Northern Rock Foundation

A report by leading academic Professor Sylvia Walby, UNESCO Chair in Gender Research, and Jude Towers at Lancaster University, raises concern about the implications of public expenditure reductions for the provision of local violence against women services. This report, commissioned by the Northern Rock Foundation and Trust for London, examines the impact of public expenditure [...]

In December 2011 the Trustees approved grants totalling £1.175 million to help tackle disadvantage in the North East and Cumbria. Carlisle Youth Zone was awarded £60,000 to provide one-to-one monitoring to young people who are involved in the criminal justice system. Tin Arts received £62,500 for the core costs of the Flex Dance Company, a [...]

Northern Rock Foundation has confirmed that its main grant programmes will continue unchanged in 2012. £8.7 million will be available this year to help people who are vulnerable, disadvantaged, homeless, living in poverty or are victims of crime or discrimination. Penny Wilkinson, Chief Executive, said: “In recent months we have seen rising levels of poverty, [...]