting the diversity of the community. This project will be delivered by professional actors and dancers from W10 who are committed to the creative inclusion of North Kensington in our rich cultural region.

£10,000

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New collective: Monthly Silent Walk

This project will provide support and connect residents that attend the monthly Silent Walk. From February to March 2021 freshly cooked food will be available to those attending the Silent Walk in North Kensington.

£10,000

Tavistock Residents Association

Tavistock Gardens consists of 112 flats with gardens and raised lawn and rest areas. We want to provide extra seating for people to come outside and socialise, it enables picnics and play areas for the families with children. With a seating area this will allow residents to meet, enjoy fresh air, read a book, play draughts, dominoes and cards. Once this happens, we can have our own BBQ facilities from the kitchen allotments, cake parties in the summer.

£1,998

KCS Schools Carnival Band

We would like to teach sign language to young people between five to 19 living in North Kensington. We would like to deliver workshops over eight months that will be available for young people between the ages of five-19 to sign soca songs during Carnival.

£8,000

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Outcome 4£100,000 available for projectsCommunity safety that increases the safety of everyone.



Harrow Club W10 Weekend youth club on Saturday evening for 11 to 19 years old. Provision includes food and refreshments and provides a minibus to ensure participants can get to and from the sessions safely. Targeting 40 children per session. We will transport young people safely to ensure their safety and reduce the risk of crime

£25,000

New collective: Staying Safe in NK

A multi-agency approach to promote awareness around ‘street safety’, safety in the home (especially for our older and more vulnerable residents) bogus callers, youth safety, stopping ganging affiliations, fire safety and escape planning and holding safety community workshops.

£9,515

New collective: Muay Thai Local

Project will deliver three 12-week pilot courses in delivering basic Muay Thai and Self Defence techniques, enabling a healthier lifestyle while promoting positive mental health. Aimed at targeting three groups: a vulnerable women’s group, 18 to 24 years old and 25+. Two sessions delivered within one programme. Session 1 focuses on improving their fitness and Session 2 focuses on learning a range self-defence techniques. At the end of the programme participants will attend a Mental Health First Aid Course.

£6,870

New collective: Jacquerie London

The project provides direct practical support and assistance to individuals, families, groups, communities and local organisations that is responsive, preventative and person-led. Most of the project revolves around our weekly advice and support surgeries, held across the locality. Our services are complemented with community events and activities which bring people together, increase social involvement and interaction, and improve health and wellbeing and community/individual empowerment.

£10,000

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The ClementJames Centre with Crosslight and NK Law Centre

ClementJames will partner with Crosslight Advice and North Kensington Law Centre to offer a comprehensive package of information, advice and guidance to increase social safety in North Kensington. Our package of support will reduce people’s daily stresses and thus improve their wellbeing via the following provision: 1. ClementJames one-to-one Advice and

Guidance sessions. Support around benefits, housing, relationships

2. Crosslight Advice one-to-one sessions. Supporting with debt advice and money education, etc

3. North Kensington Law Centre for one off immigration advice. Provides specialist legal advice and representation for clients in housing, employment and welfare benefits

Our Project will cost £8,000 for each organisation.

£24,000

Volunteer Centre and Lanc West

LWRA and the Volunteer Centre Kensington & Chelsea (VCKC) will work together to co-ordinate a range of structured opportunities to enable local people to get out, improve social and community safety and improve the place that they live and improve their own lives along the way. This funding will allow local people to engage in volunteering activities that supports other residents in the community led by the Volunteer Centre on Lancaster West estate and surrounding area.

£10,000

Venture Community Association

This project caters for children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing through a range of specialist activities such as non-contact boxing, swimming, sound healing music therapy, art therapy, eco play, yoga and mindfulness exercise and more. The project will also recruit a community development assistant role to support the project.

£30,000

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Outcome 5£100,000 available for projectsActivities for young people.



Urbanwise.London Environmental Science Technology Engineering Entrepreneurship and Maths. ESTEEM Clubs aim to encourage children and young people to learn about the environment with an entrepreneurial perspective through hands-on practical STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) activities. The project is aimed at nine to 12 years old. Sessions will take place as an after-school club at North Kensington Library.

£9,300

Corner Nine Arts Project

Holiday woodwork club for children aged six plus years old, project will run during half term. Sessions will aim to reconnect children’s hand eye brain sensory connectivity, address issues of timber resources, environmental sustainability and manipulative skills associated with using hand tools. Some of the skills and projects will be supportive of our two garden projects e.g. Swift nesting book, bat box, filling for bee/bug hotels.

£4,302

New collective: Allergorical

A range of workshops that will teach and inspire young creatives in various sectors of creative expression. Five workshops: 1. Cinematography2. Photography3. Cut and sew clothing manufacture4. Creative direction5. Leadership with creative production Workshops will be led by Allergorical and other collaborators who specialise in specific creative disciplines We will work in underused spaces in the area to host the workshops.

£10,000

New collective: Optimum Sports Academy

Create a vlogging programme for young people to document and promote their journey through sport. We will run videography, editing and publishing workshops so that young people can put those skills and resources into Vlogging about their life in the sport. They will set up their own social media platforms and create content and marketing strategies to promote the benefits of football. Keeping young people fit.

£8,783

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Kensington Dragon U17 Teams

Football and Fitness training sessions to help teenagers navigate their transition from teenagers to adults in a challenging social and political environment. Football tour to be organised in Belgium for 16 teenagers and four coaches. This trip will enhance and capture team spirit and encourage, motivation and participation in football in Europe.

