PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION — grant history
Latest income
£3.1m
Grants listed (FY2025)
28
Listed grants total
£807k
Accounts grants total
£1.5m
listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: Applications are made directly to the Community Foundation for Surrey (CFS). Applicants must submit an Expression of Interest form for one of their Main Grants Rounds, after which CFS will notify shortlisted applicants to submit a full application.
Credited as a funder by
- THE WOODLAND CENTRE TRUST
- Learn and Thrive
- NATIONAL DAY NURSERIES ASSOCIATION
- ROCHESTER INDOOR SKATEPARK CLUB
- Farney Educational Trust
What this funder supports
Causes funded
Where grantees operate
- Throughout England And Wales
- Scotland
- Surrey
- Throughout England
- Northern Ireland
- West Sussex
- Hampshire
- West Berkshire
- East Sussex
- Buckinghamshire
What changed: FY2024 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | THE THEODORA CHILDREN'S CHARITY | — | £30k |
| new | ACCESS SPORT CIO | — | £30k |
| new | National Day Nurscries Association | — | £30k |
| new | LIFELITES | — | £30k |
| new | Buckinghamshire Disability Service (BuDs) | — | £30k |
| new | Stepping Stencs DS | — | £30k |
| new | Mahdlo (Oldham Youth Zonc) | — | £30k |
| new | PRISON RADIO ASSOCIATION | — | £30k |
| up | COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SURREY | £50k | £125k |
| not listed | Loughborough University | £100k | — |
| not listed | GYMPANZEES | £35k | — |
| not listed | ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S CHARITY | £30k | — |
| not listed | parkrun | £30k | — |
| not listed | INVESTING IN PEOPLE AND CULTURE | £30k | — |
| not listed | BRIDLINGTON CLUB FOR YOUNG PEOPLE | £30k | — |
| not listed | MYTIME Young Carers | £30k | — |
| not listed | BEYONDAUTISM | £30k | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation for Surrey | FY2025 | £125k | Peter Harrison Foundation Community Fund |
| Theodora Children's Charity | FY2025 | £30k | towards Giggle Doctor visits at the Royal Marsden Hospital |
| Access Sport | FY2025 | £30k | towards Changing Places London: Transforming disabled young people's lives through community sport |
| National Day Nurscries Association | FY2025 | £30k | towards core funding for the carly education of disadvantaged children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) in the South East of England, especially 129 childcare settings across that are ranked 1-2 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation |
| Lifelites | FY2025 | £30k | towards the ‘Giving Children with Life-Limiting Conditions and Complex Disabilitics a Voice’ project, delivering bespoke assistive and inclusive technology packages to children's hospices across the South Fast |
| Buckinghamshire Disability Service (BuDs) | FY2025 | £30k | towards the SEND Transitions project, providing support to disabled children, young pcople and their familics during key educational and developmental transitions |
| Stepping Stencs DS | FY2025 | £30k | towards the School Outreach Programme to ensure children with Down Syndrome thrive in education |
| Mahdlo (Oldham Youth Zonc) | FY2025 | £30k | towards the NextGen Leaders in Sport programme in Oldham, a two-year initiative designed to empower young people through sports and leadership training |
| Prison Radio Association | FY2025 | £30k | towards core costs of radio project to improve the wellbeing of prisoners through physical activity |
| Scaramouche Sailing Trust | FY2025 | £30k | towards the core casts of the Nautical Pathways Programme |
| Community Integrated Care | FY2025 | £30k | towards the core cost of a programme integrating physical activily and sports into care services |
| Bexley Voluntary Service Council | FY2025 | £30k | towards the core cosis of the Bexlcy Disability Sport (and physical activity) Network |
| Alliance of Sport | FY2025 | £30k | towards the Get Well Stay Well initiative |
| Activity Alliance | FY2025 | £29k | towards the creation and dissemination of ontine “Inclusive Events and Inclusive Volunteering Learning Modules |
| Brighton PIP Lid | FY2025 | £25k | towards the costs of the Attachment and Biobchavioural Catch-up programme |
| The Orpheus Centre Trust | FY2025 | £25k | towards The Orpheus Sewage System |
| Sport in Mind | FY2025 | £23k | towards "Youth Activities to improve Mental Wellbeing" Project to support young people from some of the most deprived areas in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Hampshire |
| Shropshire Cricket Board | FY2025 | £20k | towards the Spinal Cord Injury (SCT) Project, a collaboration between the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital and Shropshire Cricket Board |
| Carers First | FY2025 | £20k | towards core funding of the Young Carers Count Project, improving educational outcomes, emotional wellbeing, and resilience for young carers in Medway |
