CDA Social & Community Fund awarded to local charities

We are delighted to announce the successful recipients of funding, for the third year of our Social and Community Fund. 

The Social and Community Fund aims to support charitable organisations within Camden and Islington, enabling people to participate and engage actively in their communities. The Fund was open to social enterprises, registered charities, community businesses and informal groups.

Thirteen incredible charities, organisations, and projects were selected to receive grants from this year’s Fund.

These grants were awarded based on their significant impact, not just within CDA’s communities in Holborn, Clerkenwell, Farringdon, Bloomsbury, and St Giles, but also for their contributions to addressing national and international concerns.

The recipients are:

1. Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants – A safe space for refugees and asylum seekers in Islington
2. Maiden Lane Community Centre – Community Centre’s Foundation Boxing for Girls
3. Little Angels Theatre – Free theatre tickets for Islington Primary Schools
4. Action For Kids –   Working with disability in Camden and Islington
5. Codebar – Free programming workshops for minority group members in tech
6. Twinning Project – Improving skills, health, and employability for London prisons
7. The Suited and Booted – Positive Steps II
8. Holborn Community Association – Holborn Memory Café
9. Dress For Success Greater London – Transit Forward
10. Health Coach Kitchen – Educational cooking workshops for women’s health
11. Food for Homeless people in Camden– providing hot meals for the homeless in Camden
12. Breaking Barriers – Meaningful employment for refugees in London
13. Central YMCA – Little Bookworms – providing books to underprivileged children

Read on to find out more about the core objectives of the Social and Community Fund:

• Opportunities and ideas to address inequality and promote inclusion will be scored highly.
• Inspire discovery and participation; celebrate the diversity of our members and our local area and all the benefits that it brings to this part of London.
• Projects or events that support their communities with the rising cost of living e.g. cooking on a budget, opportunities to bring people together and reduce loneliness.
• Create meaningful connections between individuals, businesses, and places and support our members and other stakeholders to work together to achieve their shared goals.
• Ignite positive change and move things forward; innovating and challenging the status quo to think differently delivering the best results for our members and the wider community.

Contact us on info@centraldistrictalliance.com if you’d like to find out more.