EC&O Venues Earls Court And Olympia

Throughout the year we give funding to many organisations and charities. Here is a selection.

August 2008
Shepherds Bush Families Project
The Trust gave funding towards the costs of their summer programme of activities and events for families living under housing stress in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

The trips that the group took included a camping holiday in the New Forest and visits to Heaver Castle and Drusillas Farm Park.

August 2008
Solidarity Sports
This organisation aims to bring sports to BME, Refugee groups and excluded young people free of charge. The Trust helped to fund the Earls Court Sports Club which is a Saturday sports club running for 22 weeks this year.

For more information about this charity, click here.

August 2008
Kensington Athletic FC
This voluntary organisation requested funding for essential equipment for the football team. The Trust helped fund a venue for the club to meet and van hire to get the team to the venue each week. The money we donated also went towards trophies and prizes for their annual ‘In Club’ competition.

February 2008
Metropolitan Police (Kensington and Chelsea) Good Citizen Awards
For the last three years, the Trust has supported the Good Citizens Awards which have been held at Olympia. The awards are part of a scheme by the Police which rewards and encourages good citizenship amongst secondary school age people in the Royal Borough. EC&O Venues makes a space at Olympia available for free every year so that the charity can put on the awards free of charge. The Trust also donates an amount of money for the cause.

February 2008
London South and West Deaf Children’s Society
The Trust donated money to help towards the costs of developing a monthly Saturday afternoon volunteer led drop in session to address the isolation deaf children and their parents face. The point of this session is to provide mutual support for the families and children in a relaxed and friendly social setting.

February 2008
Breakaway Holiday Project
This charity is unique in that it offers a one week, low cost holiday for families who have not had a break for three or more years; are on a low income; care for a member of the family or single parent families. The Trust have supported this charity for a number of years as it believes it is a great cause.

September 2006
Kensington Athletic FC
The Trust gave funding that went towards paying for essential equipment that the football team needed to carry on with their activities.

March 2006
Brackenbury Primary School 
The Trust gave funding towards the re-building of the disused school hall at Brackenbury Primary School, in Hammersmith.

Dubbed 'The Shed' by campaigners, the disused Victorian building - located in the school playground - was transformed into a new space. The school plans to use this space for the school breakfast club, pupils' arts and sports activities as well as community events. Our funding paid for the new floor.

Above: the opening of The Shed at Brackenbury Primary School (left to right) the borough's mayor, Cllr Minnie Scott Russell; BBC presenter and Brackenbury parent Adrian Chiles; Brackenbury headteacher Andrew McMahon, modeling a t-shirt signed by film producer Steven Spielberg, and presenter Esther Rantzen.

March 2006
Response Community Projects - Earls Court Festival
The Earls Court Festival is an annual event, which Response Community Projects takes the lead in organising. The overall aim of the festival is to strengthen the diverse community of Earls Court by involving and engaging the many groups and people that make up the area. In particular, those who are disadvantaged economically, socially or otherwise.

In the months leading up to the festival in 2006, local children were encouraged to express themselves creatively, explore new mediums and develop new skills in local workshops led by professional artists. The young artists were encouraged to re-create two or three dimensional pieces that can be exhibited and installed around the local area during the festival period and hence be able contribute to their community in a visual way. The funding the Trust gave paid for the arts supplies. 

March 2006
Earls Court Youth Club
The Earls Court Youth Club requested funding to modernise the building they use to create more space. The Trust provided funding that went towards paying for the improvements to the Youth Club's facilities so they could continue to run their workshops. They workshops provide play sessions for children aged under 10 in the afternoon and youth sessions for those aged up to 21 in the evenings.