credits

During 2007 - 8 The Bromley Trust grants included:

Action on Elder Abuse
www.elderabuse.org.uk
Campaigns against elder abuse and the violation of their basic human rights through raising awareness, education and research.  Provides a national information and advice service with guidance for the prevention of, and action on, the abuse of older people.
The Bromely Trust grant: £10,000

African and Middle East Refugee Assistance (AMERA)
www.amera-uk.org/
Provides legal, social and psychological treatment to traumatised and stateless refugees.  Increase awareness, trains lawyers/paralegals and advocates for improved refugee law/policy through education/research throughout the global ‘south’.
Bromley Trust grant £10,000 Unrestricted

AFRUCA
www.afruca.org
Africans Unite Against Child Abuse promotes the welfare of African children in the UK and in Africa. It is the only charity in the UK actively campaigning against the trafficking of African children in to the country.
The Bromley Trust grant- £10,000

Amnesty International UK Section Charitable Trust
www.amnesty.org.uk
For the procurement of the abolition of torture, extra-judicial killing and the human rights violation known as 'disappearance'. To support research and Campaigning to establish and maintain human rights.
The Bromley Trust grant - £15,000

Anti-Slavery International
www.antislavery.org
Exposes current cases of slavery, undertakes and publishes research, campaigns and presses for the effective implementation of international Laws. Current projects include exposing Bonded labour, Child labour, and the trafficking of people.
The Bromley Trust grant - £15,000

Asylum Support Appeals Project (ASAP)
www.asaproject.org.uk
Provides legal representation (case workers) for destitute asylum seekers who have a genuine case to appeal NASS decisions. Set up on request from the judiciary. 
The Bromley Trust grant £20,000 Unrestricted

Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA)
www.academic-refugees.org
CARA provides practical assistance to academics forced to seek refuge abroad because of political, racial, religious or other persecution. CARA helps academics to rebuild shattered lives and careers through academic grants and advice concerning higher education, training, funding and employment.
The Bromley Trust grant - £15,000

Concordis
www.concordis-international.org
Working beneath high profile international initiatives Concordis establishes dialogue between civil society groups, service providers, community representatives and other second tier organisations with those in power. Addressing human rights abuses and environmental degradation and establishing constructive policy for lasting peace and security.
The Bromley Trust grant: £10,000 Unrestricted

CRAE
www.crae.org.uk
Seeks to transform the lives of England’s Eleven million children though the fullest implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. We carry out public policy advocacy, undertake research and public education and support children’s self-advocacy.
The Bromley Trust grant - £15,000

Dover Detainee Visitor Group
www.ddvg.org.uk
Support, visit and befriend immigration detainees at Dover Immigration Removal Centre.
The Bromley Trust grant - £5,000

ECPAT UK
www.ecpat.org.uk
ECPAT UK is active in campaigning, research, training and providing policy advice on the commercial sexual exploitation of children, including the trafficking of children into the UK and child sex tourism. ECPAT is a global movement in over 70 countries.
The Bromely Trust grant - £10,000

Fair Trials Abroad
www.fairtrialsabroad.org
Addresses miscarriages of justice affecting EU citizens abroad, and campaigns for the fundamental rights of the individual, including the right to a competent lawyer, an interpreter and legal aid if necessary.
The Bromley Trust grant - £10,000

Find Your Feet
www.fyf.org.uk
Works in South Asia and Africa supporting the most disadvantaged communities to become self-sufficient and obtain basic human rights.
The Bromley Trust grant - £10,000

Forward
www.forwarduk.org.uk
Is committed to eliminating Gender Based Violence against African girls and women, particularly female genital mutilation and child and forced marriage.  We effect change through developing capacity, influencing policy and challenging practices that undermine their health, human dignity and sexual rights.
The Bromley Trust grant - £10,000

Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group
www.gdwg.org.uk
Provides emotional and proactical support to asylum seekers and immigration detainees held at Tinsley House Immigration Detention Centre, Gatwick Airport many of whom have suffered abuses of their human rights.
The Bromley Trust grant - £10,000

IMPACT
www.impact.org.uk
Impact takes action internationally to prevent and treat needless disability caused by disease, lack of knowledge or shortage of medical services. Disabled people tend to be among the most disadvantaged and
discriminated against in any society .
The Bromley Trust grant - £10,000

INQUEST Charitable Trust 
www.inquest.org.uk
is the only organisation in England and Wales providing specialist support and advice to bereaved people facing inquests. It has a particular focus on deaths in custody.
Bromley Trust grant £10,000

LEWCAS (Lewisham Churches for Asylum Seekers)
Supports asylum seekers in SE London by campaigning, by providing clothes for them, a weekly food parcel for those destitute and also individual help.  We run a free bus pass scheme for asylum seeking students who need it.
The Bromley Trust grant: £3,000

London Detainee Support Group (LDSL)
www.ldsg.org.uk
LDSG provides confidential, non-judgmental, non-religious emotional support and practical assistance to asylum seekers and other migrants detained in Harmondsworth and Colnbrook detention centres.  Volunteers visit individual detainees to support and empower them to access services and defend their rights.
Bromley Trust grant: £5,000 Unrestricted

Omega Research Foundation
Researchers the global trade in military, security and police equipment used for torture, ill-treatment or human rights abuses. Provides case studies to expose weaknesses in current control regimes in order to strengthen international controls on such trade.
The Bromley Trust grant - £10,000

Peace Brigades International UK Section (PBI)
www.peacebrigades.org/uk.html
PBI sends volunteer teams of international observers to conflict areas. With the support of the international community and following a non-violet and non-partisan approach PBI’s protective presence acts as a reminder of governments’ obligations to ensure human rights of marginalized people are respected.
The Bromley Trust grant - £10,000

Redress
www.redress.org
Helps to rebuild the lives and livelihoods of torture survivors and their families. Works to eradicate the practice of torture worldwide and to obtain reparation for victims of torture and to make accountable all those who perpetrate, aid and abet acts of torture.
The Bromley Trust grant - £20,000

Reprieve
www.reprieve.org.uk
Reprieve is the foremost UK legal NGO working against human rights violations in Guantanamo bay.  Reprieve is currently conducting a systematic global investigation into the practice of “extraordinary renditions” and secret prisons across the world. 
Bromley Trust grant £15,000 Unrestricted

Section of Trauma Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/iopweb/dertments/home/default.aspx?locator=406
Restricted for research by Dr Metin Basoglu into the consequences and treatment of torture, war, and natural disaster trauma.
The Bromley Trust grant - £16,000 .

Southall Black Sisters (SBS)
www.southallblacksisters.org.uk
SBS provides services and undertakes campaigning, policy, research, and educational  work to create changes in social attitudes, policies and practices to tackle gender violence against black and minority women and to empower women to assert their human rights.
The Bromley Trust grant: £10,000

Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group
Works to expose asylum seeker destitution and unfair immigration decisions.  To mobilise local churches, Islamic organisations and other groups to provide help.  To befriend asylum seekers/refugees and to help them access services and to fund temporary accommodation/subsistence to destitute asylum seekers.
The Bromley Trust grant: £10,000

WomanKind Worldwide
www.womankind.org.uk
Works to create a society where women are not discriminated against on account of their gender and are equal partners determining the values, direction and governance of society at all levels. Supports partner agencies in developing countries in their struggle for essential human rights.
The Bromley Trust grant - £10,000