Last updated: 03/11/2018
Friends Programme Disbursement Committee
Grants awarded from unrestricted gift funds:
March 2002
Lancaster International Concert Series: Education Outreach£4,000
Digital Aerial Photography & Satellite Imagery for SPEGIS £3,523
Global Governance, Conflict & Resistance (Book Project Workshop)£794
Changes in Channel Stability following Habitat Improvements £1,900
Improving Support for Students with Disabilities (transcribing machine)£665
Heart Start - Nurse Unit defibrillator£4,197
Grizedale College Resource Room£600
Television for non-alcoholic social space - Fylde College£1,250
CD Player Replacements - Bailrigg FM£760
Coaching Award Scheme - LUSU£2,400
Peter Scott Gallery Fund: Access Project£7,332
December 2002
Pendle Graduate Bursaries£1,000
George Fox Foyer (Student Societies activities)£500
Linguistics Departmental Student Hardship Fund£3,000
Music Technology Workstation£4,500
Bowland College Strategic Development £2,500
Enhancing library holdings for the Centre for Media & Performance£1,500
Developing Evaluation Skills: A Workshop£810
July 2003
William Ritchie Travel Fund (research student grants)£5,000
Lancaster International Concert Series: Education Outreach£4,000
Foot & Mouth Feedback Conference£750
Science of the Environment School Workshops£4,500
River Keer Geographic Information System£750
Lancaster University Organic Garden£1,500
Research: Dating Lava Tube Sediments – Saudi Arabia£1,000
Coaching Course, LU Hockey Club£960
Identifying Personal Development Skills, Independent Studies£2,000
Bursaries for Mature Students in Women’s Studies£2,500
December 2003
Outside Play Area Development - Pre-School Centre£4,500
Artist in Residence Project - Peter Scott Gallery£3,000
Morecambe Bay Observatory Software£4,000
Pendle College Foyer Computer Facilities£1,500
Roses 40th Anniversary Celebration£5,000
Sharing Historical Research: student & community projects£2,000
Secure covered cycle parking - Pendle College £3,000
National Student Scout & Guide Organisation Rally 2004£700
July 2004
LUVU Schools Programme£10,000
Student Support Network website£800
Defibrillator – Sports Centre£2,185
Nuffield Young People’s Outreach Programme£2,870
Lancaster International Concert Series: Education Outreach£3,500
Vacation Scholarships – Pendle College£3,000
Research: Bird tables & the transmission of infectious avian disease£5,000
January 2005
Computing – Skills Transfer Event£1,329
Computing – e-Campus Artist in Residence£5,000
Psychology – PsychSpot: Providing Space for Virtual Learning£2,500
Engineering – Interactive White Board for the Engineering Design Office£2,000
Men’s VIII new rowing boat£10,000
Environmental Science – The art & science of terrestrial & aquatic habitats£800
European Languages & Cultures – Genocide in Europe: an online presentation£2,137
County College – Furniture for the Ralph Gibson Study Room£1,000
Bowland College – Computers for the Mature Student’s common room£2,000
Pendle College – Errington Room datapoints£500
English – Graduate Computer Room£3,408
Biological Sciences – Minibeast Science Week£400
July 2005
LUVU – Activate£6,000
Sports Centre - Equipping the swimming pool for water polo & canoe polo£3,425
Bowland College - Community facilities£1,600
Grizedale College - New PCs for college foyer£1,441
Furness College - Refurbishment of off-campus room £3,000
History Department - North West History Research Students' Network£500
Biological Sciences Department - Research project:
"Microbial quality of irrigation water & contamination of vegetables"£4,278
English & Creative Writing Department - "Writing Across Cultures":
a seminar series & conference£3,000
Women's Studies Department - Career networking & mentoring event£1,000
December 2005
Religious Studies - Widening Participation Day£751
Centre for North-West Regional StudiesUpgrading and preservation of archives£6,410
LUVU - Activate£3,000
LU Chaplaincy Centre - Raising the profile£3,400
English & Creative Writing - Lancaster University Writers Online (LUWO)£1,500
