Northern Rock Foundation is giving around £1.8 m to support groups in the North East and Cumbria in its latest round of grants – with two awards geared at tackling the problem of reoffending. Forty nine per cent of adults who serve time in prison are reconvicted within one year of their release and, for [...]
Northern Rock Foundation welcomes the announcement that Virgin Money will become the new owner of Northern Rock plc and that the current arrangement between the bank and the Foundation will be extended until the end of 2013. Alastair Balls, Chairman of the Foundation said: “We look forward to working with Virgin Money and their not-for-profit [...]
Northern Rock Foundation is calling on voluntary organisations and social enterprises to come up with fresh ideas to help them grow in size, improve long term sustainability and increase their impact.
TWO Cumbrian companies can carry on caring thanks to grants from Northern Rock Foundation.
As part of its latest round of grant handouts, the Foundation has awarded more than £120,000 to carer support organisations Eden Carers and Cumbria Crossroads.
The Foundation has commissioned CAADA, Women’s Aid and Respect to deliver courses in Newcastle in 2011/12. The Foundation will fully fund the cost of each course on the understanding that if learners do not complete the course their organisation will have to re-pay the full cost.
Supporting the work of volunteers, encouraging partnerships between business and charities, and helping voluntary organisations to find new and innovative ways to provide services are just a sample of the 147 projects funded by the Northern Rock Foundation in 2010 and reported in the 2010 Annual Review which has just been published.
Two Cumbrian companies can carry on caring thanks to grants from Northern Rock Foundation.
A SCHEME to save homeless teenagers from a life on the streets has been given a kick-start thanks to cash donated by the Northern Rock Foundation. The Foundation, which is an independent charity aiming to help disadvantaged people in the North East and Cumbria, has awarded £106,366 to Barnardos Crash Pad project part of its Supported Lodgings scheme.
HOMELESS and vulnerable young adults in Barrow-in-Furness have been given a lifeline through two grants from Northern Rock Foundation.