| Team Domenica | FY2025 | £20k | towards the core costs of Team Domenica's Employment Team to enable them to deliver supported work experience, internships and employment opportunities for young people with learning disabilities |
| The Mason Foundation | FY2025 | £20k | towards delivery of the Propel programme to provide young adulls with leaming disabilities and/or neurodivergence in Buckinghamshire with workplace opportunities |
| Amaze | FY2025 | £20k | towards the core cost of the Amazing Futures programme to help young people (14-25yrs) with SEND have a more positive transition to adulthood |
| Launch It Trust | FY2025 | £20k | towards the Masters House initiative at Launch ft Kent |
| Active Essex Foundation | FY2025 | £20k | towards core cost of delivering the Sports and Youth Crime Prevention programme |
| Nottingham Hospitals Charity | FY2025 | £20k | towards an accessible cycling programme at the National Rehabilitation Centre for people with severe, life changing disabilities |
| The Elfrida Socicty | FY2025 | £20k | towards The Inclusive Sports for People of All Abilities project, including its training programme |
| Nationa! Axial Spondyloarthritis Society (NASS) | FY2025 | £20k | towards a Great Yarmouth-based initiative designed to remove barricrs to physical activity and foster a supportive community for people with Axial Spondyloarthritis |
| Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Support Project | FY2025 | £20k | towards the Active Wellness Initiative for young people with for Sickle cell disease or Thalassaemia |
| Loughborough University | FY2024 | £100k | Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport - Year 20 |
| Community Foundation for Surrey | FY2024 | £50k | Peter Harrison Foundation Community Fund 2024/25 |
| Gympanzees | FY2024 | £35k | towards fundamental design work for the UK's first, fully accessible and inclusive, exercise and play facility which will cater for the play, exercise and social needs of children and young people, with any ability or disability |
| Alder Hey Children's Charity | FY2024 | £30k | towards the core costs of the Alder Active programme |
| parkrun | FY2024 | £30k | towards the core costs associated with growing junior park run in deprived areas of the UK, especially the North West |
| Investing in People and Culture | FY2024 | £30k | towards capacity building to enable volunteer community leaders living in some of the most deprived communities in the North East of England to become sports leaders and promote sports volunteering in their communities |
| Bridlington Club For Young People | FY2024 | £30k | towards the expansion of Bridlington Club for Young People |
| MYTIME Young Carers | FY2024 | £30k | towards work to help schools on the Isle of Wight identify young carers and equip schools with the understanding, tools and strategies necessary to provide the best support young carers, both educationally and emotionally |
| BeyondAutism | FY2024 | £30k | towards the expansion of the innovative Fast Responder Service for autistic children facing exclusion from school |
| Stripey Stork | FY2024 | £25k | towards the core costs of delivering the School Days programme |
| British Gymnastics Foundation | FY2024 | £25k | towards the roll out of the "I'm In" programme, co-creating appropriate, innovative and inclusive gymnastics resources and activities to ensure every child gets a positive experience of sport and physical activity at school and beyond |
| Wheels for Wellbeing | FY2024 | £25k | towards core funding to support the development of inclusive cycling for disabled students in mainstream schools |
| Dame Kelly Holmes Trust | FY2024 | £25k | towards the core costs of mentoring programmes in Thanet, Kent |
| Sporting Equals | FY2024 | £25k | towards core funding for the Future Female Leaders programme in Birmingham |
| Young Epilepsy | FY2024 | £23k | towards the core costs of planning and delivering an Inclusion Programme across the southeast for children aged 11-18. |
| Learn and Thrive | FY2024 | £23k | towards the development of online age-appropriate resources focused on safety and consent for young people with Down's syndrome. |
| Spina bifida-Hydrocephalus-Information-Networking-Equality | FY2024 | £21k | towards the "Optimising Potential" project in the South East of England delivering specialist support to children living with spina bifida and hydrocephalus |
| Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity | FY2024 | £20k | towards the provision of specialist support for disadvantaged children and young people with dyslexia in South East England |
| Seashell Trust | FY2024 | £20k | towards the inclusive sports hub in the new Royal College Manchester |
| Wessex Children's Hospice Trust | FY2024 | £20k | towards core expenses to support life limited and life threatened children, young people and their families. |