Institute for Health Research - The Cultural Context of Youth Suicide£3,331
Peter Scott Gallery - Sculpture on campus£2,950
The International Women’s Group - Brantwood House trip£250
Cartmel College - Introduction of off-campus facilities£1,500
Linguistics & English Language - Style in Fiction symposium£500
Mountaineering Club - Training scheme & equipment£842
Lonsdale College - Refurbishment of the JCR office£2,650
July 2006
LUSU Nightline - E-Listening Expansion£2,412
Fylde College - Off-campus facilities£3,952
Biological Sciences - DNA technology workshops for KS4 school children£4,970
Bowland College - Serving the Community (furniture and trophy cabinet) £5,500
Geography - Research project:
“The experiences of Muslim students on LU campus”£4,541
Geography & Biological Sciences - Research project:
“Magnetic mineral in human brain tissues:
an indicator of neurological disease?ӣ4,377
Music - Bass flute acquisition£2,250
LU Boat Club - development project£2,300
LU Canoe Club - Canoe polo funding£1,785
December 2006
Peter Scott Gallery – University Art Collections Online£3,862
Educational Research – Engaging Parents as a Widening Participation strategy£3,500
Pendle College – Disabled computer access£870
English & Creative Writing – “Literature Live at Lancaster“£2,500
Research & Enterprise Services – “Watermark”: a student accessibility
computer software project£5,000
LUSU/Create – Friends Student Business Start Up Fund£5,400
Pendle – Picnic tables for Pendle quad£1,200
Furness College – TV Room Refurbishment£1,500
LUMS – “TeamOverseas” participation at Spi Dauphine sailing regatta£2,400
Continuing Education – laptops for senior learners£2,000
July 2007
Grizedale College - Outdoor Social Space£700
Fylde College - New seating for social areas and continuing improvements to
JCR and off-campus facilities£2,400
Centre for e-Science –Research project:
Improving the effectiveness of research through assessing
the current and future use of ICT by Lancaster University research staff£1,500
Department of Biological Sciences - The role of hormones in insect immunity£4,906
Department of Philosophy - Philosophy in the classroom£4,000
Sociology and Computing - A Multidisciplinary Workshop and Exhibition
Matterealities : Mobilities : Innovation£2,300
Department of History - ‘Counter-mapping the self: agency and history in
Asian Studies in the North (SASIN) Network£1,000
Lancaster International Concert Series - World Wide Webcast Concerts£4,350
LUSU - Have a go and get active£3,500
LUSU - Promoting social responsibility at Lancaster University£5,500
December 2007
Bowland College – Mature & Off-Campus Student Facilities £3,700
Cartmel College – Showcase Facility for Arts Students £1,554
Lonsdale College – Outdoor Furniture £1,578
Law School – Lancaster University Innocence Project £3,361
English & Creative Writing – Wordsworth’s Sense of Place: Home at Grasmere £1,796
Accounting & Finance and Economics – Purchase of additional handsets for
PRS RF system £4,452.08
European Languages & Cultures – German Film Club £1,000
LICA (Music) – Enhancement of Live Performance Teaching, Capturing,
PA and Diffusion System £3,803
Continuing Education – Student Ambassador Presentation Skills Training£375
Biological Sciences – Behavioural interactions underlying biodiversity
effects on pest control £4,454
Student Services – Talking Heads Videos and Funding Support Promotional
Video Advertisement £2,000
LUSU – Roses Tournament 2008 £4,000
LUSU – Societies Union Honours Board & Trophy £700
July 2008
Applied Social Science - An exploratory study of virtual text:
young people’s views on gun culture£1,200
Biomedical & Life Sciences – pilot research project into the causes of skin cancer£5,590
Engineering Department - Safety Wear Storage Lockers£2,600
Institute for Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Development –
Ethical Sourcing for Business£3,055
Medicine - Travel Bursaries for Medical Electives£5,000
Politics & International Relations - ‘I am an American’ exhibition in USA£768
