In May & July 2012 Foundation Trustees approved grants totalling £2.239 million to help tackle disadvantage in the North East and Cumbria. Middlesbrough First was awarded a grant of £114,236 over three years to cover the core costs of the organisation. Middlesbrough First provides advocacy and training to people with learning disabilities. Age UK Newcastle [...]
Women do not think the police take rape, domestic violence and stalking as seriously as they should do, according to research by Durham University. The study found that only half the women would definitely report domestic violence if it happened to them. The findings come ahead of elections in November for the new Police and [...]
Communities across the North East and Cumbria have benefited from over £7 million in grants awarded by the Northern Rock Foundation. The Foundation distributed more grants in 2011 than in the previous year, with 146 voluntary organisations and groups, who support the region’s most vulnerable people, receiving 166 grants worth a total of £7.4 million. [...]
