Today’s Grant Awards Ceremony in Cardiff saw more than £450,000 given to CST inspired projects responding to the signs of the times in UK.
Catholic charity, The Charles Plater Trust (CPT) announced 31 new charity partnerships on Tuesday 24th June, awarding grants totalling £451, 202 during its annual Awards Celebration held at the Cornerstone and Cathedral, in Cardiff.
The event, hosted by CPT trustees, including Bishop Richard Moth, Bishop Paul McAleenan, and Bishop Peter Collins, saw 20 large grants and 11 small grants awarded to a range of innovative charities working to build social justice in England and Wales.
CPT has awarded more than £4.5 million to 170 UK charities to date. Bishop Richard Moth, in explaining the funding allocations this year said:
“With the election of a new missionary focused Pope, committed to a renewal of Catholic social teaching, we felt inspired as trustees to be outward focused. We wanted to reach out far and wide. To find partners as passionate about standing in solidarity with the poor in the UK today, to help heal the deep divisions that exist in our society.”
Philippa Gitlin, chair of the grant making committee explained:
“The trustees were impressed with the very high quality of applications we received this. Among them, we have been able to fund six innovative applied social research projects to find new policy solutions. Whether this is piloting a neuroinclusive prison regime on a single wing in two prisons, HMP Belmarsh and HMP Isis to improve rehabilitation, or collecting evidence to amplify care leavers' voices in shaping services, we are determined to make a positive difference for the common good.”
Bristol based charity, One25, who was awarded a large grant of over £20,000 to support women who are street sex-working in Bristol said:
“The women we work with experience severe and multiple disadvantages with 94% of women experiencing chronic mental ill-health. This grant will help fund our Mental Health Caseworker over the next two years to ensure that women receive the support that they urgently need.”
The Prison Radio Association was also awarded a large grant of £20,000 and said:
“We are so delighted to have the opportunity to work alongside the Charles Plater Trust for the next two years. With their support, we will be able to continue using the power of radio to offer hope and opportunity to marginalised women housed at HMPYOI Styal. Through the provision of training, mentoring and practical experience in radio production and presenting, we will support women to make the most of their time inside while building pathways into better, brighter futures on release.”
For the first time too, an award was given to the Tablet to set up a Charles Plater Trust internship under the lay leadership funding priority. Amanda Davison-Young, CEO of the Tablet Publishing Company said:
“Funding a Tablet intern means investing in the next generation of thoughtful, ethical journalism—rooted in Catholic Social Teaching and dedicated to informing, inspiring, and serving the common good.”
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