£10,000

Chickenshed Will run a six-month project delivering Children’s Theatre after school workshops at Oxford gardens Primary School leading to a performance in the summer at The Playground Theatre. Aimed at seven-11 years old and consisting of weekly creative workshops focusing on empowering children in a safe, fun and inclusive environment. The project is open to children in North Kensington and the children do not have to attend Oxford Gardens Primary School to be involved

£10,000

New collective: RISE Kids

RISE Kids project consists of an after-school tea during the week and will help RISE to run an after-school club five days a week instead of three days a week. We would also like to run on half terms as this is the biggest need. The project is aimed at five to 11-year olds.

£10,000

K West Football Club K West FC welcomes players from five-14 years old and different backgrounds to play in local and national tournaments. The project will provide fun healthy activities, no pressure to perform, learn and develop skills, providing fully qualified and DBS coaching staff, Talent Identification and Recognition.

£4,388

Latimer Community Art Therapy

Latimer Community Art Therapy delivers high quality children and young peoples’ clubs during school holidays. The clubs are aimed at children and young people aged 3 to 18; are focussed on specific topics tailored to their needs and aimed at those living within the Notting Dale ward. This fund will allow us to continue to deliver this project, providing activities and facilities that promote community cohesion and growth, as well as empowering young people to take charge of the development of their own physical and mental health and wellbeing.

£19,000

240 Project This project will create a safe space and community where young people and adults feel safe, secure, supported and connected. We support young people and adults who suffer from mental health issues, addictions, stress or PTSD, or who are simply finding things difficult to cope with.

£20,000

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Outcome 6£100,000 available for projectsFood growing/greening and food based initiatives that increase communities coming together and enhances the local environment.



New collective: Corner Nine Arts Project

This project is about families learning together to run gardens in the local community. Dalgarno Physic Garden and the bee and butterfly garden. Families will learn about the inspirational value of plants and gardens which the art/craft skills sessions will focus on drawing, leaf printing, etc. The project will run during the school holidays.

£4,753

New collective: A plant for every home

This project will deliver a plant to every home on Lancaster West Estate as a gift and to open a ‘Green Issues’ conversation. Plants are not just beautiful things to behold but a vital source of health to this world we live in. Plants equal oxygen – and we want to support the community to contribute to cleaner air in our community.

£5,000

Tavistock Garden Club Our Garden Club needs to buy a greenhouse and cold boxes, soil, seeds and pots – so that our growing community can continue together. We would like to grow our own plants and observe the growth cycle. Offering a range of teaching sessions to stop the feelings of failure and empower residents to open up new friendships. Arrange community get togethers to establish what they would like to grow. Community gardeners to teach residents.

£1,447

Convent Estate RA Transforming green space located on the estate into a better place rather than it being used for dogs toilet. We will elaborate all the nationalities living in Convent Estate through our programme of beautifying the estate. This will be overseen by a leading horticulturalist and architect to create a garden with plants from all the countries of our residents. We will also make a film and website recording the progress creation of this.

£10,000

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New collective: Let’s co-design Meanwhile Gardens

This project will deliver a co-design process for Meanwhile Gardens that will be used to secure a long-term lease on the garden. The co-design process is needed to demonstrate that the gardens can have a long-term community future and be protected from future development. The design will encompass gardens, skateboard park, a play hut and a building that supports the gardens as well as housing the Metronomes Steel Orchestra. The project will run over 12 weeks.

£8,900

New collective: Grenfell Shrooms

Create and develop a mushroom growing space run by residents to learn new skills in growing food as well as a get together to eat mushrooms once a month through other projects running community kitchens and possibly sell the mushrooms on the markets and to nearby restaurants. This project will use abandoned and unused spaces in the community.

£10,000

Swinbrook Estate RA To create a new kitchen garden on the northern side of Bevington Road and Orchard Close, W10. The project will purchase 12 raised bed kits made from railway sleepers. Once created this will allow classes and practical support with growing vegetables will be provided by a local volunteer. It enables 12 North Kensington residents who do not have gardens to have a kitchen garden, new opportunities to meet neighbours, physical activity and improved diet.

£9,484

Just Solutions 123 This project is based on the consultation process of a multi-purpose Geodesic Dome Greenhouse, creating a green infrastructure along the Westway near Maxilla. This project will appoint a suitably qualified landscape architect to deliver a feasibility study on the potential dome for North Kensington.

£20,000

Making Communities Work and Grow

A project to transform the current unused green space outside the centre into a thriving outdoor community resource. A therapeutic space to participate in horticultural activities such as food growing, greening and bee keeping. Creation of a mini farm with rabbits, guinea pigs and chickens. Working with Urban Eye to develop a ceramic wall mural in the garden.

£19,900

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New collective: Food Therapy and Reflection

The project allows community members to come together on the 14 of every month away from the Silent Walk as this can be very emotional at times for many people; from survivors, bereaved, the community and wider community. Whilst those in attendance eat food, several conversations will be discussed from past memories, cultural songs played in the background, dancing for those that want to teach basic home cultural dancing moves from all over the world. We aim to create a safe space for those who wish to reflect in a different environment amongst others over food.

£10,000

Trees 4 Grenfell This project will provide addition trees and planting schemes in the local area. Bringing together volunteers of all ages, the project adds vital environmental improvements to North Kensington.

£8,000

Please note All of the project profiles in this brochure have been submitted directly by the organisations and New collectives.

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