Foundation grant update

In March 2012 Foundation Trustees approved grants totalling £1.066 million to help tackle disadvantage in the North East and Cumbria.

SixtyEightyThirty, based in Hexham, was awarded £75,632 for salary costs. SixtyEightyThirty provide services to victims of domestic abuse across Tynedale. A grant of £80,000 was awarded to Manna House in Kendal, Cumbria towards a project providing support to homeless and vulnerable people.

Trustees awarded the following grants:

Sunderland Area Parent Support (SAPS)

£65,000

3

The Lawnmowers

£79,452

3

North Tyneside Art Studio Ltd

£42,067

3

Hexham and Newcastle Diocesan Trust

£47,300

2

Addaction

£133,978

3

Cumbria Youth Alliance

£40,000

2

Regional Youth Work Unit

£50,000

2

The Phoenix Youth Project

£60,000

2

Impact Family Services

£64,603

3

SixtyEightyThirty

£75,632

3

My Sister’s Place

£90,000

3

Victim Support Northumbria

£53,750

3

Impact Housing (Eden Rural Foyer)

£75,000

3

Manna House

£80,000

4

The People’s Kitchen

£90,000

3

Teesside Homeless Action Group

£20,000

1

TOTAL

£1,066,782