Keeping on the straight and narrow – Northern Rock Foundation helps tackle reoffending
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 Virgin Money as it takes over the reins at Northern Rock
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 [...]
