GRANTS made in 2004

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This is not necessarily a complete list of grants made in 2004 as we may decide that to achieve the grant's purpose or to protect the personal safety of those undertaking the work, it is not appropriate to post the information to this site.

 
Abortion Rights
£45,000 over 2 years to support their work in defence of a woman's right to choose.

www.abortionrights.org.uk
 

Anti-apathy
£2,980 to fund a social experiment around political engagement in the London Mayoral election.

www.antiapathy.org

 
Bradford Resource Centre
£16,000 over two years to undertake work in Keighley and the surrounding area.
www.brc-net.org.uk
 

Burnley Labour Party
£4,321 to assist with campaign costs in the 2004 local elections
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Campaign Against Depleted Uranium
£10,000 over one year to raise awareness of the uses and dangers of depleted uranium.
www.cadu.org.uk
 

Centre for Scottish Public Policy
£1,250 to organise a conference on the electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament.
www.cspp.org.uk/

 
Europe First
£25,000 to support an independent candidate in Northern Ireland in the European Elections.
 
General Election Monitoring Project
£5000 for a project to monitor the amount and quality of communication between political parties and the electorate during the 2005 General Election. The full report, General Election 2005 - A Voter's Eye View, by Dr Justin Fisher of Brunel University was published in Autumn 2005.
 
House of Lords Reform Steering Group
£3,000 to assist in the production of a draft bill and report on the reform of the House of Lords.
 

Liberal Democrats
£500,000
towards the campaigning costs for the local elections and the 2005 General Election.
www.libdems.org.uk

 
Liberal Democrats - Hartlepool
£3,000 towards the campaigning costs for the September 2004 by election.
www.libdems.org.uk
 
Liberty
£34,681 over one year to employ a Campaigns Co-ordinator to develop new campaigns
to defend civil liberties and human rights in the UK.
www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk
 

London Federation of Green Parties
£3,000 to part-fund the production of a CD promoting the Green Party and the London elections in June 2004.

www.london.greenparty.org.uk

 

New Politics Network
£48,046 over two years to campaign for political party funding reform that will strengthen local political parties and enhance their ability to communicate with and involve the electorate.
www.new-politics.net

 

NO2ID - Stopping the Database State
£3,000 as seed funding for the campaign.against ID cards and the proposed National Identity Register.

£27,000 to assist the campaign in the lead up to the 2005 General Election.
www.NO2ID.net

Radio Ryedale
£3,000 to assist Radio Ryedale promote active involvement and interest in local democracy and community affairs.

www.radioryedale.co.uk

 
Searchlight
£54,424 towards work with anti-fascist campaigning groups.
www.s-light.demon.co.uk; www.searchlightmagazine.com
 
Wave Network
£12,000 for seed funding to engage young people in political dialogue and revive participation in the democratic process.
www.wavenetwork.org.uk/
 

Yorkshire CND
£2,785 to assist with the relaunch of their Space Weapons campaign.
www.yorkshirecnd.org.uk

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