| stormbreak | FY2024 | £20k | towards core costs of the 'stormbreak Together’ programme supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged children in care in Hampshire and Berkshire to improve their mental health and wellbeing. |
| No5 Young People | FY2024 | £20k | towards the core costs associated with work aimed at preventing permanent school exclusions in Reading |
| Hampshire Hospitals Charity | FY2024 | £20k | towards the renovation of facilities for paediatric care as part of the Northbrook Ward refurbishment, specifically the store in the outpatients waiting area |
| United Response | FY2024 | £20k | towards the employment of a Health Coach in the southeast for 18-months |
| Sported Foundation | FY2024 | £20k | towards a pilot programme aimed at improving community sport provision for young people with hidden disabilities in South Lanarkshire |
| GoodGym | FY2024 | £20k | towards core funding for the delivery of GoodGym's national programme |
| Disability Bowls England | FY2024 | £20k | towards the delivery of events to encourage participation in Disability Bowls at a grassroots level across the country |
| DanceSyndrome | FY2024 | £20k | towards the costs of delivering the Dance by Example’ leadership training course over 2 years for disabled and non-disabled people facing disadvantage |
| Bolton Lads and Girls Club | FY2024 | £20k | towards the core costs of delivering the Sport Plus Programme |
| Boccia England | FY2024 | £20k | towards the core costs associated with building infrastructure in the Northwest and Nottinghamshire to enable more people, particularly those with disabilities, to take part in boccia. |
| Reigate Grammar School | FY2023 | £500k | towards the establishment of the 'Peter Harrison Memorial Fund', a bursary fund to ensure that students from families in financial hardship can be supported to take full advantage of opportunities central to their academic studies at Reigate Grammar School |
| Loughborough University | FY2023 | £100k | Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport - Year 19 |
| The Children's Trust | FY2023 | £90k | towards the cost of 'The Power of Music' an opportunity to transform the lives of children with brain injury or neurodisability through music. |
| Community Foundation for Surrey | FY2023 | £50k | Peter Harrison Foundation Community Fund 2022/23 |
| Community Foundation for Surrey | FY2023 | £50k | Peter Harrison Foundation Community Fund 2023/24 |
| Queen Elizabeth's Foundation for Disabled People | FY2023 | £33k | towards the purchase of specialist equipment for the new Care and Rehabilitation Centre |
| Stonebridge Boxing Club | FY2023 | £30k | towards the creation of a sports, health and community Hub in Brent |
| Foreland Fields Charity | FY2023 | £30k | towards the Foreland Fields Community Pavilion that will provide a hub for disability groups to host a wide range of learning and social inclusion opportunities, including sport |
| Carers UK | FY2023 | £30k | towards the core costs of the Carers Active pilot project |
| The Greenway Centre | FY2023 | £30k | towards the cost of providing opportunities for local young people ages 5 - 13 years access to multi-sports and gymnastics |
| Greenbank | FY2023 | £30k | towards the cost of refurbishing the changing rooms and establishment of a changing places facility |
| IWM Duxford | FY2023 | £30k | towards the cost of accessible play features for the Playscape at IWM Duxford |
| Muslim Sports Foundation | FY2023 | £30k | towards the cost of hiring local support staff to coordinate the delivery of MSF's national programmes |
| Lochaber Wheeled Sports Society | FY2023 | £30k | towards the creation of the Fort William Bike Park enabling participation by those who are disadvantaged or who have special educational needs and/or disabilities |
| YoungMinds | FY2023 | £30k | towards the cost of providing free training for adults who volunteer in community organisations in the South East to build their skills and confidence in supporting young people with their mental health |
| Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Charitable Fund | FY2023 | £30k | towards furnishing and equipment for the Children's Unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital |
| National Maritime Museum | FY2023 | £30k | towards the costs of the construction of an inclusive adventure playground experience at the National Maritime Museum |
| Scottish Disability Sport | FY2023 | £27k | towards the cost of delivering Scottish Disability Sport's Inclusion Training Programme |
| KIDS | FY2023 | £26k | towards the cost of delivering Connect & Thrive Early Years Family Support Programme in Basingstoke & Dean in Hampshire over three years |
| Diane Modahl Sports Foundation | FY2023 | £26k | to support the salary of a full time Community Sport Programme Coordinator |
