A national charity, which helps ex-offenders turn their lives around, is setting up a project in Durham with help from the Northern Rock Foundation. Addaction was founded in 1967 to work with people in the criminal justice system who have misused drugs and alcohol and offers rehabilitation, not only to them but also to their [...]
Two Sunderland charities set up to help families cope with traumatic domestic situations have received grants totalling almost £130,000 from the Northern Rock Foundation. Silksworth not-for-profit organisation, Sunderland Area Parent Support, was established in 2007 to help the families and friends of people struggling with drug and alcohol addictions, by providing practical advice along with [...]
A Cumbrian charity, which provides support to homeless people, is celebrating after receiving a grant of £80,000 from the Northern Rock Foundation. Manna House, at Aynam Road, Kendal, helps homeless people who are not eligible for statutory help from the local council. These are mostly single men but the charity is also increasingly helping homeless [...]
A Middlesbrough charity, which provides support to victims of domestic violence, has received a grant of £90,000 from the Northern Rock Foundation. My Sister’s Place (MSP), at Borough Road, is a specialist service set up to provide legal advice and support to women aged 16 and over who have experienced domestic abuse. As well as [...]
A Tyne Valley charity, which provides support for women and children who have been victims of domestic abuse, has received a grant of more than £75,000 from the Northern Rock Foundation. Hexham-based SixtyEightyThirty, which takes its name from the last six digits of its telephone number, was established in 2003 and has grown steadily since [...]
A North East theatre company, run by and for people with learning disabilities, has received a grant of almost £80,000 from the Northern Rock Foundation. The Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company, at Swinburne Street, Gateshead, runs a wide programme of events and activities, from workshops to theatrical productions, in which learning disabled company members research, devise [...]