CEEC with Alumni & Development Office - Lancaster Career Mentoring Scheme £6,300
Centre for Northwest Regional Studies – Lancashire maps and
cartographic records: access, dissemination and updating£800
Lancaster International Concert Series - Online Composition Resource£6,300
LUSU - Student Media Group Project£6,500
LUSU - Fylde College JCR£2,820
December 2008
Lancaster University Volunteering Unit (LUVU) – Supporting
young social enterprise in primary schools£7,464
Engineering - The Mobile Engineering Activity Centre (MEAC)£10,000
Pre-School - Multi-Sensory Room£3,000
LUSU - Safety/Activity Matting for Societies£5,111
Furness College - Furness College Study Room£2,980
Applied Social Science (Criminology) - Marketing to
Prospective Criminology Students through Innovative E-Content£700
European Languages & Cultures - German Writer in Residence£650
Religious Studies - Paul Fletcher Memorial Fund£1,000
Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA – Music) - Instrumental/Vocal
Tuition Hardship Fund£4,500
ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (CESAGEN) –
Undergraduate Internship Scheme£2,000
September 2009
Cartmel College - Live Entertainment Initiative£6,739
University Chaplaincy Centre - Improving the Communal Facilities£3,958
Department of Physics - Science Outreach for Schools £9,000
Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences - Be a Scientist!' £3,592
Department of European Languages & Cultures (DELC) - Audiovisual equipment
for DELC Resource Centre£900
Department of Linguistics and English Language - Northwest Network for
English and Linguistics Pedagogy£934
Graduate Student Association (GSA) - Graduate College Alumni Library£1,780
LUSU Sailing Club - Fleet of second-hand team racing boats£5,300
LUSU and University Facilities - Seasonal Events£10,000
LUSU Swimming & Water Polo Club - ASA competitive membership£396
April 2010
Fylde College – Improvement of Fylde College Branding and Advertising and
Enhancement of College environment through the provision student art works£1000
Graduate College – New Ideas Festival £5500
FASS, Department of English & Creative Writing – Uganda/Sudan Women’s
Writing Link £5077
FASS, Public Arts – Combined Public Arts Web Site £5000
FASS, Literacy Research Centre/Linguistics & English Language:
Edwardian Postcard Project Exhibition and Festival£2808
School of Health & Medicine (SHM), Biomedical and Life Sciences:
The Dynamics of Blood Flow and Oxygenation £5000
Library – Discovering the Tom Milne Popular Fiction Archive £2000
LUSU, Student Media Board – Live Events Coverage £6097
LUSU, Theatre Group – LU Theatre Group present Dr Faustus
at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival £5000
September 2010
Educational Research – Exploring and expanding the student experience£7,184
Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion (Philosophy Section) –
Politics, Philosophy and Religion for Critical Citizenship£5,000
Centre for Gender and Women's Studies - Development of video-conferencing
as a teaching resource for short intensive modules £1,875
Department of European Languages and Cultures (DELC) -
Digital voice recorders and video camera equipment £712
Psychology Department - Development of an assessment tool to identify
undergraduates in need of learning support £632
Psychology Department - Reading Circles: supporting young readers £1,509
Library - Leisure Reading Collection £4,550
Canoe Club - Canoe Funding £1,781
LUSU and University Facilities - Lancaster Special Events – Winterfest£11,000
Student Services – Student hardship and welfare fund£10,000
May 2011
Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts (LICA):
Lancaster University Theatre Group: Malfi - Edinburgh Fringe Festival £5,467.00
Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts (LICA) - Peter Scott Gallery:
better collections with better access £6,350.00
Physics Department - "Aurora Explorer" at the
Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition £3,000.00
Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) - Understanding the contribution
of the stomata of cereals to crop stress tolerance£3,508.00
Art Department/Final Year Art Students –LU Fine Art Exhibition Tour £3,805.00
Hockey Club – Umpiring£525.00
LUSU Involve - Student Summer Schools and International Opportunities £9,800.00
Sailing Club - Replacement of Safety Equipment £3,650.00
Triathlon Club - Lancaster University Triathlon Club Aquathon £1,000.00
Research and Enterprise Services (RES) - SimVenture - Enterprise Simulator £6,000.00
December 2011
Fylde College - Developing live entertainment in Fylde College£3,110.08
Department of Psychology - Use of iPad technology for communication by children with special needs £2,814.00
Department of Psychology - Support for publicity and student projects at the Lancaster Babylab £4,191.00
Department of English & Creative Writing - Writing for Liberty£5,364.50
Department of European Languages and Cultures - Capturing Witches: Histories, Stories, Images
conference bursaries£2,500.00
Department of Politics, Philosophy & Religion - Politics, Philosophy and Religion for Critical
Citizenship (Phase 2)£2,000.00
Educational Research - Students' careers and alumni experiences£9,630.00
Lancaster Medical School - A development and dissemination project in memory of Dr Tracy Dryden £4,385.00
Lancaster Medical School - Medical Ethics Student Debating Series£3,425.00
LUSU & University Facilities - Building the Campus Experience through headline Campus Events £10,000.00
LUSU - Law Society - Lancaster Law Trip to Brussels£4,000.00
LUSU – ULMS - Bass Instrument Bid £5,816.61
LUSU - Lancaster University Ballroom Dancing Society - Team Kit Overhaul£2,000.00
LUSU - Canoe Club - Canoe Polo Funding£1,425.00
LUSU - Lancaster University Oxfam Society - Lancaster University Oxfam Society£500.00
December 2012
Graduate College/LUMS - English Language Support and Cultural Development (‘The English Café’) £2095.50
LICA and RES -Lancaster University Placement Toolkit£3750
Developing FilmClub for International Students£2000
LEC - Get Sorted: self-leadership in your degree and beyond£3200
FST - Creating a new STEM outreach activity/kit to be used at the Big Bang Science Fair 2013 £3237.50
LEC - “So you want to be an environmental scientist?”£4438
Physics Department - Semiconductors and photonic devices project laboratory£3500
LUSU – Academic Departmental Reps –
Department Representative Conference 2013£1000
LUSU – Ballroom Dancing Society - Hosting the Annual Northern
Universities Dance Competition£3000
LUSU – Pendle College JCR - Funding for a PA kit for
college initiatives such as ‘Pendle Live’£7965.55
LUSU – Bailrigg FM - Bailrigg FM Outside Broadcast and live sessions equipment£8564
LUSU – Baking SocietyLancaster University Baking Society Kitchen£3000
LUSU – Theatre GroupUpgrade to LUTG’s Lighting Infrastructure£10,000
LUSU – Hip Hop Society - Performing Arts Mirrors£3984
LUSU – University of Lancaster Music Society (ULMS) –
Replacement of percussion instruments£4500
Library - Leisure Reading Collection Development£1061
Pre-School Centre - Creation of Outdoor Classroom£5000
December 2013
FASS - FASS Enterprise CentreCampus in the City£5,000.00
FST – Psychology - Mobile kit for student ambassadors and outreach activities for Department of
Psychology£1,973.14
Honorary University Archives - Lancaster University Jubilee Oral History Projects£5,000.00
LUSU - Lancaster University Cycling Club - Lancaster University Cycling Club - making cycling more
accessible and inclusive £3,000.00
FST – Chemistry - Chemistry Outreach for Schools£5,532.20
SBS - Careers / Disability / Colleges and Wellbeing with support from LUSULeadership development
course for students with a disability£6,000.00
FST - Mathematical Physics Group/Business Partnerships and Enterprise - Women in Science': A
promotional event designed to engage staff, students and alumni of the university with the wider
science and business community£1,000.00
Student Based Service / Student Registry - Get it done!' Group coaching for PhD students in the final
