Funding from Community First

In 2012 (Year 1), £2,812 was split between

Brentford Community Sports Day

The Brentford Community Sports Day was organised by five community groups with the Brentford Toy Library taking on the role of event
managers. The other partners were Brentford Community Sports Trust, Westplay, Equippers, and Global Xchange. In addition The Bridge
(Developing people) provided a hot food service. All attendees were invited to take part in an activity passport to encourage participation in all the activities offered by the partners. These included football, fun sports like water gliding, face painting, arts and crafts, mini assault course and Zambian dancing and African drumming. The idea was that each child got one stamp when they took part in each activity. When they had collected 5 stamps they received a medal and their passport went into a draw for 10 Brentford FC family tickets.

The event as stated in the application form was at St Paul’s Recreaction Ground 1st August and was open from 12pm-4pm. The attendees were from Brentford and surrounding areas of LB Houslow.

Brentford Urban Olympics 2012
Brentford FC CST will organise sports activities for young people aged from 8-14 years on St Pauls Rec, Brent Lea, Brentford Lock and Syon Park. The young people will be coached in a range of sports including football, running technique, and paddleboarding. Following an initial two weeks of coaching at the beginning of the school holidays we will organise the young people into teams to compete in our Summer Challenge event based at Syon Park and Brentford Lock taking place on Saturday August 11th. Prior to the event the young people will be the first to test and train on the course.

Brentford Toy Library
Summary of the project: making variety of arts and crafts. Such as decorating Chinese lanterns, dyed pasta jewellery , dough modelling etc .

Costs involved: The room/hall rent is £20 per hour . For each session we are charged by St Paul's Parish Centre £60 which includes 30 mins preparation time 2 hour art lesson / session and then 30 mins tidy up and pack away . 3 hrs in total. The art materials average £5 per session depending on the activity (this is an expense that the Brentford Toy Library will cover we are also encouraging parents/carers to bring in clean yoghurt pots and cardboard boxes. We don't use a projector ).

Brentford Festival
The History tent will be a part of the Brentford Festival and is a new addition to the event. Representatives of several residents associations will be making it happen on the day.

Summary of the project: The Brentford Festival is a one day community engagement event. The purpose of this new history tent is to be able to enlighten visitors to the event, many from Ealing and Brentford, an insight into the history of Blondin Park, and the surrounding areas.

Venue:   Blondin Park, (formerly Northfield Recreation Ground), Ealing W5
Timetable dates(i.e. start and end) 12.00 - 6.00 p.m.   Sunday 1st September 2013.

How many people involved:   On the day there will be three or four speakers, there will be a rota of people attending the visitors to the tent (likely to be a minimum of four people at any one time but ) and the event itself attracting between 5 & 10,000 people throughout the afternoon.   There will be different volunteers for the walk and guide around Boston Manor House.

Total project budget   Hire marquee, p.a., generator, display boards, chairs etc. £1,000

No of volunteer hours (the £1000 funding must be matched in volunteer hours): On the day 45 man hours; Leading up to the day - started already - an estimated 60 man hours planning and getting literature together.

BRAG
Application for funding towards our next newsletter publication and some merchandise of cotton bags from the Community Development Foundation.

Summary of the project: There are two strands to the project :-
a) the production and distribution of the BRAG Newsletter and
b) design, promotion and production of a re-usable shopping bag to reduce the use of plastic bags in the Brentford area.

Venue: The venue for the project is the whole of Brentford - BRAG holds its meetings on Brentford Dock and has a presence at local events where it promotes the three R's: Re-use, Repair and Re-cycle.

Timetable dates: From April 2013 to March 2014.

How many people involved: Between 10 and 20 volunteers serving a community of approximately 10,000.

Total project budget: £2045

No of volunteer hours: A minimum of 180 volunteer hours including meetings; consultation; project design; research; distribution; events and evaluation.