| Cyclists Fighting Cancer | FY2023 | £25k | towards the purchase of up to 50 specialised lightweight bikes or trikes to help children up to and including 18 years old in the southeast of England in their rehabilitation from cancer and its treatments |
| First Star Scholars UK | FY2023 | £24k | to support a cohort of looked after young people in the southeast to participate in the First Star Scholars programme at Winchester University |
| Transform Housing & Support | FY2023 | £23k | towards the capital costs of eight one-bedroom flats in Redhill to provide supported accommodation for homeless and vulnerable people |
| PEDALL - New Forest Inclusive Cycling (Friends of Pedall) | FY2023 | £20k | towards the costs of outreach to maximise the numbers of people with a disability or other barriers to outdoor physical exercise who benefit from guided cycling in New Forest National Park |
| Surrey Clubs for Young People | FY2023 | £20k | to support SCYP's management of eight Surrey CC youth centres |
| The 4 Cancer Group | FY2023 | £20k | Towards the costs of purchasing a permanent respite property at West Bay on the Isle of Wight |
| Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children | FY2023 | £20k | towards the cost of the emergency equipment loan scheme in the Southeast of England. |
| Blackburn Youth Zone | FY2023 | £20k | to support the pilot year of the Try, Train, Teach sports and physical activity programme. |
| Versus Arthritis | FY2023 | £20k | to support the implementation of the Birmingham physical activity pilot |
| Living Options Devon | FY2023 | £20k | towards the cost of the implementation of the Get Active Together programme across Devon and the Southwest |
| Synergy Dance Outreach | FY2023 | £20k | towards the cost of a SEND Dance and Fitness Programme Coordinator |
| Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind (SRSB) | FY2023 | £20k | towards the development of the sporting portfolio for visually impaired people post pandemic to help reduce isolation, and boost confidence and independence |
| Tackling Awareness of Mental Health Issues (TAMHD) | FY2022 | £120k | to support implementation of the Champions of Wellbeing programme over two Years |
| The Children's Trust - Tadworth | FY2022 | £100k | to fund a classroom, sensory terrace and classroom equipment in the new Hub for children with disabilities |
| Loughborough University | FY2022 | £100k | Peter Hanison Centre for Disability Sport - Year 18 |
| YMCA East Surrey | FY2022 | £46k | towards the cost of employing a Disability Sport Co-ordinator |
| Surrey Care Trust | FY2022 | £30k | towards Steps to 16 - alternative learning provision for 14-16 year olds |
| The Lord's Taverners | FY2022 | £30k | for staff costs to expand 'Super 1s' disabled cricket programme |
| Wallsend Boys club | FY2022 | £30k | towards the cost of building a community Sports Hub |
| Epsom Riding for the Disabled Association | FY2022 | £30k | towards the cost of building a new indoor riding school for the disabled |
| The Frank Bruno Foundation | FY2022 | Unverified read£30k | towards the cost of three 12-week Round-By-Round Boxercise and Wellbeing courses |
| Young Lives Foundation | FY2022 | £25k | towards a mentoring project for disadvantaged young people |
| Hamara Healthy Living Centre | FY2022 | £25k | towards the cost of redeveloping The Cockbum Centre - a sustainable community hub providing sporting opportunities for people with disabilities |
| Fulham Reach Boat Club | FY2022 | £25k | for Boats not Bars: Rowing clubs for serving prisoners |
| Children's Sailing Trust | FY2022 | £25k | for enhancing the Lake Trevassack Centre for accessible sailing |
| Sutton United youth & Community Foundation | FY2022 | £25k | towards the cost of a Community Pavilion for community and disability football |
| Fight for peace International | FY2022 | £25k | to provide core funding for the Sports Coordinator to enhance the delivery of sports personal development sessions and the residential play of young disabled people by young people with disabilities |
| United Kingdom Sailing Academy | FY2022 | £25k | towards the cost of creating one accessible bedroom in the new building |
| Walton Leigh School parents Staff Association | FY2022 | £25k | towards the refurbishment of the Hydrotherapy Pool at Walton Leigh Special School |
| St Catherine's Hospice | FY2022 | £25k | towards the construction of a counselling room for families at St Catherine's new hospice at Pease Pottage |
| Dandelion Time | FY2022 | £24k | towards a farm-based support programme for children and families |
| The Change Foundation | FY2022 | £23k | for visually impaired rugby |
| Watermill Foundation Limited | FY2022 | £21k | towards a Cycling for the Disabled programme |
| The wheelchair Football Association | FY2022 | £21k | to support the WFA's Community Engagement Programme to encourage young disabled people to play wheelchair football |