stages of completion£3,900.00
FST – Engineering - Lancaster Racing: Green Power Challenge£2,500.00
Confucius Institute - Lancaster University Chinese Music Group£2,483.00
LUSU - Union Conference£3,500.00
SBS - Careers / Student Funding Service - Travel Bursary Scheme£7,000.00
December 2014
Area / Application Title / Grant Amount AwardedLUSU / Performing Arts Equipment for student societies / £10,000
LUSU / Roses 2015 – Winning Away / £8,000
FASS / FASS Third Sector Placement Scheme / £9,296
FST / Teaching and Learning Boxes for Schools / £5,585
Student Based Services / Mindfulness for Student Resilience / £4,200
LUSU / Making Watersports more inclusive at Lancaster / £3,450
FST / Enhancing Autism research at Lancaster University: Forging links with the community / £2,428
Research and Enterprise Services / Enterprising Alumni Programme / £4,240
LUSU / 8th Lancaster Guiding Group – A joint Rainbow and Brownie unit / £900
County College / Social Media & Your Presence Online / £1,200
FASS - Art / Fine Art Degree Show / £4,000
LUSU / LA1TV Hosting of National Student TV Awards / £2,000
FASS – Creative Writing / Lancaster Literary Salon / £2,790
Fylde and Graduate Colleges / Chas Jacobs 9 Colleges/50th Anniversary Commission / £2,000
LUSU / The LU Darts Three Year Development Scheme: Recreation, Competition and Community / £2,000
Area / Application Title / Grant Amount Awarded
LUSU - Activites / Inclusivity and Sport: Raising the profile of Women’s and Disability Sport at Roses 2016 / £8,000
9 Colleges / Social learning and engagement through inter-college competitions / £7,500
SBS – Colleges and Student Life / Get Sorted: an online programme for building student resilience / £5,000
FASS – School of Law / Alumni awareness and engagement process / £1,735
Research and Enterprise Services / Enterprising Alumni Programme (phase 2) / £7,477.44
LUSU – Green Lancaster / Composting toilet and outdoor cleaning station at the Green Lancaster EcoHub / £684
FASS – Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts / Drama A Level 2016: A workshop for teachers / £1,710.14
FST – Lancaster Environment Centre / Double cropping energy and food in rural Tanzania / £9,654
FASS – Politics, Philosophy and Religion / Richardson Institute Internship Programme (RIIP) Research Dissemination Fund / £1718
FST - Psychology / Psychology Volunteering Programme volunteer support / £2310
Pre-School Centre / Barefoot Walk / £9,950
FASS – Sociology and Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies / Ages, Stages, Phases: A Public Feminist Symposium / £2,100
LUSU – Lancaster University Electronic and Dance Music / DJ Equipment for LUEDMS and LUSU Events / £7,200
SBS – Student Funding / William Ritchie Travel Fund / £7217.42
December 2015
December 2016
Colleges - 9 Colleges / Living and learning communities at Lancaster: exploring the possibilities / £5,000.00Colleges - Pendle College / Table football for games room in Pendle Rooms / £500.00
FASS - History / Supporting Graduate Employability and Regional Partnership Through Professional Heritage Placements / £1,038.80
FASS - English & Creative Writing / Lancaster Words / £4,264.00
FASS - English & Creative Writing / Re-Visioning Grasmere: Dorothy's Colour (school's project) / £2,247.75
FHM - Medical School / Supporting Future Medics / £4,288.00
FST - Chemistry / Enhancing The Student Experience: Summer Bursaries in Chemistry / £7,500.00
FST - LEC / Failure to Learn, Failure to Grow: creating space to 'fail' in order to allow real learning to take place / £8,400.00
LUSU - Green Lancaster / Wood Burning Stove at the Green Lancaster EcoHub / £6,175.00
LUSU - LU Sailing Club / LU Sailing Club: Removing barriers for new sailors / £2,200.00
LUSU - LU Boat Club / Second-hand Women's Light Weight Coxed Four / £5,000.00
LUSU - Film Society / Lancaster University Film Production filming equipment / £1,794.33
The Careers Service / A Coffee Break With… / £5,158.00
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