A consortium of organisations in Cumbria has been awarded £1.6 million over five years by Northern Rock Foundation to provide early intervention and support to domestic violence victims, as well as a programme of work with perpetrators and a service for children affected by domestic abuse. The project will run in Eden and rural Carlisle. [...]
A university centre supporting rural development, an emergency accommodation service for young homeless people, and a scheme supporting disabled artists are among projects in the region set to benefit from grants announced today by Northern Rock Foundation. 35 organisations will receive grants totalling £3,235,055 approved by the Foundation’s Trustees. So far in 2004 the Foundation [...]
A new sports and fitness academy for disabled young people, a project supporting mutual exchange of free services, and a restorative justice scheme linking prisoners with communities time are among projects in the region set to benefit from grants announced today by Northern Rock Foundation. 46 organisations will receive grants totaling £4,768,249 approved by the [...]
A consortium of organisations from Gateshead has been awarded funding worth £1.9 million to set up a Domestic Abuse Rapid Response Service under Northern Rock Foundation’s groundbreaking £4 million scheme to tackle domestic violence. Gateshead Domestic Violence Forum, which includes Gateshead Council, Northumbria Police, the Crown Prosecution Service, Gateshead Health Trusts voluntary organisations and local [...]
A children’s theatre scheme, a new centre for people with dementia and an employment programme for disadvantaged young people are among projects in the region set to benefit from grants announced today by Northern Rock Foundation. 35 organisations will receive grants totalling £2,818,256 approved by the Foundation’s Trustees. So far in 2004 the Foundation has [...]
Northern Rock Foundation is launching a major initiative to stop prisoners re-offending by providing them with services and support before and after their release. The Foundation is investing £4.2 million over three years in a programme that will include both new services – resettlement support, accommodation and employment schemes for released prisoners, education and activities [...]
A restored heritage and passenger rail service, a programme to prevent young people leaving prison from re-offending, an initiative to help refugees and local communities fully integrate, and the redevelopment of one of the region’s best-loved theatres are among schemes set to benefit from grants announced by Northern Rock Foundation. 58 organisations in the region [...]
Newcastle-based poet Tony Harrison is the third winner of the £60,000 award. He is Britain’s leading film and theatre poet and has written for the National Theatre in London, the New York Metropolitan Opera and for the BBC and Channel 4 television. Tony Harrison joins the previous winners, poet Anne Stevenson who won in 2002 [...]
Visual art, dance, heritage and film-making in the North East are set to share a £1.35 million boost from Northern Rock Foundation. Projects securing major investment include an ambitious bid for World Heritage Site status by a key regional landmark and the work of an award winning film-making and photography collective. The Foundation’s key aim [...]
Finn, who began his working life as an assistant at the Carlisle branch of the former building society, is the Foundation’s third Chairman. In 2004 he will oversee its biggest ever spending programme as the Foundation – now one of the country’s largest independent grant makers – contributes £22 million to tackle disadvantage in the [...]
