Between 1st May 2006 and 29th February 2008:
516 individuals were awarded grants totalling £767,890.
Of these:
- 83 (16% of all beneficiaries including those regarded as ‘on-going’) have obtained employment that raised their family income above the Charities’ financial threshold.
- 324 individuals (63%) are still receiving help or are actively looking for work. 109 (21%) have failed the courses that were funded, given up their search for work or have lost contact.
In the same period:
- 60 organisations also received funding totalling £1,173,540.
- 21 of these were funded under programme agreements to support individual beneficiaries in particular ways, the remaining 39 were supported through referral funding.
- 17 organisations are expected to continue to receive partnership funding in 2008/09 totalling £495,000 as a result of the success of their work.
Of the 516 beneficiaries awarded grants:
- 163 (32%) were referred under partnership agreements and
- 170 (33%) through referral funding and 183 were self-referrals. 17% of those beneficiaries referred through partnership agreements have already found work whilst only 15% have failed or lost contact and the remaining 68% are ongoing or looking for work.
In the year April 2007 to March 2008 the Charities awarded £2,163,375 in grants to relieve need and advance education within the parish of Kensington.