STEPPING STONES:
SUPPORT FOR LONDON’S CHARITIES
Each year Freemasons help to support some of the most severely disadvantaged children through Stepping Stones – the non-masonic grants scheme run by the RMTGB. The scheme aims to reduce child poverty by breaking the link between the lack of access to education and the cycle of poverty. Through the scheme, the RMTGB gives grants of up to £20,000 across one year, or £30,000 across two. Stepping Stones’ grants are approved by the trustees in two rounds, one in Spring, and one in the Autumn. arena readers may be interested to hear about the following grants approved recently:
Place2Be - £30,000 over 2 years Place2Be is a leading provider of school-based mental health support, working in over 200 schools across the UK. They deliver early intervention therapeutic services to young people aged 4 to 14, enhancing their mental wellbeing, building up resilience and helping them cope with a wide range of issues including bullying, bereavement and domestic violence.
Street League - £20,000 over 1 year Street League is a nationwide charity that supports disadvantaged 16 to 25 year olds, currently not in education, training or employment through their academies that combine football and education to provide key employability skills and qualifications. Their aim is to end structural youth unemployment in the UK.
Music First - £10,980 over 1 year Music First is a music education programme that supports young people from low income families, operating in thirteen schools across North London. Inspired by Venezuela’s El Sistema orchestral based programme and using the expertise of volunteer tutors, conductors and professional musicians, the charity aims to give disadvantaged young people access to the same cultural opportunities and benefits of music as those from more affluent backgrounds. Each young person is loaned an instrument, receives tuition throughout the academic year and participates in orchestral and singing activities at their weekly after school clubs, working towards a Music First Award and a public performance.
Teens and Toddlers - £10,750 over 1 year (see page 24) Teens and Toddlers’ mission is to inspire disengaged young people to succeed at school, in work and in the community. They work in London and North-West England, running their flagship life-skills programme ‘Teens and Toddlers’ and also delivering the Community and Enterprise Skills Award, a qualification developed for graduates of their schemes.
National Literacy Trust - £9,900 over 2 years The National Literacy Trust (NLT) works to transform lives through literacy to improve health, employability and confidence. They campaign for an improved understanding of the importance of literacy, conducting research into the causes of poor literacy and promoting the value of reading for pleasure. In November 2011 the charity was awarded £15,000 over two years from the Stepping Stones scheme to part-fund the charity’s nationwide programme Words for Work.
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