Awards Made >> Capital Funding/Building costs

The Barnstondale Centre - www.barnstondale.org

Based on the Wirral, this charity provides residential accommodation in purpose built log cabins, plus sports facilities and other leisure activities both on and off their 15 acre site. With the aim of developing social skills, promoting personal development and enriching general education, they focus their work on children and young people who are socially excluded and at risk of becoming disaffected. A grant of £75,000 has enabled the replacement of the roof of their Sports Hall and the resurfacing of their All Weather Pitch, both of which are central to their on-site activities. A minibus for transporting visitors to the Centre has also been provided-

Birkenhead Youth Club

Based in large premises near the docks, Birkenhead Youth Club provides a safe and disciplined place where local youngsters can go an enjoy themselves with the benefit that their social, physical and educational abilities are enhanced. The club has a current membership of 500 young people aged between 8 and 16 years, with a core staff of volunteers. The Morgan Foundation has made a one-off donation towards the construction of two five-a-side football pitches at the rear of the club, to encourage professional training and tournaments for football and other sports for members, local schools and voluntary organisations.-

Blacon High School

Having achieved Special Sports College Status, this Chester school was unable to complete a building project to supply the required facilities, due to lack of funding. A grant of £30,000 enabled the work to be finished to the original specifications, including the provision of a state-of-the-art climbing wall, providing a much needed resource for the school and the community as a whole.-

Butterflies - www.listeningearmerseyside.org.uk

The Butterflies Project (Listening Ear Merseyside) supports children, young people and their families/carers through bereavement or other loss. The children are aged 7-16 years of age. Butterflies works with them through some painful and often extremely sad times. Some of the children have lost loved ones through illness, divorce, separation, sudden deaths such as road traffic accidents, suicide, murder or manslaughter. Funding from The Morgan Foundation has facilitated the setting up of new, purpose built rooms giving all the children a confidential place to share their feelings, worries and fears in surroundings that they feel safe in.-

The Erlas Garden Project

Originating from an initiative by parents, this Wrexham project set out to restore a local Victorian Walled Garden in order to provide training and educational facilities as well as productive daily activities for young people with learning disabilities. To rebuild the original 'bothy' buildings and create indoor space for gardening and craft work, funding of £40,000 was provided, in addition to free technical advice and practical assistance.-

Pioneer People Wirral - www.pioneerpeople.org

The Hope Centre in Pensby, Wirral was formerly a council run community centre but a lack of investment over the years has seen the building in decline. Pioneer People Wirral has taken over the centre and invested £45,000 in the building. The Hope Centre will now serve the community through the provision of debt counselling, free legal support, a creative play group, a variety of youth projects, an elders club, a support group for people with disabilities and will be available to other community groups. The Morgan Foundation contributed towards the refurbishment costs of the centre to ensure the facility was not lost to the community.-

The Princess Royal Trust for Carers

£250,000 was provided to establish a new regional Carers' Support Centre serving the Chester/Wirral/North Wales areas. Funding was also provided to create a new Carers' Drop-in Centre in Liverpool, plus develop the services of North East Wales Carers' Information Service.-

Save the Family - www.savethefamily.uk.com

Operating across Merseyside and North Wales, this organisation provides emergency accommodation for homeless families, supplementing this with life skills training, education, resettlement and ongoing support in the community. The Morgan Foundation supplied the principal funding of £100,000 to build four new terraced cottages at their North Wales Centre and also donated a minibus for transporting the families and children who benefit from this work.-

The Wingate Centre - www.thewingatecentre.co.uk

Set in the Cheshire countryside with a wide variety of attractions and recreational activities easily available, this unique Centre offers fully adapted holiday accommodation for even the most severely disabled children and adults, together with a fully equipped gymnasium with specialist supervision for therapy and fun. Support of over £125,000 has been provided to enable the complete replacement of its central heating and hot water systems, plus structural repairs and improvements to the outside of the building and the surrounding areas.-

Wirral Holistic Care Services - www.wirralholistic.org.uk

Run by medically qualified and experienced practitioners, this Therapeutic Cancer Care Centre provides free advice, support and holistic treatments to patients. Having been forced to relocate, a grant of £90,000 enabled full refurbishment of their new premises to provide suitable facilities for the continued delivery of this valuable service.-

Y Canol

Y Canol is based in Wrexham, North Wales. It provides education, therapy and care for primary aged children who have severe and or profound and multiple learning difficulties. Many of the children have additional sensory impairments and medical problems. Children learn best when they are having fun! A £30,000 grant will enable the provision of a new outdoor play facility where the children can learn through play and develop their motor skills in a safe and purpose built environment. -