Donations – Queen’s Park Area Residents’ Association

Groups report back on donations from QPARA

msnorbury — Wed, 09 May 2018 18:23:30 +0000

Mike Cantor reported back to the April monthly meeting on how the donations made by QPARA in 2017 had been spent. In March 2017 we agreed donations of £1,000 to each of the following groups with a connection to the Queen’s Park area:

Brent Action for Refugees to fund tea/social evenings for Syrian refugees in Brent

Brent Centre for Young People to give Adolescent Exploratory Therapy to two young people who live in the Queen’s Park area

Laurence’s Larder to provide food, clothing, washing and drying facilities to refugee asylum seekers in Brent

Our Global School to cover the cost of transporting volunteer school students from Salusbury School and Queen’s Park Community School to a township school in Kayamandi, South Africa

The Promise Foundation to help fund a monthly Skills Club, based in the Queen’s Park Community School to help tackle educational disadvantage in Brent

Salusbury World to help with the funding of a Winter Party for refugee children and to help fund excursions for refugee women and children

Shakespeare in the Squares to help with the costs of a production of Romeo and Juliet in Queen’s Park on 24th June.

Each group provided Mike with a report on how they had used the donations. These can been viewed by clicking here and here.

Once again QPARA agrees £1,000 donations to groups supporting the local community

msnorbury — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 11:33:11 +0000

At our March monthly meeting, we agreed donations of £1,000 to each of the following groups with a connection to the Queen’s Park area:

Brent Action for Refugees to fund tea/social evenings for Syrian refugees in Brent

Brent Centre for Young People to give Adolescent Exploratory Therapy to two young people who live in the Queen’s Park area

Laurence’s Larder to help help provide food, clothing, washing and drying facilities to refugee asylum seekers in Brent

Our Global School to cover the cost of transporting volunteer school students from Salusbury School and Queen’s Park Community School to a township school in Kayamandi, South Africa

The Promise Foundation to help fund a monthly Skills Club, based in the Queen’s Park Community School to help tackle educational disadvantage in Brent

Salusbury World to help with the funding of a Winter Party for refugee children and to help fund excursions for refugee women and children

Shakespeare in the Squares to help with the costs of a production of Romeo and Juliet in Queen’s Park on 24th June.

QPARA is a not for profit organisation. If, at the end of each financial year there are surplus funds, we invite applications for donations for these from local charities, groups and not for profit organisations in line with our aims to support the local community. The maximum amount for a single donation is £1,000.

QPARA invites local non-profit organisations to apply for donations

msnorbury — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 09:22:14 +0000

If you help run or are involved in a charity or a not-for-profit organisation which operates within the QPARA area, your organisation could apply for a donation of up to £1000 from QPARA to help fund the services you provide.

Examples of organisations we have donated to in previous years include Salusbury World, which works with refugee and asylum seeking children and families, and the My Move Toddler Drop-In at St Anne’s and St Andrew’s Church.

Please submit a written application by 11 February. You will need to have a QPARA member as a sponsor. QPARA members will decide on the allocation of funds at our meeting on 10 March.

Email mikecantor18@yahoo.co.uk for further information or download an application form.

QPARA donates £1,000 to Salusbury World

msnorbury — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 16:34:53 +0000

At the March meeting, members voted to use £1,000 of the Association’s funds to support local children.

The Salusbury World charity subsidises the residential trips that Salusbury Primary School organises each year for those families that cannot afford the cost. It also organises a winter party for refugee children, buying presents for all of those children who would not normally receive gifts at that time of year.

QPARA sets aside a sum of money at the AGM each year and invites charities or similar not-for-profit organisations, that have a clear connection to the area, to apply for one-off donations. These are decided on at the March meeting.