FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
London Marathon Charitable Trust Awards £4.8 Million in Grants
The London Marathon Charitable Trust (the Trust) today announced grants
totaling £4,820,113 following the annual meeting of its Trustees.
Grants totalling £3,470,113 have been made to a record 70 organisations in
the areas in which The London Marathon Ltd organised events in 2014, namely
London, Surrey and Silverstone in Northants.
An additional £1,150,000 was allocated by the Trustees to Olympic Legacy
projects and £200,000 to the London Marathon Playing Fields and Major
Projects fund.
"One of the six objectives set by the founders of the London Marathon in
1981 was to raise money for the provision of recreational facilities and
this is the largest number of grants we have allocated in our thirty-five
year history," said Sarah Ridley, Chief Grants Officer for the Trust. "We
know how challenging it is to get funding for facilities and our aim is to
support organisations that have a good track record in encouraging more
people to become physically active."
The Trust has now allocated more than £56.4 million in grants to 1000+
organisations in London, Surrey, Silverstone, Birmingham and Liverpool.
A summary of the 2014 grants is shown below. Click here to see full details of
the 70 organisations awarded grants.
|
Area
|
Number of grants
|
Total grants
|
|
Surrey
|
12
|
£374,800
|
|
Silverstone (Aylesbury Vale and South Northamptonshire)
|
2
|
£75,000
|
|
London Boroughs:
|
|
|
|
Barnet
|
1
|
£45,000
|
|
Bexley
|
2
|
£77,500
|
|
Ealing
|
3
|
£320,000
|
|
Enfield
|
2
|
£61,500
|
|
Greenwich
|
4
|
£262,460
|
|
Hackney
|
2
|
£107,800
|
|
Hammersmith & Fulham
|
3
|
£183,504
|
|
Haringey
|
2
|
£60,000
|
|
Harrow
|
3
|
£78,000
|
|
Hillingdon
|
1
|
£45,000
|
|
Hounslow
|
2
|
£100,000
|
|
Islington
|
3
|
£189,727
|
|
Kingston upon Thames
|
3
|
£180,000
|
|
Lambeth
|
4
|
£244,360
|
|
Lewisham
|
1
|
£20,513
|
|
Merton
|
3
|
£176,337
|
|
Newham
|
1
|
£40,000
|
|
Redbridge
|
1
|
£35,613
|
|
Richmond
|
5
|
£388,580
|
|
Southwark
|
1
|
£76,950
|
|
Tower Hamlets
|
2
|
£65,730
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
2
|
£46,672
|
|
Wandsworth
|
1
|
£30,000
|
|
Westminster
|
4
|
£185,067
|
|
SUBTOTAL
|
70
|
£3,470,113
|
|
Olympic Legacy projects
|
|
£1,150,000
|
|
London Marathon Playing Fields and Major Projects fund
|
|
£200,000
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
£4,820,113
|
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