Thrale Almshouses Charity recently awarded £7,300 in small grants to organisations in Wandsworth.

The organisations supported were:

• Little Village – which takes in donations of baby clothes, equipment and toys and gives them to families in need, in Balham, Tooting and Streatham.
• Thinking Works – Tooting-based organisation which advises people on keeping warm during winter. We contributed towards a fund which will help people with emergency heating and other repairs.
• World Heartbeat Music Academy – which is providing a pop up music academy on the Hazelhurst estate in Tooting.
• Work and Play Scrapstore – we are helping to fund coffee and craft mornings on the Hazelhurst estate in Tooting, aimed at tackling loneliness.
• CARAS (Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers) – Tooting-based organisation which supports asylum seekers and refugees, particularly women and separated children. We are helping to fund yoga, sports and exercise classes for women who use their centre.

Thrale will be inviting applications from local organisations again in the autumn. Watch out for updates in this newsletter or check out their website.