How you can help
We have five sources of funding. All of them are critically important to sustain our work with young people. Any assistance you can give is very much appreciated.
Income from licensing our spaces
License fees cover the Centre running costs and generate a cash surplus which is used to part fund our youth work in any given year. For example, a surplus of £65,000 from 2023 is being used to part fund PROJECT 2024. This is our most significant source of funding for our youth work. Please view the spaces available to hire HERE.
Cookery classes during our after school clubs
Jewellery making
Donations
Since starting our Friends of Hogarth network we now receive generous ad hoc donations from many local residents and some other charities.
You can make a donation HERE. You can either make a one-off donation or a more regular donation via Credit or Debit Card, PayPal, Direct Debit or a Standing Order.
100% of Donations go towards funding the Youth Programme.
“I like the activities and I have a chance to make things in cooking that I’ve never made before. I enjoy walking with everyone from school to club so that we can talk”
YB, aged 10
Sponsorship
We have built a group of sponsors, typically small local businesses. They may sponsor our annual fund raising event or choose to sponsor a part of our youth programme in any given year.
We are very keen to find multi-year sponsors so if you can think of any who we may approach please let us know.
Our residential club on the Isle of Wight
At our summer programme at the Hogarth Community Centre
Grants
Each year we apply for multiple grants including Holiday Activities and Food grants.
Over the years, we have found that we have most success applying for grants from the London Borough of Hounslow who is one of our key long term partners.
We submit all grant applications ourselves and do not use paid professional grant writers.
“I like the games they have here and the art activities like making wind chimes.”
IG. Aged 9
Fundraising event
Every June we host a very popular wine tasting evening at the Centre for over 60 local residents. Wine expert Tim Syrad is our host who pairs cheeses with eight wines from around the world. Our June 2024 event raised over £10,700 after expenses. This money is used to fund our Summer Residential programme for young people. You can find out about it HERE.
Setting up our 2024 Wine Tasting