Oak Foundation Denmark Social Issues Grants (2006)

• Café Viktoria

  To expand the social welfare activities of this workshop for unemployed young people in Arden, Jutland. (Over two years)

• Center for Evaluering, Psykiatrien i Arhus Amt

  To support a research project to obtain detailed information about the children of parents with mental disorders.

• Danish Doc Production Aps

  To support a documentary film called When the moon is black about women from Nigeria, Moldavia and Lithuania who have been sold into prostitution in Denmark.

• Dansk Kvindesamfund

  To support the reproduction of information and materials about the UN’s Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Convention).

• Dansk Røde Kors, Asylafdelingen

  To support an integration and rehabilitation programme at the Red Cross Centre, Kongelunden, for vulnerable children and youth who are seeking asylum.

• Den Selvejende Institution Ejendommen Hospice Djursland

  To support a new hospice for the terminally ill

• Diagonissehuset Sankt Lukas Stiftelsen

  To provide living accommodation, supervised by the Sankt Lukas Diocese, for abused women and children from ethnic minorities.

• Familiehjaelpen

  To support this centre in its work to give professional advice to young single mothers or couples who need help regarding family matters.

• Fonden Mariehjemmene

  To support the running costs of this residential rehabilitation centre for women following programmes to overcome substance abuse.

• Foreningen Azusa Valby

  To support the renovation of a day centre for marginalised youth.

• Foreningen Cancerramte Børn

  To fund a programme that provides weekend courses to the families of children suffering from cancer.

• Frederiksvaerk Krisecenter

  To build a new childrens’ playground for the Frederiksvaerk Crisis Centre

• Fundamentet Thorkil Vestergaard-Hansen

  To support the opening of the first Crisis Centre for Men in Denmark.

• Heller Film

  To fund the making of a documentary film The Forgotten Men, about men’s view on male violence against women and children.

• Husets Venner

  To support an association for young sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease or mental disorders, and their close relatives.

• University Hospital of Copenhagen (Rigshospitalet)

  To support five integrated projects on various issues pertaining to the treatment and assessment of victims of rape and sexual assault.

• Islamisk-Kristent Studiecenter (IKS)

  To support this centre and its volunteers in their work offering special care to ethnic minorities in hospitals and crisis centres. (Over two years)

• Kvinfo

  To fund creation of the photographic record entitled New Men in Denmark, comprising stories about men from other ethnic backgrounds who have successfully integrated into Denmark. (Over two years)

• Radgivningscenteret om Racediskrimination Fond

  To support its work and counselling against race discrimination.

• Red Barnet - Save the Children Denmark

  To fund the opening of a shelter for children and adolescents in Qaanaaq, Greenland. (Over two years)

• Rehabiliteringscenter for etniske kvinder i Danmark

  To fund activities for women who live in this rehabilitation centre and who, for security reasons, cannot take part in activities outside its shelter.

• Ronald McDonald Hus

  To fund the running costs of a room at the Ronald McDonald House at the Rigshospitalet (State Hospital). (Over three years)

• SIND

  To fund courses for volunteer advisers working for this organisation, which treats people with mental disorders.

• Thora Center

  To support the running of this centre for sexually abused people. (Over two years)

• UFC Handicap

  To fund a conference concerning the problems of violence in families with handicapped members.

• University of Copenhagen

  To support the 2006 International Congress being held in the Centre for Brain Injury Rehabilitation, at the Institute for Research, Education and Treatment at the University of Copenhagen.

• Zentropa Entertainment

  To fund part of the production of a documentary film being made about domestic violence.

SPECIAL INTEREST

• IK International Kontakt

  To fund the continued work of the only school in a remote area of Mali. (Over three years)

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