Charitable Grants In 2018
During 2018, the Charity supported the following:
Mobility and access for the disabled
Challengers
Funding of a hoist in their play and leisure activity centres for disabled children and young people
Demand
Funding for an adapted stairlift specifically designed for a severely disabled child.
Dogs for Good
Funding for the purchase and initial training of an assistance dog
Gordon Foundation
Funding for the installation of a platform lift to enable children in wheelchairs to get between to different levels of the school site.
Happy Days
Funding for a group theatre trip for children with mental, physical and emotional difficulties
Nottinghamshire Clubs for Young People
Funds for a series of wheelchair basketball sessions with trained coaches.
The Paraorchestra and Friends
Funding to enable professional disabled musicians to participate alongside non-disabled musicians in the world’s only integrated virtuoso ensemble.
React
Funding to provide specialist mobility equipment for two severely disabled children.
Riding for the Disabled Association
Funding for the Association’s South East Region annual carriage driving event including rosettes for all the competitors
Treloar’s School
Final tranche of funding for this specialist school’s wheelchair sports track.
WheelPower
Principal sponsors of the annual Inter Spinal Unit Games held at the Stoke Mandeville Stadium by WheelPower, a national charity for wheelchair sport which provides opportunities to introduce people to wheelchair sport.
WheelPower – Individual grants
Grants for equipment made each year to individuals identified by WheelPower and considered jointly with the Wheelwrights’ Charity trustees.
Other
Royal Artillery SE London Cadets, Cadet of the Year
See Military Awards
Royal Artillery SE London Cadets
See Military Awards
Royal Artillery Charitable Fund
To assist mobility for those injured in action
ABF The Soldiers Charity
Support to Lord Mayor’s fund raising at Annual City Curry Lunch
The Geoffrey Udall Prize for Paediatrics
See Geoffrey Udall Prize page
Livery Companies Apprentices Scheme
Membership of Scheme through which the funding of our latest Wheelwright apprentice is being administered.
Wheelwright Apprentices
Funding certain travel costs for our apprentices relating to their attendance at an awards ceremony
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
Annual donation to support World Heritage Site
Tyre Technician of the year
Funding travel and accommodation for the winner of the Wheelwrights’ Company’s Tyre Technician of the year award
City Institutions
The Lord Mayor’s Appeal
Sheriffs’ and Recorders Fund
United Guilds Service
The Sons and Friends of the Clergy
The Royal British Legion
Providence Row
The Salvation Army