A unique loans scheme worth £1 million is set to improve financial opportunities for individuals, community organisations and businesses in disadvantaged parts of North East England and Cumbria. Five community development finance institutions (CDFIs) and credit unions will receive loans from Northern Rock Foundation, the first charitable funder in the UK to establish a specialised [...]
Northern Rock Foundation has announced two grants totalling £376,007 to provide more help for victims of domestic abuse in Northumberland. The services supported will cover the county from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Blyth. The Foundation has awarded £189,317 to Victim Support Northumbria, part of the South East Northumberland Domestic Violence Forum, to employ two specialist outreach workers [...]
A major building renovation in Berwick-upon-Tweed, an employment programme for young people on Wearside and a nationally renowned dance company based in Newcastle are among projects in the North East and Cumbria set to benefit from grants announced today by Northern Rock Foundation. 52 organisations will receive grants totalling £7,862,282 approved by the Foundation’s Trustees. [...]
Northern Rock Foundation today launches new funding programmes which will run for the next five years. The Foundation will invest more than £28 million in 2007 in grants to voluntary organisations and through other activities to support its new priorities. The changes are the result of a major review of its approach to tackling disadvantage [...]
A construction skills training centre for homeless people, the extension of Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake, a healthy eating initiative for schoolchildren, the purchase of a youth hostel as a community asset in Northumberland and support programme for young people with Dyslexia are among projects set to benefit from grants announced today by Northern Rock [...]
Northern Rock Foundation has been highly commended at The Charity Awards 2006, the UK charity sector’s most prestigious award scheme, sponsored by the Charities Aid Foundation and The Times’s Public Agenda section. The Foundation, which invests in charitable activities designed to tackle disadvantage and improve quality of life in the North East and Cumbria, was [...]
More help for the region’s homeless people is on the way as a result of grants announced today by Northern Rock Foundation. Three awards will benefit people who are homeless and poorly housed: a new learning and training centre in Newcastle, an initiative that will see them perform a specially commissioned opera at The Sage, [...]
A training scheme for volunteers to support grassroots football clubs, an initiative to help local communities tackle environmental decay, and a high-profile culture programme at some of the region’s best-loved historic sites are among projects in the North East and Cumbria benefiting from grants announced today by Northern Rock Foundation. 50 organisations across the region [...]
Why is the Foundation reviewing its programmes? We want to make sure we’re being as effective as we can be. So periodically we have to reflect on what we’re doing, and what changes there have been in the wider world. We made our first grants in 1998, and carried out the first thorough review of [...]
Project North East has published a report called ‘Training Ambitions and Aspirations of Workers and Volunteers in the Voluntary and Community Sector of the North East’ as part of its Voluntaryskills.com scheme, which is supported by Northern Rock Foundation. This report is available to download for free from www.voluntaryskills.com
