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     £77,000
Ealing     3     £320,000
Enfield     2     61,500
Greenwhich  4  £262,460
Hackney     2     £107,800
Hammersmith & Fulham     3     £183,504
Haringey     2     £107,800
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

Source:  London Marathon Charitable Trust

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