National Mikey Powell Family Fund 4th grants round funding summary
The fourth National Mikey Powell Memorial Family Fund (NMPMFF) grant round closed on 7 December 2021. In this round the assessment team also awarded several Crisis Fund grants.
We successfully allocated £11,940 in grants to 26 families/campaigns in the fourth round. This takes the total awarded over the life of the Fund to £37,940.
Recipients of grants included:
We are very proud to have been able to support the families and campaigns listed below, and are grateful to our volunteers, donors and supporters that made it all possible:
- Desmond Maddix Family
- Jusice4Mouayed
- Scott Mullen's Family
- The Trevor A Smith Campaign x2
- Abdul Hamid's Family
- Justice 4 Daz Campaign
- Justice for Allan Marshall
- Sierra Leone School & Football Team
- Justice for Winston
- Justice4TerryRoberts
- Charlie Millers Family
- Justice for Jasmine
- Touching on the death of Steven O’Neill
- Justice for Mzee Mohammed
- Justice 4 Hayley
- Kieran Barrett's Family
- Gary Mavin's Family
- Justice for Monerville Brothers
- Brandon Mortlock's Family
- Trevor Monerville's Family x2
- Justice for Gaia
- Oskar Nash's Family
- Andrew Dean's Family
- Simeon Francis Family
Please see our 'Grants Awarded' page for details of some of the recipients:
www.memorialfamilyfund.org.uk/grants-awarded
Also see our 'Family Album' page for more featured images:
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