| Bright Ideas for Tennis | FY2022 | £20k | towards the costs of expanding the I Play 30 programme nationwide to provide opportunities for individuals with disabilities to play tennis in a supportive, non-judgemental environment |
| Rossendale Rays special Needs Sports Club | FY2022 | £20k | towards the cost of a new athletics track for SEND and disabled cycling |
| Liberty Jamboree | FY2022 | £20k | towards the employment of an Inclusive Sports Coach to develop, deliver and lead sports opportunities for young people and young adults with special education needs, disabilities and/or mental ill health |
| Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service | FY2022 | £20k | towards the cost of providing respite care and support to children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions |
| Crossroads Care Surrey | FY2022 | £20k | for specialist transition support for 14-16 year olds with learning disabilities |
| The Eikon Charity | FY2022 | £20k | for school transition support for vulnerable children in Surrey |
| Goalball UK | FY2022 | £20k | for training camps for elite Goalball UK Teams |
| Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation | FY2022 | £20k | for sports activities for people with Type I Diabetes |
| Waddington Gymnastics club | FY2022 | Unverified read£20k | to purchase specialised equipment for the gymnasium extension to be used by young gymnasts with special needs |
| Time to Talk West Berkshire | FY2022 | Unverified read£20k | towards the cost of the effective implementation of the Silver Cloud Mental Health Technology, with a focus on supporting children and young people in low-income communities |
| Home-Start East Surrey | FY2022 | Unverified read£12k | towards the salary of a Children and Families Early Help Co-ordinator |
| Loughborough University | FY2021 | £100k | Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport |
| Bletchley Park Trust | FY2021 | £50k | Developing an exhibition space to tell the story of breaking naval enigma codes in World War II and a new learning centre |
| The Community Foundation for Surrey | FY2021 | £50k | Continue contributing to the funding of deserving causes in Surrey |
| British Paralympic Association | FY2021 | £50k | Additional costs related to Coronavirus for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games |
| Horsley and Bookham Riding for the Disabled | FY2021 | £36k | Building costs of a classroom, fully accessible toilets, viewing area, tack room and storage within the new accessible riding centre |
| Camp Mohawk | FY2021 | £30k | Family Support Project |
| Observatory for Sport in Scotland | FY2021 | £30k | Disability Sport Research |
| Vauxhall City Farm | FY2021 | £30k | Salary of a Riding Manager |
| CEDA | FY2021 | £30k | SportAbility programme |
| Rose Road Association | FY2021 | £30k | Respite care |
| The Meath Epilepsy Charity | FY2021 | £25k | Active Body; Calm Mind project, helping those with complex epilepsy, severe learning and physical disabilities through sport |
| Portland College | FY2021 | £25k | Newstart Creative Arts and Sports Hub |
| Access Sport CIO | FY2021 | £25k | Ignite London project, creating life changing sporting opportunities for disabled children and families in deprived areas of London |
| YHA England and Wales | FY2021 | £25k | Project90: activity breaks for young people who live challenging lives |
| British Gymnastics Foundation | FY2021 | £25k | Hardship Grant Programme |
| Midland Mencap | FY2021 | £25k | Coventry Active Project offering inclusive exercise, sport and activities for all |
| Lifelites | FY2021 | £25k | Enhancing the lives of life-limited and disabled children and their families cared for by Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice |
| Extratime | FY2021 | £25k | Out of school activities for children and young people with disabilities |
| The Community Foundation for Surrey | FY2021 | £25k | Coronavirus Response Fund |
| Ansty Community Sports Club | FY2021 | £25k | Cost of cricket nets and ground improvements to enable to club to further develop cricket for disabled people in Mid Sussex |
| GASP Motor Project | FY2021 | £24k | Salary of the Programmes Coordinator and Executive Assistant |
| Brighton Table Tennis Club | FY2021 | £24k | Physical disabilities table tennis programme |
| Horizons | FY2021 | £24k | Schools and Families Project |
| Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) | FY2021 | £24k | Kent Family Support Service |
| Youth Sport Trust (YST) | FY2021 | £23k | ‘Move Like Me’ project, increasing sporting opportunities for young people with SEND and building skills/confidence through sport |
| Level Water | FY2021 | £20k | Swimming lessons for children with disabilities in Sussex and Kent |
| Raven Housing Trust | FY2021 | £10k | Refurbishment of laptops for disadvantaged children and young people who need them for home study during the COVID-19 pandemic |