Yearly Archives: 2014

FOUNDATION GRANT UPDATE, MAY AND JULY 2014

    Name Grant Amount Term A Way Out £79,998 3 year Alzheimer’s Society £77,124 2 year Aquila Way £280,000 1 year Barnardos £50,000 2 year Barnardos £75,600 3 year Changing Lives £202,582 3 year Hartlepool and East Durham MIND £37,523 2 year Impact Housing Association Ltd £250,000 1 year Prince Bishops Community Bank £150,000 [...]

NORTHERN ROCK FOUNDATION PUBLISHES PIVOTAL DEMENTIA REPORT

THE most comprehensive report yet into dementia care in the North East has been published by the Northern Rock Foundation. The report Dementia 2014: a North East Perspective coincides with the end of a five year National Dementia Strategy and comes as Prime Minister David Cameron urged an increase in international funding for research and [...]

DEMENTIA ORGANISATIONS OFFERED THE CHANCE TO SHARE IN £900,000 FUND

A NEW, £900,000 fund has been launched to help those living with dementia in the North East and Cumbria. For further information please see:     http://www.comicrelief.com/apply-for-a-grant/uk/north-east-and-cumbria-dementia-fund   The Northern Rock Foundation has joined forces with Comic Relief and Ballinger Charitable Trust to form the North East and Cumbria Dementia Fund and now wants to hear [...]

NORTHERN ROCK FOUNDATION FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT

Discussions between Northern Rock Foundation and Virgin Money, on the future relationship between the two organisations, over the past year have now ended.  The Foundation hoped to agree with Virgin Money a viable long term solution to secure the Foundation’s future. Following wide ranging discussions it is now confirmed that Virgin Money cannot commit funding [...]

Tender process launched for North East Social Investment Fund One

In late 2013, the Northern Rock Foundation and Big Society Capital announced their intention to create the first regional social investment fund in England. The North East Social Investment Company has been established as a result of these efforts and is now launching the process to procure a fund manager to manage and deliver its [...]

Sex Markets in Teesside – New research published

The Foundation launched its report Sex Markets in Teesside at an event on 19th March at Acklam Green Centre in Middlesbrough. The report is the most recent in a series, commissioned by the Foundation through its Safety and Justice programme, which looks at the incidence and nature of sexual exploitation and sex markets across the [...]

Foundation grant update, March 2014

In March 2014, Foundation Trustees approved grants totalling £853,476 to help tackle disadvantage in the North East and Cumbria. Equal Arts, based in Gateshead, was awarded a grant of £75,959 to develop a network that shares best practice between artists and professionals working with people with dementia and to increase its geographical reach into Cumbria. [...]

New Year, New Fresh Ideas Funding!

The Northern Rock Foundation is announcing its final, £1,000,000 round of the Fresh Ideas Fund to help third sector organisations in the North East and Cumbria working within the Foundation’s current areas of interest to explore new ways of generating income. You may have plans to develop a new social enterprise, bid for a new [...]