Foundation grant update
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 will receive a one year grant of £26,976 to develop their befriending service for older people and pilot a new telephone neighbours scheme.
Trustees approved the following grants in May:
| South Lakeland Carers Association |
£43,180 |
2 |
| Middlesbrough First |
£114,236 |
3 |
| Hartlepool and East Durham Mind |
£86,084 |
2 |
| Hartlepool Art Studio |
£79,100 |
3 |
| The Ashton Group |
£26,850 |
3 |
| Sunderland Community Furniture Service |
£43,279 |
2 |
| Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture |
£120,000 |
3 |
| Riverside Community Health |
£52,874 |
2 |
| Tees Valley Arts |
£100,687 |
3 |
| Northumbria Coalition Against Crime |
£49,326 |
1 |
| Against Violence and Abuse |
£25,000 |
1 |
| Derwentside Domestic Abuse Service |
£54,551 |
3 |
| BLISS Mediation Services |
£61,234 |
2 |
| Centrepoint County Durham |
£107,393 |
3 |
| Barrow and District Credit Union Study Group |
£99,463 |
3 |
|
TOTAL |
£1,063,257 |
Trustees approved the following grants In July:
| Moore Arts: Millom |
£37,800 |
3 |
| Talk 2 Us |
£89,620 |
3 |
| Alzheimer’s Society |
£84,185 |
3 |
| Mental Health North East |
£61,635 |
2 |
| Age UK Newcastle upon Tyne |
£26,976 |
1 |
| Rowlands Gill and District Live at Home Scheme |
£45,000 |
3 |
| Methodist Asylum Project, Middlesbrough |
£66,100 |
2 |
| Bishop Auckland Community Partnership |
£34,130 |
2 |
| Hart Gables |
£62,280 |
3 |
| Cumbria Alcohol and Drug Advisory Service |
£77,688 |
1 |
| Cumbria Reducing Offending Partnership Trust |
£105,000 |
3 |
| Barnardos |
£75,000 |
1 |
| The Derwent Initiative Ltd |
£60,000 |
2 |
| Women’s Support Network and Jigsaw |
£58,251 |
3 |
| Depaul Trust |
£82,275 |
2 |
| Hope North East CIC |
£130,000 |
3 |
| Hope North East CIC |
£80,000 |
2 |
|
TOTAL |
£1,175,940 |